Wandering Eyes

Friday, Newmarket, post time: 14:57, THE BET365 FILLIES' MILE-G1, £528,750, 2yo, f, 8fT Field: Amora Queen (Ger) (Waldgeist {GB}), Composing (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Dance To The Music (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Evolutionist (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Legacy Link (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Moments Of Joy (Justify), Moon Target (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), Precise (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Queen Of Hawaii (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Sugar Island (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Venetian Lace (Ire) (Masar {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Following her wins in the Prestige and Moyglare, Precise is queen bee here with the step up to a mile unlikely to be any problem based on the stamina-packed dam's side. Aidan O'Brien sent Love here in 2019 following her win in that Curragh contest and she was only third, but there is so much to like about the way this filly has been going through her races so far. Juddmonte's Legacy Link is a relative of Frankel and despite the promise of her Haydock novice win has quite a bit to find with the Ballydoyle first-string, while Godolphin's Sweet Solera winner Dance To The Music has to overcome a recent trip to Canada where she was unlucky in the Natalma. Queen Of Hawaii had the re-opposing Ballydoyle understudy Moments Of Joy 2 1/4 lengths back in second in The Curragh's Flame of Tara and is also in the mix. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Newmarket, post time: 14:25, THE THOROUGHBRED INDUSTRY EMPLOYEE AWARDS CHALLENGE STAKES-G2, £125,000, 3yo/up, 7fT Field: Audience (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), Beauvatier (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Poet Master (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Cosmic Year (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Scoville (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}). TDN Analysis: Cosmic Year's year has been in-and-out, but it's probably about next year with him and a win here would provide a nice confidence boost for the son of Passage Of Time whose contrasting fortunes can be summarised by a second in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and last-of-four finish in Goodwood's Thoroughbred Stakes. Despite boasting a tally of two Group 3s and four Group 1 placings, Beauvatier has always threatened to be better and is simply the best horse in this race if it all comes together. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Newmarket, post time: 16:45, THE NEWMARKET PONY ACADEMY PRIDE STAKES-G3, £85,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 10fT Field: Ambiente Amigo (GB) (Postponed {GB}), Charlotte's Web (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Frances Ethel (SAf) (Rafeef {Aus}), Karmology (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}), Miss Justice (GB) (Justify), Skellet (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), Falakeyah (GB) (New Bay {GB}), Sand Gazelle (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Spirited Style (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Victory Queen (GB) (Kingman {GB}). TDN Analysis: This marks the belated return of the impressive Listed Pretty Polly Stakes winner Falakeyah, who has not been seen since finishing down the field in the Coronation Stakes. A distant fourth in the Pretty Polly, Sand Gazelle split Red Letter and Barnavara in the Snow Fairy at The Curragh in August and it may be that she is an entirely different proposition to the filly who was beaten so far here in May. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Newmarket, post time: 13:50, THE GODOLPHIN LIFETIME CARE OH SO SHARP STAKES-G3, £65,000, 2yo, f, 7fT Field: Blingy's Sister (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Calendar Girl (GB) (Advertise {GB}), Classic Cuvee (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Coming Attraction (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Midnight Tango (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Mood Queen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Mubasimah (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Senorita Vega (Ire) (Lucky Vega {Ire}), Shady Dame (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Tavana (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}). TDN Analysis: Runner-up on debut here to the subsequent Rockfel winner Zanthos, Classic Cuvee went one better in a hot Doncaster maiden last month and is an exciting prospect for the 2026 Classics. She meets the Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes winner Calendar Girl and the recent course-and-distance one-two Mubasimah and Shady Dame who emanate from top stables with in-depth understanding of what a good filly looks like. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Newmarket, post time: 13:15, THE NEWMARKET ACADEMY GODOLPHIN BEACON PROJECT CORNWALLIS STAKES-G3, £65,000, 2yo, 5fT Field: Revival Power (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), Aspect Island (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Beckford's Folly (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Brussels (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Chairmanfourtimes (Ire) (Nando Parrado {GB}), Argentine Tango (GB) (Mattmu {GB}), India Love (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Our Cody (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Palmeira (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Spicy Marg (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Wor Faayth (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}). TDN Analysis: Revival Power's rivals will be hoping that a penalty for her Flying Childers win can stop her, as there doesn't seem much hope otherwise given how strong she looked at Doncaster. Ballydoyle's Brussels drops in trip after his solid Middle Park second, but he has done little so far to suggest he can live with the flying filly at this distance. Spicy Marg beat the King Power runner in Goodwood's Alice Keppel, but may not have made the same progress in the interim. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Dundalk, post time: 16:50, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF LEGACY STAKES-Listed, €28,500, 2yo, 5f (AWT) Field: Howd'yadoit (Ire) (Nando Parrado {GB}), Jack The Bachelor (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Kansas (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Namiid (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Sir Alfie (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Sirius A (Ire) (Palace Pier {GB}), Ipanema Queen (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), Aegina (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), By The Lake (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Strait And Narrow (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}), Tornado Kiss (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Treasured Royal (Ire) (Nando Parrado {GB}), Xerling (Ire) (Sioux Nation). TDN Analysis: Rescheduled from last Friday, this sees Ballydoyle switch out their original runner Controlled for the Flying Childers runner-up Kansas who was fifth in the Middle Park. Ipanema Queen beat him in the Listed Curragh Stakes in August and is better than her last run when down the field on soft ground in Ayr's Listed Harry Rosebery Stakes. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Dundalk, post time: 19:00, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF STAR APPEAL STAKES-Listed, €28,500, 2yo, 7f (AWT) Field: Andab (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Controlled (Ire) (No Nay Never), Eleven A (Ire) (Calyx {GB}), Frescobaldi (Ire) (No Nay Never), Which Wolf Wins (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), Fairy Oak (GB) (A'Ali {Ire}), Inbox (GB) (Ectot {GB}), Lookingforarainbow (Justify). TDN Analysis: Also rescheduled with a different look, this features Ballydoyle's gelding Controlled who was due to run in the Legacy last week and instead moves up two furlongs following his success in first-time blinkers in a Naas maiden last month. He replaces the stable's original runner Straight Up and the Fillies' Mile-bound Moments Of Joy and faces the proven Andab, who was third to Albert Einstein and Power Blue in the Marble Hill in May, fourth in the Coventry and second in the Prix Francois Boutin. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Compiegne, France, post time: 16:03, PRIX CHARLES LAFFITTE-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, f, 10fT Field: Al Uqda (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Tajlina (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Al Dhaby (Fr) (Kingman {GB}), D'Ores Et Deja (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Light The Ghost (Ger) (Waldgeist {GB}), Whataboutism (Fr) (Camelot {GB}), Azaniya (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Gaga Girl (Fr) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}), Sunshine Baby (Fr) (Areion {Ger}), Janey Mackers (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Place Fontenoy (Fr) (War Command), Heed (Aus) (Frankel {GB}). TDN Analysis: Al Asayl's G3 Prix Penelope victrix Tajlina has not been seen since running second in April's G3 Prix Cleopatre and Al Shaqab's G2 German 1000 Guineas runner-up D'Ores Et Deja was a last-out fifth in June's G1 Prix de Diane. They offer the best form on show here. Godolphin's Andre Fabre-conditioned Whataboutism finished ahead of Al Uqda in August's G3 Prix de Psyche and holds solid place claims, while Kostyantyn Zgara's German 1000 Guineas third Place Fontenoy is winless in eight starts and needs to find more to feature. The three-strong British challenge is an intriguing mix, with the George Boughey-trained Ffos Las maiden winner Heed pitched into black-type company off the back of that debut success at the end of August. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Precise The One To Beat In Fillies’ Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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Every week, the TDN posts a round-up of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals. Among this week's rulings, trainer Juan Munoz Cano has been suspended a combined 12 years and a combined $150,000 (including arbitration costs) for a series of clenbuterol positives spanning the end of last year and earlier this year, according to a final decision by an arbitral body whose ruling can be read here. The ban (a consecutive series of six, two-year suspensions) begins Oct. 7. Though the bronchodilator clenbuterol is classified by HISA as a banned substance, it is permitted for use for a maximum 30 days (within a six-month period) if accompanied with a valid veterinary prescription. Following administration, the horse in question is placed on the vets' list and unable to work or race until it tests clear. The separate cases are a mixture of post-race tests and out-of-competition tests involving six different horses. According to Equibase, Cano has been training since 2020, amassing 129 wins from 936 starts. His most successful year was in 2023, when he collected over $1.6 million in prize money from 32 victories. Also this week, trainer Eusobio Juarez has been suspended a year and fined a combined $18,000 (including arbitration costs) for possession of Diisopropylamine, a banned substance, on Jan. 29. The suspension beings Oct. 8. Diisopropylamine is a banned vasodilator, meaning it can widen the blood vessels and thereby improve blood flow. Diisopropylamine is also found in several everyday items like tobacco and beauty products, as well as hand sanitizer. Resolved ADMC Violations Date: 10/07/2025 Licensee: Karyn Wittek, trainer Penalty: A written Reprimand (per 9/26/23 HISA Guidance). Admission. Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Aubrey's Unbridled on 8/27/25. Date: 10/07/2025 Licensee: Eusobio Juarez, trainer Penalty: 24-month period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on October 8, 2025; a fine of $10,000; payment of $8,000 towards arbitration costs. Final decision of arbitral body. Explainer: Violation for the possession of Diisopropylamine—a banned substance—for an event dated 1/29/25. This is a possible violation of Rule 3214(a)—Possession of Banned Substances. Date: 10/06/2025 Licensee: Juan Munoz Cano, trainer Penalty: Combined 12-year period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on October 7, 2025; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a combined fine of $150,000. In Solidify's case, Disqualification of the Horse's Race results (and other applicable forfeitures) applied to the results of races on 11/20/24, 12/06/24, and 12/27/24. Final decision of arbitral body. Explainer: Medication violations (including out-of-competition violations) for the presence of Clenbuterol—a banned substance permitted under certain circumstances—in samples taken from Solidify, who won at Churchill Downs on 11/20/24; from True Jedi on 11/21/24; from Global Sensation on 11/21/24; from Protomagic on 11/21/24; from La Bukana on 10/31/24; and from Beer With Ice on 1/15/25. Date: 10/03/2025 Licensee: Tanner Tracy, trainer Penalty: 15-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on October 4, 2025; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $2,500; imposition of 2 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Golden Biz, who won at Prairie Meadows on 8/25/25. Date: 10/02/2025 Licensee: Adam Kitchingman, trainer Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of HIWU. Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Diclofenac—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Gigi's Girl on 8/18/25. Date: 10/02/2025 Licensee: Graham Motion, trainer Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of HIWU. Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Glycopyrrolate—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Regal Kingdom on 8/18/25. Date: 10/01/2025 Licensee: Moises Yanez, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Dantrolene—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from She's Gone Rogue, who won at Colonial Downs on 8/16/25. Pending ADMC Violations 10/07/2025, Aaron West, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Salicylic Acid/Salicylic—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Proud Words, who finished second at Belterra Park on 8/27/25. 10/07/2025, Jena Antonucci, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Lidocaine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Bee a Queen, who won at Gulfstream Park on 6/14/25. Read Antonucci's statement on the matter here. 10/06/2025, Jose Puentes, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Trichlormethiazide—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Yes He Can, who won at Emerald Downs on 8/29/25. 10/03/2025, Kevin Rice, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Legends Can't Die on 8/28/25. 10/02/2025, Greg Allen Green, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Onefortheditch on 9/4/25. Violations of Crop Rule Delaware Park Yabriel Omar Ramos – violation date October 2; $500 fine, two-day suspension Hawthorne Javier Tavares – violation date October 2; $250 fine, one-day suspension The post National Regulatory Rulings: Oct. 2-8 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has suspended owner-trainer Juan Munoz Cano for a dozen years and fined him $150,000 for six clenbuterol positives in Kentucky from November 2024 - January 2025.View the full article

JCB Stables' Sarawak Rim (Arg) (Remote {GB}) will likely be the final horse trainer Ignacio Correas IV saddles before retiring to his native Argentina in mid-November when she goes postward in the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. The 4-year-old filly–beaten just once in five trips to the post in Argentina–worked four furlongs from the gate in :48.60 (6/22) Wednesday at Keeneland. Sarawak Rim won the May 1 G1 Gran Premio Criadores at Hipodromo Argentino De Palermo in her most recent race and she has been with Correas at Keeneland since July. “She's got talent and she has surprised me every time she has worked,” said Correas, who won the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita in 2019 with Blue Prize (Arg). “She's going to be really good next year, but it will be for somebody else.” Correas has two more works scheduled for Sarawak Rim at Keeneland before shipping Oct. 23 to Del Mar where she will put in her final work for the Breeders' Cup. Colebrook Farms' Simply in Front (Summer Front) likely earned a trip to Del Mar with her win in the GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland Saturday, but trainer Eddie Kenneally said he is still deciding for which race. “We are looking at Del Mar,” Kenneally said Wednesday morning. “It might be the GIII Goldikova or the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. The Goldikova would be the most logical spot.” Simply in Front would face off against the boys in the $2-million Breeders' Cup Mile, while the $300,000 Goldikova is for fillies and mares. Both races are Nov. 1. The post Sarawak Rim Works for Correas Ahead of Breeders’ Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The final deadline to nominate foals born in 2025 to the Breeders' Cup program at the one-time nomination fee of $400 is at 11:59 p.m. ET Oct. 15. The $400 weanling nomination entitles each foal with lifetime eligibility to the Breeders' Cup World Championships and the Breeders' Cup racing programs. All foals sired by a fully nominated North American Breeders' Cup stallion are eligible for nomination to the Breeders' Cup program in their year of birth at the weanling rate. From Oct. 16-Feb. 28, the nomination cost rises to $1,500. The post Breeders’ Cup Foal Nominations Close Oct. 15 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hong Kong superstar Ka Ying Rising had his first official Australian trial less than two weeks out from the Oct. 18 The Everest, and trainer David Hayes is confident the world's top-rated sprinter will be ready for his AU$20 million target. View the full article

Narukami led from the start and scored an easy victory in the Oct. 8 Japan Dirt Classic at Oi Racecourse, a race that has achieved international importance.View the full article

Last year's GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents–Ma'am, by Colonel John), who is expected to start next in the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, will begin his stud career next year at Airdrie Stud at an introductory fee of $15,000. In addition to the 2024 Derby, Mystik Dan also won this year's GII Lukas Classic Stakes and GIII Blame Stakes. He was runner-up in last year's GI Preakness Stakes and third in the GI Arkansas Derby, and heads to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile as one of the leading contenders. Girvin (Tale of Ekati–Catch the Moon, by Malibu Moon) leads the Airdrie 2026 roster, which was announced Wednesday, at $30,000–up from $25,000 in 2025. While the 11-year-old stallion's first Kentucky-bred crop will hit the track in 2026, he was represented this year by GI Ogden Phipps Stakes winner Dorth Vader. In the sale's ring, his 61 yearlings sold at last month's Keeneland September sale averaged $139,000 and he was represented by the $1.1-million sale topper at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale. Also standing his first season at stud at Airdrie in 2026, graded winner Jonathan's Way (Vekoma–Female Drama, by Indian Charlie) will stand for $8,500. Jonathan's Way, the first son of the white-hot Vekoma to be retired to stud, will also take up stud duties following his recent retirement from racing. A `TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' in his Saratoga debut, he was a dominant winner of the Grade III Iroquois Stakes at Churchill Downs in his second start before ending his juvenile campaign with a fast-closing second in that track's Grade III Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes. An early favorite for the following season's Grade 1 Kentucky Derby, Jonathan's Way's Triple Crown hopes were dashed early in his three-year-old season by a life-threatening bout with dolitis. Though unable to return to the races following his illness, he retires to stud with a strong reputation and, at $290,000, being the most expensive weanling from Vekoma's debut crop. Mystik Dan and Jonathan's Way will stand for initial fees of $15,000 and $8,500 respectively. After solid years, Upstart and Complexity will stands for $25,000 and $20,000 respectively, with the latter taking a slight rate cut from $25,000. Like Girvin, Upstart's best-bred crop will be two-year-olds of 2026, but his juveniles of 2025 already have him ranked in the top 15 general sires, a ranking that would have been significantly improved had his Percy's Bar not been disqualified from her win in Saturday's Grade I Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland. A rising commercial force, his Keeneland September highlights included a high price of $650,000 and an average of more than $122,000. Complexity, now the leading second-crop sire in America by percentage of stakes winners, can already count nine individual stakes winners from his first crop of three-year-olds and has added two new graded winners in the last 10 days in Innovative and his Breeders' Cup-bound second-crop star Intricate Spirit. While 2023 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic–Puca, by Big Brown) will stand for $15,000, after standing for $25,000 in 2025. Airdrie's ultra-consistent duo of Cairo Prince and Collected will also offer breeders a savings over last year's fees. A perennial fixture on the leading General Sires list, Cairo Prince's 2025 earnings already exceed $5.6 million. He will stand for a fee of $10,000 for the upcoming season, down from $15,000. Collected, whose 2025 stars include the historic King's Plate hero Mansetti, Grade 2 winner Thought Process and leading juvenile stakes-winner Comport, stands at $7,500, down from $10,000 in 2025. Airdrie's complete 2026 roster, with stud fees, is: Girvin, $30,000; Upstart, $25,000; Complexity, $20,000; Mage, $15,000; Mystik Dan, $15,000; Cairo Prince, $10,000; Jonathan's Way, $8,500; Beau Liam, $7,500; Collected, $7,500; Happy Saver, $7,500; Highly Motivated, $7,500; Divisidero, $3,500. The post Derby Winner Mystik Dan to Begin Stud Career at Airdrie for $15k appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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. Thursday's Observations features the ninth foal of Lilly Langtry. 1.45 Thurles, Mdn, 2yo, f, 8f 44yT MOTHER'S DAY (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) is the ninth foal out of Danehill Dancer's Coronation and Matron heroine Lillie Langtry who has proven a revelation for Coolmore by providing a trio of Classic-winning Galileo mares including two winners of the Oaks and one of them being the world-beater Minding. In all probability, not much is expected of her on debut with Wayne Lordan on the recent Naas maiden fifth Cape Primrose (Ire) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), the daughter of the Irish 1,000 Guineas and Moyglare heroine Again (Danehill Dancer) whose daughter Delphinia (Galileo) was twice Group 1-placed. 2.27 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT SIYNTRA (GB) (Dubawi {Fr}) hails from the team of the moment, being an Aga Khan Studs representative under the care of Francis-Henri Graffard. A half-sister to the G1 Prix Saint Alary winner Siyarafina (Pivotal), she meets Baron Edouard De Rothschild's Blanche De Medicis (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}), an Andre Fabre-trained half-sister to the triple Group winner and dual Group 1-placed Alcantor (New Bay). 2.59 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT BAROUD (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is out of Blue Diamond's mare Tisa River (Equiano), a half to the high-class Order Of Australia (Australia) and Iridessa (Ruler Of The World) purchased by the Stud for 400,000gns at the 2020 Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Imad Al Sagar's homebred is introduced by Andre Fabre in this maiden won in 2017 by Study Of Man and encounters a dozen peers including David Layani's Sagano (Fr) (Wooded {Ire}), a Francis-Henri Graffard-trained half-brother to the stable's Prix de Sandringham winner and dual Group 1-placed Volta (Siyouni). The post Thurles Debut For Lillie Langtry’s Mother’s Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Eddie O'Leary's Lynn Lodge Stud landed a 2,200,000gns windfall through consecutive lots at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Wednesday, headlined by the Night Of Thunder colt who was knocked down to Amo Racing for 1,700,000gns. Lot 275 is out of the G3 Sweet Solera Stakes third Model Guest (Showcasing), whose second foal, Evolutionist (Night Of Thunder), is an intended runner in Friday's G1 Fillies' Mile at Newmarket. Picked up by Yulong for €600,000 at Book 1 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale, Evolutionist was last seen finishing third in the G2 Debutante Stakes at the Curragh. This colt is the second most expensive yearling by Night Of Thunder to sell at public auction. “I hope the filly [Evolutionist] is good and she runs in the Group 1 on Friday,” said O'Leary. “She [Model Guest] looks a good mare and we bought her in foal to Kingman [for 330,000gns]. She produced a stunning filly last year and a stunning colt this year.” O'Leary, who went on to sell lot 276 – the Wootton Bassett filly out of a half-sister to Taghrooda – to Tsunefumi Kusama for 500,000gns, added, “It's a brilliant day, but we've more to sell now. You are never confident but you hope all the people show up and they showed up. “It's brilliant. I hope he [lot 275] is very lucky. I'd like to thank all the lads at home as well for all of their hard work. It's very much appreciated.” The post Night Of Thunder Colt Stars on “Brilliant Day” for Lynn Lodge Stud, Goes to Amo Racing for 1.7m Gns appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Derek Leung Ka-chun became the fourth home-grown jockey to reach 500 winners after a last-gasp win on Regal Gem in the Class Three Harbour View Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. The 37-year-old, who has claimed Group One victories on Beauty Generation and Victor The Winner, joined Vincent Ho Chak-yiu, Matthew Chadwick and Tony Cruz after an aptly stellar ride on Regal Gem. Settled ahead of midfield, the three-year-old was forced to swing very wide into the straight, but was...View the full article

Thursday marks a new chapter in the story of the Fabre family, with Andre's daughter Lavinia saddling her first runner at Saint-Cloud having taken out her training licence earlier this year. The 36-year-old saddles Olya (Persian King) in the card's opening Prix de Versailles handicap, with her father in opposition with Timea (New Bay) in the colours of Lavinia's mother Elisabeth. “The plan is to form an association with my father, which should happen by the end of the year,” she told the OTI Gazette. “It shouldn't change much of the day-to-day, as we've been working together for a few years now. It's an amazing opportunity for me to start my training career in the best possible conditions and, hopefully, will lighten the workload for my parents.” The post First Runner For Lavinia Fabre appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin's Rapid Force (Mehmas) had little to beat on his belated debut at Kempton on Wednesday, but carried out the task proficiently nevertheless to begin justifying his £1million purchase price. Having been held back since topping the Goffs UK Breeze-Up in April, the son of the Sapphire Stakes third Rapid Reaction (Shamardal) from the family of Wootton Bassett sat last of the trio that contested the six-furlong novice that opened the card. Wound up by William Buick to take over a furlong out, the Charlie Appleby-trained 2-5 favourite stayed on strongly to account for the experienced Mr Writer (Dark Angel) by two lengths. “He's a strong boy and he's going to get better next year as well,” his rider said. “It couldn't have been better for his first run and when he got to the front he had a little look which is never a bad sign.” One MILLION quid's worth of horse Rapid Force (Mehmas) takes some time to warm to his task on debut but ultimately shows a nice change of gear to score under @WilliamBuickX.@godolphin | @unibet pic.twitter.com/AynSDGzi9u — Racing TV (@RacingTV) October 8, 2025 The post Godolphin’s Goffs UK Breeze-Up Topper Rapid Force Off The Mark On Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Notable absentees from the first-day buyers' sheet at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, the Coolmore partners made their second seven-figure purchase of Wednesday's session when going to 1,700,000gns for the No Nay Never colt out of the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes heroine Millisle (Starspangledbanner). Consigned by Watership Down Stud, lot 266 is the third foal out of Millisle, who also won the G3 Ballyogan Stakes as a three-year-old. Her first foal, Alfareqa (Frankel), successful once in five career starts, was herself a Book 1 yearling when bought by Shadwell for 1,600,000gns in 2023. Simon Marsh, manager of Watership Down Stud, said of the No Nay Never colt, “To get all the stars to align is very difficult, but this is a lovely horse and he was on a lot of lists. It is a wonderful price, but now we need him to be a good racehorse.” MV Magnier and White Birch Farm signed for lot 266, as they did the Dubawi filly out of Group 1 winner Lady Bowthorpe [lot 218] for 1,300,000gns earlier in the session. Another purchase was lot 230, Glenvale Stud's half-brother to G1 Flying Five Stakes winner Arizona Blaze (Sergei Prokofiev), who fetched 500,000gns. He belongs to the first crop of Coolmore stallion Blackbeard, a son of No Nay Never. “No Nay Never is having another great year with the likes of Charles Darwin, who's very good, and True Love,” said Magnier. “The mare was very good.” He added, “Blackbeard is having a good sale and there's plenty of good word for the Little Big Bear foals. The best ones by Blackbeard that we have will be going to Ballydoyle. We bought the Blackbeard half-brother to Arizona Blaze earlier today. He is a very good horse – Flash [Conroy] always spoke very highly of him.” The post ‘It Is A Wonderful Price’ – Regally-Bred No Nay Never Colt Sells to Coolmore for 1.7m Gns appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A lawsuit filed against jockey Luan Machado for poor riding after he finished second in a race at Churchill Downs last November was dismissed by Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Ky.View the full article

Sierra Leone (Gun Runner–Heavenly Love, by Malibu Moon), last year's champion 3-year-old colt, will join the roster at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentucky next year, the operation announced Wednesday. Racing for Peter Brant, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg, and Brook Smith and trained by Chad Brown, Sierra Leone is expected to make his final career start in the Nov. 1 GI Breeders' Cup Classic, a race he won in 2024. Sierra Leone, who topped the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale when selling for $2.3 million, was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following his debut victory at Aqueduct the following November. He faced only graded company from then on and has hit the board in all 13 starts to date, with five wins and current earnings of $7,006,200. “I've trained a lot of great horses, and to me, I'd say unequivocally he's the best horse I've had my hands on…he's just in a different league,” Brown said of Sierra Leone. During his sophomore campaign, Sierra Leone won the GII Risen Star Stakes and GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes en route to an agonizingly close runner-up effort in the GI Kentucky Derby and a third-place finish in the GI Belmont Stakes. Second in the GII Jim Dandy Stakes and third in the GI Travers Stakes, he concluded his championship season with a 1 1/2-length victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic. In 2025, Sierra Leone added a win in the GI Whitney Stakes and runner-up efforts in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes and GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. “We're incredibly excited to welcome Sierra Leone to Ashford for the coming season,” commented Ashford Stud's Dermot Ryan. “When you hear someone like Chad Brown say that he is the best he has ever trained, it doesn't get any better than that.” Sierra Leone's 2026 stud fee is still to be announced. The post Sierra Leone to Ashford Stud in 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It can be easy to read the headlines from Book 1 and conclude that this is a sale for the big boys and, unless you have millions in the bank, you cannot compete. Pinhooker Fearghal Hogan put that theory in the bin on Wednesday when a St Mark's Basilica colt that he bought for €120,000 sold for a whopping 800,000gns to Amo Racing. It was the type of pinhooking profit that left Hogan puffing for air down in the gangway as the numbers kept on climbing. And when the gavel eventually fell, the man behind Apollo Bloodstock nearly collapsed to his knees. “My legs just went to jelly,” Hogan said. “I don't even know what was going through my mind. I couldn't believe it – it's just an unbelievable feeling. I knew the horse was going really well yesterday. We had 20 vets on the horse. And today, he just took off again. I had a good feeling going to bed last night that something good was going to happen. Now, I didn't think he could go and make 800,000gns. But I thought that maybe he might make half of that.” He added, “I rang my mother straight away. She doesn't really understand the horse business so she can't wrap her head around it. To see that kind of money exchanging hands, she was just like, 'oh my God.' I really can't explain what I am feeling. I'm still in shock to be honest.” Hogan purchased the St Mark's Basilica colt at the Goffs November Foal Sale last year. He admits that taking a chance on the progeny of a first-season sire was a big risk but qualified the six-figure outlay by saying he was a massive fan of St Mark's Basilica as a racehorse and that this colt was an excellent model by the multiple Group 1-winning son of Siyouni. However, saying all of that is well and good now, but because Hogan admits there were times this year where he didn't feel so clever. He explained, “Spending €120,000 on a foal, that's a big throw for me. And people were laughing at me during the summer when St Mark's Basilica wasn't going as well as he is now. Everyone kept reminding me that St Mark's Basilica was a half-brother to Magna Grecia but I kept telling them to keep the faith. I loved St Mark's Basilica as a racehorse and I loved this foal at the sales. Basically, I just took a chance and St Mark's Basilica has enjoyed an excellent second half to the season. He looks as though he's going to be a very good stallion. “The first-season sires are so dangerous and oftentimes you can be either a hero or a zero when you pinhook a foal by one of them. But I loved everything about St Mark's Basilica so I wanted to take a chance on him, basically, and that's what happened. There were one or two other people involved and I am delighted for them. Fair play to Pa Doyle of Galbertstown who consigned him for me as well – he's done a brilliant job.” Hogan added, “I'll be completely honest with you, my costs are massive. I rent a farm on the Curragh and I have one girl, Jackie Mooney, who works for me and I would be completely lost without her. My landlords Philip and Sheena O'Connor are unbelievable as well. But there are a lot of people who have helped me and they know who they are. Even the vets not ringing and annoying you for money and having a farrier who works with you, all of those things matter because, as a pinhooker, you only get one payday every year. After that, you might be short on cash so there are so many people who help you through the tougher times and I just want them to know that it is appreciated. People in the horse game are great people. It really is a great game. The good days can be just around the corner and, if you don't try, you'll have no chance. If you can keep your head above water during the bad years and just survive, survive, survive, you can hit on a result like this. When you do, you don't even remember the bad times!” The post ‘My Legs Went To Jelly’ – Massive Pinhooking Profit For Fearghal Hogan At Book 1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez was unanimously voted Jockey of the Week for Sept. 29-Oct. 5 after winning eight races, including four stakes.View the full article

Having endured bad luck with Crypto Force (Time Test) after his G2 Beresford Stakes victory as a juvenile, Kia Joorabchian will be praying that things pan out more smoothly for the Wootton Bassett half-brother who cost the Amo Racing founder 2,200,000gns during the second session at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Matching the sum fetched by the Fittocks Stud-consigned Frankel colt earlier in the day, lot 247 is the fourth foal out of the winning Galileo mare Luna Mare, from the family of Lord Weinstock's globetrotting champion Pilsudski. Her first foal was the aforementioned Crypto Force, who won two of his three starts as a juvenile and later finished third in the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup after missing his entire three-year-old campaign. Luna Mare was bought by Marlhill House Stud for 500,000gns at the 2022 Tattersalls December Mares Sale, just a couple of months after Crypto Force's win in the Beresford. She has a filly foal, also by Wootton Bassett, but is not in foal this year, according to Marlhill House manager Brian McConnon, who was understandably delighted with the result. He said, “The plan always was, when we bought the mare here three years ago, that we'd send her to Wootton Bassett. She was a young Galileo mare, and Crypto Force was one of the flagbearers for her, so she had a great profile. “This is the first Wootton Bassett we got out of the mare, so the plan came to fruition. It's fantastic. We were hopeful that he'd sell well, but you obviously don't know until you get here. Then all the right people vetted him and you just need them to step up. We were obviously delighted that Coolmore and Amo Racing locked horns again.” Having been pushed all the way by the Coolmore team, Joorabchian admitted that the colt had proved harder to get his hands on than he had originally hoped. “To be honest with you, I was hoping it would be half of that [fee],” he conceded. “Unfortunately, when you're bidding against the other big guys, you have to really go for it. You don't have a choice. “We own the half-brother, Crypto Force, and he won a Group 2 for us in Ireland. So, we know the mare and we know she can produce a good horse. We love Crypto, really. He's been a bit fragile for us. He had a couple of bad injuries at the end of his two-year-old career and never really managed to pick up that velocity that he had as a two-year-old. “But we know what happened to him and and this is a big upgrade with Wootton Bassett who is now gone. It's a family that we know and we thought we had to have him.” On future plans for the colt, Joorabchain added, “He'll go to Freemason [Lodge]. He'll go to our own yard here and we'll see how he goes. Hopefully, he'll be an earlier type of Wootton Bassett.” Amo Racing's total spend at Book 1 now stands at 8,145,000gns from seven yearlings, including one bought in partnership with Valmont. Earlier on Wednesday, lot 231, a St Mark's Basilica colt from Galbertstown Stables, was added to the team at a cost of 800,000gns. He previously sold to Fearghal Hogan for €120,000 at the Goffs November Foal Sale. The post Wootton Bassett Colt Joins Wednesday’s Toppers at Book 1 with 2.2m Gns Sale to Amo Racing appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

At Tattersalls on Wednesday, MV Magnier confirmed that Delacroix will retire to Coolmore Stud for the 2026 breeding season. The winner of the G1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes and G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, Delacroix is set to appear first on Qipco British Champions Day where he holds entries for the G1 Champion Stakes and G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. The three-year-old son of Dubawi and the brilliant racemare Tepin is the winner of six of his 11 races and he was beaten just a nose when second last year in the G1 Futurity Stakes. Along with his two Group 1 victories this season, Delacroix won two Group 3 Classic trials at Leopardstown in the spring and was also runner-up to Ombudsman in the G1 Juddmonte International at York. That pair could clash again in the Champion Stakes. The Coolmore team added another son of Dubawi to its string for next year when buying the second offspring of the G1 Nassau Stakes winner Lady Bowthorpe (Nathaniel) from breeder Emma Banks at Tattersalls. The chestnut colt was sold for 1,300,000gns from the draft of Fittocks Stud. Magnier said of the yearling colt, “He's a lovely horse and Lady Bowthorpe was a very good race filly, as we all know. It's a great result for Emma Banks. She's a very nice lady and well done to her.” He added, “Dubawi is still going very well and we are going to retire Delacroix this year. Delacroix is probably one of the most important horses we have retired in Ireland in a good while. He has everything: race record, pedigree, and he's a complete outcross, so we can really get behind him.” The post Champions Day Beckons for Delacroix; Will Stand at Coolmore in 2026 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

New Vocation has launched its 16th annual Breeders' Cup Pledge, giving contenders the opportunity to donate a percentage of their earnings from the championships to support the charity's mission of rehabilitating, retraining, and rehoming retired racehorses. Since its inception in 2009, the pledge has raised more than $1.2 million for aftercare. This year, in conjunction with New Vocations' recently launched Capital Campaign Phase II, participants in the pledge will receive a complimentary personalized brick, which will be placed along the walkway at the organization's Lexington facility. “We are very grateful for the tremendous support we've received over the years through the pledge,” said New Vocations' Thoroughbred Program Director Anna Ford. “The pledge offers an easy way for connections to give back to the horses and support their transition into new careers. The funds raised play a vital role in our mission, allowing us to serve more than 600 horses annually. We hope many will be inspired to join this year, and we look forward to placing a large number of new bricks as part of our Lexington expansion.” In 2024, the Pledge raised over $120,000, with more than 50 championship contenders represented by owners and/or trainers who pledged a percentage of their earnings. New Vocations will continue to accept pledges from owners and trainers until Oct. 30. For more information about the pledge, visit www.newvocations.org/events or contact anna@horseadoption.com or carey@horseadoption.com. The post New Vocations Launches Annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge, With an Added Incentive appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A great day for the Cumanis' Fittocks Stud draft continued with the sale of lot 218, the Dubawi colt out of G1 Nassau Stakes winner Lady Bowthorpe (Nathaniel), for 1,300,000gns. He became the first purchase at Book 1 this week for Coolmore. The colt's breeder Emma Banks, who sold his full-brother to Godolphin at last year's sale for 2,000,000gns, said, “I'm so lucky to have a mare that has produced two beautiful yearlings. Her [Too Darn Hot colt] foal is lovely and she's in foal to Wootton Bassett, so it's exciting.” She continued, “Both of them are getting the best possible chance with trainers that are at the top of their game, so I'm very happy. It gives me an excuse to descend on Ballydoyle next year to see how he's getting on. “It's not every day that you can sell a horse for that much money. If the vets are right, we've got a filly, a Wootton Bassett filly in the oven. So, I'm thrilled about that. I am very emotionally invested in the mare, of course, so that first filly stays with me, I think.” MV Magnier, who confirmed that fellow Dubawi colt, the dual Group 1 winner Delacroix, will be retired to Coolmore Stud for the 2026 season, said of his latest purchase, “He's a lovely horse and Lady Bowthorpe was a very good race filly, as we all know. It's a great result for Emma Banks. She's a very nice lady and well done to her.” He added, “Dubawi is still going very well and we are going to retire Delacroix this year. Delacroix is probably one of the most important horses we have retired in Ireland in a good while. He has everything: race record, pedigree, and he's a complete outcross, so we can really get behind him.” The post Second Millionaire for Fittocks as Lady Bowthorpe’s Dubawi Colt Sells for 1.3m Gns to Coolmore appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A three-year-old full sister to the great Verry Elleegant (NZ) is slated to make her debut on Friday night at Southside Cranbourne. The Chris Waller-trained Verry Stella (NZ) (Zed) has been accepted to contest Race 2 – a maiden event over 1300 metres. Very Stella has the same trainer as her now-deceased sister and was also bred by Don Goodwin, who has also since passed away. The filly will carry the same colours – red, royal blue band, armbands, band on cap and pom pom. Very Stella is the seventh-named foal from the two-time winner Opulence, herself a daughter of Danroad. Opulence’s other foals are Black Lace (by Towkay), Verry Flash (Zed), Verry Elleegant (Zed), Grand Prospect (Haradasun), Affluential (Zed) and So Suave (Zed). Goodwin purchased Opulence in foal to Towkay for NZ$14,000 at the 2011 New Zealand Bloodstock May Sale. He had a plan to send the mare to Grangewilliam Stud stallion Zed, for whom he was a shareholder. Opulence is a great-granddaughter of Cotehele House and she herself is the dam of Group 1 winner Danewin and G3 victor Commands (both then became G1-producing sires). Opulence’s fourth dam is the blue hen Eight Carat, who has produced five elite-level scorers – Diamond Lover, Kaapstad, Marquise, Mouawad and Octagonal. The Zed-Opulence mating has produced a good deal of success for Goodwin, who died last December aged 86, and his fellow owners. In 2022, Verry Flash won the Listed Rangitikei Gold Cup (1600m) at Trentham. He won 14 races and was twice placed at G3 level. Verry Elleegant, who died in February last year, is remembered as one of the all-time greats. The 2020-21 Australian Horse of the Year boasted a record of 16 wins, 11 at G1 level and prizemoney earnings of $14.8 million. She was victorious in the Caulfield Cup in 2021, before taking out the Melbourne Cup a year later. Grand Prospect won four races in New Zealand and the Bob Peters-owned, John Leek Jnr-trained Affluential triumphed in the Grand National Hurdle in 2024, while the Waller-trained So Suave, who races in Brae Sokolski’s colours, shed his maiden tag at Doomben in June. Verry Stella has prepped-up for her debut with three trials and two jumpouts. She will be handled by Fred Kersley, with the pair to jump from gate three. Before his death, Goodwin, who was named the inaugural winner of the New Zealand Small Breeder of the Year Award in 2020-21, said of Verry Stella: “Waller has got the cracking full to Verry Elleegant and they tell me that she is a gorgeous filly.” Opulence passed away in 2022, with Verry Stella being her final foal, while Zed died in 2024. View the full article

By Dane McLeod/TTRAusNZ Big changes are on the horizon for Mitch Cunningham and his family, following the decision to sell their Hunter Valley property, Ridgmont Farm. While this marks the end of their time as stud farm owners, their commitment to the racing and breeding industry remains strong, with their involvement continuing from Newgate Farm. Cunningham originally acquired the property – then known as Glastonbury Farm – in 2020 alongside Andrew Dunemann and Neil Douglas, purchasing it from Duncan and Di Grimley, and Yvonne and Mark Clerke. Following the sale, the farm was rebranded as Ridgmont and, in 2023, Cunningham bought out his business partners and assumed sole ownership. Cunningham acknowledged the challenges and questions that could arise around making this announcement mid-season, but he explained that upcoming Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sales preparations have been a significant factor. He said, “There was never the right timing for this decision, but first and foremost on our mind was that preparations for Magic Millions are starting very shortly, so one factor of the decision is around that. “We had no intention of moving horses mid-preparation. This way, we can travel the horses to Newgate, and they can start their Millions preparation there. There wasn't much time left, so we had to make the call and let our staff know. “It's a regrettable decision, but a decision that has been made to redistribute equity into building our racing and breeding portfolio. It is a re-calibration of the allocation of funds for us, and a desire to continue to develop our broodmare band.” With the sale of Ridgmont Farm now pending, the Cunninghams have made arrangements to relocate their horses. All broodmares, foals and yearlings will move to Newgate Farm, which will also act as consignor for Ridgmont-owned yearlings during the 2025 sales season. “We have done a lot of business together in the past, so it is a natural fit,” Cunningham added. “Henry Field and the team have been a huge source of counsel for us, and we have a lot of stallion equity with them. “I'm really looking forward to working with Henry, Bruce [Slade] and Jim [Carey], and I'm sure we will have lots of success. Ridgmont will continue building towards having one of the leading broodmare bands in Australia.” The post Ridgmont Farm On The Market as Cunningham Family Shift Focus appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Luca Cumani admitted to holding back the tears after he and his wife Sarah enjoyed their greatest day in bloodstock when their Fittocks Stud-consigned Frankel colt sold to Godolphin for 2.2 million gns on day two of the Book 1 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. The Frankel colt was bred in partnership with Newsells Stud and Marina and Leonidas Marinopoulos and it was Japanese trainer Mitsu Nakauchida who filled the role as underbidder. Cumani said, “It's fantastic, absolutely fantastic. It's the highest we have ever done. We sold one for two million last year, which was very exciting and this is even better. He is such a lovely horse – never puts a foot wrong. He is a great-looking Frankel horse out of a mare who is already proven. I am delighted that he has gone to a very good home.” He added, “This is our best day at the sales. It is very emotional and we are especially thankful to the people who appreciate a good horse. I am also very thankful to my stud groom Martin Languillet. He and all of the staff have done a fantastic job.” The Frankel colt is out of Motivator mare Innevera, who Godolphin knows well given she is the dam of the outfit's Group 2 winner Ottoman Fleet. The sale of lot 197 helped bring Godolphin's total spend at Book 1 this week to 12.3 million gns and counting. The post ‘Our Best Day’ – Fittocks Stud Sets Early Tempo At Book 1 With 2.2 Million Frankel Colt To Godolphin appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article