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Hollie Doyle enjoyed another landmark victory when claiming the outright record for most winners by a female rider in Britain by striking on Brindavan at Ascot. Doyle had moved alongside Hayley Turner at Chelmsford on Thursday and took the lead on her own with win number 1,023 on the Sean Woods-trained 8-1 chance in the Carey Group Handicap. She told Sky Sports Racing, “It's good and, like I've said in the past, I've got to kind of pinch myself to believe that I've done this well. It's a great milestone to have reached and I'll keep kicking.” Asked to name the pick of her many highlights so far, Doyle opted for her Prix de Diane success aboard Nashwa. “It probably would be my first Classic on Nashwa in Chantilly,” she added. “That was special.” Paying tribute to Doyle, winning trainer Woods said, “We don't get to use her much but obviously today I asked her to get a lead and everything went like clockwork. She's a great asset to the sport.” The post Hollie Doyle Becomes Britain’s Most Prolific Female Jockey appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Returning to the scene of his victory in last year's GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, LSU Stables' 'TDN Rising Star' Far Bridge (English Channel) stamped his authority on Saturday's GII Man o' War Stakes at Aqueduct, defeating his chief market rival Anglophile (English Channel) by a deceptively easy margin. The prohibitive favorite was given a dig away from the stalls by Joel Rosario to open up his early options, but when longshot Decanter (Kitten's Joy) and Capture the Flag (Quality Road) elected to go on with it, Far Bridge was able to slot in from a midfield third to enjoy the shortest way around. Continuing to stalk the top two in hand from a few lengths in arrears down the back of the track, Far Bridge was asked for an early run to take a gap at the fence four furlongs out and make the Man o' War a test of stamina. Held together on the swing for home as Anglophile was finding his best stride from the back, Far Bridge responded when asked, pinched a break and was never in danger as Anglophile closed inches to complete a middle-distance 1-2 for the late English Channel. “Very tactical, short field. Joel [Rosario] rode a great race,” said trainer Christophe Clement, winning the Man o' War for the first time since Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) successfully defended his title in 2010. “The plan was the two [horses] on the inside were slow and the speed was on the outside–work it out, field of five, it can't be that difficult. He did it, well done. “To train, he has never been an issue, but in his races, he seems to be more mature [this year]. Going up the inside, he has the rail and if he has the rail to help him, he's always good. It's when he's in the middle of something [there can be an issue], but when he's on the rail, no problem.” Clement said that the GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes on the Belmont undercard at Saratoga June 7 would be next on the agenda for Far Bridge, who could be joined by stablemates Carson's Run (Cupid) and/or fellow 'Rising Star' Deterministic (Liam's Map). Third to the late Measured Time (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in last year's Manhattan, Far Bridge was a disappointing ninth in the GII United Nations Stakes, then was enterprisingly ridden to make all the running en route to an 8-1 surprise in the GI Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes back at the Spa in August. Up by a half-length to defeat two-time defending champion War Like Goddess (English Channel) in last year's Turf Classic, the bay was ninth to Rebel's Romance (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf and returned to action with a neck success in the 12-furlong GIII Pan American Stakes at Gulfstream Mar. 29. Pedigree Notes: The late English Channel has now sired the winners of three of the last six runnings of the Man o' War–Channel Maker in 2019 and Channel Cat in 2021. Far Bridge is one of just two winners from three to race from Fitpitcher, a granddaughter of the talented Pleasant Temper, whose 12 victories included a front-running score in the 1999 GIII Ballston Spa Breeders' Cup Handicap at Saratoga. Fitpitcher sadly passed away in 2021. The cross of champion turf horses English Channel and Kitten's Joy has resulted in 35 individual winners, six of those at the black-type level, including the aforementioned Channel Cat and fellow graded stakes winners Spooky Channel, English Bee and Admiralty Pier. Saturday, Belmont At The Big A MAN O' WAR S.-GII, $388,000, Belmont The Big A, 5-10, 4yo/up, 1 3/8mT, 2:17.24, gd. 1–FAR BRIDGE, 124, h, 5, by English Channel 1st Dam: Fitpitcher, by Kitten's Joy 2nd Dam: Teenage Temper, by A.P. Indy 3rd Dam: Pleasant Temper, by Storm Cat 'TDN Rising Star'. O-LSU Stables; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-Joel Rosario. $220,000. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 16-8-3-2, $2,142,980. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Anglophile, 118, h, 5, English Channel–Trustmore Lovemore, by Kitten's Joy. O-Michael Thomas Paradis; B-Upson Downs Farm & Louie W. Wright (KY); T-Brian A. Lynch. $80,000. 3–Padiddle, 118, g, 5, Empire Maker–Belle Chaussee, by Giant's Causeway. ($205,000 Wlg '20 FTKNOV; $250,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Imaginary Stables; B-Frankfort Park Farm (KY); T-Fernando Abreu. $48,000. Margins: 1, 5, 5 1/4. Odds: 0.30, 4.30, 12.00. Also Ran: Capture the Flag, Decanted. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Back-to-back stakes wins for FAR BRIDGE! He wins the Grade 2 Man o' War Stakes with @JRosarioJockey up for trainer @clementstable. pic.twitter.com/tZsEVJmtG8 — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) May 10, 2025 The post Far Bridge Leads Home English Channel 1-2 in the Man o’ War appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mother’s Day is of course an opportunity to say thank you to those nearest and dearest to us all. Harness racing has many mothers who are involved in the sport in many different capacities. Today we look at one of those Mums whose own daughters are carrying on the family tradition. Team Tomlinson (and the Fords) – “we are all close” By Dave Di Somma, Harness News Desk 2025 marks the first Mother’s Day when Amanda Tomlinson hasn’t actually had any children living at home. “We are empty-nesters,” she says. Tomlinson is part of a multi-generational harness racing family. Her father Ken Ford’s had over 200 winners since the early 1990s including training back-to-back Dominion winners Marcoola and Amaretto Sun. Amanda has been around horses most of her life and officially joined her father in partnership in 2021. She has also had 65 wins as a driver since her first with Midnight Invasion at Motukarara in 2006. Amanda and husband Mark Tomlinson have three children, with Sheree and Kerryn well-known in the sport while their youngest Zane has “gone in a different direction”. He has a master’s degree in climate change and sustainability and works for ANZCO Foods in Christchurch. “When Zane moved out around Christmas that was the first time that Mark and I have actually ever lived in a house just by ourselves,” says Amanda. When the couple got married in the late 1990s they moved in with Amanda’s parents Ken and Dianne Ford. By the time they’d completed their own house a few minutes down the road at West Melton near Christchurch Sheree had already been born. Sheree (above) is now 26, and was followed by Kerryn (25) and Zane (23). Sheree (307 driving wins) lives just down the road from “the Ford farm”. Both Amanda and her are there every day while trainer-driver Kerryn (145 driving wins) works for Brad Williamson in Oamaru. Sheree made history when Amaretto Sun won the Dominion – at 19, she was the youngest ever driver and first female to win New Zealand’s most prestigious trotting feature. “They are all great kids. The girls are strong minded, Zane is more like his dad, pretty laid back,” says Amanda. “We are all close and you’d struggle to get into an argument with Zane, he’s very placid,” says Sheree. “We had a great upbringing … Mum was very invested whether it was ponies or coaching school sports or dance and netball.” “Plus she ran Kidz Kartz just about entirely by herself.” “She was very competitive. She was competitive then and she is competitive now.” In saying that Sheree reckons her mum has changed a bit over the years. “She was strict enough when we were kids, I’d say she’s probably a little more relaxed now.” So now that the kids have gone, what changes? “The house is a lot easier to keep tidy!” says Amanda. In terms of Mother’s Day Sheree says traditionally it’s fallen on race days and it’s usually celebrated with “a box of chocolates and a lotto ticket”. Today though Amanda is not heading to the races at Ashburton and has plans with her own Mum. “She makes morning tea for us (at the stables) every day and not just for one or two – sometimes there a dozen people there.” “So I’ll be taking my mum out for tea.” View the full article

Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 16:25, EMIRATES POULE D'ESSAI DES POULAINS-G1, €650,000, 3yo, c, 8fT Field: Ridari (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}), Sahlan (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Selenien (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Misunderstood (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Dos Mukasan (Fr) (Golden Horde {Ire}), Aomori City (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Reach The Sky (Fr) (Calyx {GB}), Detain (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Jonquil (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Heybetli (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}), Zarraf (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Luther (GB) (Frankel {GB}), TIpinso (Fr) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Houquetot (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Hotazhell (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), Serengeti (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Camille Pissarro (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle look to get off the mark in the 2025 Classics and will be buoyed by the news on Friday that Henri Matisse has received a highly favourable draw in six for this turning test. Kept back for this following his success in the G3 Ballylinch Stud Red Rocks Stakes in March, the experienced son of Immortal Verse has all boxes ticked with Ryan Moore on board despite the presence of last year's G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner Camille Pissarro. Drawn in 15, that stablemate will have to navigate the crowd to overcome a terrible post position, but at least he is a hold-up merchant and Christophe Soumillon clicked on him here on Arc day. Another Irish challenger to do well in the draw is the G1 Futurity Trophy and G2 Beresford Stakes winner Hotazhell, but he has a length to find on Henri Matisse on their G2 Futurity Stakes meeting last summer and will need to be sharp to win this on his seasonal bow. First and second in the course-and-distance G3 Prix de Fontainebleau, Ridari and Sahlan have fared contrastingly with the draw and that has probably killed the chance of the latter, while Juddmonte's G3 Greenham Stakes winner Jonquil has a tricky stall in 12 so Oisin Murphy will be in full analysis mode in the lead-up. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 17:05, EMIRATES POULE D'ESSAI DES POULICHES-G1, €550,000, 3yo, f, 8fT Field: Mandanaba (Fr) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Zarigana (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), Ghoufrann (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Shes Perfect (Ire) (Sioux Nation), Godspeed (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Exactly (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), Merrily (No Nay Never), Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}), Mimos (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Better Together (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Heavens Gate (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Celestial Orbit (GB) (No Nay Never). TDN Verdict: Francis-Henri Graffard has the draw gods to thank for the mercy shown to his star duo Zarigana and Mandanaba and their showdown greatly enhances this renewal. Preference is for the former, who bids to erase the memory of her painful course-and-distance defeat in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac on Arc day with her stablemate perhaps more one for the Diane next month. Better Together represents the G3 Prix Imprudence form and she will love this mile, while the main Ballydoyle hopes Exactly and Bedtime Story are fascinating contenders. Exactly was bang there with Zarigana at the end of the Marcel Boussac and could just have improved more, while the latter was only fifth there as she staged a meek retreat into the shadows having looked champion material earlier in the season. Few will ever forget her sensational Royal Ascot display last June, when the thought of Ryan Moore not even choosing her for a Pouliches would have been unimaginable and from stall nine she will be hunted around by Colin Keane in what could be the start of a process of re-education. Outside Godspeed is not out of things, having impressed with her effort behind Zarigana in the G3 Prix de la Grotte, while Ollie Sangster looks to get heavily involved in a second fillies' Classic in the space of eight days with the classy Celestial Orbit. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, Hoppegarten, Germany, post time: 14:00, COMER GROUP INTERNATIONAL 54TH OLEANDER-RENNEN-G2, €130,000, 4yo/up, 16fT Field: Lordano (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), Alpenjager (Ger) (Nutan {Ire}), Flatten The Curve (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Sir Siljan (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}), Waldadler (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}), Atlantica (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Enfranchise (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Nastaria (GB) (Outstrip {GB}) and Partnun (Ger) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Multiple Group winner Lordano is back up to a staying trip, having looked more than comfortable in this sphere when dominating the 15-furlong G3 Silbernes Pferd in 2023. French challenger Sir Siljan is an unexposed stayer from a stable that has to be respected on their German forays. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 14:33, AUGUSTE RODIN COOLMORE PRIX SAINT-ALARY-G2, €130,000, 3yo, f, 10fT Field: Audubon Park (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), Jones (Fr) (Elarqam {GB}), Flaming Stone (GB) and Gezora (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}). TDN Verdict: Just four in this former Group 1 which now takes on more of the guise of a Diane trial, but it's a tight affair. Audubon Park didn't achieve anything out of the ordinary on the formbook despite winning Saint-Cloud's Listed Prix Rose de Mai by four lengths, but she hails from a Wertheimer family that seems to get top-class middle-distance fillies year upon year. Flaming Stone split this card's leading G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches hope Mandanaba and Gezora in the G3 Prix Vanteaux here last month and is probably the one to beat on that evidence. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 13:58, PRIX DE SAINT-GEORGES-G3, €80,000, 3yo/up, 5fT Field: Keran (Fr) (Blue Point {Ire}), Kylian (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Zorken (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Ponntos (Ire) (Power {GB}), Ciao Pa' (Fr) (Shamalgan {Fr}), Lesslepasser (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), Pradaro (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), Mgheera (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}) and Electric Storm (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Ponntos bids for a third renewal, having conquered in 2022 and last year, but has the progressive mare Electric Storm to contend with as well as The Aga Khan Studs' unexposed Keran. He gave the impression when second in the Listed Prix Cor de Chasse at Deauville last month that he has a lot more to give. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, Leopardstown, post time: 15:30, CASHEL PALACE HOTEL DERBY TRIAL STAKES-G3, €60,000, 3yo, 10fT Field: Acapulco Bay (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Purview (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Rock Of Cashel (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) and Tennessee Stud (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Verdict: Delacroix looks the obvious one here, based not only his smart 2-year-old form but also on his course-and-distance G3 Ballysax Stakes success which has been boosted by the two stablemates he had in arrears. At this rate, it is almost inconceivable that Ballydoyle could lose one of these but if there is one who can put something in the spokes it is Joseph O'Brien's Tennessee Stud. Closely matched with the favourite on last year's formlines, the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner is joined by fellow Westerberg colour-bearer Acapulco Bay, an intriguing back-up for Ballydoyle who we haven't seen anywhere near the best of yet. [Tom Frary]. Sunday, Leopardstown, post time: 14:20, AL SHIRA'AA RACING 'MUTAMAKINA' STAKES-G3, €36,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f 53yT Field: Elinor Dashwood (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Vera's Secret (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}), Vespertilio (Fr) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Bella Isabella (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Chantez (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Easy Mover (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Fiery Lucy (GB) (Without Parole {GB}) and (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Verdict: This sees the return of the hardy campaigner Fiery Lucy, who brings the most exciting form to the table having been fourth when last seen in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Last year's Listed Ingabelle Stakes winner Chantez faces a quick turnaround following her disappointing effort in Monday's G3 Athasi Stakes, while the fact that Dermot Weld asks a fairly big question of his Cork maiden winner Bella Isabella can only be a positive given how intimately connected he is with her esteemed family tree. [Tom Frary]. 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Breezing Saturday morning over the Belmont Park training track, 'TDN Rising Star' GISP River Thames (Maclean's Music) put in another half-mile move in advance of his anticipated start in the GI Preakness Stakes May 17 at Pimlico. In company with MSP Trust Fund (Practical Joke), the New York-bred went a half-mile in :48.25 (9/37) with exercise rider Fernando Rivera in the irons. He began the work to the outside and just off of his workmate and ended it along the rail and at least a length in front. Trainer Todd Pletcher said he clocked the gallop out in 1:01 and 1:15, and was happy with what he saw from his charge. “He went very well, in hand throughout,” said Pletcher. “He put in a nice half-mile in 48 [seconds] and change. He galloped out around the turn strongly and looked good. They followed the instructions perfectly.” He continued, “We are happy with his condition. He has bounced out of the Blue Grass well. He has been training consistently here. He has put on a few pounds, so we are happy with the way he is coming into [The Preakness].” River Thames will be looking to claim Pletcher's first victory in the middle jewel of the Triple Crown. The conditioner is a two-time Derby and four-time Belmont Stakes winner. “I'd love to check that box, we will give it a try.” Gosger gets the Green Light for Preakness after Keeneland Work Working in company with Godolphin's Paris Lily (City of Light), who is being pointed to Friday's GII Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Gosger (Nyquist) and the filly breezed five furlongs in 1:00.60, making the pair's move the fastest of 14 at the distance at Keeneland that morning. Carrying the colors of the late Harvey A. Clarke, the grey will attempt to collect his third straight win after he claimed the GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes Apr. 12 at the venue. “He worked really well,” Walsh said. “He worked good; so, we're a go. I think he's ready to take a step forward again off the last race.” Walsh will be trying for his first Preakness win with Gosger's entry. Heart of Honor Set to Clear Quarantine Earlier, On Track Tuesday G2 UAE Derby runner-up Heart of Honor (GB) (Honor A.P.) is now set to clear quarantine at Churchill Downs Sunday and will make his first appearance on track at Pimlico Tuesday after vanning over the day prior. Trainer Jamie Osborne has earlier confirmed his daughter Saffie Osborne will have the Preakness mount. The elder Osborne has sent prior runners who competed in the UAE Derby to the States and enjoyed great success, but a win on the Triple Crown trail would be a first for Heart of Honor's connections. The post Preakness Updates: River Thames Breezes at Belmont, Brendan Walsh Green Light Gosger appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In a sport built on speed and stamina, the people behind the scenes rarely stop moving. And for the horsewomen who are also mothers, the pace is even demanding—but so is the purpose. They're used to remarks like, “I don't know how you do it all,” “Do you ever sleep?” and “You're like superwoman!” “I'm definitely not superwoman,” Tessa Walden responded when that last one was posed to her. “Being a stay-at-home mom is probably even harder than being a working mom. But I do think moms are kind of unsung heroes. I have a new respect for mine while I'm doing this, let's put it that way.” By “doing this,” Walden means raising a 2-year-old son and a 6-month-old daughter with her husband, trainer Will Walden, while also working as an assistant for Brad Cox Racing Stable. She oversees tasks like nominations and payroll and helps out during morning training. Walden also runs her own digital consignment business, Evergreen Equine. A younger version of herself never would have imagined being where she is now. “I did not want to be a mom at all,” Walden admitted. “All I wanted to do was ride horses. I felt like I wouldn't be able to do my job with kids. It's a struggle enough without kids, so I really didn't think it would be possible to have a family and do the job at the level I was doing it. Work has just always been really important to me.” Walden knows the reality that oftentimes the racing industry is less than accommodating for new moms, but looking back now, she considers herself lucky to have had a positive experience. “I thought that if I had a child, I would be fired, literally,” she said. “But that couldn't have been further from the truth.” Still, the transition came with challenges. Walden was back at the barn about a week after having her first child and she stayed in her full-time assistant role until the birth of her daughter last year. Her role has since shifted more toward the office, but she is still on the backside at Keeneland or Turfway Park most mornings, legging up a rider or watching breezes with her daughter Hailey tucked snug in her carrier. Walden doesn't consider herself a role model, but she hopes that her story, along with others like hers, can serve as a source of inspiration. “Being a mom in racing to me means creating an example for other women that they can do it,” she said. “They can have a family and still be involved in the industry in whatever way they want.” Sophie Doyle had always assumed that motherhood would mark the end of her career as a jockey. She found out she was pregnant just two weeks after riding in the Breeders' Cup and struggled with the thought of stepping away at the peak of her career. But a few months after having her daughter Emilie, Doyle felt the pull of being back in the saddle and she started exercise riding for her husband Chris Davis. Together, they managed to work out a schedule for Emilie's feeding and naps around morning sets. Last year, Doyle had the chance to return to race riding. “It was nice to be able to come back and just enjoy it and have fun and have your daughter there on the sidelines cheering for you,” explained Doyle. “It was something that I can't believe that I ever said I would never do. I don't know why I ever doubted myself.” Just this week, Doyle rode Chambourcin (Copper Bullet) to a maiden win at Churchill Downs for John Ennis, one of the trainers who encouraged her return to the saddle. Oftentimes, Doyle and her daughter hang out in between races in the women's jock's room. Since Doyle usually has the space to herself, crayons and stuffed animals are scattered amongst jockey silks and riding crops. Mare and foal at Mill Ridge Farm | Katie Petrunyak While Emilie enjoys the racing scene now, Doyle admitted that there was an adjustment period for both mother and daughter when she picked up her tack again. “With most jockeys being males, kids usually want their mom the majority of the time so it's okay when they take them away from their dad so they can go and take care of their job,” said Doyle. “When you've got a daughter wanting her mom who has to go into their profession, I can tell you there were a few hairy moments in the Belterra paddock. It took a few months for her to understand that her mom needs to go and do her job right now, but she got into enjoying watching me go out and ride and cheering for me on the sideline. I remember one day I was in the starting gate at Belterra and I could hear Emilie saying, 'Go Mommy! Come on Mommy! You gotta win this!' I started getting teary-eyed and said to myself, 'Alright, you've gotta be a jockey now Mom.'” Jordan Hattaway is the owner of Hattaway Farms, a full-service boarding facility that offers foaling, breaking, prepping and rehabbing, and she is also an exercise rider for Eddie Kenneally. Two years ago, she had her son Jude. “At first my husband and I were like, 'How are we going to do all of this and have a baby?'” she recalled. “But honestly, he kind of just fit into our lives. I'm not going to say it was seamless–there has been a lot of trial and error and a lot of having to get creative– but I'm still able to do all the same things I was doing before, just with a little bundle of joy running around with me.” While Hattaway meets with the vet and checks on mares, Jude plays with his baby chicks. When she oversees an afternoon breaking session, her son hangs out with his pony Pongo or zooms around the indoor riding arena between sets. “Ultimately I think that it's really fun to be able to bring your child around with you,” she said. “I think watching a little boy love animals, love the farm and love the track and watching him have such a happy, fun childhood is really rewarding. Being able to be there with him for most of it is really cool.” Walden and Doyle often visit Hattaway at her farm, hanging out together as their children play in the green grass and open air. They say it's all part of the community that makes it work. Around every mother in racing is a web of support—fellow moms and horsewomen, barn friends, partners, mentors—who help make the impossible feel manageable. “Yes, it's challenging,” reflected Hattaway. “But it is so rewarding at the same time.” The post Moms In Racing: Shaping the Sport On and Off the Track appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sorcerer's Silver (Good Magic), a 3-year-old colt who suffered a sesamoid injury on the Kentucky Derby day undercard is recovering from surgery at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, according to a story posted on the NBC Lexington affiliate website on Friday afternoon. Pulled up by jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. halfway through the third race, the dark bay trained by Dale Romans was transported to Rood & Riddle in Lexington. “The problem with the sesamoid injury is, they don't show much,” said Rood & Riddle's Dr. Larry Bramlage. “Sesamoids are the two little bones in the back of the horse's fetlock joint where when they move and up down, they're the bones that support their weight. They're sort of like our kneecaps only in reverse.” After a three-hour fusion surgery Monday, X-rays showed Sorcerer's Silver was doing well, even though his racing days are over. “He's gonna live 25 years,” Dr. Bramlage said. Owned by West Point Thoroughbreds and Domeyko Taylor, the colt debuted a winner at Gulfstream Park Feb. 1 and then cleared an optional claimer over the same surface Mar. 27. The post Sorcerer’s Silver Undergoes Successful Surgery At Rood And Riddle appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The winner of the GI Arkansas Derby and seventh place finisher in the GI Kentucky Derby, Sandman (Tapit–Distorted Music, by Distorted Humor) will enter next Saturday's GI Preakness Stakes at Pimlico, according to a press release sent out by 1S/T Racing. Co-owned by D. J. Stable LLC, St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, CJ Stables and influencer Griffin Johnson, the 3-year-old has remained at Churchill Downs where he took a spin over the main track on Friday. “We wanted to see how he came back. He's an extremely happy horse right now. It looks like the race might set up nice for him. It looks like there's a fair amount of speed,” said trainer Mark Casse, who saddled eventual victor War of Will in 2019. “I always quote Allen Jerkens, 'Run 'em when they're good,' and he's good right now. We were planning on waiting for the Belmont, but a lot of things can happen in between. He's telling us he's happy so we're going to go with it.” Casse continued, “I knew when he went by us the first time that we were in big trouble. He obviously wasn't handling the track very well, and you just don't know how that affects them late in the race. He made a middle run but did flatten out a little bit. I think War of Will ran seventh in the Derby and won the Preakness, so we're going with that.” The grey, who was pointing to the GI Belmont Stakes, joins 'TDN Rising Star' Goal Oriented (Not This Time) who was also confirmed for the barrier this week. A jockey has yet to be announced and Sandman is scheduled to ship to Pimlico Monday. The Preakness draw is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET on Monday, May 12. Sandman back galloping this morning, looking ahead to the Belmont Stakes! pic.twitter.com/YnkcO2Sgdj — West Point Tbred (@westpointtbred) May 9, 2025 The post Arkansas Derby Champ Sandman Enters Preakness Fray appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Continuing Ballydoyle's clean sweep of the week's Derby and Oaks trials, Saxon Warrior's Garden Of Eden stepped up to the mark in Saturday's Listed Darley Irish EBF Naas Oaks Trial Stakes. Up from a mile for the first time, last year's Listed Ingabelle Stakes runner-up relished the extra two furlongs and 84 yards as she swooped inside the final furlong under Ben Coen to score by a length from Mehmas's Jaliyah. “Obviously I was running her over the wrong trip, she wanted to go further,” Aidan O'Brien said. “Saxon Warrior is doing very well and obviously they are middle-distance horses and Ben even said she'd get a mile-and-a-half. She has a little bit of class and I'd say she loved the ground. All those races are open to her now, she's in that picture now.” €200,000 buy Garden Of Eden (Saxon Warrior x Komedy) wins the Oaks Trial for yet another winner for Aidan O'Brien @NaasRacecourse pic.twitter.com/sELE1JVrrk — Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 10, 2025 Garden Of Eden's dam Komedy by Kodiac, who is also responsible for Acclamation's G3 Molecomb Stakes-placed Internationaldream, is a full-sister to the dual listed scorer and G3 Sweet Solera Stakes-placed On Her Toes and a half to the listed winner and dual Group-placed Jane's Memory by Captain Rio. Her yearling full-brother to Garden Of Eden was a €250,000 purchase by Jamie McCalmont Bloodstock at the Goffs November Foal Sale. DARLEY IRISH EBF NAAS OAKS TRIAL STAKES-Listed, €55,000, Naas, 5-10, 3yo, f, 10fT, 2:15.05, gd. 1–GARDEN OF EDEN (IRE), 128, f, 3, by Saxon Warrior (Jpn) 1st Dam: Komedy (Ire), by Kodiac (GB) 2nd Dam: Dancing Jest (Ire), by Averti (Ire) 3rd Dam: Mezzanine (GB), by Sadler's Wells 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. (€160,000 Wlg '22 GOFNO1; €200,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Mark Hanly & Stephanie Hanly; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ben Coen. €33,000. Lifetime Record: 8-2-1-0, $75,120. 2–Jaliyah (Ire), 128, f, 3, Mehmas (Ire)–I'm Donna (Ire), by Frankel (GB). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (80,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT). O-Giselle De Aguiar & AMO Racing Limited; B-Corduff Stud & Farmleigh Bloodstock Ltd; T-Adrian Murray. €11,000. 3–Island Hopping (Ire), 128, f, 3, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Heaven Of Heavens (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore; T-Aidan O'Brien. €5,500. Margins: 1, 3/4, 3. Odds: 6.00, 6.00, 1.75. Also Ran: Medici Venus, Tamam Desert (Ire), Hollys Graces (Ire), Gotomylovely (Ire), Kalixa (Ire). The post Another Classic Trial For Ballydoyle As Garden Of Eden Prevails appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mocklershill maestro Willie Browne was responsible for the fourth seven-figure lot of the sale at Arqana on Saturday as his colt by Siyouni went the way of MV Magnier for €1 million. Lot 164, from the family of the G1 Sussex Stakes winner and sire Mohaather, was previously a €290,000 purchase at the Arqana October Yearling Sale. It was yet another lucrative result this year for Browne, who also sold a son of Acclamation for 1.4 million gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale, having sourced said colt for just €70,000 the previous autumn. The six figures mark has been broken again at the #BreezeUpSale as lot 1⃣6⃣4⃣ a colt by Siyouni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Siyouni @AgaKhanStuds sells for €1,000,000 to @coolmorestud from @Mocklershill1 pic.twitter.com/Cu5xVhQI5N — ARQANA (@InfoArqana) May 10, 2025 The post Mocklershill At It Again with €1-Million Siyouni Colt at Arqana appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

1st-BAQ, $85k, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET FULLY BOOKED (Maclean's Music) debuts for Chad Brown and Klaravich Stables, who gave $460,000 for the March foal at the 2023 Keeneland September Sale. Stonestreet acquired dam Si Si Tequila (Yes It's True) for $155,000 at Fasig-Tipton July in 2017 and campaigned her to a runner-up effort in the Glorious Song Stakes during her juvenile season. A half-sister to GII Best Pal Stakes winner and GI Del Mar Futurity third Run Away (Run Away and Hide), Si Si Tequila is also responsible for a 2-year-old Street Sense colt that Spendthift purchased for $375,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga last summer. Klaravich, of course, campaigned Maclean's Music's GI Futurity Stakes victor Complexity. Repole Stable has had a fair bit of success with the offspring of Curlin and the Siena Farm-bred Be Real looks to open his account here from the rail as the 4-5 morning-line pick. A son of GII Forward Gal Stakes runner-up Island Saint (Speightstown) and a maternal grandson of GSW & GISP Prospective Saint (Saint Ballado), the $300,000 KEESEP acquisition is a half-brother to SP Swiftsure (Uncle Mo). The juvenile half-brother by Gun Runner fetched $450,000 at this year's OBS April Sale, a nice profit on the $75,000 paid for him at Fasig-Tipton October last fall. TJCIS PPs 9th-BAQ, $85k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6fT, 5:16 p.m. ET Blue Devil Racing Stable homebred LAYLANI LOU (Malibu Moon) lures the services of John Velazquez and also has pole position for this first go. One of a reported 55 foals from the final crop of her much-missed stallion, the March 29 foal is a daughter of the stakes-placed Miss Luann (Unbridled's Song), also the dam of 2017 G3 UAE Oaks heroine Nomorerichblondes (Hard Spun), the late SW Sharp Kitty (Kitten's Joy) and the unraced Legal Tender (Giant's Causeway), whose 3-year-old son Maui Strong (Kitten's Joy) has placed three times in grass stakes, including a third in the last month's GIII Transylvania Stakes at Keeneland. TJCIS PPs The post Well-Connected Maidens Kick Off the Card In New York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ballydoyle's form in the Classic trials maintained its formidable momentum on Saturday with a one-two in the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial. At the line, the 4-5 favourite and Ryan Moore's pick Puppet Master had a short head to spare over Stay True in the extended 11-furlong contest, with neither stablemate giving an inch. Camelot's Puppet Master, who had been fourth in the G2 Royal Lodge Stakes and in the G3 Ballysax Stakes on his return, had been forced to battle his way past Stay True, one of the last crop of Galileo, inside the last two furlongs as they pulled 3 1/2 lengths clear of Ghaiyyath's Nightime Dancer. Great battle in the Lingfield Derby Trial! Puppet Master and Ryan Moore just about do enough to land the @LingfieldPark Derby Trial from a valiant stablemate in Stay True! Stewards Enquiry pending… pic.twitter.com/S9ZQOebTkT — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 10, 2025 The post Camelot’s Puppet Master Leads Ballydoyle One Two In Lingfield’s Derby Trial appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coolmore and Westerberg's hitherto unraced Albert Einstein (Wootton Bassett) had received favourable reports in recent dispatches from Ballydoyle and justified his lofty reputation with a TDN Rising Star performance going just shy of six furlongs in Saturday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Naas. The January-foaled bay's potential was reflected in the betting market and he headed postward as a rock-solid 1-2 favourite for this Royal Ascot stepping stone. Shadowing the pace set by 9-4 market rival Evening Blues (Blue Point) after a professional exit, he quickened smartly to challenge that rival entering the final furlong and easily asserted superiority under minimal urging to hit the line with 1 1/4 lengths to spare. The runner-up finished a whopping 12 lengths clear of the remainder. “He was never away and that's the first time he's come off the bridle,” said Aidan O'Brien. “You can see his size and power and we're delighted with him. He learned a bit today, Ger Lyons's horse [Evening Blues] had a very good run the first day, and we'll see where he fits in. We always thought he was a [G2] Coventry horse and you'd like to get another run into him before [Royal] Ascot.” Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden @NaasRacecourse @IrishEBF_ Naas – Maiden – 2 ans – 1193m – 9 Pts – 18 001 € Albert Einstein (m) (Ire) W M Lordan (Wootton Bassett (Gb) @coolmorestud – Yet (Usa) par War Front (Usa)) A P O'Brien D Smith, Mme J Magnier,… pic.twitter.com/89nvL3huff — French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) May 10, 2025 3rd-Naas, €18,000, Mdn, 5-10, 2yo, 5f 205yT, 1:12.05, gd. ALBERT EINSTEIN (IRE), c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB) 1st Dam: Yet (GSP-Ire), by War Front 2nd Dam: Butterflies (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) 3rd Dam: Mariah's Storm, by Rahy Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €10,620. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Westerberg; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Wayne Lordan. The post Wootton Bassett’s Albert Einstein Displays Royal Ascot Credentials With TDN Rising Star Debut at Naas appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With just two overmatched rivals in opposition, Aidan O'Brien trainee Giselle's superior form and class told as the daughter of Frankel overcame Lingfield's Epsom-style intricacies, delivering a facile nine-length success in the track's William Hill-sponsored Listed Oaks Trial on Saturday. Last term's G3 Staffordstown Stud Stakes third and 3-10 pick was a shade keen racing third in a first-time hood through the initial stages of this seasonal debut. Negotiating the downhill section and taking closer order in the home straight, she seized control approaching the quarter-mile marker and bounded clear thereafter to easily outclass Harpsichord (Ribchester) by daylight for a career high. O'Brien's two previous winners of the contest include subsequent G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Seventh Heaven (Galileo). Too easy! Despite over-racing in the early stages, Giselle quickens up when asked by Ryan Moore, recording a straightforward success in the William Hill Oaks Trial Fillies' Stakes at @LingfieldPark… pic.twitter.com/tbRt6csD7x — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) May 10, 2025 The post Frankel’s Giselle Registers Facile Success in the Lingfield Oaks Trial appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

War Machine (NZ) (Harry Angel) relished the solid tempo as he came from just off the speed to land the Thoroughbred Club of Australia Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday in comfortable fashion as he booked a trip to Queensland for the winter. It was the New Zealand-bred four-year-old’s first victory from his new quarters with trainers Ben, Will and JD Hayes, after transferring from the stable of the late Michael Moroney and Glen Thompson. Positioned in third throughout under Jamie Mott, War Machine enjoyed the speed set by eventual third-placegetter Oscar’s Fortune (Rich Enuff) and surged to victory in the concluding stages as the $1.90 favourite. “We were a little bit worried about that draw (barrier 10) as to where he would end up, but there were a couple of scratchings this morning, which gave us confidence to run and it just worked out perfectly,” Ben Hayes said. “He was able to slot in, and Jamie Mott gave him an absolute ten out of ten ride and we’re just so fortunate to be given this horse to train and he’s been a pleasure. “He’s been in the system nearly two weeks now and he’s been so straightforward and arrived to us in good condition. “He’s an exciting horse heading up to Queensland now, where we will look at the BRC Sprint (Gr.3, 1400m) in two weeks and hopefully he can get qualified to run in a Stradbroke (Gr.1, 1400m). “From what we’ve seen at home, is a high-quality horse that would be up there with some of our better horses in the yard. “ Bred by MDJ Bloodstock Ltd, War Machine was offered for sale at both the New Zealand Bloodstock National Yearling Sales and the Ready To Run Sale via the Wallace family’s Ardsley Stud, but failed to reach his $100,000 reserve on both occasions. By Harry Angel out of the winning Hussonet mare Caserta, the gelding subsequently went into training with Jim Wallace and won his only trial at Foxton by six lengths before his private purchase. With four victories and four placings from 11 starts, War Machine has amassed A$506,010 in prizemoney to date. War Machine’s two-year-old half-brother by Darci Brahma named Vanvitelli (NZ) (Darci Brahma) was also the winner of a recent trial at Waipukurau and has subsequently been sold across the Tasman and will also join the Hayes team. “We actually just bought the half-brother in New Zealand who was a good trial winner, so there’s limited shares available and if you’d like to get in, get in quick,” Hayes said. View the full article

Jockey Blake Shinn produced another masterful ride on Antino (NZ) (Redwood) as the dashing son of Redwood assumed command of the Gr.2 Hollindale Stakes (1800m) rounding the home bend and careered away for a three-and-a-half length victory over Fawkner Park (Zoffany) and Kovalica (NZ) (Ocean Park). The Tony Gollan-trained Group One winner was back in the winner’s circle after a fresh-up 11th in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) on the back of a trip to Hong Kong where he was unplaced in the Gr.1 Hong Kong Mile after striking significant interference in the run. Trained principally as a miler throughout his career to date, trainer Tony Gollan was keen to test the gelding’s ability to get over a middle distance this campaign, and faced with a Heavy 8 Gold Coast track, Antino passed with flying colours. “We’d only been to 1800m once before with this horse, but we knew what we had to do with him when we got back from Hong Kong,” Gollan said. “It was a bit more daring than we’d been previously. We decided to go to Sydney for the All-Aged Stakes but nothing went right for him there. It was always the plan to come here after that, but for the last three weeks I was second guessing myself whether I’d done the right thing. “Everything at home indicated that we were on track, but I was still nervous about bringing him to the Gold Coast for the first time. “There have been issues with kick-back and when a horse breaks slowly like he does, there’s always the danger that things won’t go well. But I just told Blake to dare to be brave on him. “I had him as fit and as well as I could have him second-up, and I’m just really looking forward to the Doomben Cup (Gr.1, 2000m) now in two weeks. “I have never really trained him to get a trip until this prep. I always had him pinned as a miler, but we’ve put in all the groundwork with him from the minute he got back from Hong Kong, and we might dare to go to the Q22 with him after the Doomben Cup. “I felt like it would be remiss of me not to test him over a trip and allow him to be a stayer, because his pedigree suggests this sort of trip should really suit him. “He’s a really funny horse, he’s got his quirks. But he means a lot to me. He’s the best horse I’ve ever trained, and when you trust him he gives it back to you in spades. It was so good to see him deliver today.” Bred by George Kit Ma’s Blossom Trading & Breeding Company Ltd, Antino is by Westbury Stud stallion Redwood. Out of a full-sister to Group One gallopers Hurrah (NZ) (Bahhare) and Best Gift (NZ) (Bahhare), Antino’s dam Mahamaya (NZ) was purchased for just $3,000 in foal to Redwood at the 2018 Karaka May Sale by Logan Salvador on behalf of Ma. Antino was purchased for $27,000 by his Hong Kong-based owner Jeetu Ramchandani under his New Balance Racing banner at the 2020 New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale. Antino advanced his record to 12 wins from 25 starts with a further six placings and prizemoney of A$2,508,865. View the full article

Hardy winter galloper Sotirio (NZ) (Wrote) produced the performance of his career to date as he thrust his nose in front at just the right moment to capture the feature short course event at Trentham on Saturday, the Australian Turf Club Autumn Sprint Final (1200m). Unsighted on raceday since finishing 3rd on a Heavy 10 surface at the venue back in November last year, the Matthew Eales-trained runner was allowed to drift in the betting market to start the $23 outsider on the tote in the ten-horse field. Fitted for the race with a soft trial over 1000m at Awapuni last month, the five-year-old son of Wrote stripped in great order and raced right up to his looks with an amazing performance to get in the decisive stride in the five-horse finish. Rider Leah Hemi didn’t panic when Sotirio was slightly slow away as she knew she had to position him towards the outside rail in the home straight where the better going appeared to be. Hemi did that nicely and rounding the home bend she had tracked up the well fancied Sumosaurus (NZ) (Time Test) before getting to one off the outside rail as the field straightened for the tough slog down the home straight. At the 300m there were five live chances disputing the finish with Sotirio battling well but looking as though a top three placing would be his lot. Hemi and her mount dug deep as the five horses extended to the finish, however it was Sotirio who put his nose in front to claim the major spoils from Sumosaurus, who was just a nose away, with a head to Perfectsister (NZ) (Per Incanto) who looked the likely winner at the 100m. Fancypants (NZ) (Echoes Of Heaven) and Finest Hour (NZ) (Derryn) were just a head and a neck away in fourth and fifth respectively. Eales was delighted with the result as he had set the horse for the race a few months ago and had him peaking at just the right time. “This was the plan a long way out, although there was a delay in the live commentary and the TV so I thought we had run third,” Eales said. “I still can’t believe we won and I’ve watched the replay more than twenty times. “He was good enough to run in the Hawkes Bay Guineas (Gr.2, 1400m) as a three-year-old but last year he just never came up. “He is physically a different horse this time in and though he was running out of his grade we had set this as his goal. “My only fear was if the track got puggy but thankfully we had plenty of rain yesterday and it was perfect for him. It certainly feels good when a plan comes off.” Eales is unsure where to next although he believes the horse is going from strength to strength and he will be able to cope with longer assignments in this campaign. “He won two races over the winter last time and now he is stronger,” he said. “When he gets rain close to raceday he can really rattle home. “We might come back here in a month for a rating 75 1300m but I think he could stretch to a mile so races like the Winter Cup (Gr.3, 1600m) and Opunake Cup (Listed, 1400m) could be on the cards.” Sotirio was offered for sale from the Ohukia Lodge draft at the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale in 2021, but was passed in for $25,000. He is now raced by a large syndicate who have seen him tip nearly $94,000 into his bank account by winning four of his 23 starts. View the full article

Smart three-year-old filly Mary Eliza (NZ) (Super Seth) absorbed a strong tempo and still proved too good for her rivals when successful in the GMH Fire & Safety Australia Handicap (1600m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Prepared by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman, the daughter of Super Seth sat handy to the speed set by Conchiero (Conchiero) and under the three-kilo claim from Luke Cartwright forged clear to score by half a length from I Only Wish (Puissance De Lune). “Speaking pre-race, we said if she begins well and you can slide into that spot and take a bit of luck out of the equation, it’s going to make things a whole lot easier,” Coleman said. “After the way it panned out at Mornington last start it was very pleasing to see her settle there just outside the leader. “Even the fact that he had to think on his feet and do a little bit of work early there and then and had the sense to come back and sit at the leader’s girth, I just thought it was a really good ride.” Bred by Chittick Investments Ltd, Mary Eliza is out of triple Group One winner Bonneval (NZ) (Makfi) and is raced by Waikato Stud’s Garry Chittick. “She’s a filly that we’ve always had a good opinion of and she’s so well bred,” Coleman said. “She’s a lovely filly to have around and we’ve just had to be patient with her and give her a chance to mature and she still doesn’t quite look there yet. “She’s still a little bit babyish and a little bit light and whatever she does in this preparation, she’s going to improve upon. But it is really pleasing to get this win today for the team at Waikato Stud. “We have toyed with the idea of taking her up to Queensland, depending on how she comes through this run, so we’ll just see how she pulls up over the weekend and go from there.” Mary Eliza’s dam Bonneval was a star on the track with her seven wins featuring Group One victories in the New Zealand and Australian Oaks and Underwood Stakes. On the two-time New Zealand Horse of the Year’s retirement, the daughter of Makfi was secured privately by Garry Chittick and her broodmare career has now gained winning momentum with Mary Eliza a winner of two of her five starts to date. Bonneval has a weanling full sister to Mary Eliza by Waikato Stud’s boom young sire Super Seth, and the star mare returned to the stallion again last spring. View the full article

In his first racetrack appearance in 105 days, Enrico (NZ) (El Roca) stormed home from the back of the field for a dominant first-up win in the Trust House Masterton Cup (1400m) at Trentham on Saturday. The El Roca gelding had shown plenty of promise in his 22 career appearances before Saturday’s heroics, although he had hinted at a preference for longer distances. His four previous victories had come over 1550m, 1600m, 2060m and in a $65,000 Rating 75 over 2200m at Trentham in January. He also ran a close sixth behind the likes of Islington Lass (NZ) (Proisir), Wolfgang (NZ) (Puccini) and Whangaehu (NZ) (Proisir) in the Gr.3 Manawatu Cup (2300m) in December. But the six-year-old’s fresh legs carried him from last to first over Saturday’s significantly shorter trip. Enrico was patiently ridden by Madan Singh and settled at the back of the field as Reign It In (NZ) (Sacred Falls) showed the way from King Of Hearts (NZ) (Jakkalberry) and Bradman (NZ) (Pins) through the first half of the race. The Roydon Bergerson-trained pair of Bradman and Reign It In pressed forward down the extreme outside of the home straight and briefly looked like fighting out the finish, but then Singh drove Enrico between them. Enrico charged to the lead with 100m remaining and kicked away, beating gallant topweight Bradman by a length and a quarter. Reign It In finished another three-quarters of a length away in third, a head in front of Chantilly Lace (NZ) (U S Navy Flag). Enrico is trained by Ilone Kelly in Levin for a group of owner-breeders that includes the highly respected Sylvia Kay. From 23 starts, Enrico has now recorded five wins and five placings. He has banked $159,917 in prize-money. “He was great today, wasn’t he,” Kelly said. “I wasn’t too surprised to see him run a good race over the 1400m fresh up, because he ran a good race over the same course and distance in the first run of his last preparation too (fourth in a 1400m Rating 75 at Trentham on October 27). But to get a win today was very nice. We’re thrilled with that performance.” Enrico has shown a particular fondness for Trentham, where his 10 starts have now produced three wins, a third, two fourths and the Manawatu Cup sixth. Kelly is in no rush to map out the remainder of Enrico’s autumn and winter campaign. “I haven’t confirmed any other plans for him at this stage,” she said. “I’m not quite sure yet how heavy he’ll be able to cope with, so we’ll see what happens with track conditions and play it by ear a little bit. I’ll talk about it with Sylvia (Kay) and we’ll make a plan together. But we’re very happy with today’s result anyway.” View the full article

The home team will have a fight on their hands in both of their Classic races this Sunday.View the full article

Trainer sails past last campaign’s win tally and ensures he won’t receive another strike.View the full article

Top jockey also salutes aboard Flash Current and Patch Of Stars on a successful Saturday.View the full article

The big prices keep on coming at Arqana and Cormac Farrell described selling lot 40, a Night Of Thunder colt to Godolphin for a whopping €1.9 million, as “the stuff of dreams”. The Night Of Thunder colt is out of George Washington mare Date With Destiny and was sourced by Farrell for just 90,000gns at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Coolmore were underbidders to Godolphin. The post “Stuff Of Dreams” For Farrell With 1.9 Million Sale Of Night Of Thunder Colt At Arqana appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Roderic Kavanagh and Cormac O'Flynn's Glending Stables, famed as the breeze-up vendor of dual Group 1 winner Vandeek, hit the jackpot again at Arqana on Saturday when selling a daughter of Sioux Nation (lot 25) for €1 million. As with Vandeek, the buyer was Anthony Stroud on behalf of KHK Racing. The filly's price represented a remarkable pinhooking coup. Out of the stakes-placed Pivotal mare Brioniya, she had been bought at Arqana's V.2 Sale last August for €48,000 and was named as 'Buy of the Day' in the TDN by sales editor Brian Sheerin. Moments of disbelief and joy for the Glending Stables team as their Sioux Nation filly sells for €1 million to KHK Racing. She had been bought as a yearling for €48k at Arqana's V.2 Sale and that old shrewdie @BrianSheerin91 named her as TDN's Buy of the Day. How right he was. pic.twitter.com/mmS6opRkko — Emma Berry (@CollingsBerry) May 10, 2025 The post Glending Stables Ring the Bell with €1m Sioux Nation Filly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article