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Entries are now open for Australasia's leading horses in training sale, New Zealand Bloodstock's Ready to Run Sale of 2YOs, to be held on 20 & 21 November. Breeze Ups will take place at Te Rapa Racecourse on 21 & 22 October. The 2019 Sale is set to build on its renowned reputation as being the preferred destination for international buyers to secure the best bred, and prepared, juveniles available in Australasia. New Zealand Bloodstock’s Ready to Run Sale results outperform neighbouring Sales ... View the full article

Trainer Mark Walker is confident four-year-old Savabeel gelding Sacred Croix (NZ) can provide him with an elusive Derby victory. The Raffles Racing-owned galloper is a leading contender for the S$1 million Singapore Derby (1800m) on Sunday after finding the line well for second in both legs of the four-year-old series to date, the Listed Silver Bowl (1400m) and the Listed Steward’s Cup (1600m). A winner of four of his seven starts, in addition to those two-runner up finishes, Sacred Croix wil... View the full article

After a long journey that has spanned three countries, Simply Fabulous is set to kick off his racing career at Te Rapa on Saturday. The Danica Guy-trained gelding will line up in the Happy 60th Birthday Andy (1400m), with Michael Coleman to ride from gate nine. By Lawman out of a stakes-winning mare, and from a family stacked with black type, Simply Fabulous was bred in France. He was bought by the Hong Kong Jockey Club for 260,000 euro at the 2016 Arqana Yearling Sale in Deauville, then fetche... View the full article

Santa Anita Park management is considering multiple options for how future turf sprints will be configured, even as the Breeders’ Cup championships there loom 15 weeks away with two graded grass races already announced at the five-furlong distance. Reopening the downhill turf course for 6 1/2-furlong sprints is one option. Building a new 5 1/2-furlong backstretch turf chute that starts on the main dirt track near the seven-eighths pole is another. Keeping races at five furlongs with a turf rail placement modified from the current setup is also a possibility. And further in the future, Santa Anita might consider “flipping” its track configuration so that the entirety of the grass course is outside of the main track and not within it. All of those in-flux turf course plans emerged as part of an otherwise routine discussion about the track’s licensure at Thursday’s monthly California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) meeting in Del Mar. The impromptu debate about the merits of different turf sprint configurations was sparked when representatives of The Stronach Group (TSG), which owns Santa Anita, submitted an autumn stakes schedule that includes 6 1/2-furlong turf races. CHRB vice chair Madeline Auerbach noted the change, and asked if TSG had reversed a safety decision it made in early April to stop carding sprint races over its downhill course. In the midst of Santa Anita’s 30-horse fatality crisis this past spring, track management had flagged the downhill turf course as a safety concern and closed it after the March 31 death of a sprinter who suffered a catastrophic injury on the portion of that configuration that crosses the main dirt track and rejoins the inside of the grass straightway at the head of the stretch. Turf sprints for the remainder of the spring meet were instead carded for five furlongs, starting on the back straightaway like at most other North American tracks. Until last autumn, Santa Anita had never before carded turf sprints that started on the back straight. But in an experiment that began last October–months before there were any safety concerns about the downhill course and its crossover–the track began running some turf sprints for the first time at five furlongs to give greater flexibility in race distances. Tim Ritvo, TSG’s chief operating officer, answered Auerbach’s question about the change by saying that Santa Anita is considering going back to sprints on the downhill course for “selective races.” But Ritvo added the track is also mulling other short- and long-range options to provide the safest grass sprint options. The 6 1/2-furlong races over the downhill course had long been considered an offbeat European-style course quirk unique to Santa Anita. But Ritvo acknowledged on Thursday that a 10-year statistical study recently identified “spikes” of injuries that occur primarily on that layout’s turf/dirt crossover section. Yet the five-furlong turf sprints that began last year were found to have their own separate potential for peril, because a temporary inside rail placement just after the three-eighths pole that is necessary to preserve the downhill course crossover (even when it’s not in use) makes for a dangerous jutting-out situation. “Talking to a lot of the jockeys, they have said that going [fast opening split times] into that turn, the elbow comes out, and it’s throwing a lot of horses out [causing] a lot of bouncing around,” said commissioner Alex Solis, a Hall-of-Fame jockey who is not currently an active rider. “And [when horses] switch leads at the three-eighths pole, they’re coming in, so it’s causing a chain reaction.” Auerbach added that the lack of banking on the far turn for the five-furlong configuration is also a safety issue. “In the five [furlong races] there’s no banking on the turf, so when the horses come around the turn to come into the stretch, they tend to go really wide, and they seem to get away from the riders,” Auerbach said. But Darrell Haire, a retired jockey who is the western regional manager of the Jockeys’ Guild, sided with Solis by citing the jutting rail, and not the lack of banking, as the primary concern with the five-furlong turf setup. “The banking at Santa Anita is actually more than Del Mar,” said Haire. “It’s going into the turn, [where that corner configuration] is sharp. It causes horses to go to the right when they make it. They can’t negotiate it properly. And the riders have been telling us right along toward the end of the meet that we’ve got to do something about this before something happens.” Ritvo said that if Santa Anita opts to go with building the new 5 1/2-furlong cut-out that starts on the main track, it will “ease the speed going into that turn.” Ritvo added that “we’re willing to work with the jocks on whether five-eighths grass races should be run with a temporary rail at all. [And] if we decide not to use the 6 1/2-furlong [downhill course] then we will alleviate [the five-eighths banking problem] by banking that turn. The reason it’s not banked now is because [coming off the 6 1/2-furlong course] you need [it for] the flat crossover.” Ritvo said that a longer-term solution could include “the flipping of the grass course [so it’s] on the outside [of the dirt track], putting the dirt course on the inside.” He told commissioners that’s not happening any time soon, though. In the past, the Breeders’ Cup has utilized the downhill 6 1/2-furlong downhill start for turf sprints at Santa Anita. But Craig Fravel, the chief executive of the Breeders’ Cup, explained at Thursday’s meeting that his organization recently committed to five-furlong distances for both he GI Turf Sprint and the GII Juvenile Turf Sprint for November’s championships there. “To be honest with you, we were unaware of any safety concerns related to five furlongs until now,” Fravel said. Other items of note at Thursday’s meeting included: •The advancement, by unanimous vote, of a proposed CHRB rule that would mandate the maximum allowable level of Lasix at 250 mg (half of what’s currently on the books) and would prohibit the use of Lasix in horses from the 2018 foal crop and onward beginning in 2020. This change would codify similar “house rules” language that the CHRB has been approving on a meet-by-meet basis for most of 2019, but it must first pass a 45-day public commentary period before it can be fully adopted. •Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer’s lawsuit requesting a restraining order that would allow him to return to training horses at Del Mar, where he has been denied entry privileges for reasons that have not been publicly disclosed, got pushed back by a San Diego County Superior Court judge on Thursday, with a hearing now set for July 26. That court date may or may not resolve Hollendorfer’s specific issue, but the overarching topic is sure to linger in future CHRB meetings. Commissioners and stakeholders debated the murky landscape of exclusion policies at tracks and what, if any, types of hearings owners and trainers are entitled to and what role the CHRB can/should play in those situations. •For the first time in several months, the CHRB meeting was conducted with zero anti-racing advocates signing up to speak during the board’s public commentary period. The post Future of Santa Anita Turf Sprints: 5, 5 1/2 or 6 1/2 Furlongs? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There's a chance the 6 1/2-furlong downhill sprint races at Santa Anita Park, popular with horsemen and bettors, could return at the fall meeting that begins Sept. 25. View the full article

On July 18, the New York Racing Association announced the cancellation of Saturday's card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for the Saratoga and greater Capital Region. View the full article

In a July 18 California Horse Racing Board meeting, Thoroughbred Owners of California president and CEO Greg Avioli noted his organization was discussing exclusion policies with the tracks. View the full article

With the barn area opening July 25, just one week from now, anticipation is running high for 2019 Colonial Downs race meeting after a six-year hiatus of flat racing in Virginia. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today’s Observations features a son of former Juddmonte star Intercontinental. 2.00 Newbury, Novice, £9,900, 2yo, 7fT OSLO (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}) is the ninth foal out of the Juddmonte star Intercontinental (GB) (Danehill), the daughter of Hasili (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) who famously beat Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the 2005 GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf. While she has only one black-type performer so far in the listed-placed Abseil (First Defence), he is one of six winners and this Sir Michael Stoute-trained newcomer is by Coolmore’s hot first-season sire. The March-foaled bay encounters Godolphin’s Haydock novice runner-up Encipher (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), the John Gosden-trained 425,000gns Tattersalls Book 1 relative of Siyouni’s high-class Ervedya (Fr). 2.30 Newbury, Novice, £9,900, 2yo, f, 6fT DIRTY DANCER (FR) (No Nay Never) cost €500,000 at the Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale when purchased by Jamie McCalmont for the fledgling German-based Westerberg operation. Introduced by Ralph Beckett, the relative of the sire Crimson Tide (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) encounters another debutante in Tweenhills Fillies and Meridian International’s Run Wild (Ger) (Amaron {GB}), a John Gosden-trained half-sister to the classy Rock My Soul (Ire) (Clodovil {Ire}) and Rock My Love (Ger) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}). 6.15 Newmarket, Novice, £8,000, 2yo, f, 7fT NATIONAL TREASURE (IRE) (Camelot {GB}) received favourable mention from Charlie Appleby last week, which is significant given the 2-year-old firepower he possesses in 2019. The €500,000 Goffs Orby graduate whose dam is a half to the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Wrote (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is joined by stablemate Alpen Rose (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), another Orby bigwig who sold for €750,000 and descends from the G1 1000 Guineas heroine Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy). They will have to be smart to deal with Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Wasaayef (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), a John Gosden-trained 580,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate who hails from the family of another Classic heroine in Nightime (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). She was runner-up to her stablemate Cressida (GB) (Dansili {GB}) on debut at Kempton earlier in the month and that is a fair standard of form to aim at. The post Observations: July 19, 2019 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Thoroughbred Owners of California is pursuing clearer agreements on when and how racing associations can exclude horse owners. View the full article

The Irish National Stud is in the process of building an alumni group for all past graduates of its breeding course from 1971 to present. The alumni group will enable all graduates to connect or reconnect with one another, and the INS asks graduates to contact them with updated contact details. Anne Channon, education manager, said, “Graduates of the course have a substantial amount of industry knowledge and experience among them and it is hoped that the network of former students will be able to offer support and advice to each other while also being available to mentor new students joining the course.” To get in touch please contact Anne Channon at achannon@irishnationalstud.ie. The post INS Forming Alumni Group appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Freshened up since running seventh in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, Mohawk (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) returned in rude health at Leopardstown on Thursday to stamp his class on the G3 Meld S. Saddled with a five-pound penalty as a result of his success in Newmarket’s G2 Royal Lodge S. in September, the 9-4 favourite was comfortable playing the waiting game under Donnacha O’Brien with two behind early. Sweeping wide to gain control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining, the bay was soon in the clear as fellow 3-year-old Up Helly Aa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) took up game pursuit and there was two lengths between them at the finish. “Things went smooth and when I asked, he quickened and put it to bed well,” the winning rider said. “He’s a high-class horse whose form is just underneath Group 1 level, but he’s run well in them and is solid. He deserves a lot of credit.” Mohawk was winning a race that has proven tough for the Classic generation, which is not a great surprise given that his juvenile form also featured a third in the G2 Futurity S. and fourth in the G1 Vincent O’Brien National S. at The Curragh. Second to Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) giving him five pounds in Chester’s Listed Dee S. on May 9, he had run eighth in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas back at The Curragh on May 25 before his fair effort from a wide draw in the June 2 Chantilly Classic. Pedigree Notes The dam Empowering (Ire) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) was effective at up to a mile, winning the seven-furlong G3 Leopardstown 1000 Guineas Trial at this venue and the Listed Sweet Mimosa S. over six and finishing runner-up in the G3 Phoenix Sprint S. She is a daughter of Blue Cloud (Ire) (Nashwan), a half-sister to the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. hero Bigstone (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}) who captured the Listed Prix Imprudence and was third in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. She also threw the listed-placed Blue Angel (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) who in turn produced another Dee S. winner in Viren’s Army (Ire) (Twirling Candy). The family features a clutch of notable North American graded-stakes winners in Keep Quiet (Fr) (Elusive City), Little Treasure (Fr) (Night Shift), More Chocolate (Malibu Moon) and Rhythm of Light (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) and it could be that Mohawk adds to that tally before the year is out. Thursday, Leopardstown, Ireland MELD S.-G3, €60,000, Leopardstown, 7-18, 3yo/up, 9fT, 1:54.98, g/f. 1–MOHAWK (IRE), 131, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Empowering (Ire) (GSW-Ire, $151,953), by Encosta de Lago (Aus) 2nd Dam: Blue Cloud (Ire), by Nashwan 3rd Dam: Batave, by Posse O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Donnacha O’Brien. €35,400. Lifetime Record: 10-3-1-1, $201,545. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: B+. 2–Up Helly Aa (Ire), 126, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Fiesolana (Ire), by Aussie Rules. O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd; B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd. (IRE); T-Willie McCreery. €11,400. 3–Ancient Spirit (Ger), 140, c, 4, Invincible Spirit (Ire)–Assisi (Ger), by Galileo (Ire). O-Zhang Yuesheng; T-Jim Bolger. €5,400. Margins: 2, 1HF, 2HF. Odds: 2.25, 3.50, 14.00. Also Ran: Zihba (Ire), Pincheck (Ire), Tinandali (Ire), Zabriskie (Ire). Scratched: Cape of Good Hope (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. The post Mohawk In Command In The Meld appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Five last-out winners and three stakes winners add to the intrigue of the 10-strong field of sophomore fillies seeking to score in the San Clemente Stakes (G2T) on the grass at Del Mar. View the full article

On July 18, the New York Racing Association announced the cancellation of Saturday's card of racing at Saratoga Race Course due to excessive heat forecast for the Saratoga and greater Capital Region. View the full article

Veteran racing industry executive and former Deputy Director of the Minnesota Racing Commission, Joe Scurto, has been selected to head the newly created Minnesota Racehorse Engagement Project. He will be leading the new initiative to drive Thoroughbred racehorse ownership and further expand aftercare programs in the state. Representatives from Canterbury Park and the Minnesota HBPA agree on the importance of encouraging ownership and developing a greater interest in racehorse ownership, and have agreed on jointly funding this project, which now also includes the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association (MTA). The post Scurto to Lead Thoroughbred Ownership & Aftercare Initiative in Minnesota appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After a six-year hiatus from flat racing in Virginia, Colonial Downs opens its barn area July 25 for the 2019 meet, which begins Aug. 8. Among the trainers that will have stalls at the 15-day meet are John Servis, Larry Rivelli and Steve Klesaris. Other well known conditioners who have expressed an interest in shipping in to run during the meet are Todd Pletcher, Dale Romans, Mark Casse, Chad Brown, Brian Lynch, Graham Motion, Shug McGaughey, etc. “We are extremely excited by the level of interest from trainers coming in to stable from many locations, and the overall support we have received from the racing community as we approach the opening of our meet,” said Jill Byrne, Colonial Downs Vice President Racing Operations. “Our goal from the beginning has been to establish the highest standards in delivering a first-class racing and stabling environment for our horsemen by improving the basic structures of the facility and hiring experienced professionals from around the industry to ensure quality and integrity in our product.” In addition to the minimum daily $500,000 purse structure, horsemen will have other added incentives, including: each owner receiving $1,000 per start for any horse which did not earn $1,000 in the race; each trainer will receive $300 each time they start a horse; and Colonial Downs will offer free transportation for horses from Fair Hill. The post Colonia Downs Barn Area Opens July 25 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Chukyo and Hakodate Racecourses: Saturday, July 20, 2019 6th-CKO, ¥13,400,000 ($124k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1400mT A $250K Keeneland September acquisition, FULL FLAT (c, 2, Speightstown–Golden Flair, by Medaglia d’Oro) is out of an unraced daughter of GI Beverly D. S. winner Fire the Groom (Blushing Groom {Fr}), also the dam of champion European sprinter Stravinsky (Nureyev) and British SW/American GISP Moscow Ballet (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) among others. By the sire of 88% winners from his 25 Japanese starters, Full Flat is bred on the same cross as US Grade I winners Competitionofideas and the late Rock Fall. B-Sierra Farm (KY) FLAMINGO FLIGHT (f, 2, Flatter–Well, by Well Decorated) fetched $180K at KEESEP last fall and is a full-sister to Kobe’s Back, who became a ‘TDN Rising Star’ when graduating in spectacular fashion in the Willard Proctor Memorial S. at first asking in 2013. Gray in color like her brother, Flamingo Flight is also a half-sister to GSW Well Spelled (Spellbinder). B-Joanne R Mummert & John C Barrett Jr (KY) Sunday, July 21, 2019 7th-CKO, ¥14,250,000 ($132k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1400m DURABLE (JPN) (f, 3, Curlin–Hurricane Flag, by Storm Cat) has not finished worse than third in four starts on the dirt track and makes her first appearance since graduating over this distance at Hanshin in early April (see below, gate 14). Purchased in utero for $530K out of the 2015 Fasig-Tipton November sale, the chestnut’s second dam Pennant Champion (Mr. Prospector) is a full-sister to GISWs Miner’s Mark and Traditionally making her third dam the legendary Personal Ensign (Private Account). Durable’s year-older half-sister Dark Templar (Tapit) was a Laurel allowance winner for in-form trainer Kelsey Danner July 4. B-K I Farm 9th-HAK, ¥14,250,000 ($132k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1700m CHELSEA LION (c, 3, Malibu Moon–Tashzara {Ire}, by Intikhab) graduated in his first try over the main track in career start number two last August (see below, gate 3) and is unraced since an unplaced effort at Tokyo last October. The $180K KEESEP buy is out of a half-sister to the top European miler Excelebration (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), G1SW Lancaster Bomber (War Front) and the well-traveled Mull of Killough (Ire) (Mull of Kintyre). B-Spendthrift Farm (KY) The post Notable US-Bred/Sired Runners in Japan: July 20 & 21, 2019 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saratoga has joined Finger Lakes, Laurel, Parx, Delaware Park and Ellis Park in cancelling some of their weekend cards due to a forecast of extreme heat. The decision on Saratoga’s Saturday cancellation was made between NYRA, NYTHA and NYSGC. “Working in consultation with NYTHA and following the recommendation of Dr. Palmer, we are cancelling Saturday’s card in the best interests of the safety of our equine athletes and horsemen,” said NYRA CEO & President Dave O’Rourke. “Assessing the safety of racing conditions, including weather, racing surfaces and raceday scrutiny, is of the utmost importance to NYRA and our industry partners.” Training will be permitted on both the main track and Oklahoma training track during the normally cooler early morning hours. The last time an entire Saratoga card was canceled due to extreme heat was Aug. 2, 2006 when temperatures rose to the upper 90s with a heat index of 110 degrees. Saratoga and Belmont will be closed for simulcasting Saturday, but Aqueduct will remain open. Finger Lakes canceled their Saturday card, which was highlighted by the New York Derby and New York Oaks, after the forecast said that the heat index could reach 110 degrees. The stakes races will be rescheduled, but the new date has yet to be announced. Finger Lakes will resume racing Monday. Ellis Park has canceled their Friday card, but will remain open for simulcasting and gaming. They have not made a decision yet about Saturday’s card. Laurel has canceled both Saturday and Sunday’s cards. All races drawn Saturday will be brought back as extras. Sunday’s card was scheduled to be drawn Thursday. Parx has also canceled their Saturday races. Monmouth Park has their biggest day of the year Saturday with a bevy of stakes headlined by the GI Haskell Invitational S. and Saratoga’s Saturday feature is the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. As of now, both tracks plan to run as scheduled Saturday. The post Saratoga Among Tracks to Cancel Weekend Racing Due to Extreme Heat appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Rick Hammerle has become Oaklawn’s Racing Coordinator for the 2020 live racing season. He most recently served as Vice President of Racing and Racing Secretary at Santa Anita Park and also worked at Golden Gate, Gulfstream Park, Monmouth Park and Meadowlands before he returned to his home state of California in 2000. In addition, he has been Racing Secretary for a record seven Breeders’ Cups and was a member of the graded stakes committee as well as the Breeders’ Cup selection committee. “We are very excited to have Rick join the racing department team,” Oaklawn Vice President of Racing Jed Doro said. “His experience and connections are going to be invaluable as we continue to grow our racing program. We have a lot great things happening at Oaklawn right now and we’re glad Rick is going to be part of it. We’re in the process of building six new barns, we’re anticipating record purses for the 12th straight year and we’ll soon be releasing an exciting 2020 stakes schedule.” The post Hammerle Joins Oaklawn Racing Dept. appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

No disrespect to anyone else in the Monmouth Cup (G3), but Coal Front will be getting some class relief July 20 in the $200,000 stakes at Monmouth Park. View the full article

My Italian Rabbi (f, 2, Competitive Edge–Golden Miss, by Golden Missile), a debut winner at Belmont May 30, became the first stakes winner while leading home a one-two finish for her freshman sire (by Super Saver) in Saratoga’s Stillwater S. for New York-breds Thursday. The 8-1 chance pressed favored ‘TDN Rising Star’ Fierce Lady (Competitive Edge) from the outside through an opening quarter in :22.64. My Italian Rabbi poked her head in front approaching the quarter pole and outdueled the 1-5 chalk to the wire to score by a hard-fought head. First-time starter Jewel of Arabia (Daredevil) completed the trifecta. The final time for six furlongs was 1:10.31. Sales history: $47,000 RNA wnlg ’17 FTNOCT; $60,000 yrl ’18 OBSJAN; $160,000 yrl ’18 FTNAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O-Gold Square LLC; B-Hidden Lake Farm LLC & Anthony Grey LLC (NY); T-Jeremiah Englehart. The post Competitive Edge Exacta in Saratoga’s Stillwater S. appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Editorial (War Front–Playa Maya, by Arch) will shuttle to Peru for Haras San Pablo and Haras El Embrujo to stand for the 2019 Southern Hemisphere breeding season. The deal was brokered by Climax Stallions LLC, in conjunction with Dante Zanelli Bloodstock and Horse International LLC. The half-brother to MGISW and top sire Uncle Mo entered stud in 2018 at Roland Farm in Warwick, Maryland. Editorial retired from racing with a 2-1-1-0 record. “Editorial’s first crop of babies have impressed a vast majority of their breeders,” says Sean Feld of Climax Stallions, “We look forward to making Editorial an international sire like his dad, War Front.” The post Editorial to Stand at Haras San Pablo & Haras El Embrujo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One year after the San Diego Handicap (G2) served as his coming out party, Catalina Cruiser returns to the 1 1/16-mile test at Del Mar as one of the stars of the handicap division. View the full article