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Champion Citizen Bull (Into Mischief–No Joke, by Distorted Humor) will join the stallion roster at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud in 2026 following his final start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, the farm said in a press release early on Sunday morning. As a juvenile, Citizen Bull won on debut at Del Mar for trainer Bob Baffert who pitched him straight into the GI Del Mar Futurity–a race he finished third. Subsequent starts at the Grade I level yieled victories in the American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita and in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Del Mar. For his efforts, the colt was voted the country's top 2-year-old colt, which made him his sire's ninth champion. Citizen Bull's 3-year-old campaign included a score in the GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes in Arcadia and a 5 1/2-length win in the Shared Belief Stakes at the seaside oval Aug. 31. “The only Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male by Into Mischief, Citizen Bull will make a fantastic addition to our roster,” said Ashford Stud's Dermot Ryan. “He is from that very potent Into Mischief-Distorted Humor cross that has already given us the proven Grade I sire Practical Joke, and hails from the family of up-and-coming young Ashford sire Tiz The Law.” Following his Shared Belief Stakes success, trainer Bob Baffert said that, “He was back to a distance he really loves. The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is where we will be pointing… You saw the champion Citizen Bull today.” A stud fee for Citizen Bull will be announced in due course. The post Champion Citizen Bull To Stud At Coolmore America For 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Darius Racing and Michael Motschmann's G3 Zufunfts-Rennen victor Gostam (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Germany's highest-rated juvenile, lined up as the 2-5 favourite for Sunday's G3 Wettstar Preis des Winterfavoriten at Cologne and justified cramped odds with a scintillating five-length triumph in the one-mile contest. He becomes the third winner of Germany's premier juvenile event for conditioner Andreas Wohler, who struck with Darius Racing's subsequent G1 Deutsches Derby hero Isfahan (Lord Of England) in 2015 and with the Gestut Fahrhof-bred Langtang (Campanologist) in 2016. Gostam was slick from the gates and held an early advantage, before being headed by Nitaro (Oasis Dream) approaching the halfway mark. Regaining control with 500 metres remaining, he rolled around in front as the pack threatened and thundered clear once engaging turbo to easily overpower Lommi (Churchill) by daylight. https://t.co/SkWDOMrCGX – Preis des Winterfavoriten (GR3) over 1600m at Cologne 2yo – Group Race – 155.000€ GOSTAM c by SAXON WARRIOR LOMMI c by CHURCHILL DALYAN c by ROMANISED Darius Racing & M. Motschmann Andreas Wöhler Eduardo Pedroza Stiftung Gestüt… pic.twitter.com/bFGdxFy0Y5 — Deutscher Galopp (@DeutscherGalopp) October 12, 2025 Pedigree Notes Gostam, one of his sire's eight pattern-race winners, is one of two black-type scorers out of the stakes-winning Goiania (Oasis Dream), herself kin to the stakes-winning Geminiano (Wootton Bassett), Wolf Country (Dubawi) and Gualana (Pivotal) as well as Listed Bayerischer Fliegerpreis third Guavia (Invincible Spirit). Guavia, in turn, is the dam of multiple Group-placed G2 German 2000 Guineas and G3 Premio Parioli (Italian 2000 Guineas) third Ghorgan (Study Of Man) and the stakes-placed Goin' (Nathaniel). The January-foaled bay, whose second dam is G3 Frankfurter Stutenpreis victrix Goathemala (Black Sam Bellamy), is a half-brother to the stakes-winning GIII Regret Stakes third Gavea (Gleneagles) and a yearling colt by Blackbeard. Sunday, Cologne, Germany WETTSTAR.DE – PREIS DES WINTERFAVORITEN-G3, €155,000, Cologne, 10-12, 2yo, 8fT, 1:38.38, sf. 1–GOSTAM (GER), 128, c, 2, by Saxon Warrior (Jpn) 1st Dam: Goiania (GB) (SW-Ger), by Oasis Dream (GB) 2nd Dam: Goathemala (Ger), by Black Sam Bellamy (Ire) 3rd Dam: Global World (Ger), by Big Shuffle (€58,000 Ylg '24 BBAGS). O-Darius Racing & Michael Motschmann; B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof; T-Andreas Wohler; J-Eduardo Pedroza. €85,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, €126,000. *1/2 to Gavea (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}), SW & GSP-US, $224,632. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigreex. 2–Lommi (Ire), 128, c, 2, Churchill (Ire)–La Sabara (GB), by Sabiango (Ger). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€78,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Eckhard Sauren; B-Randolph Peters; T-Henk Grewe. €31,000. 3–Dalyan (Fr), 128, c, 2, Romanised (Ire)–Dalakania (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€42,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Denis Cengiz; B-SAS Haute Vallee & Mme Charlotte Hutchinson; T-Henk Grewe. €20,500. Margins: 5, 2, 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 5.70, 30.10. Also Ran: Somi (Ire), Spezialist (Ger), Next Emerald (Ger), Guevara (Ger), Nitaro (GB). The post Saxon Warrior’s Gostam Goes Three For Three With Scintillating Winterfavoriten Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

GI Preakness Stakes winner War of Will (War Front) will relocate from Claiborne Farm to New York's Rockridge Stud for 2026, the farm announced Sunday. “We are honored to have this opportunity with Gary [Barber] on another stallion and thrilled to have Claiborne dipping a toe into the NY market,” said President of Rockridge Lere Visagie. Barber added, “I am very much looking forward to supporting War of Will in the lucrative New York breeding program. With the new Belmont facility coming online with three surfaces, I know War of Will can provide many opportunities for my mares and stable to become a large part of the New York Program.” Claiborne Farm will continue to be a shareholder in the stallion's new syndicate at Rockridge, as will many of the original shareholders from Kentucky. Walker Hancock, president of Claiborne Farm is optimistic that War of Will can continue to provide results in New York. “War of Will is a classic winner on dirt and a Grade I winner on turf,” Hancock said. “The new facility at Belmont will provide a continuation of the success we have already seen on all three surfaces, and we are very excited to be a part of this new chapter.” The post War Of Will To Stand At New York’s Rockridge Stud In 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When Seth Klarman stretched for a yearling filly by Nyquist at the 2021 Keeneland September Sale, he paid $460,000, which trainer Chad Brown said was, “at the top end of what he goes for for yearlings.” That filly, Randomized, went on to earn four times that amount on the track and now figures to be one of the star attractions at the November 3 Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars when she sells as hip 137 in the EliTE consignment. “She was one of our top picks at the sale,” recalled Brown. “She's an excellent physical and she really looked like a high-quality prospect.” She proved to be just that, going on to be a dual Grade I winner and a model of consistency, hitting the board in 11 of 15 starts. She won the GI Alabama Stakes and the GII Beldame at three, the GI Ogden Phipps at four, and the GIII Molly Pitcher at five. She was second by a half-length to champion Idiomatic in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at three after a prolonged battle to the wire. She won all of her races on the front end, including the Alabama, where she lay down fast fractions and just kept on going, which Brown called her most impressive on-track moment. “For her medium, unassuming stature–at least in height-for her to go out there and set a very fast pace and continue on and carry it a mile and a quarter showed her versatility,” said Brown. Randomized came into the Alabama off a win at a mile in the Wilton Stakes at Saratoga. “Coming off a race where she ran just a mile, within a month's time to win at Saratoga going all the way up to a mile a quarter, I think really speaks to her versatility, her overall ability to carry her speed over a large range of distance and to win such a prestigious as the Alabama, not only for a racehorse but for a future broodmare.” Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd Browning said that that consistency, along with her speed and durability, would likely prove to be an attractive package for many breeders. “One of the things that jumps out to me about Randomized is her consistency and durability as a racehorse,” said Browning. “She's running in top competition as a graded stakes winner as a three-year-old, as a four-year-old, and as a five-year-old. The other thing that really jumps out at you about Randomized is her speed. This mare is really fast, and she carried that speed a mile and a quarter in the Alabama. That combination of speed and durability, and the ability to carry that speed along a distance are really two of the attributes people are looking for in a broodmare.” It doesn't hurt her chances that her sire Nyquist is on an incredible hot streak in 2025. He has had 10 Grade I horses in this year, more than any other stallion, and has sired three $1 million yearlings and three $1 million two-year-olds this year in the sales ring. His top runners of 2025 include the undefeated Cavalieri, headed toward the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff; Johannes, headed to the Breeders' Cup Mile; $1.7 million earner Immersive; GI Summer S. Winner Argos; GI Del Mar Oaks winner Velocity; and graded stakes winners Nysos, Crimson Advocate, Tenma and Gosger. “When we look at stallions that continue to be on the rise and continue to shine, Nyquist certainly has to be in that category,” said Browning, “not only as a stallion, but also as a potential influence as a broodmare sire. He's Uncle Mo's leading son at stud thus far. We all know what kind of influence Uncle Mo has had as a broodmare sire, and there's every reason to think that those same trends and traits would continue on. And Randomized is going to get an opportunity to be a special mare. She's going to be bred to top stallions wherever she happens to land, whoever happens to buy her. She's going be presented with some of the best stallions in the world for many years to come. And you know the future for her is extremely bright.” Browning points out the depth under her second dam, where three millionaires are found, demonstrating, he says, “how consistent of performance at the highest levels this family is producing.” Brown agreed. “I can see Randomized appealing internationally, to any of the top American breeders or to anyone else in the world,” he said. “Anyone who wants to have that dream about breeding a Classic horse, a Derby contender, a Breeders' Cup Classic contender, a Dubai World Cup contender, a Saudi Cup contender–you're looking at mile-and-eighth to mile-and-a-quarter dirt races where you'd like to have some speed. And she certainly provides one half of that equation.” A Classic-distance stallion combined with her speed could be the secret sauce, says Brown. “Randomized is the perfect match to breed with classic-distance stallions, either very proven stallions, or exciting stallions who will be hitting the market soon who have been performing at classic distances.” As he says those words, Sierra Leone passes behind him in the walking ring, cooling out after his morning exercise. Brown turns to watch him go by and laughs out loud at the obvious implication. But then he's reminded that after four years of having her around the barn, his time with her is coming to an end. “When I sell these high-end broodmare prospects at the Night of the Stars, it's always a very bittersweet moment for me personally and for our team,” he says. “To make it into that sale and to be one of the major headliners, it takes a very special, unique, rare horse to be one of the tiny percentiles it takes to be there. It's a very proud moment. But it's also a bit daunting to know you have to replace her and it's not easy to do.” But, he says, his loss is someone's gain. “To find a very fast broodmare who ran exclusively on the dirt at a high level is a rare find and I think she's going to be a very rare piece in somebody's broodmare collection.” The post Nothing Arbitrary About It: Randomized Set to Shine on Night of the Stars appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tomodachi Kokoroe will be set on a course towards December’s Group One Hong Kong Sprint (1,200m) after the red-hot speedster pulled off a gutsy victory at Sha Tin on Sunday. While the seven-year-old’s last-start success in a time of 1:07.76 featured more than a flash of brilliance, the gelding was forced to dig deep to make it two wins on the trot. Set the task of carrying 133lb from gate 11 in the Class Two Shing Mun Handicap (1,200m), Tomodachi Kokoroe was caught three wide without cover for...View the full article

Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior’s gigantic galloper Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) could head to the Cox Plate following his upset win in the Gr.1 Might And Power Stakes on Saturday. Price told Racing.com on Sunday morning that he’d had discussions with the ownership group about running Globe in the weight for age championship event on October 25, which would require them to pay a late entry fee. “It’s a $200,000 pay up, they pay $100,000 down to eighth and it would be a small field,” Price said. “I’m not sure when I have to make that pay up, but if he has a good seven to 10 days, why wouldn’t you?” Globe is no stranger to The Valley, having finished a close up second there at his first-up run this preparation. “He only just got beaten at Moonee Valley in a 1500m race there,” Price said. “I think those big horses, once they get to 2000m around there, they handle it better than a bustling little 1500m race. I’ve got no troubles about him getting around Moonee Valley. “If the horse is physically well, it’s a handball in.” Globe is at $18 in Sportsbet’s market for the Cox Plate. View the full article

Promising colt Yamato Satona (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) made an impressive start to his racing career at Arawa Park on Sunday, kicking off a winning treble for his trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. Racing in the colours of harness racing legend Barry Purdon, who owns the colt alongside his wife Katrina and Dean Shannon, Yamato Satona had shown promise through the trials and closed second-favourite in the Green Light Insurance Brokers (1400m). Guided by Joe Doyle, the colt was green early in the running but eventually settled to find cover three-wide in midfield. One of the outsiders in Kenwood House burst to the lead at the 150m, but all eyes were on Yamato Satona, who came from near last on the corner to scorch home and take the opener by a long neck. “We were really pleased, he settled in well, stayed the 1400m and for an inexperienced young horse to quicken in the manner he did, we couldn’t be happier,” Scott said. “He’s put in a performance that suggests he has good levels of ability and where we go to from here, we’ll let the dust settle over the next few days. “Hopefully he has a good summer ahead of him, as his experience levels increase, his confidence will come with it and once he gets out to a mile, he’s certainly going to have a successful season.” A son of Satono Aladdin, Yamato Satona was a $250,000 purchase from the draft of Rich Hill Stud at the Karaka Yearling Sales last year, and holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) through New Zealand Cup Week. The stable collected their second win of the meeting courtesy of Sicillian (NZ) (Magna Grecia), lightly-raced four-year-old mare resuming in a new campaign. Contesting the Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua (1400m), the mare travelled well and was too strong late, delivering a first New Zealand victory for French hoop Corentin Berge. “We’ve had to be patient with her, she trialled well and her work suggested that she was going to put in a really strong performance,” Scott said. “It was pleasing to see this today with another year on her. She showed glimpses of that promise at three, but now at four, there’s a bit of physical improvement there and she’s another one, through the summer months, can crack on.” Arguably the performance of the feature meeting came in the final event, with Smart Love (NZ) (Savabeel) blowing away her Rating 75 rivals with serious authority in the Campbell Infrastructure (1400m). Another with limited starts to her name, Smart Love won dominantly first-up at Te Rapa and backed up that effort up in grade, cruising into contention and passing a game Big Wave to win with plenty in hand. Scott believes the best is yet to come for the daughter of Savabeel, who was having just her fifth start on Sunday with her record now including three wins and two seconds. “We were super excited about her performance, she settled in well, came out to the middle of the track and really stretched out,” he said. “It looks like she can run a little further and she’s another that we hope has a strong summer in front of her. “She’s only getting better with more experience and confidence, she’s a mare that we’ve always hoped would get to a high level of racing and the manner she’s won today certainly suggests that.” View the full article

It seemed as though it would be only a matter of time before Twain (NZ) (Per Incanto) added a stakes victory to his name and the rising star did just that at Rotorua on Sunday, powering late to take out the Gr.3 Sweynesse Stakes (1215m). A winner in his debut last July, the John Bell-trained gelding has never finished out of the first four in 12 starts, including six victories and a fourth placing when starting favourite in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m). He continued to improve out of that performance to finish second under a big weight to Midnight Edition at Te Rapa last start, and back at weight-for-age conditions, he was right in contention in the $140,000 contest closing third-favourite to the latter and Grail Seeker. In the hands of regular rider Vinnie Colgan, Twain picked the start beautifully and came out running, eventually finding cover off the fence outside of Whiskey ‘N Roses. Midnight Edition worked from an outside draw to take over at the 800m and was travelling on the home turn, as was Glamour Tycoon, and the pair went to war early in the straight. Just as the mare looked to have the edge over Midnight Edition, he came kicking back, but hunting them down was Twain, who showed his classy turn of foot to storm over the top and score by a neck. Midnight Edition claimed his second Group placing in the runner-up spot, while Glamour Tycoon added further black-type to her page in third. The result was very satisfying for Bell, having carefully managed the talented son of Per Incanto through his career. “It’s great for myself, the owners and the guys working with me in the stables, it’s pretty gratifying for the team,” he said. “A lot of work has gone into him, he’s had a few issues that we’ve worked around successfully so it’s a nice result. “I had him a little underdone in the Foxbridge, he ran fourth and had a good blow afterwards, so we learned from that. “He was absolutely brilliant today and Vinnie Colgan rode him superbly, it was a true, professional ride. He rode him exactly to plan and the horse responded, Twain is an amazing athlete and both rider and horse deserved the win.” A lightly-raced five-year-old, Bell believes Twain will continue to improve with maturity on his side, but is keeping his options open with future targets. “He’s such a professional, he’ll keep going forward from here,” he said. “We’ll try to keep him happy and place him in the right races, where we’ll hope to get positive results. “We’ll let him have a relax and see what’s about, there’s no panic.” Bred by his owner Elizabeth Martin, Twain is out of top mare Fleur de Lune, who won the Gr.1 Railway (1200m) during her decorated racing career. The gelding has now earned Martin just shy of $248,000, with seven wins to his credit. View the full article

Tony Cruz capped off a superb week for his stable with a fantastic Sha Tin double on Sunday to keep pace in the trainers’ premiership. The legendary trainer ran riot at Happy Valley on Wednesday by securing a treble and was in no mood to slow down at Sha Tin, with He Was You winning the opening Class Five Chai Wan Kok Handicap (1,200m). It was an all-the-way success for the Angus Chung Yik-lai-ridden five-year-old, who got off the mark at the ninth attempt by a cosy two lengths. Things got even...View the full article

David Hayes has emphatically dismissed rumours suggesting Ka Ying Rising is in doubt for Saturday’s The Everest (1,200m), calling it the “biggest load of c**p I’ve ever been involved in”. The rumour mill ran wild on social media on Sunday, with many speculating the world’s best sprinter might not run in the A$20 million (HK$100 million) sprint at Randwick in Sydney. Long the hot favourite for the world’s richest race on turf, Ka Ying Rising drifted considerably in Australian fixed-odds markets...View the full article

Talented stayer What A Charma (NZ) (Jimmy Choux) brought his heavy track form onto an improving surface at Rotorua on Sunday when claiming the major spoils in the $80,000 Staphanos Classic (1950m). The eight-year-old by Jimmy Choux found career-best form through the winter and early spring, winning the Kiwifruit Cup (2100m) in June before a string of solid performances in open grade, including a last-start third behind Diamond Jak on Matamata Cup Day. The inclusion of class mare Val Di Zoldo meant much of the Staphanos field were compressed down to 54kg, including What A Charma, who closed an $11 hope after the scratchings of favoured runners Bozo and Bosch. In the hands of Lynsey Satherley, What A Charma got over to the rail swiftly from an inside draw and settled midfield, finding a good rhythm while Opera Belle and Electric Time contested the early lead. The first pair had the field strung right out along the back straight, Satherley remaining patient on her charge before coming out to avoid traffic on the home turn. One of the favourites in Rosetown Princess swept up to take the lead at the 200m but Gigi and What A Charma were surging down the centre of the track, the latter just having the edge late to kick clear by half a length. His trainer and co-owner Mark Irwin was rapt with the performance, particularly considering the track came back to a Soft7 through the day. “He’s a lovely old horse and he always tries, that’s the main thing,” Irwin said. “Lynsey did a great job on him today. “He went pretty well last start so I thought I’d back him up, he’s won here at Rotorua before. He loves his work and was as good as he’s ever been this week so we thought we were in for a bit of a show if it was wet. “It dried up a bit but he grew another leg today.” Bred by Chouxmaani Investments Ltd, What A Charma was purchased for $15,000 by Charma Heights at the Karaka May Sale in 2018 from the draft of Seaton Park. Raced by Irwin and Cynthia and Craig Horn, the gelding has now won over $173,000 with five wins in 35 starts. “I’m friends with Darrell Hollinshead and he’s a Hollinshead breed, and he always thought he would take time,” Irwin said. “We’ve given him that time and it’s been a good thing.” View the full article

Join Guy Heveldt, Emily Bosson and Aidan Rodley as they look back at the racing week including the Barneswood Farm Stakes from Ashburton, Group 1 glory at Caulfield and even the champ Ka Ying Rising arriving at Randwick. Weigh In, October 12 View the full article

Gr.1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) favourite Tajana (NZ) (Darci Brahma) warmed up for her next feature assignment with an exhibition gallop between races at Taupo on Friday. The Darci Brahma filly has had two starts as a three-year-old this season for two Group Three victories, capturing the Northland Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) at Ruakaka on August 16 and the Sunline Vase (1400m) at Ellerslie on September 20. Cambridge trainers Shaune Ritchie and Colm Murray are building her towards next Saturday’s Gr.2 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie, which will be her final lead-up for the 1000 Guineas three weeks later. The TAB rates Tajana a $3.50 chance for the Riccarton classic, sharing favouritism with Lollapalooza. “I was delighted with her gallop at Taupo on Friday, it was exactly what we were hoping for,” Ritchie said. “With four weeks between races, we decided not to trial her with this unfortunate run of wet tracks we’ve been having for trial meetings. We thought a day out at Taupo would just tighten her up that little bit to have her ready to go in the Soliloquy next Saturday. “We weren’t chasing time, but she dragged George Rooke down the straight and past the finish line. Even when she was cantering back, George had a bit of trouble easing her up. She went past the birdcage and up the straight a little bit. It shows she hasn’t lost any of her eagerness to run. “We think she’s all set for the Soliloquy, while still leaving that 10 percent of further improvement up our sleeve leading into the 1000 Guineas. That’s the right race for her and her grand final for this preparation. With three weeks and a flight in between times, we think she’ll be right where we want her to be.” Tajana is now likely to be the only 1000 Guineas representative for the Ritchie-Murray stable, with impressive last-start Te Rapa winner Transcend (So You Think) set to do her future racing in Australia. With the TAB Racing Club’s disbandment, Transcend has been purchased by MyRacehorse and will be transferred into the stable of Michael Freedman. “The MyRacehorse team has bought her and she’ll be flying out on Monday,” Ritchie said. “We’ll just wait to make sure she gets on the plane before withdrawing her from the 1000 Guineas. “It’s a shame to see a talented filly like her go, but she’s been a good flagbearer for the stable. “We understand that MyRacehorse will increasingly introduce themselves into New Zealand racing in time, which has to be a positive for our racing domestically – especially if it keeps classy fillies like Transcend in this country in the future.” Meanwhile, classy four-year-old Tuxedo (NZ) (Tivaci) has gone out for a spell before being set for the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on January 24. The Tivaci gelding won last season’s Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) and Gr.3 Wellington Stakes (1600m) and finished second in the Karaka Millions 3YO (1600m). He stepped up to Group One weight-for-age level this spring and was beaten by 2.9 lengths when seventh in the Proisir Plate (1600m), then crossed the line 3.2 lengths behind the winner Waitak when sixth in the Howden Insurance Mile (1600m). “He’s gone for a break,” Ritchie said. “We thought he was a touch unlucky in both of those weight-for-age races. In saying that, against that level of opposition, he probably needed absolutely everything to go his way in order for him to be competitive. “We just thought pushing on for another spring Group One race over 2040m in the Livamol would be foolish. So he’ll have three weeks out now, and then we’ll prepare him for the Aotearoa Classic with a couple of lead-up runs. “It’s a mile, against his own age, for $1 million at Ellerslie, so it really looks like the best race for him this season. Further down the track, I think he’ll develop into a real weight-for-age horse. “Horses like El Vencedor and Waitak have shown that these geldings often only reach their peak as weight-for-age performers when they’re five or six years old. If we’re patient with Tuxedo, I’m hoping it might be a similar story with him.” View the full article

Always a consistent runner in the 3-year-old turf filly circuit, Lush Lips broke through for a signature victory in the $665,300 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 11.View the full article

Ten champions were crowned Saturday in Kentucky at the 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America. The event offered over $139,000 in prize money awarded out across 10 equestrian sports. The winners included: Barrel Racing: Battle Born (More Than Ready), trained by Elizabeth King (Junior), bred by WinStar Farm, owned by Robert D. Shelburne. Competitive Trail, sponsored by Godolphin: Vestal's Gap (Bullsbay), trained by Nathan Bowers, bred by Sterbenz Racing LLC, owned by Sterbenz Racing LLC. Dressage, sponsored by PTHA's Turning For Home: Patou Road (Quality Road), trained by Mary Riney, bred by RanJan Racing, Inc., owned by RanJan Racing, Inc. Eventing, with support from Phoenix Performance Products: Sekt (Mendelssohn), trained by Amy Faison, bred by Genet Racing LLC, owned by PTK LLC. Field Hunter, sponsored by Masters of Foxhounds Association: Street Ready (More Than Ready), trained by Kara Lee, bred by Earle I. Mack, LLC, owned by Michael M. Hui. Freestyle, with support from Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance: Bandon (Speightstown), trained by Jacquelyn Dickey, bred by Moyglare Stud Farm LTD, owned by Spendthrift Farm LLC, Steve Landers Racing LLC, CHC, Inc., Gandharvi, LLC, Schwartz, M., Dubb, M., Ten Strike Racing, Bakke, J., Titletown Racing, LLC, Kuever Racing, LLC, Kueber Racing, LLC, Big Easy Racing LLC, Winners Win and Caruso, Michael. Polo, sponsored by the United States Polo Assocation: Qia (Mendelssohn), trained by Buck Schott, bred by Judy Hicks, owned by Judy Hicks. Ranch Work, with support from Juddmonte Farm: Miz Mosler (Mosler), trained by B.J. Heffelfinger, bred by W. Robert Bailes. Show Hunter, with support from Beyond the Wire: Mentha (American Pharoah), trained by Rachel McMahan, bred by KatieRich Farms. Show Jumper, with support from Excel Equine: Late Night Cruiser (Catalina Cruiser), trained by Rebekah Vernon, bred by Jay Goodwin, Meredith Krupp, John Hess, William Hess and Spendthrift Farm, owned by Blick Stables and Passion Racing Club. The post Champions Crowned At 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With a resume of graded stakes-placed experience anchored by a runner-up try in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and a 10-for-10 lifetime record at Laurel Park that included a 17-length blowout in an open-company stakes there last month, Post Time (Frosted) figured to deserve his formidable 1-10 favoritism in the six-horse feature on Saturday's 40th annual Jim McKay Maryland Million program for the offspring of stallions standing in Maryland. But even though the 12-time winner enjoyed a decided advantage on paper in the $150,000 Classic Stakes over 1 1/8 miles, the 5-year-old could not overcome being asked to rate from the back behind dawdling early fractions of :24.98, :50.31 and 1:15.14. By the time the late-striding gray dropped down to the trail and began to fully uncoil at the head of the lane, the closer-to-the-pace Barbadian Runner (Barbados) had already popped off the fence from his rail-skimming stalking spot and out to the three path to accost the wilting pacemaker in front of them. Post Time and Sheldon Russell came over the top at the eighth pole and led tenuously for a sixteenth of a mile. But all the while the wide-and-driving Barbadian Runner and Forest Boyce were building better momentum. BARBADIAN RUNNER ($14.60) and Forest Boyce flew down the lane right by heavily favored Post Time by in the $150,000 Maryland Million Classic at @LaurelPark. Henry Walters trains the 3YO gelding for AJ Will Win Stables LLC. Play the Sprint: https://t.co/URG4G3PdG0 pic.twitter.com/Ezue3M6yMh — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 11, 2025 A late surge inside the final half a furlong propelled the 3-year-old gelding to victory by three-quarters of a length as the 6-1 second favorite in 1:51.09 over the “fast” main track. While Post Time took the brunt of the betting, Barbadian Runner had credentials, too: Back in January and February, the Shamrock Farm-bred sophomore who races in the colors of AJ Will Win Stables had won a pair of $100,000 open stakes at Laurel that briefly put him in the orbit of being a candidate for the GI Kentucky Derby. Yet Barbadian Runner's spring and summer campaign ended up being more realistically mapped out, and it resulted in victories in both the May 31 $90,000 Jersey Derby at Monmouth Park and the Aug. 22 $500,000 Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes at Charles Town, with three second-place finishes in other mid-Atlantic stakes in between. “The way he developed over the summer just took him to a new level,” said trainer Henry Walters. “Back in the spring, he didn't have the [speed] numbers then that it would have taken to do this. He's gotten progressively better. The race at Charles Town, [Boyce] never had to hit him at all. So it's the only comfort zone I had going into this race, knowing he had more in the tank in that race; he never got tired. So the mile-and-an-eighth was a question, but he answered it today. “I'm speechless right now,” Walters said. “I mean, for him to not only win this race, but to beat a horse like Post Time, is incredible. I knew he would break sharp today. The only thing I told Forest was just save ground. Pace can make the race, and it was a slow pace. He was able to stay close, and he got the jump on Post Time turning for home. It was a gutsy performance on his part.” With three wins by his progeny on the eight-stakes portion of the program, including a sweep of the 2-year-old stakes, the stallion Great Notion increased an already remarkable Maryland Million streak to 16 years: His offspring have now won at least one stakes in every running of the Maryland Million since 2010. Great Notion has been the state's leading stallion by progeny earnings every year since 2018, and is once again the sizable leader in money won so far this season. In the $100,000 Nursery Stakes for 2-year-old males, second-time starter Big Cuddle (Great Notion), who had rallied from sixth and last as the favorite to win his only previous start, a Sept. 11 maiden special weight at Delaware Park, again had to pass 'em all to muscle out a three quarter-length win. After breaking last in a field of 13, Yedsit Hazlewood patiently guided the 7-10 favorite to a prime outside position that enabled the colt to spark into a strong drive three furlongs out. After cornering for home in the six path and then having to shift off the heels of a rival in upper stretch, Big Cuddle was still fifth at the eighth pole. But he dug in with purpose once set down to deliver the victory in 1:12.10 for six furlongs. Big Cuddle | JIm McCue/MJC Bred by Two Legends Farm, the 2-for-2 son of Great Notion is owned by Pocket 3's Racing and trained by Gary Capuano. In the companion $100,000 Lassie Stakes for 2-year-old-fillies, Slewperstitus (Great Notion) similarly executed a victory from well off the tailgate under Jevian Toledo. This 4-5 favored, Robert Bailes-trained, Great Notion-sired homebred for Nancy and Eric Rizer prowled from the back of the pack, advanced under light coaxing on the far turn while four deep, then launched into an impeccably timed, length-of-stretch grind-down to prevail by a neck in 1:12.23 for six furlongs. In the $125,000 Turf Stakes over nine furlongs and “firm” conditions, Coringa (Practical Joke) went off favored for the sixth straight race, even though the 4-year-old gelded son of Practical Joke has a penchant for finishing second (seven times in 13 lifetime starts going into Saturday's race). Jockey Mychel Sanchez established command straight from the start, and an all-business Coringa responded determinedly to constant pace pressure, displaying a visually arresting turn of foot inside the final furlong before being ridden out late to win by 1 1/4 lengths at 13-10 odds in 1:47.82. Bred by R. Larry Johnson and owned in partnership by Clarke Ohrstrom, Gregory Kilka, Awestrike Racing and Benjamin Gowans, Coringa earned his fourth lifetime victory for trainer Michael Trombetta. He has never finished worse than fourth through 14 starts. In the $125,000 Ladies Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on the lawn, the 11-1 Worth a Dime (Mosler) was still last a quarter mile from home before Jorge Ruiz guided her big white blaze through the pack in mid-stretch. The 3-year-old homebred for Nancy Lee Farms ripped the race wide open at the eighth pole and burst clear late to win going away by 2 1/2 lengths for trainer Tim Keefe in 1:41.90. The victory was the second from six lifetime starts for Worth a Dime. Making her second start off a six-month layoff in the $100,000 Distaff Stakes at seven furlongs, Onyx Ten (Street Magician) earned her fourth win in a 2025 campaign that also includes two open sprint stakes victories at Laurel back in the spring. The 3-year-old filly sat patiently in the back third of the field, split horses several times weaving through traffic on the turn, then kicked clear in the three path turning for home. She built up enough impetus to have the race in her control by the eighth pole and ended up winning by 1 3/4 lengths at 6-1 odds in 1:24.34. Onyx Ten is a homebred for Frank Sample. Gary Capuano trains, with Hazlewood winning a second stakes race (fourth tally overall) on the Oct. 11 card. In the $100,000 Turf Sprint Stakes over 5 1/2 furlongs, Had to Have Him (Force the Pass), who was third in this Maryland Million stakes last year and was exiting an open-company stakes victory over this same course at six furlongs last month, sat patiently behind a three-way go and drove home four wide off the turn to score by three-quarters of a length in 1:02.47 as the 7-5 second favorite under Toledo. The 4-year-old gelding was bred by Wes Carter. He hasn't been off the board in five starts this year for owners Gracie Mae Stables and Great Lake Stable, with John Salzman training. In the $100,000 Sprint Stakes at six furlongs, Slam Notion (Great Notion) was confidently handled behind dueling leaders, then adeptly put them away in deep stretch to register a 5-2 win by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:10.17. The stakes victory was the second of the day for the same homebred connections as Slewperstitus in the Lassie Stakes (the Rizers and trainer Bailes). It was the third stakes score of the afternoon for both jockey Toledo and sire Great Notion. The post Barbadian Runner Upsets 1-10 Fave In Maryland Million Classic appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Always a consistent runner in the 3-year-old turf filly circuit, Lush Lips broke through for a signature victory in the $665,300 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1T) at Keeneland Oct. 11.View the full article

French import Les Reys took to the synthetic track at Woodbine and defeated her stablemate Gal in Rush with a well-timed, ground-saving trip in the Oct. 11 Ontario Fashion Stakes (G3).View the full article

By Adam Hamilton It was the biggest upset at Melton in decades. Leap To Fame’s stunning defeat last night rekindled memories of the night Courage Under Fire’s unbeaten streak came to an end at Moonee Valley on January 22, 2000. It was just Leap To Fame’s 14th defeat in 71 career starts and his first in his past 10 starts. Things looked good in the run when Grant Dixon was able to quickly work around and take Leap To Fame to the lead. But the first worrying signs came when Dixon had to really shake-up the champ on the home bend. Just after fighting off Miki Pins, who trailed him, remarkable veteran Bulletproof Boy unleashed a huge finishing burst from three pegs and snatched victory right on the line. It was a superb training performance from Scott Ewen with the rising 11-year-old Bulletproof Boy at his first run back from a spell. While it’s just one run, Leap To Fame’s defeat has certainly given hope to his rivals in next week’s Victoria Cup and next month’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup. X X X Keayag Zahara’s breathtaking first-up win may force connections to rethink NZ Cup Week plans. The trip was a real longshot before the awesome four-year-old mare reminded everyone just how good she is with last night’s mesmerizing Dullard Cup win. While Inter Dominion and TAB Trot winner Arcee Phoenix led, Keayang Zahara was last and 40m off the lead with a lap to run. It didn’t matter. Keayang Zahara sustained an 800m sprint, in a sub-55sec split, to run straight past Arcee Phoenix and win running away by almost six metres. It was her 16th win from just 17 starts and her first run since being for the first time when second at Menangle on May 10. Driver Jason Lee stressed how much improvement she still had to come. She’s now set to back-up in next Saturday night’s Group 1 Bill Collins Sprint and another win will surely make Addington almost irresistible. She would take what looks like an already amazing Cup Week to another level. X X X Kiwi raider Joyride found the task of sitting parked for much of the race beyond her in a heat of the Victoria Oaks last night. In a peg dominated race, she tired late for fifth behind Jess Tubb’s emerging filly Golden Shooz, who trailed leader and favourite Let Her Roll and easily ran her down late. The Cran Dalgety-trained Joyride still qualified for next Saturday’s final. In the first heat, Beach Diamond led throughout to beat a gallant Soho Americano in a real sprint home with closing splits of 54.3 and 27.7sec. X X X TAB Eureka runner-up Fox Dan looks the hardest to beat in a strong Victoria Derby after last night’s three qualifying heats. The colt joined the underrated Storms Collide to give Emma Stewart and young gun driver Ryan Sanderson the first two heat wins. Former Victorian and now Menangle-based Mick Stanley added some spice to the series when he led throughout on the untapped San Paolo Simba to easily win the third heat. “He’s as good a horse as I’ve had since Rock N Roll Doo burst onto the scene,” Stanley said. Of the beaten brigade, My Ultimate Barney and Hesitate were solid in heat one, Fate Awaits and the very tough Captain Perfect ran well in heat two, while Final Deadline and Cigano were solid in heat three. X X X Former Kiwi marvel Minstrel looked as sharp as ever posting his 28th win in a powerhouse Gloucester Park free-for-all last Friday night. Second-up from a spell and able to work to the front, the rising nine-year-old never looked in danger as he cruised to a 5.6m win over fellow former Kiwi pacer Gee Heza Sport in a 1min54.9sec mile rate for 2130m. Minstrel blasted home in 55.2 and 26.7sec, making it impossible for the stars coming wide from midfield and chasing in Mister Smartie (third) and Never Ending (fourth). Despite his age, Minstrel looks on target to win his second WA Pacing Cup at his fifth start in WA’s most iconic race. He won last year, ran third in 2023, seventh in 2022 and fifth in 2021. The $450,000 Group 1 WA Pacing Cup is at Gloucester Park on December 12. View the full article

6th-Santa Anita, $61,000, Msw, 10-11, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:37.83, ft, 8 1/4 lengths. SUPER CORREDORA (f, 2, Gun Runner–Super Simple, by Super Saver), a debut fifth to subsequent GISP La Wally (Constitution) at Del Mar July 19, was the distant runner-up to next-out GI Del Mar Debutante winner Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) Aug. 9 and was stretching out as the second betting choice at 2-1 by about $1,000 to Misstrial (Constitution). In behind the leaders in the run to the clubhouse turn, the $400,000 KEESEP yearling was forced to take some evasive action and that might have fired her up a bit, as she pulled her way to the front turning down the backstretch. Overtaken to her inside by Sounds Lucky (Tiz the Law) and content to track from second, Super Corredora eased to the front approaching the five-sixteenths, but Misstrial looked ready to tackle her nearing the stretch. That challenge never materialized, as Super Corredora went through her gears and cruised home to win it by a space. The winner's dam was purchased by Woodford Thoroughbreds for $300,000 in foal to Volatile at Keeneland November in 2021 and is kin to another half-dozen winners out of MSW & GSP Simplify (Pulpit), including SW Optionality (Gun Runner) and SW Simple Surprise (Cowboy Cal), the dam of MGISW sire Gunite (Gun Runner) and recent GIII Iroquois Stakes hero Spice Runner (Gun Runner). Sticking with the Gun Runner theme, Super Simple produced a colt by Taiba this season and was bred back to the aforementioned Gunite. Sales history: $400,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $53,600. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Spartan Equine Racing LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, Robert C Gardiner & Michael W Olszewski; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-John W Sadler. “Could not have been more impressive…” A big day for @westpointtbred as #4 SUPER CORREDORA romps in Race 6 at @santaanitapark. @HIBerrios in the irons on the Gun Runner (@Three_Chimneys) filly for @sadlerracing. pic.twitter.com/EHhJOTrLgl — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 11, 2025 The post Gun Runner Filly Super Corredora Romps In Two-Turn Bow at Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Stepping into graded company for the first time, Love Cervere used a powerful turn of foot to outfinish her fellow 3-year-old fillies and win the $175,000 Glen Cove Stakes (G3T) Oct. 11 at Aqueduct Racetrack.View the full article

The New York Racing Association has canceled live racing Oct. 12 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to a powerful coastal storm forecast to bring extremely high winds and heavy rainfall to the New York City metropolitan area.View the full article

Undefeated no more. LUSH LIPS (GB) (f, 3, Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Lamyaa {GB}, by Arcano {Ire}) hit the final sixteenth in front and refused to let the previously undefeated Laurelin (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}) reel her back in en route to glory in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes at Keeneland Saturday. Sitting cozy behind the front-running Opulent Restraint (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the 8-1 shot simply waited for that rival to come back to her with less than a quarter mile to go and inherited a winning advantage over Laurelin who was charging in the final yards but was never going to get by in the end. After just missing by a half-length in the GI Del Mar Oaks, this is the first Grade I win for Lush Lips. Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-0. O-Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Hoffman Thoroughbreds, LLC, Shanahan, Mrs. Paul and Magnier, Mrs. M. V.; B-The Pocock Family; T-Brendan P. Walsh. Sales History: £82,000 ylg '23 GOFFUK. LUSH LIPS! She wins the G1 Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup @keenelandracing for @brenpwalsh and @Tyler_Gaff. pic.twitter.com/7nxjqJOZgi — World Horse Racing (@WHR) October 11, 2025 Saturday, Keeneland QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP S. PRESENTED BY DIXIANA-GI, $665,300, Keeneland, 10-11, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:48.01, gd. 1–LUSH LIPS (GB), 121, f, 3, by Ten Sovereigns (Ire) 1st Dam: Lamyaa (GB), by Arcano (Ire) 2nd Dam: Divine Grace (Ire), by Definite Article (GB) 3rd Dam: Grey Patience (Ire), by Common Grounds (GB) 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. (£82,000 Ylg '23 GOFFUK). O-Medallion Racing, Parkland Thoroughbreds, Hoffman Thoroughbreds, LLC, Mrs. Paul Shanahan, and Mrs. M. V. Magnier; B-The Pocock Family (GB); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $387,888. Lifetime Record: 10-4-4-0, $769,510. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Laurelin (Ire), 121, f, 3, by Zarak (Fr) 1st Dam: Bari (Ire), by Cape Cross (Ire) 2nd Dam: Genoa (GB), by Zafonic 3rd Dam: Yawl (GB), by Rainbow Quest 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. (€160,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-Newstead Stables LLC; B-M. H. Dixon & Mount Coote Estates (IRE); T-H. Graham Motion. $125,125. 3–Opulent Restraint (Ire), 121, f, 3, by Dubawi (Ire) 1st Dam: Significant Form (MGSW, $817,216), by Creative Cause 2nd Dam: Church by the Sea, by Harlan's Holiday 3rd Dam: Witness Post, by Gone West O-Stephanie Seymour Brant; B-White Birch Farm Sc (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $62,562. Margins: 1 1/4, 3/4, 2 3/4. Odds: 8.61, 2.34, 11.48. Also Ran: Fionn, Candy Quest, Daisy Flyer, Simmering (GB), Destino d'Oro. Scratched: Will Then. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Lush Lips Hands Laurelin A First Defeat In Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Upset appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sunday, Cologne, Germany, post time: 15:35, WETTSTAR.DE – PREIS DES WINTERFAVORITEN-G3, €155,000, 2yo, 8fT Field: Dalyan (Fr) (Romanised {Ire}), Gostam (Ger) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Guevara (Ger) (Alson {Ger}), Lommi (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Next Emerald (Ger) (Best Solution {Ire}), Nitaro (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Somi (Ire) (Magna Grecia {Ire}), Spezialist (Ger) (Protectionist {Ger}). TDN Analysis: Last month's G3 Zukunfts-Rennen victor Gostam puts his perfect two-for-two record on the line and sets a lofty standard in Germany's premier juvenile contest. His opposition includes Listed Junioren-Preis third Dalyan and the once-raced Somi, who impressed when shedding maiden status over this course and distance last month. Peter Schiergen, who saddles fellow maiden winners Guevara and Zukunfts-Rennen sixth Nitaro, is three shy of Heinz Jentzsch's record nine renewals. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Gostam Aims To Defend Unbeaten Record In Winterfavoriten appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 150th running of the Dewhurst Stakes (G1) was also a landmark for rising force Yulong Investments, who put established superpowers Coolmore and Godolphin in the shade when Gewan sprang a 25-1 upset at Newmarket Racecourse.View the full article