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1st-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 12:35 p.m. ET. With the third highest return at the 2025 OBS Spring Sale, TAGERMEEN (Into Mischief) was taken home for $1.4-million by Mahmud Mouni after the colt fired a :9 4/5 during the under-tack show. Sent to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, the debuting bay is out of Silk Route (Empire Maker), who Mouni acquired for a mere $10,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November Sale. Tagermeen's extended female family includes GIII Lecomte Stakes hero Call Me Midnight (Midnight Lute) and French Group 1 winner Full Mast (Mizzen Mast). Another OBS grad who exits the gate for the first time is Tapit's Legacy (Tapit). Spendthrift and Epic Racing went to $550,000 to get the colt who went :10 flat during the March breeze. Trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, the son of Tapit was produced by Peace Corps (Violence)–a $500,000 2020 Keeneland November purchase for Corser Thoroughbreds. This dam is a half-sister to GI Prioress Stakes heroine Her Smile (Include), who herself is responsible for MGSW Pink Sands (Tapit). Drawn to the outside for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott is $725,000 Keeneland September graduate Time to Strike (Not This Time). Owned by Gold Standard, the April colt's dam is a half-sister to GSW Devil by Design (Medaglia d'Oro), who is responsible for GI American Oaks victress Competitionofideas (Speightstown)–a $1.3-million buy for Shadai at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale. TJCIS PPS 2nd-CNL, $70K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 12:58 p.m. ET. Musical (Candy Ride {Arg}), under the care of trainer Brittany Russell, will be unveiled for the group known as the 'Avengers.' A $700,000 2023 Keeneland September purchase, the chestnut's extended female family includes a number of stakes winners, including Inspired (Unbridled's Song), plus current sire Leofric (Candy Ride {Arg}). TJCIS PPS 2nd-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:07 p.m. ET. Back upstate, Peter Blum homebred Ginger Ale (Into Mischief) goes out for trainer Rodolphe Brisset. The filly is out of GSP Co Cola (Candy Ride {Arg})–who Blum purchased for $600,000 at the 2022 Keeneland January Sale. The debuting bay claims famed older half-sister Search Results (Flatter), the winner of the GI Acorn Stakes who amassed nearly $2 million during her racing career and went for $3.6-million to Katsumi Yoshida during the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale. Others of note here include Atropa (Into Mischief), whose extended female family includes current sires Street Boss (Street Cry {Ire}) and Jack Christopher (Munnings). Also Claiborne and Adele Dilschneider homebred Asking (Lookin At Lucky) goes out for Bill Mott. The filly's dam is a half-sister to pensioned sire Congrats (A.P. Indy). TJCIS PPS 6th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:12 p.m. ET. Brian Lynch trainee Love a Little Mo (Uncle Mo) carries the Flying Dutchmen colors. The first-timer was bought for $675,000 during Keeneland September last year. The filly's stakes-winning dam Inject (Frosted) is herself out of GI Spinaway Stakes heroine Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal), and she counts as half-sisters the sire Tapwrit (Tapit) and MGSW Ride a Comet (Candy Ride {Arg}). Last but not least, Spin a Tune (Hard Spun) is related to Better Lucky (Ghostzapper), while Last Curtain Call (Oscar Performance) is connected to Zipessa (City Zip), who both won the GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland. TJCIS PPS The post Saturday Racing Insights: Pricey Son Of Into Mischief Makes The Races At The Spa On Busy Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It's not often in the case of a horse's breeding that six-time leading general sire Into Mischief would the less-successful parent. But such is the case for Dr. Agne who not only claims Spendthrift's elite stallion on the top side but also is the third foal and second winner out of Eclipse-winning Turf Champion Lady Eli who banked nearly $3,000,000 in her career before selling to John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale for $4.2m at KEENOV in 2018. Dr. Agne himself went through the ring at Keeneland as a yearling last September, bringing just $185,000 for Quarter Pole Enterprises and now races for the partnership of Madaket Stables LLC, Twin Brook Stables and Belladonna Racing LLC. Given to trainer Cherie DeVaux, the 7-2 shot was well-thought of Friday in what was meant for a seven-furlong turf debut. The weather had other ideas, raining off all but the GIII Coronation Cup Stakes onto the main track. But with the field still largely in tact despite the surface switch, Dr. Agne, with jockey Jose Ortiz aboard, broke sharply with the frontrunners but quickly took back off the speed and was passed on all sides while falling back to sixth along the rail. 14-1 longshot Jet Off (Twirling Candy) set a pressured tempo through a :22.90 opening quarter before getting some separation with Dr. Agne several lengths out of it and splitting the gap between the leading five runners and the two trailers. Hugging the rail around the far turn and quickly picking up momentum, Lady Eli's son began a tremendous rally, coming past the quarter pole in third with Jet Off still to catch. Further out, 2-1 race favorite Epic Desire (Uncle Mo) was also moving but Dr. Agne had first jump, tipping outside of the leading pair and surging past them both to gain the lead at the sixteenth pole. Epic Desire was still coming but was clearly second best as Dr. Agne stole away to the win. The most successful starter for Lady Eli and the 52nd 'TDN Rising Star' for Into Mischief, Dr. Agne has a yearling half-brother by Justify and a foal half-sister by Uncle Mo. The mare herself is a half to MGSW Bizzy Caroline (Afleet Alex) who produced another 'Rising Star' in GI Preakness Stakes fourth Goal Oriented (Not This Time). Yet another of Lady Eli's half-sisters is responsible for English MGSW Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}). What a debut for DR. AGNE ($9.70)!!! The two-year-old by @spendthriftfarm's Into Mischief out of @BreedersCup champion Lady Eli won the 6th at Saratoga under @jose93_ortiz. @reredevaux trains flashy colt for @MadaketStables, @BelladonnaRaci1 & Twin Brook Stables. pic.twitter.com/jVsgZVb2C7 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) July 11, 2025 6th-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 7-11, 2yo, 7f (off turf), 1:25.97, ft, 1 length. AGNE, c, 2, Into Mischief 1st Dam: Lady Eli (Ch. Turf Female, MGISW, $2,959,800), by Divine Park 2nd Dam: Sacre Coeur, by Saint Ballado 3rd Dam: Kazadancoa (Fr), by Green Dancer Sales History: $185,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $55,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree. O-Madaket Stables LLC, Twin Brook Stables and Belladonna Racing LLC; B-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. The post Lady Eli’s Son Dr. Agne A Stellar ‘Rising Star’ At Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Anyone who went by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's barn on the Oklahoma Training Track Friday morning did a double take. A jumbo-sized maple tree, which has stood tall for years outside Mott's office, was no more. Thanks to a violent display of weather Thursday night after Opening Day at Saratoga Race Course, the tree was uprooted and came crashing down. Part of the tree came to rest on the roof of Mott's office. Miraculously, there was no damage done to the office, which was unoccupied when the storm hit shortly after 7 p.m. Thursday night. “It was coming down and I was trying to hold it up, and I couldn't hold it up,” Mott said Friday morning, showing some levity over the situation. Mott was eating dinner with his wife Tina at Pennell's Restaurant, not far from the track when the storm hit. “We were sitting on the patio, and we were just finishing and the winds started blowing and just about everyone moved inside,” Mott said. “I drove over to the harness track to see (if horses) were ok and it was. There was some water, and I thought, 'if they are ok over there, they are probably ok over here.'” Paul Caiano, the chief meteorologist at WNYT-13, the NBC affiliate in Albany, said just under an inch of rain fell in Saratoga in the 45-minute storm. He also said that radar indicated wind gust of over 50 miles an hour was recorded during the storm. “That's what knocked that tree over,” Caiano said. The horses at Mott's barn–including GI Kentucky Derby and GI Belmont Stakes winner Sovereignty (Into Mischief)–did not seem bothered at all. The tree that fell came very close to hitting a two-horse open air stall next to the office. It did not and the horses there were not in any distress. About the only damage that could be seen at the barn was a couple of Adirondack chairs that were outside the barn got hit. Interestingly enough, a hanging flowerpot outside the office, which looked to be in harm's way of the tree, was intact Friday. Mott said the tree will be taken care of in the next day or so via chainsaws. When it is chopped up, it will make for a lot more sun outside of Mott's office. Mo Plex Likely to Stay Put for Jim Dandy Trainer Jeremiah Englehart said Friday that it looks more likely that his 3-year-old Mo Plex (Complexity) will stay home and run in the GII, $500,000 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga on July 26. Englehart said that after watching his New York-bred go four furlongs alone in :49.25 (46/92) on the main track with jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. aboard for the second straight work. Mo Plex | Sarah Andrew “We are leaning towards the Jim Dandy,” Englehart said. Last week, Englehart said he might prefer to run Mo Plex, who won the GIII Ohio Derby in his last start, in the GI, $1-million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park next Saturday. Mo Plex is owned by Rick Higgins of Saratoga and Howard Reed of Albany (R & H Stable). Englehart said he originally tried talking his owners out of the Jim Dandy, but, after doing some thinking, decided that being at home was more of an advantage than heading out of town. “If you go to the Haskell, you could have Journalism (Curlin); if we run here, you have Sovereignty and a couple other real nice horses,” Englehart said. “Any time you run in any of these races, you are going to have tough horses to run against.” Englehart is hopeful that Ortiz will ride Mo Plex in the Jim Dandy. “I am hoping,” Ortiz said after the work. “There has been no decision made yet.” Ortiz rode Hill Road (Quality Road) in his last start, a fifth-place finish in the Belmont Stakes. He could be pointed to the Jim Dandy for trainer Chad Brown. “I would love to have Irad,” Englehart said. “But if we can't, there are a lot of good riders in that room.” Fierceness Works Towards His Date in Whitney When 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light), works, Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher expects good things. Pletcher wasn't disappointed Friday when he watched the 4-year-old work five furlongs in 1:01.60 (4/10) with exercise rider Danny Wright on board, as usual. He worked in company on the main track with stablemate Dreamlike (Gun Runner), a 5-year-old gelding. Fierceness (outside) & Dreamlike breezing Friday | Sarah Andrew “It was typical of what we always see from him,” Pletcher said outside his office on the Oklahoma Training Track. “I thought he was very impressive; he did it in hand throughout. We wanted a good, solid work without overdoing it and that is what he did.” This was his second work since finishing second in the GI Metropolitan Handicap at Saratoga on June 7. The Saratoga target for Fierceness is the GI, $1-million Whitney Stakes on Aug. 2. Pletcher is still mulling over whether Fierceness, owned by Repole Stable, Derrick Smith, Michael B. Tabor and Mrs. John Magnier, will have company in the Whitney. He could also run 'TDN Rising Star' Mindframe (Constitution), unbeaten in three starts this year, in the Whitney. Mindframe, owned by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables LLC, won the GI Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs in his last start on June 28 and will return to the work tab next week, Pletcher said. “We will continue to monitor how both are doing and wait as long as we can to make a decision,” Pletcher said about running both in the Whitney. “If you run them both against each other, barring a miraculous dead heat, one of them is going to get beat.” The post Saratoga Notebook, Presented by NYRA Bets: Mott Dodged a Bullet When Strong Storm Hit Thursday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Newmarket's July Festival winds up on Saturday, with the feature G1 Al Basti Equiworld, Dubai July Cup the stage for the potential reinvention of Godolphin's Notable Speech (Dubawi). Luckily for him and unfortunately for the rest of us, he has no international heavyweights to deal with in a renewal that looks a bit light on its usual quality. With the main protagonists of the Commonwealth Cup, Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes and King's Stand all absent, this looks one of the most winnable editions for some time and it will be deflating if last year's 2,000 Guineas and Sussex Stakes hero doesn't at least make it into the thick of the action. Lack of true depth in the sprinting ranks may account for the recent plunge on Ballydoyle's Whistlejacket (No Nay Never), who remains a smart colt having won the Prix Morny and the course-and-distance July Stakes last term. Nevertheless, he has contested four other top-flight contests in his career and been beaten in all, starting odds-on in two of them. Needless to say, he has yet to convince that he belongs in the top echelon the way that the stable's former July Cup winners Stravinsky, Mozart, Starspangledbanner, U S Navy Flag and Ten Sovereigns clearly did. Weak in the betting at present, Godolphin's Sandy Lane Stakes winner Symbol Of Honour (Havana Grey) could surprise a few in his solid, unflashy style while like all of the above Wathnan Racing's consistent Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes third Flora Of Bermuda (Dark Angel) fits the age profile. Only one horse aged older than four has prevailed since 2009 and the way the Al Quoz Sprint-winning five-year-old Believing (Mehmas) flopped at Royal Ascot, she hardly inspires hope that she can turn around that trend. Charlie Appleby said of Symbol Of Honour, “When he gets on the racecourse he's just tough–he gets out on the pace and grinds it out.” Will We Be Reaching For Superlatives? As usual, the card's G2 Superlative Stakes has the potential to promote something exciting and in Wootton Bassett's Italy Ballydoyle have a colt who carries all the right vibes into the early Classic pointer. If you were going to draw up a fantasy list of Triple Crown hopes on breeding, connections and early ability, this relative of Serpentine et al would definitely be on it. Crazy, I know, but that is what this meeting is about really. Prospecting for Classic winners and that ultimate dream horse. Now that we know that the sire is capable of producing class acts over all distances, this relative of Serpentine with Epsom in his blood has Derby potential as well as Guineas. Okay, it is the longest of all longshots at this juncture, but he has the right blend of speed and stamina to at least start the conversation. Aidan O'Brien never gives much away prior to a race, but there was a sense of excitement in the way he said, “We're looking forward to him.” Firstly, Italy has to get past the Charlie Appleby duo and the trainer who excels in this race seems to favour the Sandown winner Saba Desert (Dubawi) over TDN Rising Star Wild Desert (Too Darn Hot) if jockey bookings are a guide. The latter is a grandson of the Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Gossamer, from that wonderful Gerald Leigh family and therefore is one with a future and not just about now. Six For Grand Prix De Paris Sunday's G1 Cygames Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp is staged a day before the Fete Nationale and the 12-furlong feature sees Aidan O'Brien looking to extend his five renewals with the G3 Hampton Court winner Trinity College (Dubawi). Supplemented for the race, fellow Prix du Jockey Club also-ran Leffard (Le Havre) and G3 Prix du Lys runner-up Surabad (Bated Breath) shore up the French defence along with the eye-catching Derby fourth New Ground (New Bay). The post July Cup Is Notable Speech’s To Lose appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Explosive debut winner Ewing may point to a next start in the Aug. 2, $200,000 Saratoga Special Stakes (G2), according to trainer Mark Casse. View the full article

Ka Ying Rising's outstanding performance during the 2024-25 racing season saw the record-breaking speedster earn the Hong Kong Horse of the Year title at a special presentation held in the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong July 11.View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features a daughter of Group 2 winner Indie Angel. 1.40 Newmarket, Mdn, £25,000, 2yo, f, 7fT DARKWING (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is one of the key players in this maiden won in recent times by Ballydoyle, Poetic Charm and Desert Flower, being the first foal out of Cheveley Park Stud's G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes winner Indie Angel (Dark Angel). John and Thady Gosden introduce the homebred in a fascinating affair which includes Sky Racing Club's fellow newcomer New Vega (GB) (New Bay {GB}), a Simon and Ed Crisford-trained €450,000 Arqana May Breeze-Up graduate from the family of the triple Group 1 winner Ervedya (Siyouni). The post Newmarket Debut For Frankel’s Darkwing, Daughter Of Indie Angel appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A 25% share in the undefeated stakes-winning colt Verifire will be on offer at a special Inglis Digital USA flash sale July 14-18.View the full article

Godolphin's Cinderella's Dream claimed her first domestic group 1 in the July 11 Falmouth Stakes (G1) to continue an excellent week at Newmarket's July festival for William Buick and Charlie Appleby.View the full article

Out since Mar. 26 when he broke his left ankle in an incident prior to a race at Gulfstream, Tyler Gaffalione will be back on July 16. Gaffalione was shaken up during the post parade of the claiming event for 3-year-old fillies when his mount, China Blue (Social Inclusion), acted up and pinned his leg against the rail. The surprise is not that he is coming back, but where he will be riding after resuming his career. His agent Matt Muzikar said that Gaffalione will ride the meet at Ellis Park and will try to ride some at Saratoga on Ellis dark days. “We're all set for Ellis and will be coming in and out of town at Saratoga,” Muzikar said. “With him coming back at this particular time, I think it is the best fit for him. I'm trying to keep him from getting too excited. He is chomping at the bit. There will be a lot of Kentucky outfits that send horses to Saratoga, so, hopefully, he'll pick up some of those mounts.” Gaffalione, with Dylan Davis, tied for third in last year's Spa standings with 36 winners. But the purses at Ellis Park have risen so much that Gaffalione may be better off financially riding there versus Saratoga. NYRA continues to lose jockeys to the Kentucky tracks. Luis Saez and Jose Ortiz, who were year-round staples at the NYRA tracks for years, will ride at Saratoga, but each has become a regular rider on the Kentucky and Fair Grounds circuits. Ellis Park announced recently that its maiden races would go for $100,000. Most Saratoga maidens also have purses of $100,000. The post Gaffalione Ready to Return, But at Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The GI Dunkin' Diana Stakes has run through the Chad Brown barn for the last three years and while Brown has two solid entries here, the race runs through the rail-drawn Cherie DeVaux starter She Feels Pretty (Karakontie {Jpn}). The 4-year-old Lael Stables-owned filly has won four straight dating back to last year, including three Grade I races over several of the rivals she'll line up against Saturday. For reference her last two 1 1/8-mile races resulted in wins by a combined 8 1/4 lengths and she'll be stepping back up, though just barely, to that trip from the 1 3/16-mile GI New York Stakes on yielding turf at the Spa June 6. “She's doing well,” said DeVaux. “She's trained well here since the New York, and she's on track for this. She's been very impressive this year.” Brown, who seeks his 10th overall Diana win, carries a strong hand to challenge She Feels Pretty with side by side entries starting with GI Just A Game Stakes winner Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}). The Klaravich Stables runner, who got her top-level win on yielding turf, comes in on a two-race win streak but tries the 1 1/8-mile trip for the first time, though she did take the 1 1/16-mile GIII Beaugay Stakes at Aqueduct in early May without issue. Just to her inside, stablemate Excellent Truth (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) ran second as the favorite in the Just A Game for Resolute Racing and was also second in her first start stateside in the GI Jenny Wiley at Keeneland Apr. 12. John Stewart picked up the pair from France at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale for €1,600,000 at the end of 2024. Excellent Truth and Dynamic Pricing | Sarah Andrew “In both of her starts for me, she has been unlucky,” Brown said of Excellent Truth. “At Keeneland, she had a rough trip in the stretch and I'd say she is due for a cleaner trip this time around. At least, I hope so. Both Excellent Truth and Dynamic Pricing are on target for this, they've come out of their works well.” Talent runs deep in this field with Saffie Joseph, Jr. shipping in 'TDN Rising Star' Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}). The 5-year-old mare dominated in the 1 1/8-mile GI Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita last out May 26 to tip her earnings over the seven figure mark and also kicked off her year taking the Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational at Gulfstream. Sandwiched between those starts however is a head-scratching eighth in the Jenny Wiley. “She is a good workhorse, loves her job, and getting that Grade I win on her resume was huge,” said Joseph, Jr. “The nine furlongs is good. She is unique in the sense that she has enough speed to go a mile, and enough stamina to go longer. Her ability to have that variation of distance is unique, but I feel that nine furlongs is perfect for her. It tests both speed and stamina.” Adding yet another Grade I winner to the field, Choisya (GB) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) beat out Excellent Truth in the Jenny Wiley but faded from contention in the Just A Game last out for trainer Simon Crisford and Rabbah Bloodstock. The Jenny Wiley was this mare's first start in the states since taking several graded wins in the United Arab Emirates early this year. Far Bridge Back On Track For Clement In Bowling Green 'TDN Rising Star' Far Bridge (English Channel) started his year a perfect two for two for Christophe Clement and ran well to wind up third beaten just a neck in the 1 1/8-mile GI Manhattan at Saratoga June 8. The 5-year-old LSU Stables runner now stretches back out to 1 3/8 miles, the winning distance two back in the GII Man O' War Stakes at Aqueduct. Far Bridge at Saratoga | Sarah Andrew “Maybe the distance was a touch short at that level, but I think he ran a gallant race,” Clement said of Far Bridge's run in the Manhattan. “He ran a terrific figure and came out of it in great order. He ran probably too good of a race to lose, but that's racing for you.” Clement also sends out Tawny Port (Pioneerof the Nile) who was eased last out in a rained-off edition of the GIII Belmont Gold Cup June 6 but has plenty of back class on the turf through the last 16 months. Sandwiched between the stablemates, Webslinger (Constitution) comes in off a pair of seconds for Mark Casse. Second in the 1 1/2-mile Colonial Cup in September last year, the 5-year-old gelding then came off the extended layoff to nearly steal the GII Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine in his first try on the Tapeta May 31. “He ran great his first start back at Woodbine,” Casse said. “I've been very impressed with him. I think he's training better than I've ever seen him. The key with him is he'll sit back and make his run. I'm expecting a big year out of him.” Casse also saddles Corruption (Medaglia d'Oro) who ran fourth just behind Far Bridge in the GI Manhattan. He previously wired the field at Churchill facing allowance horses May 10 going 1 1/8 miles. “He's definitely improved,” Casse said of Corruption. “He's our most improved child for the year. He likes to get in a rhythm and the farther you go, the easier it is to accomplish that.” The post She Feels Pretty Seeks Toughest Divisional Test Yet In Diana appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Sigh No More in the Boiling Springs Stakes at Monmouth. Boiling Springs Stakes To Sigh No More Heider Family Stables' Sigh No More ran out a 1 1/2-length winner of Monmouth Park's Boiling Springs Stakes at the end of last month (video). Conditioned by Brendan Walsh, the daughter of Starspangledbanner was making her second US start. Bred by Barronstown Stud out of the Galileo mare Silent Thoughts, the May foal made €50,000 as a Goffs Orby yearling before winning four of her seven Irish starts for Bronsan Racing, Stride Racing and trainer Joseph O'Brien, culminating in the G3 Eyrefield Stakes at Leopardstown last October. The relative of G1 Golden Jubilee Stakes hero Malhub (Kingmambo) caught the eyes of Ted Durcan and David Lanigan acting for Heider Family Stables for 260,000gns at the 2024 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Sigh No More is a half-sister to Irish listed winner Neptune Rock (Muhaarar), the multiple stakes-placed Unreasonable (No Nay Never) and the No Nay Never pair of a yearling filly, and a colt foal. Coolmore's Starspangledbanner has sired 20 winners from 34 American runners (59%). His nine stakes winners there (26%) are anchored by Grade I winners Rhea Moon and State Of Rest, with the latter in his third season at Rathbarry Stud. Starspangledbanner stands for €45,000 this year. Zarak Mare Wires Foes At The Spa Hoolie Racing Stable's In Time (Zarak) was trying 1 1/2 miles for the first time in her career on July 6, and pulled off a win for Miguel Clement at Saratoga (video). A three-time winner in her native France including a final start at Fontainebleau in March of 2023, the daughter of two-time winner Mixed Evidence (Elusive City) was bred by J.B.S. Invest N.V. She was campaigned by Jan Romel and Pia and Joakim Brandt prior to her switch to America. One of five foals and two winners for her dam, herself a full-sister to multiple stakes winner and multiple group-placed Mixed Intention (Elusive City), In Time is kin to both G2 Queen Mary Stakes heroine Quick Suzy (Profitable) and G1 Prix du Jockey Club third Millebosc (Le Havre). Zarak has sired 50% winners from his 10 runners in the US. Both Parnac, successful in the GII Flower Bowl Stakes, and Laurelin are stakes winners. He stands under the Aga Khan Stud banner at Haras de Bonneval for €80,000. Queen Of Canada Repole Stable's Boca Queen (Kingman) zipped to a 3 1/4-length debut victory in a seven-furlong maiden at Woodbine on July 5 (video). Part of the Flaxman Stables breeding programme, the daughter of multiple group winner Bocca Baciata (Big Bad Bob) is trained by Kevin Attard. Knocked down for a cool €400,000 by West Bloodstock acting for Mike Repole at the 2023 Goffs Orby Sale, Boca Queen is a half-sister to listed winner and €775,000 Goffs November alumni Foniska (Galileo), as well as the unraced 2-year-old filly Botagoz (Mehmas) (€260,000 Goffs Orby pickup by Sumbe); a yearling colt by Frankel and a weanling filly by that Juddmonte sire. Dual group winner and G1 Pretty Polly Stakes runner-up Bocca Baciata is a half-sister to group winner and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches third Topeka (Whipper). Juddmonte's Kingman commands a fee of £125,000 this year. Of his 79 runners in the US, 47 are winners and nine of them have made their mark at stakes level. Domestic Spending, a winner of the Manhattan, Turf Classic, and Hollywood Derby at the top table, is his local star. Lovely Is As Lovely Does Fergus Galvin and Rebecca Hillen's Loveliest (Siyouni) sailed to a five-length victory at Ellis Park on July 5 (chart). The $150,000 Keeneland September yearling was selected by Stephen Hillen and was making her first trip to the post for Eddie Kenneally. Her dam, the Galileo mare Lovelier, won the Listed Cairn Rouge Stakes and was runner-up in the G2 Kilboy Estate Stakes in Ireland. Loveliest is her second foal and first winner, while she produced a colt by Gun Runner last spring. Lovelier is a full-sister to the four-time Group 1 winner and Classic scorer Winter. Another stallion standing under the Aga Khan Studs' umbrella, Siyouni is credited with 23 winners from 51 runners (45%) Stateside. Standing for €200,000 this term, Siyouni has a septet of stakes winners in that locale include five Grade III winners, among them the dual graded winner Sacred Life, who was twice placed at the highest level. Too Darn Hot On The Double So Darn Pretty kicked off a brace of winners for her sire in the latest Making Waves when taking a Saratoga affair for Michael Ryan on July 3 (video). Part of the Brittany Russell barn, the dark bay was bred by Centerville Bloodstock. Although she did not meet her reserve when a 180,000gns buy-back during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, So Darn Pretty found her way to American shores regardless and was making her third start. The seventh foal out of Zondaq (Bernardini), she is a half-sister to two-time stakes winner and GII Delaware Handicap heroine Saddle Up Jessie (More Than Ready) and the G3 Thoroughbred Stakes and G2 Gimcrack Stakes-placed King's Gamble (Kingman). Zondaq has fillies by Palace Pier and Nyquist born in 2024 and 2025. She was bred back to the latter sire this spring. Kin to five stakes winners under the second dam including GII Jessamine Stakes and GIII Wonder Again Stakes victress Sweet Melania (American Pharoah), So Darn Pretty counts blue hen Lassie's Lady (Alydar) as her fourth dam. So Darn Pretty and Luis Saez take them gate to wire to score the maiden victory in the finale today at @TheNYRA #Saratoga for Mike Ryan pic.twitter.com/GkRhZRkgVj — Brittany Russell Racing Stable (@BTRracingstable) July 3, 2025 The fourth time was the charm for Elite Heat at Horseshoe Indianapolis for Brad Cox on July 5. The Chasemore Farm-bred carries the MyRacehorse silks. Grove Stud purchased the bay as an 80,000gns yearling out of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with Arthur Hoyeau acting for MyRacehorse, in action for the filly during the Arqana Summer Sale. Hoyeau acquired the third foal of the winning Formidable Kitt (Invincible Spirit) for €210,000. Already a half-sister to the Listed Pretty Polly Stakes third Kitteridge (Camelot), Elite Heat has a 2-year-old half-brother by Starspangledbanner, a yearling half-brother by Saxon Warrior, and a half-sister by Study Of Man born this year. Her granddam is the G2 Queen Mary Stakes victress Ceiling Kitty (Red Clubs). Darley's Too Darn Hot is responsible for five winners from seven to race in America counting his latest duo (71%). Listed Wild Applause Stakes victress Oversubscribed was his first stakes winner in that jurisdiction. His 2025 fee at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket is £90,000. Repeat Winners Newstead Stables' Laurelin remained perfect in four starts with a win in the Penn Oaks at Penn National on June 27 (video). The daughter of Zarak, who is trained by Graham Motion, first featured in Making Waves when breaking her maiden in New York last October. Lush Lips (Ten Sovereigns) added a tally in the Listed Tepin Stakes to her ledger for trainer Brendan Walsh on June 28 (video). She races for Medallion Racing, Steve Weston, Stewart Hoffman, Mrs. Paul Shanahan and Mrs. MV Magnier. Making Waves regular Zulu Kingdom (Ten Sovereigns) reigned supreme in the GIII Manilla Stakes at Saratoga on July 4 in the colours of Madaket Stables, Michael Dubb, William Strauss and Michael J. Caruso (video). Trained by Chad Brown, the 3-year-old ridgling is on a three-race winning streak and became a Grade I winner in the GI American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs in May. Marksman Queen (Dubawi) carried the silks of breeder Cayton Park Stud to victory in the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park on July 5 (video). The win was the first graded victory for the Graham Motion trainee. Arnaud Delacour trainee Evershed won her second consecutive start with a tally at Colonial Downs in Virginia in the colours of Mark Grier on July 9 (video). The daughter of Churchill and the Darshaan mare Balankiya won a Tampa Bay maiden in December. Cheyenna Stable's Ozara (Lope De Vega) is now a dual listed winner in the U.S. after taking the De La Rose Stakes on Saratoga's opening day for trainer Miguel Clement (video). Third in both the GIII Herecomesthebride Stakes and GIII Eatontown Stakes, the consistent 4-year-old filly has now won six of her 12 lifetime trips to the post. Zulu Kingdom | Sarah Andrew The post Making Waves: No Sighs Here, Only Smiles appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Saturday at Saratoga and Ellis Park. Saturday, July 12, 2025 Saratoga 1, $100k, 2yo, 6f, 12:35 p.m. Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Tagermeen (Into Mischief), OBSAPR, 1,400,000, :9 4/5 C-Kings Equine, agent; B-Mahmud Mouni Tapit's Legacy (Tapit), OBSMAR, 550,000, :10 C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-Spendthrift Farm & Epic Horses Throckmorton (Caracaro), OBSAPR, 250,000, :20 3/5 C-Global Thoroughbreds LLC, agent; B-Chad Summers, agent Ellis 1, $44k, 2yo, f, Moc, 6f, 12:50 p.m. Heaven's Hope (Frosted), FTMMAY, 17,000, G C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-John Ennis, agent Saratoga 2, $100k, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:07 p.m. Fraudster (Charlatan), OBSMAR, 400,000, :10 2/5 C-White Lilac (Katie Miranda), agent; B-Leland Ackerley Ellis 6, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:12 p.m. Carolyncaroline (Tiz the Law), OBSAPR, 95,000, :21 2/5 C-Ocala Stud; B-Schultz Racing Stable LLC My Secret Dreams (Summer Front), FTMMAY, 20,000, G C-Parrish Farms Inc, agent; B-John Ennis, agent The post Summer Breezes: Saturday, July 12, 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A 25% share in the undefeated stakes-winning colt Verifire will be on offer at a special Inglis Digital USA Flash Sale.View the full article

Mike Lee Stakes winner Train the Trainer headlines the $150,000 New York Derby July 14 at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack. View the full article

Godolphin's Arqana May Breeze-Up graduate Distant Storm (Night Of Thunder), who was knocked down for a sale-topping €1.9-million, displayed a highly encouraging will to win and prevailed by a short-head from Constitution River (Wootton Bassett) to earn a TDN Rising Star rosette in Friday's £25,000 Weatherbys British EBF Maiden Stakes at Newmarket. Field Of Gold (Kingman) attained Rising Star status in this seven-furlong heat last year. “He's been straightforward since he's arrived and full credit to the people who prepared him before that,” said Charlie Appleby. “He's one of the nicest breeze-up horses I've seen, in terms of the future, and another run of two will do him this year.” Prominent throughout following a sharp getaway, the 5-6 favourite was bustled along approaching the final furlong and found extra under continued urging in the closing stages to deny Constitution River on the nod after a ding-dong duel. The pair were 3 1/2 lengths clear of an outmuscled remainder. Winning debut 1.9 million guineas buy Distant Storm (Night Of Thunder) gives @godolphin, Buick & Appleby yet another win on the July Course pic.twitter.com/CuTT7Xrv3V — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 11, 2025 The post Arqana Breeze Up Topper Distant Storm Shows Mettle in TDN Rising Star Display at HQ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last term's GI Belmont Oaks Invitational heroine Cinderella's Dream (Shamardal) was undone by Crimson Advocate (Nyquist) at last month's Royal meeting and exacted revenge on that rival in Friday's G1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes, providing Godolphin with a breakthrough success in the one-mile contest. “I don't think she was quite 100% on song and she was beaten too far out at [Royal] Ascot,” explained Charlie Appleby. “She came out of it well, we freshened her up and we came here with confidence. I don't really want to travel with her like we did last year. I want to take her back to the Breeders' Cup and the [G1] Nassau [Stakes at Goodwood] is an option.” Steadied to race under cover in fifth after breaking on the lead, the 5-2 second favourite made smooth headway from halfway to challenge going well passing the quarter-mile marker and was driven out up the rising ground to assert by a half-length from January (Kingman). Crimson Advocate held every chance at the foot of the hill and played her part in a thrilling three-way tussle, finishing 1 3/4 lengths adrift in third. Cinderella's Dream – back in business with @Tattersalls1766 Falmouth Stakes glory pic.twitter.com/l1SSFGvHbB — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 11, 2025 The post Cinderella’s Dream Bounces Back in Style, First Falmouth for Godolphin 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 Saturday running at Fukushima Racecourse: Saturday, July 12, 2025 6th-FKS, ¥14,250,000 ($97k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1150m OSLO QUEEN (f, 2, Liam's Map–Take Ten, by Uncle Mo) is out of a stakes-placed mare who was acquired by Dr. David and Betty-Gayle Williams' Forever Spring Farm for $75,000 with this filly in utero at the 2022 Keeneland November Sale. Take Ten is a granddaughter of SW & MGSP Terre Haute (Caro {Ire}), the dam of GI Hollywood Futurity hero Tactical Cat (Storm Cat) and second dam of MSW Susie Bee (English Channel). A $70,000 KEESEP yearling, Oslo Queen is bred on a similar cross to MGSW/GISP Crazy Beautiful and SWs Who Dey, Dr Ardito and Everett's Song. O-Nasuno Bokujo; B-Forever Spring Farm (KY); T-Ryo Takei The post Liam’s Map Filly Gets Going at Fukushima appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The European Federation of Thoroughbred Breeders' Associations held its AGM this week in Newmarket where a number of key challenges and potential threats facing the industry were discussed. Major topics of discussion included the European Union's proposed animal transport regulations, mandatory vaccinations and much more. Commenting on the AGM, EFTBA Chairman Joe Hernon said, “The federation will continue to combat against the serious threats facing Europe's thoroughbred breeding industry, our fellow breeders and their livelihoods, while ensuring equine wellness is at the centre of all our actions and decisions. “Despite such challenges, we can rightly take pride in our industry, which for us all is a wonderful and rewarding way of life. It is in this vein we will continue to be the guardians of the thoroughbred and strive to make it current and respected in an ever-changing world.” The post EFTBA Holds AGM During The July Meeting At Newmarket appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ka Ying Rising has prevailed in the tightest Hong Kong Horse of the Year fight in years, with the David Hayes-trained superstar crowned at the Jockey Club’s Champion Awards gala dinner at the Rosewood on Friday night. Ka Ying Rising’s undefeated eight-win season, which included four Group One victories, was enough to see him get the nod over Voyage Bubble, who also won four Group Ones this term, and globetrotting giant Romantic Warrior. Ka Ying Rising also scooped the Champion Sprinter and...View the full article

Saturday, Newmarket, post time: 16:35, THE AL BASTI EQUIWORLD, DUBAI JULY CUP-G1, £657,000, 3yo/up, 6fT Field: Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal), Jasour (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Night Raider (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Rogue Lightning (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Run To Freedom (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Twilight Calls (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}), Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Flora Of Bermuda (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), No Half Measures (GB) (Cable Bay {Ire}), Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}), Ides Of March (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Spy Chief (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Symbol Of Honour (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never). TDN Verdict: Notable Speech tightens up here, with the two pertinent questions being whether he can turn it on in the first part of the race and how good the established sprinters are. One of them is in his own stable, so Charlie Appleby must have a clear idea of where he sits with the Carnarvon and Sandy Lane winner Symbol Of Honour. Whistlejacket, who captured the July Stakes over course and distance at this meeting 12 months ago, was a touch unlucky in the Commonwealth Cup but needs to prove he is up to this calibre, while last year's July Cup favourite Inisherin just gets more and more disappointing as time goes on and looks more of a seven-furlong performer. It is a concern that the normally reliable Believing was below-par at Royal Ascot, but she is the kind of hard-knocking sprinter this race suits while Ides Of March is not out of it if things fall his way. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Ascot, post time: 14:22, THE CORNISH ORCHARDS SUMMER MILE-G2, £140,000, 4yo/up, 7f 213yT Field: Dark Tornado (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Haatem (Ire) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}), My Cloud (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Never So Brave (Ire) (No Nay Never), Nostrum (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Point Lynas (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Quddwah (GB) (Kingman {GB}). TDN Verdict: The Royal meeting's winners Haatem, My Cloud and Never So Brave clash here, with the former having the Stakes form having conquered the 10-furlong Wolferton. My Cloud went through the Royal Hunt Cup like a class act in the making and is full of untapped potential as a half-brother to Palace Pier, while Never So Brave showed in the Buckingham Palace what Sir Michael Stoute was prophesying in 2024. Last year's winner Quddwah is back at a more realistic level after his Queen Anne flop, but needs to regain some confidence. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, Newmarket, post time: 16:00, THE BET365 SUPERLATIVE STAKES-G2, £100,000, 2yo, 7fT Field: Bourbon Blues (GB) (Space Blues {Ire}), Italy (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Moonfall (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Raakeb (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Saba Desert (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Wild Desert (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Venetian Lace (Ire) (Masar {Ire}). TDN Verdict: TDN Rising Star Italy beat the subsequent Chesham runner-up Thesecretadversary with a degree of panache at Leopardstown in May and it is hard to get away from the buzz that surrounds him. Charlie Appleby has an excellent record in this and William Buick is on the Sandown winner Saba Desert by Dubawi, who captured this in 2004 and has sired three winners of it. Stablemate Wild Desert did little wrong when turned over by the second-string Pacific Avenue in an important course-and-distance stepping stone last month and remains an exciting prospect. [Tom Frary]. Saturday, York, post time: 15:45, THE JOHN SMITH'S SILVER CUP-G3, £85,000, 4yo/up, 13f 188yT Field: Al Qareem (Ire) (Awtaad {Ire}), Maghlaak (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), Onesmoothoperator (Dialed In), Samui (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Subsequent (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Tabletalk (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). TDN Verdict: Al Qareem looks the solid one on his second to Illinois in the Ormonde and when taking the course-and-distance Listed Grand Cup by storm. Subsequent is making his seasonal debut, having signed off at three with a win in the Listed Noel Murless Stakes and is from a stable that can do no wrong at present. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 20:25, CYGAMES GRAND PRIX DE PARIS-G1, €600,000, 3yo, c/f, 12fT Field: Surabad (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Leffard (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), New Ground (GB) (New Bay {GB}), Trinity College (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Uther (GB) (Camelot {GB}), Frankly Good Cen (Fr) (Frankel {GB}). TDN Verdict: Prix du Jockey Club form is the order of the day here, with half the field having crossed swords in the Chantilly Classic. Jockey Club fourth and TDN Rising Star Trinity College has since prevailed in Royal Ascot's G3 Hampton Court Stakes and reopposes Chantilly seventh Frankly Good Cen and 17th Leffard. Juddmonte's New Ground was a never-nearer fourth in Epsom's G1 Derby and rates a serious threat while Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's G3 Prix Noailles winner Uther, a half-brother to last year's hero Sosie, comes back off a third in May's G3 Prix Greffulhe. The in-form Francis Graffard stable is represented by G3 Prix du Lys second and supplementary entry Surabad, who snagged April's Listed Prix de l'Avre over this course and distance. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 19:10, PRIX RADIO FG – PRIX MAURICE DE NIEUIL-G2, €119,000, 4yo/up, 14fT Field: Sibayan (Fr) (Blame), Columbus (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Yashin (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Emblet (GB) (Aclaim {Ire}), Waldadler (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Internaute (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Francis Graffard's in-form stable is represented in this stamina test by Sibayan, who was defeated by a whisker in last month's G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly and seeks a pattern-race breakthrough here. He will be confronted by the Wertheimer duo Double Major, who won this last year, and Internaute. The pair met when fifth and sixth in May's G1 Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at ParisLongchamp. Double Major's Christophe Ferland-trained stablemate Columbus annexed last year's G3 Prix Gerald de Geoffre and rates a danger returning off a short-neck second in Saint-Cloud's Listed Prix La Moskowa on seasonal comeback one month ago. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 19:50, CYGAMES PRIX DE MALLERET-G2, €119,000, 3yo, f, 12fT Field: Rabbit's Foot (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Indalimos (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}), Sunly (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Miss Of Change (Fr) (King Of Change {GB}), Three Pearls (Fr) (Intello {Ger}), Qilin Queen (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Juddmonte's hitherto undefeated Sunly puts her perfect record on the line and will head postward coming back off a taking victory in last month's G3 Prix de Royaumont at Chantilly. Seeking revenge is Royaumont runner-up Indalimos and fifth home Rabbit's Foot. Victoria Head trainee Three Pearls is held by the latter on their Listed Prix Caravelle running while Classic form is represented by G1 Oaks eighth Qilin Queen and Czech Derby heroine Miss Of Change. [Sean Cronin]. Sunday, Mulheim, Germany, post time: 16:15, BBAG DIANA TRIAL-Listed, €25,000, 3yo, f, 10fT Field: Bastion (Ger) (Brametot {Ire}), Lips Vega (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), German Style (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}), Ismahane (Ger) (Isfahan {Ger}), Near Rib (Ger) (Ribchester {Ire}), Nurania (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), Que Bella (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Rockshalaa (Fr) (Shalaa {Ire}), Stugardia (Ger) (Tai Chi {Ger}), Sunshine Baby (Fr) (Areion {Ger}), Tausendschon (Ger) (Destino {Ger}), Winnyzja (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}). TDN Verdict: With eight prior starts in the books, G3 Schwarzgold-Rennen third Lips Vega is the most experienced contender in this late-stage launchpad to next month's G1 Preis der Diana (German Oaks) and sets the domestic standard. Stugardia also has black type to her name, having run second in April's Listed Henkel Stutenpreis at Dusseldorf, while Tausendschon makes her stakes bow coming back off a clear-cut debut success at this venue last month. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Notable Speech Aiming For Redemption In July Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 304 entries for the New York Bred Yearlings Sale, to be held Sunday and Monday, Aug. 10 and 11, in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, New York, the company said via a release on Friday morning. The Sunday session will begin at 7 p.m. ET., and the Monday session will begin at noon. “The New York Bred Yearlings sale annually offers the highest concentration of quality New York-breds of any Thoroughbred auction,” said Fasig-Tipton President Browning. “It's the 'go-to' source for those looking to take advantage of the lucrative New York-bred racing program.” A new development for the New York program begins in 2026 when state breds will run for equal purse money on the NYRA circuit as open company horses. “All yearlings offered in this catalogue will compete for the same purse money as open company horses on the NYRA circuit next year, providing buyers even more incentive to participate in this year's sale,” said Browning. “There has never been a better time to own a New York-bred.” The catalogue may now be viewed online and will also be available in the Equineline sales catalogue app. Print versions are now also available. The post Fasig-Tipton New York Bred Yearlings Sale Catalogues 304 Entries appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Resolute Racing owner John Stewart is making good on his promise that he posted on X this past Wednesday to offer a quarter stake in promising 'TDN Rising Star' Verifire (Authentic) when the flash sale goes live on the Inglis Digital USA platform Monday, July 14 at 2 p.m. ET. and will close Friday, July 18 at 2 p.m. ET., according to a press release from the sales company on Friday morning. “For me, it makes a lot of sense to offer this opportunity to a potential partner,” said John Stewart. “Resolute's core business is focused on a breed-to-race model. It is very unlikely that we will be selling any of our race mares. Since it is not my intention to stand stallions, I see the opportunity to monetize the colts that are performing as a way to generate income to support my operation. It is important to bring things to market when the demand is the highest and right now Verifire has proven himself as one of the top sprint performers in the 3-year-old division on the dirt in North America.” Resolute said via the Inglis USA release that Verifire will be based at trainer Brad Cox's barn at Churchill Downs during and after the flash sale. Per the terms of the agreement, Resolute will retain control of management decisions regarding the colt. The winning bidder will have the option to have Verifire race under their own silks next out. The new owners will then become part of a rotation. If the winning bidder in the share is a Northern Hemisphere stallion farm, they will have the right to stand Verifire at stud upon his retirement. There are no kickers included in this transaction, meaning the sale price does not increase if Verifire wins major races or awards going forward, as there might be for a typical stud deal transacted while a horse is still running. John Stewart after Verifire cleared an optional claimer at Pimlico | Bill Denver/MJC The second to the races for his stakes-placed dam Ruby Trust (Smart Strike), Verifire certainly shined bright when he debuted a winner by 6 1/4 lengths at Colonial Downs Mar. 15. For the effort, the colt garnered a coveted 'TDN Rising Star' badge and his 92 Beyer Speed Figure tied for the fifth-highest to for a maiden at six furlongs this year. Next, Verifire was entered against optional claimers on the Black-Eyed Susan Day undercard at Pimlico May 16 and the chestnut did not disappoint his backers as he won pillar to post by 6 1/2 lengths. The colt then made a successful jump into stakes competition in the Maxfield Stakes at Churchill Downs June 29 when he took control and won by 2 3/4 lengths. As for Verifire future racing plans, the colt is being pointed to the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 23 “This is a once in a lifetime chance to see your silks in Saratoga with a very legitimate chance of visiting the winner's circle,” said Senior Director of Sales and Recruiting at Inglis Digital USA Kyle Wilson. “We applaud John Stewart for making this opportunity available and following through with his plan of strengthening racing through partnerships. “The figures do not lie,” he said. “Verifire is a very serious horse and this is a rare opportunity to get involved at the beginning of not just his racing, but potentially his breeding career. This could be a long and exciting ride for the successful bidder.” All inquiries regarding the sale should be directed to ELiTE Sales or Inglis Digital USA. #10 VERIFIRE ($7.18) and Flavien Prat won the $250,000 Maxfield Stakes at @ChurchillDowns. The three-year-old colt by @SpendthriftFarm's Authentic is undefeated in three starts. @bradcoxracing trains for @resracingky. pic.twitter.com/9be1oQyyIs — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) June 29, 2025 The post Resolute Offers Quarter Stake In ‘TDN Rising Star’ Verifire During Inglis USA Digital Flash Sale Starting July 14 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The British Racing School has completed a significant redevelopment of its main yard, made possible through the support of The Childwick Trust and the Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust. The transformative project is understood to have substantially enhanced the School's facilities. The redevelopment was toured this week by a number of existing supporters of the British Racing School as part of its annual Showcase Event, during which improvements to the School's Foundation Course were outlined. From August 1, the programme, which supports young people aged 16-24 into stable staff roles in the industry, will be extended to 18 weeks (from 6 or 12 weeks), ensuring that all students receive a thorough grounding in racehorse care and management and allowing for greater flexibility in individual student's development plans. Additionally, in line with Government skills funding criteria, the School will also offer 100 hours of Maths and English tuition to 16-18 year olds who have not gained a pass at GCSE. Andrew Braithwaite, Chief Executive of the British Racing School said, “We're incredibly grateful to The Childwick Trust and the Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust for supporting the redevelopment which has elevated the standard of care we provide for our horses and also created a better learning and working environment for our students and staff. Likewise, during the redevelopment we were also extremely lucky to be provided with temporary stabling for our horses, courtesy of LH Woodhouse. This important project forms part of the School's ongoing commitment to providing industry-leading facilities and reflects our mission to prepare students for successful careers in horseracing.” The post British Racing School Unveils Major Redevelopment appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Royal Ascot heroine Venetian Sun (Starman) had history on her side entering Friday's G2 bet365 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes, with four of the last 10 winners backing up a G3 Albany Stakes triumph, and she added her name to that roll of honour with a narrow victory in the six-furlong dash at Newmarket. “The race panned out perfectly and she lengthened correctly on the rising ground,” said winning rider Clifford Lee. “But she hit the front too soon, she thought he race was finished and started to cruise,” he added. Trainer Karl Burke listed the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes as possible targets. Racing in a handy fifth until gliding forward on the bridle once past halfway, the 2-5 favourite powered to the fore approaching the final furlong and idled once in front as Royal Fixation (Palace Pier) flashed home fast and late to reduce the winning marging to a neck. “This race wasn't part of the plan originally, we just made a decision last week to enter,” explained Burke. “There's been no issues with the filly, but we haven't trained her for this race. We've been fairly easy on her since Ascot, as you would expect, with the thought that we'd go for the [G2] Lowther at York or maybe the [G1] Prix Morny. Now she's won a Group 2 that brings the Morny into it more than the Lowther. We won't say we're definitely going to the Morny, but if the ground is a bit easier and it's a race we think we can be very competitive in we could go there and still have time to get her ready for the Moyglare. If we're not happy with her for the Morny, we'll go straight to the Moyglare. She's a very straightforward filly with a fantastic mind.” Reflecting on the performance of runner-up Royal Fixation, Ed Walker commented, “I'm very proud of her. You come in here off the back of a Thirsk maiden and you don't really know how good you are, but she's very good. It would have been disappointing if she had run badly as we rate her very highly among our two-year-olds, but to run that filly [Venetian Sun] as close as we did is pretty exciting because I think she's a very special filly. Briefly, I thought we might get there. I think she was a bit green, she never came off the bridle at Thirsk, so today is the first time she's had a proper race. There's lots more to come, I'd say. I don't know where we'll go next, I'll have a cold beer and worry about that later. The Lowther has got to be a potential target.” 111 Venetian Sun remains unbeaten pic.twitter.com/8UFXlby4BO — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 11, 2025 Pedigree Notes Venetian Sun is the third of five foals and one of three scorers for the dual stakes-placed Johara (Iffraaj), herself the leading performer out of a full-sister to Listed Winter Derby Trial third Mister Green (Green Desert). The February-foaled bay's third dam, Group 3-winning G1 Prix Saint-Alary third Summertime Legacy (Darshaan), also produced G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Mandaean (Manduro), G1 Prix Saint-Alary victrix Wavering (Montjeu) and G1 Fillies' Mile placegetter Winters Moon (New Approach). The latter is the dam of dual Group 1-winning sire Earthlight (Shamardal) and dual Group 1-winning 2000 Guineas third Shadow Of Light (Lope De Vega). Wavering is the dam of three black-type performers headed by multiple stakes-winning G1 Prix Rothschild runner-up Life In Motion (Sea The Stars). Ventian Sun is a half-sister to Listed Roses Stakes third Sir Yoshi (Mehmas) while her dam has a yearling filly by Kodiac and a weanling filly by Cotai Glory to come. The post Venetian Sun Completes Albany-Duchess Of Cambridge Double, Prix Morny an Option appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article