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Ger Lyons trainee Lady Iman (Starman) lined up as unbeaten winner-of-one for Monday's Listed Holden Plant Rentals First Flier Stakes and continued her winning streak to provide her freshman sire with a breakthrough stakes winner at the Curragh. The crowd's 4-7 selection, fresh off a Mar. 28 maiden win at Dundalk, broke swiftly and raced in a close-up fourth through the early stages of this five-furlong contest. Going well on the bridle when slipping one position passing the quarter-mile marker, she eased through a gap to lead with 100 yards remaining and easily asserted superiority from there, hitting the line with a 1 1/4-length advantage from True Love (No Nay Never). “She's a lovely filly and Colin [Keane] was very impressed with her,” commented Lyons. “She has plenty of speed and will learn plenty from that. I've never took this filly off the bridle so I don't know what the limit is with her. At the moment, I'm thinking of Naas for the [G3 Juvenile Fillies] Sprint and I know that would suit Tally-Ho. I'm delighted for them because training for them is a pleasure. They gave me the horse to promote the sire, they didn't give her to me because they like me, so I ran her. I'll sleep on it and talk to Colin about it, but I've no problem with her getting six.” That's impressive Lady Iman (Starman) lands Listed honours almost like it's a piece of work as this exciting filly remains unbeaten for Ger Lyons and @ctkjockey @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/90oq8h5l8J — Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 5, 2025 Monday, Curragh, Ireland HOLDEN PLANT RENTALS FIRST FLIER STAKES-Listed, €50,000, Curragh, 5-5, 2yo, 5fT, 1:02.56, gd. 1–LADY IMAN (IRE), 126, f, 2, by Starman (GB) 1st Dam: Lady Aria (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Kodiac (GB) 2nd Dam: Dot Hill (GB), by Refuse To Bend (Ire) 3rd Dam: Purple Tiger (Ire), by Rainbow Quest 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (£185,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-Mrs A O'Callaghan; B-Tally-Ho Stud (IRE); T-Ger Lyons; J-Colin Keane. €30,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $50,114. *1/2 to West Acre (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), MGSW-UAE, $378,255. 2–True Love (Ire), 126, f, 2, No Nay Never–Alluringly, by Fastnet Rock (Aus). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. €10,000. 3–Power Blue (Ire), 131, c, 2, Space Blues (Ire)–Visions (Ire), by Worthadd (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. (€30,000 Wlg '23 GOFNOF; £44,000 Ylg '24 GOFFUK). O-LNA Racing Syndicate; B-Finanza Locale Consulting (IRE); T-Adrian Murray. €5,000. Margins: 1 1/4, HD, 1. Odds: 0.57, 12.00, 2.50. Also Ran: Spring Is Here (Ire), Stop The Nation (Ire), Call Margot (Ire). The post First Stakes Winner for Starman as Lady Iman Snags First Flier Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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The Betfred Derby will become the first race in Britain to have declarations made at the 72-hour stage instead of 48 hours before the race, which is standard across the UK. An announcement from Jockey Club Racecourses on Monday stated that bringing forward the deadline by 24 hours would “prove beneficial in building a sense of anticipation and excitement, both domestically and globally, for the prestigious £1.5 million contest”. In 1896, the Derby, which was first run in 1780, became the first horse race to be filmed and shown in cinemas after the event. By 1931, the Epsom Classic notched another important milestone when becoming the first televised horse race and first remote outside television broadcast in the world. Jim Allen, general manager of Epsom Downs Racecourse, said, “This racecourse has been at the forefront of positive change and new initiatives in British horseracing for generations. “We're delighted to be able to introduce 72-hour declarations for this year's Betfred Derby, demonstrating that we are always looking for new ways to innovate and ensure that our sport's most iconic Flat race continues to stand out from the rest. “Having consulted with a range of stakeholders on this issue we are confident that this change will not only help build anticipation for the world's most famous Flat race earlier in the week but also provide more certainty around the runners and riders on the day, driving more interest and engagement in advance of the start of the Betfred Derby Festival.” An “enhanced” draw ceremony for the Betfred Derby will take place around 11am on Wednesday, June 4 at Epsom's Picturehouse, using equipment deployed for football's FA Cup draws. The first scratchings stage for the Derby is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 6, with a second stage on Tuesday, May 20. Five-day confirmations and the supplementary entry stage is Monday, June 2, with the final declarations to be made by 10am on Wednesday, June 4. The post Derby to Switch to 72-Hour Declarations appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin General Jen may have to go to a new peak to win the biggest race of her career this Friday but she has been gifted the draw to do it. The Canterbury three-year-old filly made quite the Alexandra Park debut when smashing her older rivals last Friday night and now steps back in against her own sex in the $200,000 Magness Benrow Sires’ Stakes Final back at The Park this Friday. She meets a red hot field containing Beside Me, Northern Oaks winner (and Hayden and Amanda Cullen-trained stablemate) Arafura and last season’s Sires’ Stakes Final winner Captains Mistress. Winelight and Without You add to the form depth in the race with the biggest “out” being Stella Rouge. “She didn’t have an ideal prep for the Oaks last start but she was still very brave so we have put her aside to concentrate on the back end of the season,” said the latter’s co-trainer Steve Telfer. Even without that high quality northern filly the Group 1 is one of the hottest races of the season so far and General Jen got the early advantage of barrier 2 for the mobile 2200m. That puts her inside Beside Me (barrier 3), Without You (6) and Winelight (8) and in front of Captains Mistress (1 second line) and Arafura (2 second line). Beside Me is certain to open favourite but the market will be an interesting one for the TAB bookies to price as all the big names can’t be short. The barrier draw wasn’t quite so crucial to the market for Friday’s other Group 1, the $120,000 IRT Sires’ Stakes Trot for the three-year-olds as favourite Meant To Be is still unruly. His stablemate Higher Power gets barrier 2 over the 2200m mobile but the fillies Habibti Pat (6), Frazzled (7) and Ya Rite Darl (9) have not fared so well. Later in the night the $40,000 Classique Landscapers North Island Mares Trot Championship sees a rare Alexandra Park race with a sole front marker, with an equally rare case of half the 10-strong field being off a 30m handicap. At Addington the $60,000 Continental Event Hire Superstars looks set to be hectic with on-pace speedsters like Beach Ball (1) and Rakero Rocket (5) drawn to go forward in a 2600m mobile with some very hard running horses. The Addington meeting also sees Marketplace return home and he will use the $50,000 Garrards Sires Stakes Semi Final to prepare for next week’s Final and as a heat winner he has to start from the outside of the front line. That disadvantage is somewhat negated by main rival Got The Chocolates drawing the second line. To see the Auckland fields click here To see the Addington fields click here View the full article

Lucy In The Sky delivered a memorable result on multiple fronts with her historic success at Riccarton. The Cambridge Stud-bred and raced filly executed her southern plan to perfection on Saturday when the Tony Pike-trained juvenile was untroubled to triumph in the Listed Champagne Stakes (1200m). Her victory stroll credited the farm’s young shuttle stallion Hello Youmzain with his first Southern Hemisphere stakes victory. It was also the first running of a black-type event on a synthetic track in New Zealand after the feature two-year-old event was switched from the turf to the all-weather due to the weather bomb that hit the Canterbury region. “There were five races at that distance and she was almost a second faster than the open handicap, the quickest of the day, so her time backs up the performance,” Cambridge Stud Head of Sales and Nominations Scott Calder said. “It was an unfortunate situation with the weather, but for the stallion it was a great result and a well-deserved stakes win for the filly. “I think she’s a pretty talented horse and Tony Pike’s view is that November at Riccarton for the Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) is the longer-term aim. “She is a very fast filly, but Hello Youmzain is starting to show in the Northern Hemisphere already that some of his progeny get over a bit of ground and hopefully a mile will be within her reach.” It was a notable result for the farm at Riccarton as runner-up Queen’s Legacy is also a homebred graduate. Lucy In The Sky is a daughter of O’Reilly’s unraced daughter Too Many Diamonds, also the dam of the Gr.2 Rich Hill Mile (1600m) winner Ruud Not Too. “The mare is retired and Lucy In The Sky is her last living foal, for a mare of her age she didn’t have as many foals as we would have hoped for,” Calder said. “We retained the filly to keep the family going and she’s a beautiful broodmare prospect for down the line.” Cambridge Stud also celebrated a homebred success across the Tasman with the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-prepared Immediacy continuing his hot run of form at Caulfield with a dominant 2000m performance. Successful over ground at his previous run at Mornington, last season’s Gr.2 Autumn Classic (1800m) winner is now likely to head to Queensland for the Gr.3 Chairman’s Handicap (2000m) and Gr.2 Brisbane Cup (3200m). “He was obviously a quality three-year-old and it’s been good to see him step into the open ranks and hopefully he can add to his black-type record,” Calder said. By Tarzino, Immediacy was originally purchased as a yearling from the draft of Kiltannon Stables at Karaka for $15,000 by Game Lodge and then secured by Busuttin and Group 1 Racing for $200,000 when offered by Riverrrock Farm at the Ready to Run Sale. He is a half-brother to Cambridge Stud’s dual stakes winner Bella Waters with their dam the Irish-bred Pivotal mare But Beautiful. Her Hello Youmzain filly was sold at Karaka last year for $280,000 to Busuttin and Andrew Williams Bloodstock. “She has an Embellish weanling colt and unfortunately missed to Chaldean this year,” Calder said. View the full article

Three-year-old gelding Dazzling Fit threw his hat in the ring as a potential Classic Series horse for next season with a sparkling win in the first section of the Class Four Cox’s Handicap (1400m) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Jockey Luke Ferraris settled David Eustace’s galloper in mid-pack early on and turning out of the back straight still had a lot of ground to make up. When hitting top gear, the well-supported Dazzling Fit flew down the straight to record a very comfortable win over Max Que, after being sent off $2.65. Winning trainer David Eustace was very bullish about the progressive youngster post-race. “We’ve always liked him. He’d put in two really good performances but was showing signs of greenness and just inexperience, which is very normal,” he told SCMP. “He was good today. He jumped well and he relaxed. He had a bit of ground to make up and I thought he flattened out well and picked them up well. “He’ll be a lovely horse for next season. He’ll definitely stay a mile. Whether he needs to do that now I’m not sure, but for next year he will. “We’ll see how he is as to whether he has another run or whether we give him a chance to mature. I’ll just be guided by the horse.” Dazzling Fit was sold for $115,000 at the New Zealand Bloodstock Book 2 Yearling Sale through the draft of Haunui Farm. A son of Ribchester, he is out of the Charge Forward mare Sapphire Lass and was purchased by Tartan Meadow Bloodstock’s Paul Chow. Named Ribblesdale in New Zealand, Dazzling Fit was an impressive Ellerslie trial winner for trainer Alex Oliveira last September, prior to his export to Hong Kong. View the full article

Ciaron Maher and connections have opted to fly Pride Of Jenni (Pride Of Dubai) to Queensland ahead of her tilt at the Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m) on May 24. The leading trainer reported that the star mare has pulled up well after her win at Caulfield last Saturday and won’t be asked to do too much at home before heading north. “She’s come through it in pretty good order … track was on the firmer side but that’s what you come to expect at Caulfield,” Maher told RSN. “She’s going to fly up there (Queensland), she’ll have a quiet week this week, travel up the next, do a couple of pieces of work and should be ready to go for Doomben, which has been her target.” Maher hinted that the Doomben Cup will likely be Pride Of Jenni’s sole Queensland run but that an exact plan has not been set in stone. “At this stage that’s her plan, we’ll see how she is up there but Doomben 2000m, you would think that’s going to suit her down to the ground,” Maher said. Pride Of Jenni is $4 second favourite for the Doomben Cup behind $3.50 market leader Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock). View the full article

Foxton trainer Gail Temperton will have a two-pronged attack in the postponed Foxton New World Foxton Cup (2100m) at Hawera on Tuesday, but each of her representatives have two very different paths ahead of them. Group Three performer Royal Flower (NZ) (Proisir) is dropping back from stakes grade after placing in the Gr.3 Manawatu Breeders’ Stakes (2050m) at Wanganui last month, and Temperton has been pleased with her this time in, having placed in her last two outings following a five-month break from racing. “She always does her best and she will do her best again tomorrow,” Temperton said. “She’s pretty consistent, I would like her to go up a notch, but there is just nothing for her at the moment. She had a big holiday when the tracks were hard because she doesn’t like them rock hard, and she hadn’t had a holiday for a long time. “It’s unfortunate because by the time she is back in and ready there really isn’t a lot of good racing for her. She wasn’t up to the Travis Stakes (Gr.2, 2000m), but she is somewhere in the middle.” Temperton has no particular plan in mind for Royal Flower over the winter months, but finding a suitable track may prove to be a Goldilocks-type fable, with it needing to be just right. “It will purely depend on the weather,” she said. “She is no good when it’s a bog, but she is good up to a Heavy9 on some tracks but not on others, that is about her limit.” Royal Flower will be ridden on Tuesday by three-kilogram claiming apprentice Liam Kauri and will jump from barrier five. “Liam won on her in the only ride he has had on her,” Temperton said. “Liam always follows instructions very well.” Temperton will also be represented in the race by Never Look Back (NZ) (Shocking), who will be ridden by Leah Hemi from barrier two. The six-year-old gelding was victorious in a high weight at Woodville last week and has a jumping future ahead of him post-Tuesday. “He won well last week but there is a big difference between a high weight and a Foxton Cup, but he will do his best,” Temperton said. “He will be jumping on the weekend, so that will be his main aim now.” Temperton said the Foxton Cup field has benefited with the postponement and transfer of the meeting from Otaki on Sunday to Hawera on Tuesday. “The field has improved with leaving it open, it got some better horses in it. We will just do our best, we can do no more,” she said.Royal Flower is on the second line of betting in the TAB market for the Foxton Cup at $4.60, behind $2.60 favourite Boomtown Boy (NZ) (Caravaggio), while Never Look Back is rated a $9 winning chance. View the full article

Promising youngster Towering Vision (NZ) crowned a successful couple of days for Windsor Park Stud when he credited resident sire Circus Maximus with his first Southern Hemisphere black-type winner. The farm graduate claimed top honours in Saturday’s Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre Stakes (1400m) at Te Rapa a day after the farm hosted another top edition of their annual Rugby, Racing and Beer Sale at Riccarton. Trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, Towering Vision is a first crop representative of Galileo’s triple Group One winner Circus Maximus. “This is the time of the year you want to be doing it with this type of stallion, Ha’penny Hatch was stakes placed the previous weekend, and this is what we really want going into the breeding season,” Windsor Park’s Rodney Schick said. “The favourite, Engine Of War, was scratched and he’s an exciting horse and then Rufus will also be running in the Champagne Stakes in a couple of weeks as well. “It’s really starting to happen for Circus Maximus, so we’re really excited.” Towering Vision was offered by Windsor Park at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale and Te Akau’s David Ellis purchased the son of the unraced Iffraaj mare Qiji Vision for $105,000. “He was off the farm, I bought him from a client as a weanling,” Schick said. “The Circus Maximus’ are not really bred to be out and out two-year-olds, but you want to see them start to operate at the back end of the season.” The weekend was kick-started by Windsor Park’s Riccarton Sale, which again featured 10 yearlings. “It was fantastic and we sold all 10, highlighted by the filly that went to Ben Kwok for $100,000,” Schick said. “She is a lovely, sharp filly and very much in the mould of Sword Of State.” She is a daughter of Sword Of State and the Charm Spirit mare Paper Dragon, a sister to the Listed Ryder Stakes (1200m) winner and multiple Group placegetter Pacific Dragon. “That was our fourth sale and we’ve taken 40 horses down there and sold them all, so it’s been a great clearance rate,” Schick said. Steve Davis again auctioned off the lots with a pair of high-profile guest speakers complementing the occasion. “We had All Black legend Kieran Read come to speak as well as Will Hayes from Lindsay Park, and what an outstanding young guy he is,” Schick said. “We had a great day and a lot of fun, the weather turned it on for us at the end after the weather bomb, so it all went to plan.” View the full article

Group One-winning mare Campionessa (NZ) (Contributer) has been retired from racing and will be offered at Magic Millions’ Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale later this month. Bred by Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison, Campionessa was passed in as a yearling at Karaka, and again the Magic Million Gold Coast National Yearling Sale. Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis was Johnny-on-the-spot on the Gold Coast and offered Davison $60,000 for the filly, which he duly accepted. It would prove to be an astute purchase by Ellis, with the daughter of Contributer carrying Te Akau’s tangerine and blue silks to victory on 11 occasions, including the Gr.1 Zabeel Classic (2050m), and she amassed $1.4 million in career earnings for her syndicate. A model of consistency throughout her career, Campionessa was also Group One placed on three occasions, including the Bonecrusher New Zealand Stakes (2000m), and twice in the Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). She also tested her talent in Australia, where she performed with distinction, including winning the Gr.2 Peter Young Stakes (1800m). A daughter of three-win O’Reilly mare Bella Carolina (NZ), Campionessa is a half-sister to stakes winners Leedox (NZ) (Time Test) and Tennesse (NZ) (Per Incanto), and hails from the family of Group One winners Dress Circle (NZ) (Zabeel) and Carson’s Cash (NZ) (Lord Ballina). Campionessa retires after finishing fifth in the Gr.1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes (1600m), run on the inaugural Champions Day meeting at Ellerslie in March. Mark Walker trained her in partnership with Sam Bergerson over the last couple of seasons, and he was impressed with her talent and resilient nature. “She was a great mare, very tough, and just got better from season-to-season,” he said. “As a three-year-old, she went through the grades, but we didn’t necessarily think that she was up to Group One quality. “But she continued to improve and as a four-year-old and went down to our Riccarton base in search of black-type. She ran second in the Spring Classic (Listed, 2000m) and then won Metropolitan Trophy (Listed, 2500m), the lead-up to the New Zealand Cup (Gr.3, 3200m), with a brilliant ride by Josh Parr. “We spelled her and she came back and won the Rich Hill Mile (Gr. 2, 1600m) first-up, which has always been a hard race to win, and it was an exceptional effort. “To win it first-up, we knew then that she was continuing to improve, and each season she just got better and better, highlighted with her two peak performances in the Zabeel Classic and the Peter Young Stakes in Melbourne. “She’s always been a very sound mare, very tough, and she’d be a great addition to anyone’s broodmare band.” Campionessa won’t be the only former Te Akau Racing representative on offer on the Gold Coast, with the trans-Tasman powerhouse also offering Group One performer Wolverine (NZ) (Tivaci), stakes winner Family Ties (NZ) (Contributer), stakes performers Sans Doute (Not A Single Doubt) and Millefiori (NZ) (Iffraaj), two-win filly The Victress (Zousain), and The Sky Above (American Pharoah), a half-sister to Group One performer Landlock (Merchant Navy). View the full article

The 57-year-old handler has a pair of horses backing up off last-start victories at the city circuit on Wednesday night.View the full article

The world’s best sprinter will be set for the Russell Balding Stakes at Rosehill, with Racing Victoria’s tough protocols prompting the move away from the Champions Sprint.View the full article

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William Harrigan knew what he was doing when he bought Complicated as a 4-year-old at the 2016 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The daughter of Blame had finished a nose behind Lady Eli in a maiden special weight at Saratoga in 2014. View the full article

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For all the ability and potential Bishops Bay has displayed in his first eight races, there was one noticeable omission from his resume. A graded stakes win.View the full article

William Harrigan knew what he was doing when he bought Complicated as a 4-year-old out of the 2016 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. The daughter of Blame had finished a nose behind Lady Eli in a maiden special weight at Saratoga in 2014. View the full article

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Nothing like coming 10-wide on your return to the races, but if you're going to make a comeback, why not do it big? Dynamic Pricing (Ire) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) kicked off her 2025 campaign by overcoming drama she likely won't see again, and took home the trophy for the GIII Beaugay Stakes to boot. Given a freshening after back-to-back third-place efforts in the Listed Winter Memories Sept. 13 and GII Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 17, she had not been to the winner's enclosure since her victory this time last year at Churchill Downs in the GII Edgewood Stakes. Between that race and the Lake Placid, her connections tired her against elite company in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational to no avail. Sent away at 7-2 odds here and forced to watch the race unfold in fifth with no one really keen on taking the lead, the field went from a :22.67 first sectional to a :47.97 four panels, and clicked through six furlongs in 1:11.75. Pushed along passing the quarter pole and rolling to the outside of Raqiya (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Spaliday (More Than Ready) as they entered the latter stages of the turn, she found herself floated ten paths off the fence when the former blew the entry into the upper stretch. Brave as they come, she relentlessly kept on and closed the margin into the furlong grounds as Edict (Arg) (Il Campione {Chi}) fought off Heredia (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the final yards. She overhauled that pair to win by a half-length with Edict claiming a hard-fought second. “Believe me, I wanted to move earlier but I couldn't,” said winning rider Irad Ortiz Jr. “Then I hit the clear and I saw Frankie's [Dettori] horse [No. 4 Raqiya] having trouble to make the turn. I said 'Oh my God.' So, now I don't want to check my horse, stop the momentum, so I said by the time I get there, he is either going to blow the turn or make the turn. He controlled the horse. I got the time to go around them and get there on time.” Trainer Chad Brown noted the traffic issues, but was largely pleased with her effort, saying, “It was nice off a layoff that she [No. 7, Dynamic Pricing] was ready and avoided the trouble in this race. She was able to get her season started the right way.” Dynamic Pricing closes at 7/2 to win the G3 Beaugay at Aqueduct under @iradortiz for trainer Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/SkL905QQJW — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) May 4, 2025 Pedigree Notes: Dynamic Pricing's sire Night of Thunder is the current heir apparent to the great Dubawi (Ire)'s line–a precious link to the ill-fated Dubai Millennium, who only managed to produce 56 foals before passing away from complications of grass sickness. That this line, a miracle by many standards in itself, continues to thrive such as it does serves testament to the quality Dubawi and his sons can produce. With seven champions and progeny earnings of over $38-million, Night of Thunder proves more than capable of flying the house standards as another daughter, Desert Flower (Ire), was part of Godolphin's fleet of four over the weekend that claimed the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks in the U.S., and the G1 Betfred 2000 Guineas and G1 Betfred 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. As to the victress, she is a half-sister to one other winner, but is the most accomplished for Shemda (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}) by far. The mare, a winner in France, is a half-sibling to MGSW-Ire Shamida (Ire) (Australia {GB}) as well as SP Shajak (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}). The female family really blooms beneath the third dam as Shemaka (Ire) (Nishapour {Fr}) was a highweight filly at three and claimed the G1 Prix de Diane Hermes-French Oaks. She would go on to claim MGSW-Fr Shemima (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}); G1 QIPCO Champion Stakes victor Bay Bridge (GB) (New Bay {GB}); G1SP-Aus Sheraz (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}); G1SW-Fr Shakeel (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}); and Chilean Group 1 winner Full of Luck (Chi) (Lookin At Lucky) as her descendants through varies daughters. Shemda has only produced a yearling colt by Mehmas (Ire) since Dynamic Pricing, and has no breeding on record for 2025. Sunday, Belmont At The Big A BEAUGAY S.-GIII, $175,000, Belmont The Big A, 5-4, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:42.12, fm. 1–DYNAMIC PRICING (IRE), 122, f, 4, by Night of Thunder (Ire) 1st Dam: Shemda (Ire), by Dutch Art (GB) 2nd Dam: Shamooda (Ire), by Azamour (Ire) 3rd Dam: Shemaka (Ire), by Nishapour (Fr) (170,000gns Ylg '22 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Epona Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Irad Ortiz, Jr. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 8-3-0-3, $497,125. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Edict (Arg), 118, m, 5, Il Campione (Chi)–Stormy Valery (Arg), by Bernstein. O-John T. Behrendt; B-Triple Alliance S.A. (ARG); T-David G. Donk. $35,000. 3–Heredia (GB), 118, m, 6, Dark Angel (Ire)–Nakuti (Ire), by Mastercraftsman (Ire). O-Wathnan Racing; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB); T-H. Graham Motion. $21,000. Margins: HF, HF, 1HF. Odds: 3.50, 27.00, 4.50. Also Ran: Grayosh, Mohawk Trail, Spaliday, Lady Firefoot, Raqiya (Ire). Scratched: Amanda's Folly, No Mo Candy. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Dynamic Pricing Overcomes Wild Traffic, Claims Beaugay in ’25 Bow appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

NBC Sports' 25th presentation of the Kentucky Derby delivered an NBC Sports-record average of 17.7 million viewers on NBC and Peacock–marking the largest Kentucky Derby audience since 1989 (18.5 million viewers, won by Sunday Silence) and a 6% increase from last year (16.7 million viewers for Mystik Dan's victory in a three-horse photo finish). Viewership peaked at 21.8 million viewers from 7-7:15 p.m. ET, as Sovereignty ran to a 1 1/2-length victory over Journalism. The peak audience was the largest ever for an NBC Sports presentation of the Kentucky Derby (up 8% from 20.1 million last year). Led by Peacock, the “Run for the Roses” posted NBC Sports' largest streaming audience for a horse racing event with an Average Minute Audience (AMA) of 959,000 viewers–up 34% from last year (714,000) and nearly tripling 2023 (371,000). NBC Sports has averaged 15+ million viewers across all platforms for 10 of the last 12 Kentucky Derby races held in May (2013-2024, excludes 2020 COVID-impacted event which was moved to September). With 17.7 million viewers (6:33-7:24 p.m. ET), the 2025 Kentucky Derby will rank as NBC's most-watched Saturday program since the NFL Wild Card Playoffs in January 2024 (excluding Paris Olympics). NBC Sports presents the 150th Preakness Stakes on Saturday, May 17, at 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, with coverage beginning at 2 p.m. ET on CNBC and Peacock. The post NBC, Peacock Present the Most Watched Kentucky Derby Since 1989 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

7th-Laurel, $48,710, Msw, 5-4, 3yo, 1m, 1:39.45, sy, 9 1/2 lengths. LIONEL (c, 3, Authentic–Sweetgrass {MGSP, $330,145}, by Street Sense) stepped forward to keep the leader in his sights as he stalked the pace through :24.40, :47.83, and 1:13.16 splits from three off the rail, eventually taking a commanding advantage. Moving well but floating out a touch greenly as they rolled off the turn, Lionel kicked away from the field to win by 9 1/2 lengths over Kitty's Son (Cupid). The victor is the most recent to the races for his dam, who hails from the female family which produced GISP Stellaris (Harlan's Holiday). Lionel, the mare's third winner from as many surviving offspring, has a pair of half-sisters in the wings–a juvenile by City of Light and a yearling by Colonel Liam. Sweetgrass is due to Win Win Win for 2025. Sales history: $875,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $28,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Determined Stables, Masterson, Robert E., Ryan, Tom J., Waves Edge Capital LLC and Donovan, Catherine; B-Seclusive Farm, Brad Stephens & Breeze Easy (KY); T-Brittany T. Russell. Lionel (by @spendthriftfarm Authentic) powered away on debut under @JevianToledo to break his maiden at @LaurelPark for SF Racing, @StarlightRacing, @MadaketStables, et al. pic.twitter.com/h76c47B4su — Brittany Russell Racing Stable (@BTRracingstable) May 4, 2025 The post Authentic’s Lionel Strong on Debut at Laurel Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Charlie Appleby and William Buick completed a classic double when landing the One Thousand Guineas (G1) with Desert Flower at Newmarket May 4. The Godolphin trainer and jockey won the Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with Ruling Court Saturday.View the full article