Wandering Eyes

Marconi overcame a slow start to lead a talented six-horse field through a romping wire-to-wire score Sept. 7 in the $300,000 Grand Prix American Jockey Club Invitational at Belmont Park. View the full article

In the wake of the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have allowed trainer Jerry Hollendorfer to race at Golden Gate Fields, Hollendorfer will likely next have to sue for damages, says his attorney, Drew Couto. View the full article

Stonestreet Stables' Cambria made the move from the synthetic surface at Presque Isle Downs to the turf course at Kentucky Downs a winning one as she held off a determined bid from Chimney Rock to win the $454,750 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint. View the full article

SPANISH MISSION (c, 3, Noble Mission {GB}–Limonar {Ire}, by Street Cry {Ire}) got up in the shadow of the wire, winning a very tight photo over fellow European invader Pedro Cara (Fr) (Pedro the Great) to capture the inaugural running of the $1 million Jockey Club Derby Invitational S., the final leg of NYRA’s new turf trinity series. Favored at x-x while running on Lasix for this first time in this American debut, the bay caboosed the field as Saratoga Derby victor A Thread of Blue (Hard Spun) loped along through opening splits of :25.23, :50.77 and 1:16.17. Still last on the backstretch run, the dark bay launched a four wide bid at the top of the lane, kicking it into high gear in the final sixteenth under a vigorous ride form Jamie Spencer to deny Pedro Cara in a very tight photo. The final time for the 1 1/2-mile event was 2:27.58. Capturing the G3 Bahrain Trophy S. July 11 at Newmarket, Spanish Mission was third in the G3 Gordon S. at Goodwood last time Aug. 1. Lifetime Record: 7-3-1-2. O-Team Valor & Earle Mack; B-St Elias Stables (KY); T-David Simcock. The post Noble Mission’s Spanish Mission Gets Up Just in Time in Jockey Club Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

EDISA (f, 3, Kitten’s Joy-Ebiyza {Ire}, by Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) made a bold late bid to get up just in the nick of time in the inaugural $750,000 Jockey Club Oaks Invitational S. at Belmont Saturday. Away well from her rail draw, the chalk raced in second last on the fence for the first three-quarters of a mile in 1:17.50. Splitting horses as she began to wind up on the backstretch, the chestnut was five wide turning for home and charged to the wire, sweeping past Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) just in time. A stakes winner in France, Edisa placed second in both the G2 Prix de Malleret S. June 30 and the G3 Prix de Psyche July 27. Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-1. O-HH Aga Khan; B-HH The Aga Khan Studs (KY); T-Alain de Royer-Dupre. The post Kitten’s Joy’s Edisa Scores in Jockey Club Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

CAMBRIA (f, 2, Speightstown–Teen Pauline, by Tapit) kept her perfect record in tact and earned her black-type badge by defeating of males in the $500,000 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint S. Saturday. A debut winner on the Presque Isle synthetic May 20, she followed suit with an optional claimer score there July 30 and prepped for this with a pair of bullets in Keeneland, most recently working a best-of-22 half-mile in :46 flat Aug. 30. Given an 8-1 chance in this turf bow, the homebred raced off the rail in mid-pack early and advanced to br third at the top of the lane. Unleashing a powerful late turn of foot, Cambria inhaled the leaders in a matter of strides and battled Chimney Rock (Artie Schiller) to the wire, holding on for a narrow score. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. O/B – Stonestreet Stables (KY); T-Wesley Ward. The post Speightstown Filly Remains Perfect in KYD Juv Turf Sprint appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Though they have failed to make a serious impression in three previous runnings of the Keeneland Korea Cup (1800m) and Keeneland Korea Sprint (1200m), American-based runners look primed to make their presence felt when the two big-money races are held Sunday afternoon. G M B Racing’s Lone Sailor (Majestic Warrior) brings legitimate American Grade I form into the Cup and is nicely drawn in gate three in the 11-horse field. The $120,000 Keeneland September graduate, though winless in seven starts since annexing last year’s GIII Oklahoma Derby, missed by a neck in a sloppy-track renewal of the GII Oaklawn H. in April ahead of a running-on third in the GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita. Gerard Melancon has the call for Tom Amoss aboard the gelding, a latest runner-up in Saratoga allowance company Aug. 9. Korean-trained Dolkong (Afleet Alex), a distant second to the repeating London Town (Jpn) (Kane Hekili {Jpn}) 12 months ago, represented his country with distinction at the 2019 Dubai World Cup Carnival, winning the Listed Curlin H. by 9 ½ lengths ahead of a third in the G1 Maktoum Challenge-R3. He was well-beaten behind Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) in the World Cup, but bounced back to defeat Moonhak Chief (Pioneerof the Nile) in the black-type Mayor’s Cup at Busan June 30. Owing to a trade dispute between the two countries, no Japanese horses were invited to this year’s races. The exciting locally based Blue Chipper (Tiznow) looks to make it six in a row and seven for eight overall, but will have to work out a trip from the 13 hole in the Sprint. A $95,000 buyback from the 2016 September sale, the Busan-based bay makes the trek up to Seoul on the heels of a 10-length defeat of Cup hopeful Baengmunbaekdap (Tapizar) in the Owners’ Cup July 28 in which he demolished the previous track record in a final time of 1:36.1 for the metric mile. He is four-for-five at Sunday’s abbreviated distance. Global Captain (Munnings), six-for-eight lifetime; Gaon Champ (Kor) (Ecton Park), nine-for-12 in his career; and Doraonpogyeongseon (Kantharos), third in last year’s running, can also factor for the home team. Trainer Jim Chapman knows how to travel one successfully, having conditioned Caller One (Phone Trick) to back-to-back victories in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen in 2001 and 2002. Heartwood (Tapit), a close second in last year’s GIII Fall Highweight H. at Aqueduct, was third in the GIII Mr. Prospector S. at Gulfstream in December ahead of a first black-type score in the King Cotton S. at Oaklawn Feb. 9. A wide-trip fifth to Whitmore (Pleasantly Perfect) in that track’s Hot Springs S. Mar. 9, he took a Belterra allowance first off a four-month hiatus July 5. Sunday’s program was for a time under a cloud–literally–with the prospects of Typhoon Lingling potentially impacting the card. But the current forecast calls for only a small chance for precipitation during the day. TVG will carry the Sprint and Cup during a live broadcast. The post American Invaders Face Talented Locals in Keeneland Korea Sprint, Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

ALPHA SIXTY SIX (c, 2, Liam’s Map–Giant Sensation, by Giant’s Causeway) became the third winner and second ‘TDN Rising Star’ for his freshman sire (by Unbridled’s Song) with a gritty debut score at Belmont Saturday. Displaying a speedy work tab that included a best-of-45 half-mile in :47 4/5 at Saratoga two back Aug. 26, the $400,000 KEESEP buy was hammered down to even-money for this career bow for the strong duo of Todd Pletcher and John Velazquez. Perched two-wide in mid-pakc through a :23.01 opening quarter, the bay ranged up three- wide out of the leaders approaching the far turn. Rail-skimming Hemlock (Into Mischief) looked home free as he took the lead in the lane, but Alpha Sixty Six kept on finding to run that Godolphin representative down in the final strides for a narrow success in 1:16.60. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Paul Pompa, Jr.; B-Overbrook Farm & Kildare Stud (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. The post Liam’s Map Colt Earns ‘Rising Star’ Status at Belmont appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

WinStar Farm has initiated the process to return Take Charge Indy to the United States for the 2020 breeding season, the farm announced today. The 10-year-old son of A.P. Indy out of multiple Grade I winner, graded stakes producer and Broodmare of the Year Take Charge Lady stood in Korea this year, but would rank as the number one third-crop sire in the U.S. with more than $4.4 million in progeny earnings, and second on the cumulative third-crop sire list with $10.2 million in cumulative earnings. Currently, Take Charge Indy would be No. 31 on the North American General Sire List, behind only Malibu Moon as a leading son of influential sire of sires A.P. Indy. “Everywhere I go, breeders ask me about Take Charge Indy, especially since he’s the leading third-crop sire and No. 31 on the General Sire list,” said Elliott Walden, president, CEO, and racing manager of WinStar. “With a strong demand for proven sires, we are excited to announce that Take Charge Indy will be returning to Kentucky for the 2020 breeding season.” Take Charge Indy’s top runners in 2019 include Long Range Toddy, winner of the GII Rebel S. and an earner of $918,559 to date; GI Preakness S. and GII Holy Bull S. runner-up Everfast; multiple graded stakes-placed Motion Emotion, and stakes winner and graded stakes-placed Pole Setter. The No. 2-ranked second-crop Sire of 2018 with progeny earnings of $4.77 million, Take Charge Indy was number one by stakes winners last year with 10. Among his black type winners a year ago were Noble Indy, winner of the GII Louisiana Derby; GIII Forward Gal S. winner Take Charge Paula; four-time stakes winner Split Time, and Long Range Toddy, also a two-time stakes winner at two. Take Charge Indy will participate in the WinStar Incentive Network (WIN), which has already awarded more than $3.6 million to breeders. The post Take Charge Indy to Return to WinStar in 2020 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer John Gosden reports Bjorn Nielsen’s champion stayer Stradivarius (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) to be “in tremendous form” two weeks removed from the 5-year-old’s victory in the G2 Lonsdale Cup at York which earned him a second consecutive £1-million Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million Bonus. “He is bucking and playing away and having a shout which he likes to do,” Gosden said. “He always lets you know when he is around. For a little guy he makes a lot of noise.” Stradivarius holds an entry in Friday’s G2 Doncaster Cup, and looking ahead to a title defense of the G2 British Champions Long Distance Cup on Oct. 19, Gosden said the chestnut’s participation would be ground dependent. “I would think that Champions Day is quite likely,” the trainer said. “If we got a lot of rain and it did go heavy, that would be the one thing that would probably stop us running. He has got a great action and he is probably happiest on top of the ground. He handled the good to soft and softish ground, but I would be worried about heavy ground.” In terms of a potential 6-year-old campaign for the entire, Gosden said that decision would be up to Nielsen. “It is very much up to Mr. Nielsen whether he wants to keep him in training next year and I will leave that entirely to him. The horse is vociferous to let us know what he thinks.” The post Stradivarius “Tremendous” After Second Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last seen finishing third behind Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot June 21, Jaber Abdullah’s Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}) made virtually all in Saturday’s G1 Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock. Sent off the 9-2 co-favourite, the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G2 Sandy Lane S. winner carted James Doyle to the front after the first furlong and after shrugging off Invincible Army (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) kept finding to prevail by a half length from last year’s winner The Tin Man (GB) (Equiano {Fr}), with Waldpfad (Ger) (Shamardal) two lengths away in third. 1–HELLO YOUMZAIN (FR), 127, c, 3, by Kodiac (GB) 1st Dam: Spasha (GB), by Shamardal 2nd Dam: Spa (GB), by Sadler’s Wells 3rd Dam: Sandy Island, by Mill Reef O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Rabbah Bloodstock Ltd (FR); T-Kevin Ryan; J-James Doyle. £170,130. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, 7-4-1-1, £380,692. *1/2 to Royal Youmzain (Fr) (Youmzain {Ire}), Hwt. 2yo Colt-Ity, Hwt. 3yo-Ger at 9.5-11f, MGSW & MG1SP-Ger, GSW-Ity, $364,563; Zuhoor Baynoona (Ire) (Elnadim), SW-Eng; and Saglawy (Fr) (Youmzain {Ire}), SP-Fr, $114,319. The post Kodiac’s Hello Youmzain Takes the Sprint Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It’s Saturday, the eve of the Keeneland Korea Cup. Jack arrived this morning at 4 a.m.; his flight went smoothly, luckily dodging the typhoon that started blowing into Seoul just after lunchtime. Flights are being cancelled now, but the horse and jockey are here. Harvey Wallbanger (Congrats) completed his training this morning. He has trained well, is acting well. He is eating everything I give him. But we won’t know, until the race, how he will get on with this track. I think that may be the biggest factor, for all the international horses, how they get on with the track. The track here is sand, just sand. The kickback is significant, it fans into the air when the horses kick into it. I don’t think Harvey would like having too much sand kicked into his face. He’s not that kind of horse. It is getting exciting now, everyone is ready now. I checked into the Intercontinental hotel yesterday. It is nice, plush, big. The rooms are swanky, but I can’t make anything work. The lights are a mystery to me. I have been getting around using the torch on my iPhone. The toilet has an array of controls and buttons next to it. I have no idea what they do. I was scared to sit on it. This thing looks like it might do something unexpected. I stared at it. Why does a toilet need a control panel? I have a history with toilets. I didn’t want a history with them, but I have one. I found the flusher, on the side, as normal. That reassured me, I sat down. The seat was warm, I stood up. I didn’t like that. Had room service just come in and used my room for their convenience? I don’t like to sit down on a warm pan. It was a heated seat. A heated pan seat! I suppose when you are staying in a hotel that charges you over 30 dollars for a sandwich, they really want to look after you. Jack fixed the lights for me, then we headed down to the racetrack. A racetrack, at the end of the day, is a racetrack. They come in different shapes and sizes. Seoul racetrack is big, functional, not beautiful, but not ugly. It is a bit like a pretty decent airport. Seoul itself is big, functional, not beautiful, but not ugly. What is a bit beautiful are the people. I’m not talking about their looks, although they are actually quite handsome. I mean they are composed, seem confident, they have treated us, everywhere, with almost chivalric politeness. Their bow is not subservient, it is an acknowledgement of another person. They are quietly efficient, and when you need something, or ask about something. They don’t stand there slack jawed scratching their recently heated behind. They are on it straight away. I was stood in the rain one afternoon, waiting for the lights to change to cross the road. A man came and stood next to me, he put his umbrella over me, and he asked me where I was walking to. My hotel was only across the way, he walked with me right up to the entrance. He didn’t have to; my genes are Irish, I don’t really notice the rain. But I was touched by that. In a city of 10 million people, a local saw a foreign stranger, and offered to help him, quite unbidden. Think about that, us wall builders, us Brexiteers, us westerners. I didn’t know what to expect when I came to the Republic of Korea. I think I found the future. The Koreans, are hardworking, polite, working together, helping even strangers. Many speak English. They are doing their thing. They drive Mercedes Benzes and Porches, and party till dawn at the weekend. They are confident. Koreans enjoy some of the best education and healthcare in the world. It is innovative, growing, progressive, and as far as I can tell, harmonious. It has the 11th largest economy in the world by nominal GDP. And is reckoned to have the seventh-largest betting turnover in the world. That turnover provided the purses for Sunday’s race. And, as usual, us westerners have come to plunder. But at least we have been invited this time. We were invited by the Korea Racing Authority. They have flown us in style, put us up in the best hotels, and their team at the racetrack could not have been friendlier or more efficient, and fun. They are young, the people at the track who manage our quarantine barn, and they are friendly, and patient and courteous–even with Peter Walder, who, as a fellow contrarian, I can only look on and admire, as he carves his pretty unique path through life. When I woke up in Seoul at three a.m. last Friday morning, I watched Jack riding the Thursday card at Kentucky Downs live. I was in the future. The post Keeneland Korea Cup, Part 3 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Invincible Missile is the sort of horse punters can get very frustrated with.The Chris So Wai-yin-trained gelding exploded onto the scene with a dominant debut in December – winning by three-and-three-quarter lengths in comfortable fashion.Things haven’t quite gone to plan since then, Invincible Missile hasn’t won, but he also hasn’t been far away with four placings from six subsequent starts.This is where perception kicks in – it seems like he’s been a failure because he’s started favourite or… View the full article

Upcoming trainer Frankie Lor Fu-chuen will test his skills internationally for the first time in his burgeoning career in Sunday’s Korea Cup (1,800m) with the unlikely help of a full-blown diplomatic row.With South Korea and Japan at loggerheads and in the midst of a trade war that stems from the legacy of Japan’s colonial rule over the Korean peninsula during the second world war, the Korea Racing Association announced it would not invite any Japanese runners to its premier race day.Japanese… View the full article

Yee Cheong Baby is already Jimmy Ting Koon-ho’s best horse by some distance but the second-season trainer says the jury is out on his exciting four-year-old, who kicks off his campaign at Sha Tin this Sunday.The son of Sebring has done little wrong in racking up two wins from two starts while rocketing to a rating of 97 and Ting has high expectations that the gelding can become his first genuine Group horse.Should he win the Class Two Po Yan Handicap (1,200m), Ting will turn his attention to… View the full article

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's graded stakes races, with capsule stories and entries. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Click on links for full preview. View the full article

From two named foals in his first crop, Tiz a Minister was represented by his first winner when Vastly Deep scored on debut in a maiden claiming race Sept. 6 at Los Alamitos Race Course for trainer Steven Miyadi. View the full article

Martin Schwartz's Turf War rallied from last of eight to run down Brooke Marie in deep stretch, prevailing by a neck to win her first stakes, capturing the six-furlong $100,000 Christiecat for 3-year-old fillies Sept. 6. View the full article

Machado, Elite rider hired all the way from US for Quarteto View the full article

Freshman sire Micromanage had his first winner Sept. 6 when his son Dynaform won a Colonial Downs maiden claiming race in his second start for owners DARRS Inc. and trainer Michael Stidham. View the full article

5th-Los Alamitos, $40,000, Msw, 9-6, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.52, ft. MO HAWK (c, 2, Uncle Mo–Princess Arabella {SW, $188,400}, by Any Given Saturday) was sent off the piping hot 1-5 choice for this unveiling following a sharp four-furlong work in :47.80 (3/66) at Del Mar Aug. 31. (Courtesy XBTV, click here). The $925,000 KEESEP purchase settled in a wide third as barn mate Dodger (Bayern) led through an initial quarter in :22.33. On even terms with the leaders and sweeping four wide into the stretch, the handsome bay poked his nose in front at the top of the lane and gradually extended his advantage late en route to a confident three-length victory over Moon Mischief (Into Mischief), a half brother to recent GII Del Mar Derby winner Nolde (Pioneerof the Nile). Jane Lyon’s Summer Wind Farm purchased Princess Arabella, also trained by Baffert, for $725,000 in foal to Tapit at the 2013 Keeneland January Sale. She is also responsible for $750,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale purchase Tapella (Tapit) and MGSP, $220,200, Ulele (Candy Ride {Arg}), who was a $400,000 KEESEP yearling. Undefeated Princess Arabella has a yearling colt by Union Rags and a filly foal by Into Mischief. Sales history: $925,000 Ylg ’18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $24,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Frederick Hertrich, III, John D. Fielding, and Golconda Stables; B-Summer Wind Equine LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert. The post Uncle Mo Firster Soars at Los Al appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Although it's called the Presque Isle Mile Stakes, the race will actually be run at 1 1/16 miles with Ohio the most accomplished runner in a very evenly-matched line-up that also features course specialist English Minister. View the full article

Churchill Downs may have its eye on the racing dates traditionally given to Turfway Park, but the company that still owns Turfway said in a statement Friday that it is committed to maintaining the status quo so far as dates are concerned. Churchill announced Thursday that it would ask the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to grant it the dates that had traditionally gone to Turfway. Rather than buy Turfway and keep it open, Churchill said it would build a new track in the Northern Kentucky area called New Latonia Racing and Gaming. The track would include Historical Horse Racing machines (HHR), which have proven to be successful at tracks throughout the state. However, Turfway has not installed any machines and many believe the reason is because it does not want to hurt business at a casino in Cincinnati owned by its parent company. All Kentucky tracks were required to submit their application for 2020 dates to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission Friday. Turfway is currently owned by JACK Entertainment, but is in the process of being sold to Hard Rock International. The sale involves a package deal of the racetrack and the casino, currently called JACK Cincinnati Casino. In a statement released Friday, Mark Dunkeson, Chief Executive Officer of JACK Entertainment, said both his company and Hard Rock remain committed to operating racing at Turfway and installing HHR at the track. “Following a lengthy competitive bidding process with a number of local and national companies, JACK Entertainment has been in the process of selling Turfway Park to Hard Rock International, a renowned brand and leader in the gaming and entertainment industry across the globe, since early April. The track submitted its annual application for the dates that have been historically been granted to Turfway Park in July of this year,” Dunkeson said. “Hard Rock has committed to regulators and Kentucky leaders to investing over $100 million into improving Turfway Park including the addition of historic racing machines, building race purses and significant enhancements to the racing business. Once these improvements are completed, Turfway will be an exceptional facility that is well positioned to carry on its rich history of thoroughbred racing while becoming an entertainment attraction for all of Northern Kentucky.” Throughout the statement, Dunkeson made it clear that Turfway has no intention of simply closing down and going away. “We are shocked and thoroughly disappointed by Churchill Downs’ recent attack on Turfway Park, which has been a significant part of the Northern Kentucky community for over 60 years,” he said. “JACK Entertainment and Hard Rock International will jointly defend the long-standing race dates that have regularly been awarded to Turfway Park and contest the inappropriate actions of Churchill Downs and their attempt to disrupt the Northern Kentucky racing community. “Churchill Downs’ purported plan to relocate the 2020 winter racing dates to Louisville serves only the best interests of Churchill Downs as part of their desire to restrict competition within the Kentucky racing market for their own financial gain by interfering with the Turfway sale and blocking the Turfway enhancements without regard for the economic opportunity for Florence and Boone County or the traditional racing circuit.” If Churchill were granted the dates it would have to conduct winter racing in Louisville while waiting for the new track to be built. Dunkeson pointed out that racing over a traditional dirt track in the winter at Churchill versus the synthetic surface at Turfway could cause problems. “In addition to being a mainstay of the Kentucky racing circuit, Turfway Park’s racing surface is specifically designed to run during the winter months and provides one of the safest environments for our human and equine athletes,” he said. By law, the KHRC must award the dates for each following year by Nov. 1. No commission meeting was scheduled Friday and the next one on the docket is not until Oct. 15. At that time, the KHRC will likely hear arguments from all sides before rendering its decision on or before Nov. 1. Then known as Latonia, Turfway Park opened in 1959. The post Turfway Not Willing to Go Away Without a Fight appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Advertise, Ten Sovereigns will not enter the group 1 race View the full article

South Korea's annual international races drew some welcome foreign competitors for the Sept. 8 renewal and one unwanted visitor—Typhoon Lingling. View the full article