Wandering Eyes

Multiple Grade I winner Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who raced in the colors of his breeder Bob Edwards, has been sold to Yulong Investments and will target Royal Ascot before embarking on a campaign in Australia, according to a report in Daily Racing Form. Trained by Chad Brown, Carl Spackler won last year's GI FanDuel Fourstardave Handicap and GI Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes before ending the season with a sixth-place effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. He returned this year to win the Apr. 11 GI Maker's Mark Mile Stakes at Keeneland. “It is a business,” Edwards told DRF's Dave Grening of the decision to sell his homebred. “We've had a lot of luck with him, not sure how commercially he'd be received [as a stallion prospect] in the States. The timing worked out.” Carl Spackler worked four furlongs in :49.95 at Saratoga Sunday. The 5-year-old is expected to ship to England this week ahead of a start in the June 17 G1 Queen Anne Stakes for trainer Ciaron Maher, Edwards told DRF. Following his engagement at the Royal Ascot meeting, Carl Spackler is expected to ship to Australia where the Oct. 25 G1 Cox Plate will be targeted. The post Carl Spackler Sold, to Target Royal Ascot, Australian Campaign appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sandman (Tapit), coming off a third-place effort in the GI Preakness Stakes, shipped from Belmont Park to Saratoga Race Course Monday morning and he is expected to make his next start in the July 26 GII Jim Dandy Stakes. “I wanted to give him a little bit of time,” trainer Mark Casse said. “He ran all winter long and I knew when we decided to run him back in the Preakness that the Belmont was going to be out of the question.” Sandman earned a spot in the GI Kentucky Derby with his win in the GI Arkansas Derby and, after finishing seventh in Louisville, he closed from last-of-9 and 12 lengths off the pace to finish 2 3/4 lengths adrift of Journalism (Curlin) in the Preakness. “I thought he ran well,” Casse said of Sandman's effort in the Preakness. “He was caked in mud after the race. He struggled to keep his eyes open. When we scoped him afterwards, he had half the Pimlico racetrack in his trachea. Johnny [Velazquez] said he thought he lost focus a little. I'll probably put blinkers on him for the Jim Dandy because he has done some wandering down the stretch.” The post Sandman Arrives in Saratoga; Aims for Jim Dandy appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Harrell Ventures and Starlight Racing's Colloquial (Vekoma), tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star' following a scintillating seven-length maiden victory at Aqueduct in February, continued preparations for his graded stakes debut in the June 7 GI Woody Stephens Stakes with a five-furlong work in 1:03.25 over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga last Thursday. “We've been happy with him,” trainer George Weaver said. “We've been waiting for this race for a long time, and now we're getting close.” Colloquial followed up his 6 1/2-furlong maiden win with a 2 1/4-length victory going seven furlongs in the Lafayette Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 7. “Good horses are [versatile], and they can adjust to situations,” Weaver said. “He's talented, so luckily he's good enough to have that versatility. I don't think he's tied to any one way of running. I'm sure this will be a competitive race, but I wouldn't trade places with anybody.” Colloquial is one of several candidates for Weaver at this year's Belmont Stakes Racing Festival. The veteran conditioner also has Dorth Vader (Girvin), Sacred Wish (Not This Time), and Soontobeking (King for a Day) nominated to races during the five-day Festival. Weaver said Dorth Vader, most recently a troubled fourth in the GI La Troienne Stakes, is likely being pointed to the GI Ogden Phipps Stakes, which offers a “Win and You're In” berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff in November at Del Mar. Last year's GI Matriarch Stakes winner Sacred Wish, who worked a half-mile in :51.25 over the Oklahoma dirt Saturday, has been nominated to the June 5 GI Just a Game Stakes, but Weaver said he is unsure if that will be her next start. “We'll see how her next work goes,” the trainer said. “We're kind of up in the air about her next start.” Soontobeking, co-owned by Our Blue Streaks Stable, SGV Thoroughbreds, and Weaver, is targeting the Mike Lee Stakes for New York-bred sophomores on the June 4 Opening Day of the Festival. The colt has put together a respectable 12-3-3-4 record with $363,428 in earnings, led by a stakes triumph in the state-bred Gander Stakes Mar. 8. “We're looking forward to seeing him again,” Weaver said of Soontobeking, whose last effort was a runner-up finish in the Apr. 13 NYSSS Times Square. “You appreciate the horses that always show up, and he does. He just overcomes with try.” The post Colloquial on Track for Woody Stephens appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Poor old Kingman, eh? It was his bad luck to pitch up at Banstead Manor Stud in the year that all the fuss was about Frankel's first yearlings. Much of the interest in the intervening decade has been about Frankel, too, but that hasn't stopped Kingman laying down his own markers in achievement at stud, highlighted this past weekend with a one-two in the Irish 2,000 Guineas via Field Of Gold and Cosmic Year. They are not by any means his first star performers – Persian King first held that accolade, and Palace Pier, Sparkling Plenty and Elmalka are among those to have added to Kingman's portfolio – but Field Of Gold is the first to look like he could be that bit extra special. Only time will tell whether he is or not, but his Curragh romp, on ground easier than that which he encountered in the Guineas at Newmarket, carried the portent of greater things to come. Let's not forget that Kingman himself, also trained at the Gosdens' Clarehaven, was only claiming the first of his four Group 1s when he won the Irish Guineas. He overturned his Newmarket conqueror Night Of Thunder when next the pair met in the St James's Palace Stakes, before giving Juddmonte a third Sussex Stakes in four years when defeating the previous year's winner Toronado. Kingman then rounded out a career that amounted to 14 months of racing but plenty of flashes of brilliance in the Prix Jacques Le Marois. With Ruling Court reportedly heading to Epsom, Field Of Gold could have the Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Henri Matisse (Wootton Bassett) and Guineas third Shadow Of Light to contend with if the St James's Palace is indeed his next target, and a rematch with Cosmic Year also seems likely. It's not exactly breaking news to state that the late Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte has, over four decades and counting, become one of the most revered owner-breeder operations in the world. It is now the norm for other breeders, great and small, to take pride in buying into a Juddmonte family. It is then a great compliment to the breeders whose stock are chosen by the Juddmonte buying team, which includes in Europe Simon Mockridge and Barry Mahon. Bobby and Honora Donworth's Roundhill Stud – of which we will be hearing more in TDN later this week – is the latest to supply Juddmonte with a Classic winner after the Harper family of Whitsbury Manor Stud bred and sold Chaldean, winner of the 2,000 Guineas two years ago. These sons of Kingman and Frankel respectively were bought as foals: in Chaldean's year Juddmonte bought four foals from Tattersalls and Goffs, including Arrest, another son of Frankel who is now a dual Group 3 winner and was runner-up in the St Leger. They returned to the draft of his breeder Swordlestown Little two years later to buy his Wootton Bassett half-brother Detain, who is entered in Sunday's G1 Prix du Jockey Club. The other foal bought from the Goffs November Sale that year was Field Of Gold. Another four were picked up at Tattersalls, but from a small sample it's quite something to have two lining up in Classics on consecutive weekends, not to mention a number of homebreds. Of course Kingman could not have the spotlight to himself for long. Come Sunday, Frankel's daughter Lake Victoria, the top-rated juvenile filly in Europe in 2024, claimed the Classic that she so richly deserved when landing the Irish 1,000 Guineas. Back in 2016, her dam Quiet Reflection became the second winner of the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, and all eyes will be on her daughter in the Coronation Stakes this year. Within the space of 15 minutes Frankel's offspring had claimed two of the four Group 1 races on offer in Europe on Sunday afternoon, Lake Victoria at a mile and the Aga Khan Studs' Candelari over almost two miles in the newly promoted Prix Vicomtesse Vigier. The four-year-old gelding continues an excellent season for his trainer Francis Graffard and may be seen next in the Gold Cup. In fact, Candelari's fellow group winners on the day at Lomgchamp may all be seen next in England as the Coral-Eclipse Stakes is being considered by Andre Fabre for the Wertheimers' Prix d'Ispahan winner Sosie (Sea The Stars), while Hisaaki Saito's Prix du Palais Royal winner Topgear (Wootton Bassett) is being primed for the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes. “I already have my hat ready for Ascot,” trainer Christopher Head told our colleagues at JDG. Here's to Maturity The two standouts from the older-horse division – so far anyway – continued their romp through the season on Sunday and may yet clash in the Eclipse on July 5. The aforementioned Sosie is fast becoming a favourite with this column. Any runner from the family of the great Gestut Karslhof matriarch Sacarina always piques the interest in this corner and Sosie has put himself firmly up there with the best of this family, which includes his close relative Sea The Moon and the latter's fellow German Derby winners Samum and Schiaparelli. Fourth in the Arc last year having beaten Illinois to win the Grand Prix de Paris, Sosie has so far annexed the Ganay and the Ispahan and it will be a thrill indeed to see him at Sandown. From an even more celebrated family comes the tall, dark and handsome Camelot colt Los Angeles, who has the celebrated Allegretta as his fourth dam. He was a length and a half ahead of Sosie when third in the Arc and is this season starting to look like a saviour of the reputation of the Irish Derby by winning first the Mooresbridge Stakes and now the Tattersalls Gold Cup. The latter had a proper cast of five previous Group 1 winners lining up and they duly finished in the first four places bar Continuous, whose tardy break and pace-making duties gave him little chance of finishing anywhere but out the back. With Anmaat, Kalpana, White Birch, Calandagan, Goliath, Economics, Facteur Cheval, Tamfana, Illinois, Jan Brueghel and Friendly Soul among the older horses in training this year, we could be in for some enticing clashes come high summer. Hot, Hot, Hot Among that brigade we must also recognise the efforts of Mgheera in her first two starts for Ed Walker since leaving France. The daughter of Zoustar was already a Listed winner and Group 2-placed for her former trainer Manon Scandella-Lacaille, and she is thriving at the age of five, having won the G3 Prix de Saint-Georges and G2 Temple Stakes within a fortnight. Bred by David Redvers and Stephen and Becky Hillen at Ecurie des Monceaux, she changed hands in December at Arqana for €250,000 and now races for Lord Lloyd Webber and Arthur Mitchell of Yarraman Park Stud in Australia. Longer-term plans for Mgheera include a date with the Lloyd Webbers' Too Darn Hot, but in Australia rather than in Newmarket. A run at Royal Ascot is surely on the cards first, but it would be great if she can stick around up north long enough to run in the Nunthorpe in August. Too Darn Hot could himself feature prominently at the royal meeting if his recent run of two-year-old winners is anything to go by. In something of a flurry of new TDN Rising Stars last week, his son Wild Desert, whose dam Winters Moon (New Approach) is already well on her way to Blue Hen territory, courtesy of her Group 1-winning sons Shadow Of Light and Earthlight, became the latest for his sire on debut at Haydock. Wild Desert was the second Rising Star in two days for Too Darn Hot, following the Yarmouth romp of Wathnan Racing's Postmodern, and the stallion's third juvenile winner of last week was the Hugo Palmer-trained Fitzella, who looks to be Albany-bound. Medallions All Round Various permutations of syndicates involving American owners Steve Weston, Dean Reeves and Medallion Racing enjoyed a memorable Sunday on the Curragh thanks to trainer Donnacha O'Brien. His stable star Porta Fortuna (Caravaggio) returned in fine style in the G2 Lanwades Stud Stakes ahead of her bid to claim her third successive group victory at Royal Ascot following her win in the 2023 Albany Stakes and last year's Coronation Stakes. The opening two-year-old maiden on Sunday had gone to Balantina (Ten Sovereigns), who races for Steve Weston and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing and was picked up at Arqana last August for €100,000 by Mark McStay's Avenue Bloodstock, which had sponsored the opening race on the previous day at the Curragh. It will be no surprise to see her now attempt to give the team a second Albany Stakes win. Later on the card, the three-year-old filly Sharpen (Fastnet Rock), who was also making her second start, underlined the good form of the younger O'Brien's stable when winning the 10-furlong maiden for Weston along with Stewart Hoffman, Philip Shelton's Medallion Racing, and Jon Green's DJ Stable. McStay, who also bought Porta Fortuna privately as a two-year-old, had signed up Sharpen at the Goffs Orby Sale of 2023 with Kim Valerio. More Stakes Glory for Aykroyds For owner-breeders who have just four mares, David and Vimy Aykroyd can take immense pride in having won two Derby trials this season. First came Pride Of Arras's impressive victory in the G2 Dante Stakes at York, and the New Bay colt is now third-favourite for the Derby. On Saturday his stable-mate Amiloc (Postponed) won the Listed Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood but, as a gelding, he will not be Epsom-bound. Trainer Ralph Beckett pointed to a little wayward streak in his dam Colima – herself by Derby winner Authorized – and some of her offspring as the reason for Amiloc having not remained a colt. He does appear now to be channeling his ability nicely, however. It took a little time for him to warm to the idea of winning the Cocked Hat but, once rolling, Amiloc beat another stable-mate, Sir Dinadan, by a comfortable four lengths. They are both now being considered for Royal Ascot, with the King Edward VII Stakes the likely target for Amiloc and the Queen's Vase for Sir Dinadan. Liberate, Celebrate Our congratulations go to James Horton and Maria Ryan who were married on Saturday. We had a little chuckle that the day of their nuptials coincided with a win for their stable of Kirsten Rausing's filly – ironically named in this case – Liberate. She was the third winner of the week for the Hortons and we wish them many more days of happiness and success, both in marriage and on the turf. The post Seven Days: A Classic Fit For a King appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hong Kong police have called off the public tendering process for upgrading the force’s computer and communications systems to ensure their security and supply stability amid heightened geopolitical tensions. According to a Security Bureau document set to be discussed at a meeting of the Legislative Council’s security panel on June 3, the force will instead directly approach suppliers that meet all of its requirements. Tendering procedures were already under way after the government secured the...View the full article

Maryland-based freshman sire Galawi (IRE) quickly registered his first winner when his first starter, Gala Gold, won on debut May 25 at Energy Downs Racing.View the full article

Further restrictions have been imposed on accessing past investigation reports from the Office of the Ombudsman, which have been taken offline under a new policy, with authorities now only permitting the public to view a maximum of six documents during each pre-booked 1½-hour session. When the Post tested the new arrangement by pre-booking a session to view reports at the office on Monday, no catalogue of past reports was provided for reference. This makes it difficult for the public to identify...View the full article

The number of Hong Kong tourists who travelled to Japan last month rose by more than 40 per cent compared with a year ago, reversing a downward trend. But tour operators on Monday were hesitant to link the increase to more Hongkongers wanting to visit the country ahead of a mega-earthquake some have speculated will hit in July, with one operator being “cautiously optimistic” about tour demand in the coming summer peak season. The country welcomed 263,600 Hong Kong residents in April, a 42.9 per...View the full article

Hong Kong lawmakers have questioned whether existing penalties for contractors that fail to ensure workers’ safety are tough enough, pointing to a business that was convicted 77 times over several years but was fined no more than HK$10,000 (US$1,280) on average. The concerns were raised at a Legislative Council meeting on Monday that discussed the ombudsman’s investigation into occupational health and safety. According to the report, labour authorities conducted 74,410 safety inspections at...View the full article

Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China invested in a lagging Darwin port. Now profitable, Australia wants it back China’s ambassador to Australia has described the Australian government’s plan to end a Chinese firm’s control of the strategically located Darwin Port as “questionable”, saying the company should not be punished. 2. China should mull 4% GDP target, support jobs, for next 5...View the full article

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has lauded China’s long-standing support for anti-colonial struggles and developing nations, calling Beijing a key partner in the pursuit of a “safe and prosperous region” as Jakarta moves to deepen strategic and economic ties with the Asian superpower. While hosting Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Jakarta on Saturday, Prabowo praised China’s record of standing up to imperialism and its backing of Palestinian statehood – an issue that resonates deeply in...View the full article

Voyage Bubble surges into history with a commanding performance. (Photo: HKJC) Rewriting Hong Kong racing history with a stunning triumph in the HK$13 million Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday, Voyage Bubble made light of stamina concerns with a record-equalling performance to draw the highest praise from James McDonald and Ricky Yiu. Given a perfect ride by McDonald, Voyage Bubble streaked to a 3.5-length victory over Rubylot and Cap Ferrat in 2:26.67 to become only the second horse in Hong Kong racing history after River Verdon in 1993/94 to complete the Triple Crown by winning the HK$13 million Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m), HK$13 million Group 1 Hong Kong Gold Cup (2000m) and Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup in the same season. Demolishing nine rivals, Voyage Bubble claimed a fifth Group 1 as the 2023 Hong Kong Derby (2000m) winner secured a HK$10 million Triple Crown bonus, plus the winners’ purse of HK$7.28 million, to take his career earnings to HK$107.4 million for the Sunshine And Moonlight Syndicate. McDonald, the reigning World’s Best Jockey, revealed he thought the race – Hong Kong’s 12th and final Group 1 of the season – was in his keeping at the 600m after Zac Purton’s mid-race move on Ensued to join Moments in Time and Dubai Honour (fourth) at the head of the field. With Ensued’s acceleration stringing out the 10-horse field, unflustered McDonald simply bided his time before gradually upping the tempo and hitting the front at the 270m before sweeping into history. “I couldn’t have dreamed of it panning out as well as that – that’s once in a blue moon,” McDonald said. “The stars aligned and with that sort of run, he was always going to be hard to beat – he was going to be hard to beat even without such a good run, but it all worked out. “From the 600m, he tacked up beautifully, the pace increased, everything was smooth, nothing was cluttered up. I just had a really smooth run the whole way. He’s a brilliant horse. He just keeps raising the bar and he keeps on surprising every time I ride him.” McDonald has been aboard Voyage Bubble in all five of the Deep Field gelding’s Group 1 wins and is still perplexed that the pair was beaten by outsider Red Lion in the HK$24 million Group 1 FWD Champions Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin last month. “I still can’t believe he got beat last time, to be fair, but he was just a different horse today. He was in the zone. He was ‘prepped’ up just beautifully by the Yiu stable,” McDonald said. “So lucky to be riding him and he’s just a brilliant racehorse. He just does everything you ask of him and he’s so willing. He was on song today and he’s just such a star. “He just switches off and allows himself to get the distance so well and I just want to pay credit to the Yiu stable – they’ve done a remarkable job with this horse. “It’s a great training effort – a mile to 2400m. They’re absolutely incredible. They’ve got a champion racehorse on their hands and he (Voyage Bubble) deserves all the accolades he gets. It’s awesome. I’m very proud of him.” Yiu, who has trained a string of champion sprinters including Sacred Kingdom, Fairy King Prawn and Amber Sky, was jubilant after saddling his first winner at 2400m. “Dreams came true, since I won the first two legs of the Triple Crown I started dreaming. Now today, dreams have come true – it’s amazing,” Yiu said. “The closer I looked at the race today, the closer I thought he would have a winning chance – he’s done so well and his preparation was so good. He’s pure athletic. If you look at him, you can tell he’s a high-class racehorse. He’s performed up from a sprint to the maximum distance in Hong Kong – he’s a genius. “When we first ran him over 1200 and 1400m it was like a game for him. The whole team is thrilled.” 2025 Group 1 Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup Replay – Voyage Bubble https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Sha-Tin-2025-Group-1-Standard-Chatered-Champions-Chater-Cup-25052025-Voyage-Bubble-Ricky-Yiu-James-McDonald.mp4 Horse racing news View the full article

John Size after the success of Stellar Express at Sha Tin. (Photo: HKJC) John Size’s legend grew on Sunday at Sha Tin as the revered horseman celebrated a 1,600th Hong Kong training win with Stellar Express in the Class 3 Indigenous Handicap (1000m). The only 12-time champion trainer in Hong Kong racing history, Size, 70, is the second handler to reach the towering mark after former trainer John Moore. The Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Size arrived at Sha Tin in the 2001/02 season, surprising all with a then record 62-win first campaign and maiden trainers’ championship. “I’ve taken my time but finally got there. It’s always nice to get some sort of milestone or number up – that’s the one today,” Size said. Hailing from Dalby in Queensland, Australia, Size quickly moved to the city of Brisbane, where he worked for trainers Pat Duff and Henry Davis. He then transitioned to the Sydney circuit, achieving instant results with a strong reputation of rejuvenating out of form horses. Size has trained two Hong Kong Horse of the Year recipients: Electronic Unicorn (2001/02) and Grand Delight (2002/03). His many other turf heroes include top-level winners Beat The Clock, Waikuku, Hot King Prawn, Contentment, Sight Winner, Super Kid, Mr Stunning, River Dancer and Glorious Days amongst others. A three-time Hong Kong Derby-winning handler, Size has captured the city’s most desired prize with Fay Fay (2012), Luger (2015) and Ping Hai Star (2018). His 12 championships are unmatched and, Size leads the current standings on 57 wins in pursuit of a 13th crown after previous accomplishments in 2001/02, 2002/03, 2003/04, 2005/06, 2007/08, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 & 2022/23. Size said: “I’m hanging on by the skin of my teeth. We’ll just keep trying.” Brenton Avdulla, who rode Stellar Express to victory, said: “It’s worked out well because I was a bit upset, thinking I would miss out on riding it for him because John has gone three or four meetings without a winner when I wasn’t riding. “I thought he might have got it (1,600th) when I was off but it’s actually an honour to ride the winner that brings up the 1600th for John and it’s great that it’s for Larry Yung, who’s a big supporter. It’s a brilliant result and hopefully we can help John onto another premiership.” Avdulla kicked off his afternoon double at Sha Tin as Mister Dapper rolled to a comfortable success in the Class 4 Helene Super Star Handicap (1600m) for trainer David Eustace. Horse racing news View the full article

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While Voyage Bubble’s brilliant surge to a fifth Group One success and a Triple Crown clean sweep rightly demanded much of the attention at Sha Tin on Sunday, the champion galloper also quietly ticked another box on the weekend by becoming just the fourth Hong Kong-trained horse to amass HK$100 million in prize money. More than HK$61 million of his HK$107,472,475 career earnings have come in a superb 2024-25 campaign that has featured four elite-level victories and a HK$10 million Triple Crown...View the full article

This year's JRHA Select Sale is set to feature 25 foals from the first crop of Equinox, the world's top-rated horse of 2023 who retired to Shadai Stallion Station for a record fee for a freshman sire. The yearling session on Monday, July 14, features 233 lots, followed by the next day's sale of 251 foals, which, uniquely, are offered alongside their dams before being weaned. The action takes places at Northern Horse Park in Hokkaido. The Equinox youngsters include colts out of the G1 Oka Sho winner Reine Minoru and American Grade I winners Midnight Bisou, Caledonia Road, Grace Adler, Going To Vegas, and Mucho Unusual, as well as fillies from further Grade I winners Bella Sofia, Spanish Queen, and Conviction. Also among the foals for sale are the first offspring of the British Group 1 winners Lezoo, who has a colt by Kingman, and Commissioning, whose first foal is a colt by Japanese Triple Crown winner Contrail. The yearling section includes a Saturnalia half-brother to the ill-fated Fillies' Triple Crown winner Liberty Island; a half-brother to the G1 Cox Plate and G1 Arima Kinen winner Lys Gracieux from the first crop of Japanese 2,000 Guineas winner Efforia; and a Contrail half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Wonderful Tonight. Among the star graduates of the JRHA Select Sale are this year's G1 Saudi Cup winner Forever Young (Real Steel) and G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Danon Decile (Epiphaneia), both of whom were bought as yearlings at the 2022 auction. The catalogue for the 2025 JRHA Select Sale can be viewed here. The post First Equinox Foals to be Offered at JRHA Select Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mark Newnham is hoping his ultra-consistent Spicy Gold can collect another cheque in the Class Three Seine Handicap (1,200m) at Happy Valley on Wednesday night. Alexis Badel has built up a brilliant partnership with Newnham’s So You Think galloper, who has won three of his nine starts this season. After ending last campaign with a Class Four course and distance win, Spicy Gold has gone from strength to strength this term, doubling up on return in the same grade. He completed a track and trip...View the full article

Lindsay Park will target both Group One’s in Brisbane on Saturday, with the decision made to send staying filly Chase Your Dreams (NZ) (Contributer) up against the boys in the A$1 million Gr.1 Queensland Derby (2400m). Co-trainer Ben Hayes said on Monday that it was felt the timing of the Derby works better for the recent Gr.3 SA Classic (2500m) runner-up than waiting a further week for the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks (2200m). “We just felt that it would be a month (between runs), which was a bit awkward and there wasn’t a good place to take her to trial and we just didn’t think we could keep the work up to her,” explained Hayes, who trains in partnership with his brothers JD and Will. “We’d also be dropping back from 2500 metres to 2200, so the 2400 of the Derby should be ideal. “Hopefully she can draw a barrier as she’s really done well and travelled up well.” A $40,000 yearling purchase at Karaka by Contributor, Chase Your Dreams came off a lowly Benchmark 64 (2100m) win at Echuca to a last-start, fast-finishing second in the SA Classic, where she didn’t enjoy the best of runs. “Just the way the race worked out, she couldn’t get rolling when she wanted last start with the horse to her outside,” Hayes said. “She just pulled that little bit as well and the three weeks with travel is perfect for her, so the Derby just came up at the perfect time.” The Derby has become a target for a handful of fillies this year, with Chase Yours Dreams likely to be joined in the classic by Gr.1 Australasian Oaks (2500m) winner Femminile (Dundeel) and Gr.3 Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) winner Belle Detelle (Zed). The SA Classic’s third placegetter, Sweltering (Too Darn Hot), may also find herself in the final acceptances for the Derby on Tuesday morning. Hayes said the stable is confident Rise At Dawn (NZ) (Almanzor) will be ready to challenge for Saturday’s Gr.1 Kingsford-Smith Cup (1300m) after a decision last week to forgo his planned first Queensland run. “He travelled well but not as well as we would have liked, so we just thought the extra week would be better for him and we’re glad because he’s bouncing this morning and is really happy and well and eating up,” Hayes said. Fresh from his Doomben Cup romp aboard Antino (NZ) (Redwood) last Saturday, Blake Shinn will ride both Lindsay Park horses in Saturday’s Group Ones. View the full article

Beneath The Stars (NZ) (Ten Sovereigns) may have a fair way to go to reach the lofty heights of some of her relatives, but she is heading in the right direction following her maiden victory at Ellerslie on Sunday. Bred and raced by George and Maryanne Simon, Beneath The Stars is out of Dormez Vous (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle), a half-sister to three-time Group One winner and Group One-producing sire Turn Me Loose (NZ) (Iffraaj). By Ten Sovereigns, Beneath The Stars had one prior start, finishing fourth over 1200m at Ellerslie earlier this month, and co-trainer Danny Walker said she had taken plenty of confidence out of the run. She stepped up in distance in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series 1300 on Sunday, where she was ridden positively from the outset by jockey Triston Moodley, punching forward from her wide gate to sit outside leader Venucci (NZ) (Telperion). She hit the lead as they entered the straight and continued to build on her advantage before being chased down late by Reliable Squeeze (NZ) (Reliable Man), but she was able to hold on to score a head victory. Walker was pleased with the winning effort and said his filly has plenty of heart. “She went well. She is a tough, little girl,” said the Byerley Park horseman, who trains in partnership with Arron Tata. “After her first run she absolutely thrived and her work had been tremendous, I was just a bit worried about the wide draw, but as it worked out, it came off.” Walker has had plenty of time for the rising four-year-old and said they have given her time to mature. “She has done nothing wrong, she is a genuine little thing,” he said. “She had a few muscle issues earlier in her career but just needed a bit of time and maturity. “She seems to have pulled up well and we might just look for another race for her and see how she goes and play it by ear.” Looking ahead to racing this week, the stable is set to head to Tauranga on Wednesday with just the one runner. Embellish four-year-old gelding Lord Goliath (NZ) has been a consistent performer in his seven starts to date, placing in three of his outings, including a last-start runner-up performance over a mile at Matamata last month. Walker has been pleased with his charge ahead of the midweek meeting and is hoping for a breakthrough victory in the Mills Reef Maiden 2100. “He will be a good chance,” Walker said. “He missed a bit of work with a knocked leg, but he seems to have caught up. He has never run a bad race, and he will get his turn this winter.” Meanwhile, Walker reported that his Group One-winning sprinter Crocetti (NZ) (Zacinto) is enjoying some downtime in the paddock following his run in the A$5 million The Quokka (1200m) at Ascot last month. “He has had good weather and is thriving in the paddock,” Walker said. “He got galloped on behind (in The Quokka), and we were a bit concerned that he might have got an infection in the tendon sheath behind. But he got home, and it was clear, so he is a bit lucky in that respect. “He’ll enjoy some time in the paddock and spring and summer time will be his go.” View the full article

Underthemoonlight (NZ) (El Hermano) was a high-class mare during her racing days and she’s continuing to star during the second phase of her career. The daughter of El Hermano was a multiple black-type winner and placed at the highest level and subsequently made an immediate impact as a broodmare. Underthemoonlight was trained by Karyn McQuade, who bred the mare with husband Hamish and raced by them with Clive Solomon and was successful on six occasions. She claimed top honours in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) and Gr.3 Taranaki Breeders’ Classic (1400m) and finished third in the Gr.1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m). The Matamata couple are now breeding from Underthemoonlight, whose first foal, Romancing The Moon (NZ) (El Roca), sold through Westbury Stud’s draft to Te Akau’s David Ellis for $50,000. She realised a breeders’ dream when the Mark Walker-trained daughter of El Roca won at the elite level in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m). “That’s what we tried to plan when we organised the mating and it worked,” Karyn McQuade said. Underthemoonlight maintained her 100 percent record on Sunday when her second foal Sir Fergus (NZ) (Ardrossan) made a winning debut for trainer Barbara Kennedy at Ellerslie. The son of Ardrossan who was bought out of Kilgravin Lodge’s draft for $90,000 by former trainers Peter and Dawn Williams, and is raced by prominent owners Daniel Nakhle and Ger Beemsterboer. “The mare’s two for two now and he was a lovely colt, they’ve all got a bit of Mum’s strength,” McQuade said. At Karaka in 2024, Kilgravin also sold Underthemoonlight’s son of Ocean Park who was knocked down to John O’Shea and James Bester Bloodstock for $160,000. The same combination signed the ticket at $140,000 earlier this year to secure the half-sister by Noverre, who was offered by Pegasus Lodge. “She will be trained by John O’Shea as well and he’s really rapt with the Ocean Park (named Ocean Mariner) and that’s why I think he went ahead and got the filly,” McQuade said. “The mare’s got a Noverre weanling colt, but she’s not in foal this year. She was getting later and later so we left her. “We’re looking at sending her to Sword Of State this year.” The future hope is to get a filly out of Underthemoonlight to retain. “If it had been different times we would have kept the Noverre filly, but bills have to paid so we had to put her through the sale,” McQuade said. They are also breeding from Underthemoonlight’s half-sister Midnite Rendezvous, by Cecconi, and her winning Battle Paint daughter Midnite Invasion. “We sold Midnite Rendezvous’ Burgundy colt (Easy Life), who we won a trial with, to Hong Kong and she had an El Roca filly (Ilovethemoonlight) who showed enough in her first couple of starts and sold to Australia,” McQuade said. Ardrossan filly Prominere was sold for $95,000 at Karaka by Kilgravin and is with Simon and Katrina Alexander while last year Allan Sharrock bought the Circus Maximus filly for $25,000. Midnite Invasion’s first foal by Sword Of State was offered by Pegasus Lodge at Karaka earlier this year and sold to Crawford Brothers, of Taranaki, for $30,000. View the full article

Suzy Gordon was in the spotlight at Awapuni’s first synthetic meeting of the winter on Sunday, with a winning double headlined by surface specialist Doubtful Sound (Not A Single Doubt). The gelding by Not A Single Doubt had four previous wins on the Awapuni and Riccarton Synthetic tracks and Gordon had trekked to the southern venue last start, but found Doubtful Sound was just a run short of hitting top form. Closer to her Foxton base on Sunday, Doubtful Sound was primed for the Hygain Tracktorque (1400m) and was on the front foot from the outset, gliding to the lead under Kavish Chowdhoory and setting a solid tempo along the back straight. Chowdhoory dialled up the pressure turning for home and shot away from the field on straightening, putting a 4-1/4 length margin on race-favourite Gohugo (NZ) (Per Incanto) at the post. Gordon was rapt with the performance from a horse she also part-owns. “He’s led in a couple of his wins, he’s pretty adaptable but he does enjoy rolling along in front,” she said. “It was a really nice win. “I did think he would go well down south, but being that year older, he probably just needed that extra run. He ran in the $100,000 (innovation) race last year but didn’t have much luck that day.” Doubtful Sound was bred by Gerry Harvey and initially purchased for $300,000 at the Gold Coast Magic Millions Yearling Sale before later being sold through gavelhouse.com for $4,701. In 38 starts, the six-year-old has won just shy of $120,000 with six wins to his credit. The online auction platform was also where Gordon discovered Ka Ying Lucky (Zoustar), an impressive winner of the Lisa Latta Racing (1000m) earlier on the card. Ka Ying Lucky was another stable member who journeyed to Riccarton earlier in May and finished third in his respective assignment, a performance warranting favouritism in Sunday’s contest. In the hands of Bruno Queiroz, the gelding travelled comfortably in behind the speed and was poised to pounce rounding the turn, running down a game Bodacious Kate (NZ) (Derryn) just short of the post to score by three quarters of a length. “It was a beautiful ride and he’s a horse that has got ability, it’s just getting it out of him at times,” Gordon said. “He can go on a slow track on the grass, whereas the other horse (Doubtful Sound) is definitely a synthetic horse and enjoys that surface a lot more than the turf.” A six-year-old by Zoustar, Ka Ying Lucky has won three and placed in a further seven races from 27 attempts. He broke maidens in the care of Ben and Ryan Foote, before being purchased for $10,500 by Gordon and the remainder of his ownership group. View the full article

Lake Victoria then steals the show on Sunday as part of a Ryan Moore four-timer at the Curragh.View the full article

Superstar mare Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) is set to return to Victoria with a decision to be made on her racing future. Owner Tony Ottobre confirmed to Racing.com on Monday morning that connections had decided to wrap up Pride Of Jenni’s Queensland campaign after a flat performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m). However he stopped short of calling time on the three-time Group One winner’s career. That decision will be made once she returns to Victoria and connections have let the dust settle on Saturday’s performance. The star mare led at a fast tempo as usual, but was flat-footed as Antino (NZ) (Redwood) swarmed to the lead, and faded to finish third-last in the Doomben Cup. “She’s pulled up ok – a little bit of a slow recovery, but she has had a crack,” Maher said after the race on Saturday. “I don’t think anything was beating Antino today, by the way he went and the way he won. But Jenni’s physically ok. “She’s had a hard run, but everything seems ok. She’s sound, and apart from her heart rate (being) a little bit high, she’s ok.” Jockey Craig Newitt said Pride Of Jenni was “disappointing” , comparing the performance to her Gr.1 Australian Cup (2000m) defeat two starts ago. View the full article

California-based sire Listing wasted no time in securing a winner from his initial crop when his first starter, Saul Elliott, won his debut by 2 1/4 lengths May 25 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article