Wandering Eyes

Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider's Elate lived up to the expectations of her connections and her fans to earn a hard-fought victory in the $250,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap presented by Budweiser (G2) June 15 at Churchill Downs. View the full article

Marylou Whitney Stables' Hard Legacy led wire-to-wire in the June 15 $150,000 Regret Stakes (G3T) at Churchill Downs to give trainer Norm Casse his first stakes victory. View the full article

A competitive field of 13 entered the starting gate for the $250,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2T) June 15 at Churchill Downs, and it came down to an exciting photo finish that went to a late-rushing March to the Arch. View the full article

Lady Sheila Stable's Holiday Disguise capitalized on class relief June 15, tracking the early speed before a strong close to draw away to a 1 1/2-length victory in the the $100,000 Dancin Renee Stakes at Belmont Park. View the full article

Claiborne Farm and Adele B. Dilschneider's Elate lived up to the expectations of her connections and her fans to earn a hard-fought victory in the $250,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap presented by Budweiser (G2) June 15 at Churchill Downs. View the full article

HARD LEGACY (f, 3, Hard Spun–Stone Legacy, by Birdstone) provided her young conditioner Norm Casse with his first graded score in the GIII Regret S. beneath the Twin Spires. Seizing the early advantage, the 5-1 shot coasted along through splits of :23.62 and :48.06 with stakes winner Winter Sunset (Tapit) in tow. The bay kept on finding in the lane, easily holding that one at bay to score in a final time of 1:48.22. Romping by seven lengths on debut over a yielding course at Keeneland in October, Hard Legacy captured a Gulfstream optional claimer Dec. 23 and was fifth in that venue’s GIII Sweetest Chant S. Feb. 3. She was fourth last time in Keeneland’s GIII Appalachian S. over soft going Apr. 7. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0. O/B-Marylou Whitney Stables LLC (KY); T-Norm Casse. The post Hard Spun Filly Gives Norm Casse First Graded Win in Regret appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 6-year-old son of Perfect Soul punched his ticket to the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) June 15 with a determined victory in the $600,000 Stephen Foster Stakes (G2), a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" race at Churchill Downs. View the full article

Evergreen stayer Sampson confirmed his place in the Gr.3 Tattersall’s Cup (3000m) at Eagle Farm this coming weekend with a fighting run for second in the Listed Ipswich Cup (2150m) on Saturday. The Howie Matthews-trained nine-year-old never looked like shirking his task as he slugged it out with eventual winner Bergerac for the length of the Ipswich straight after working hard to dispute the pace for the last 800m of the contest. Matthews was thrilled with the run and the judgment exhibited by... View the full article

Yo Zackly became the first winner for freshman sire Lent June 15, when the 2-year-old gelding proved much the best in a maiden special weight at Hastings Racecourse. View the full article

The local training partnership of Chris Gibbs and Michelle Bradley were back to doing what they do best on their home patch at Ruakaka on Saturday - producing winners. The pair picked up four victories and six placings from their 18 runners on the day with none more impressive than three-year-old Mac Attacka. The Makfi gelding had impressed when making a winning debut at the venue back in May but followed up with a disappointing run on a Heavy10 surface at Ellerslie earlier this month. Back to a... View the full article

SEEKING THE SOUL (h, 6, Perfect Soul {Ire}–Seeking the Title, by Seeking the Gold) made his trademark late rally, getting up just in time to take the GII Stephen Foster H., a “Win and You’re In” test for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. The bay raced off the fence in mid-pack as Quip (Distorted Humor) and Tom’s d’Etat (Smart Strike) battled through a first half in :49.43. Tipped out three wide in the lane, he found another gear late, surging by the top two to score. A determined Quip tried to run with Seeking the Soul in the final sixteenth, but came up just a tiny bit shy at the wire. Victor of this venue’s 2017 GI Clark H., Seeking the Soul captured the GIII Ack Ack S. here in September and was second to City of Light (Quality Road) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at this venue Nov. 3. Completing the trifecta in this year’s Clark 20 days later, he was second to another dominant performance from City of Light in the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S. Jan. 26. Eighth when shipping to Meydan for the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 30, the 6-year-old was third last time to McKinzie (Street Sense) in the GII Alysheba S. on Derby day. Lifetime Record: 27-7-6-7. O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart. The post Seeking the Soul Mows Them Down Late in Stephen Foster appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Allied Racing Stable's Mr. Money lived up to his name once more June 15, scoring his second consecutive stakes win by a decisive 6 1/2 lengths in the $150,000 Matt Winn Stakes Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. View the full article

‘TDN Rising Star’ ELATE (m, 5, Medaglia d’Oro–Cheery, by Distorted Humor) returned to winning ways at Churchill Downs Saturday evening, closing powerfully to take the GII Fleur de Lis H., a “Win and You’re In” event for the GI Breeders’ Cup Distaff. Hammered down to 4-5 in this spot, saved ground in a joint third as 29-1 shot Skeptic (Tiznow) loped along through leisurely early splits. Tipped out three wide in the lane, the bay mowed down her rivals to win by a length. A two-time Grade I winner during her sophomore campaign, she made just two starts last term, winning her seasonal bow in the GII Delaware H. and finishing a close second to champion Abel Tasman (Quality Road) after a stretch duel in the GI Personal Ensign S. in August. With that arch rival retiring this year, Elate has found a new nemesis in Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), who she ran second behind in the Mar. 16 GII Azeri S. and third to in the Apr. 14 GI Apple Blossom H. That foe captured last weekend’s GI Ogden Phipps S. Lifetime Record: 15-6-5-2. O/B-Adele Dilschneider & Claiborne Farm (KY); T-Bill Mott. The post Elate Returns to Winning Ways in Fleur de Lis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

MR. MONEY (c, 3, Goldencents–Plenty O’Toole, by Tiznow) simply dominated in the GIII Matt Winn S. at Churchill Downs Saturday evening. The 3-5 chalk stalked from second as GISW Knicks Go (Paynter) clicked off opening splits of :24.19 and :47.80. Pouncing at the top of the lane, the bay stormed clear to win for fun by six lengths in a sharp final time of 1:42.28. Signalman (General Quarters) was best of the rest in second. Fourth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile in November, Mr. Money was off the board in both the Feb. 16 GII Risen Star S. and the Mar. 23 GII Louisiana Derby. He romped by 5 1/4 lengths last time in the GIII Pat Day Mile here on Derby day, an effort that was further flattered when runner-up Hog Creek Hustle (Overanalyze) returned to win the GI Woody Stephens S. at Belmont last Saturday. Lifetime Record: 8-3-2-0. O-Allied Racing Stable LLC; B-Spruce Lane Farm (KY); T-Bret Calhoun. The post Mr. Money Dominates in Matt Winn appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Southern California-based jockey Rafael Bejarano rode his 4,000th winner June 15 when he led almost every step of Santa Anita Park's third race aboard Jeffrey Lambert and Paradise Farms Corp.'s Portal Creek and drew off in the 6 1/2-furlong sprint. View the full article

Spendthrift Farm's freshman sire Race Day was represented by his first winner June 15 when his 2-year-old filly Gee She Sparkles won a maiden special weight on debut at Lone Star Park. View the full article

ALL QUALITY (f, 3, Quality Road–Party Chatter, by Pleasant Colony) got up just in time to graduate at first asking at Woodbine Saturday. Running off the fence near the back of the pack through opening splits of :22.42 and :44.94, the $240,000 OBSOPN buy launched a three-wide bid in the lane, determinedly out-nosing Street Zapper (Ghostzapper) on the line. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Gary Barber; B-Fox Straus KY (KY); T-Mark Casse. The post Quality Road Filly Captures Woodbine Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fifteen Hall of Fame riders are expected to attend the sixth annual Jockeys and Jeans Fundraiser benefitting the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund at Santa Anita Saturday, June 22. There will be a free autograph signing from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Paddock Gardens area and a free Silent Auction for all on-track fans from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. adjacent to the autograph signing area. Tickets starting at $65 are on sale at https://www.santaanita.com. Walk-up tickets will be available. The post Hall of Fame Riders Honor Peers at Jockeys and Jeans Fundraiser appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

FAST SCENE (f, 2, Fast Anna–Scenic Drive, by Empire Maker) became the third winner for her freshman sire (by Medaglia d’Oro) with a wire-to-wire debut score at Woodbine Saturday. Sent off at 4-1 in this unveiling, the dark bay seized the early advantage, registering an opening quarter in :21.82. Putting up a half in :44.65, she had plenty left in the lane, holding fellow firster Wake Up Maggie (Silent Name {Jpn}) at bay by two lengths on the line. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Blazing Meadows Farm LLC & Three Chimneys Farm; B-Three Chimneys Farm (KY); T-Timothy Hamm. The post Fast Anna Filly Wires Woodbine Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bob Baffert will be represented by half of the field of six sophomores entered for Sunday’s GIII Affirmed S. at Santa Anita. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Roadster (Quality Road), an impressive winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 6, looks to get back on track for the Hall of Famer after crossing the wire a very disappointing 16th–elevated to 15th via disqualification–in the GI Kentucky Derby. Mike Smith, aboard in his prior four career starts, gets back in the irons. Fellow ‘Rising Star’ Mucho Gusto (Mucho Macho Man) followed a facile win in the GIII Robert B. Lewis S. Feb. 2 with a third-place finish as the 4-5 favorite in the GIII Sunland Park Derby Mar. 24. He turned back to seven furlongs for a win in the GIII Lazaro Barrera S. last time May 18. California Derby winner and last out off-the-turf Alcatraz S. third Kingly (Tapit) rounds out the Baffert trifecta. The post Baffert Trio Headline Affirmed appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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 trio of Ballydoyle bluebloods facing off. 1.35 Gowran Park, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, 7fT DELTA DAWN (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of MGSW G1 Moyglare Stud S. and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac second Fire Lily (Ire) (Dansili {GB}, is one of three Aidan O’Brien nominees and the mount of Seamus Heffernan. He is accompanied in this seven-runner heat by stablemates Kells (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is kin to four black-type performers out of GI Ashland S. victress Christmas Kid (Lemon Drop Kid); and Mythologic (Ire) (Australia {GB}), who is out of a half-sister to G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and G1 Coronation S. heroine Gold Splash (Blushing Groom {Fr}) coming back off a debut third behind the ‘TDN Rising Star’ performance of Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) over this trip at The Curragh last week. The post Observations: June 16, 2019 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Willie Snaith, so popular in his longtime home Newmarket that he had a street named after him, has died aged 91. Snaith rode his first winner at Newmarket in 1946 and in 1949 was champion apprentice. He rode over 700 winners in his career, the most memorable being Landau in the 1954 G1 Sussex S. for The Queen. He also won the July Cup, Nunthorpe and Dewhurst S. Snaith ceased race riding in 1971 but continued on in the saddle as a work rider for Noel Murless and later his Warren Place successor Sir Henry Cecil. Snaith also became a popular Newmarket tour guide, and in 2004 he was appointed MBE on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to horse racing and the community in Newmarket. Snaith’s wife Silvia died in 2012 but he is survived by two sons, John and Derek. John told Racing Post on Saturday, “Dad passed away last night in West Suffolk Hospital. He’d had cancer and they operated on him, but we lost him. “We’ve lost an icon really, and he was the sort of man who would speak the same to a person if they had a pound in their pocket or ten million. The girls in Tesco and Waitrose loved him as he would tell them the old stories and it would take him four hours to come back from the shops with a pint of milk and a loaf of bread. He loved the fact that Tesco was on the road named after him and he opened both stores that have been on that site. They offered him £3,000 to open the last one and he gave half of it to the Red Cross and the other half to the Injured Jockeys Fund.” The post Popular Former Jockey Snaith Dies appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Labelled “Monsieur Diane” by France Galop, Alain de Royer Dupre has ‘TDN Rising Star’ Siyarafina (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) to further enhance that reputation in Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly. Unbeaten and the winner of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary at ParisLongchamp on May 26, His Highness the Aga Khan’s relative of his star sire Siyouni (Fr) looks to extend her trainer’s record tally of six successes in this 10 1/2-furlong Classic. Stamina and the potential for quick ground are concerns, if requisite class is not and her trainer is taking nothing for granted. “The Prix de Diane Longines course requires more stamina than that of the Saint-Alary,” he commented. “I just hope that the track won’t be as quick as on the day of the Jockey Club. When three track records are broken in one day, it means that the track is riding very fast, and that can leave its mark on the horses. There is stiff opposition, the race isn’t won yet. Siyarafina has a lot of speed and she is also very athletic. She is easy to ride in her races and can be ridden in any fashion. She is ready for Sunday.” Re-opposing Siyarafina is another ‘TDN Rising Star’ in Teruya Yoshida’s Commes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who was 1 1/2-lengths second to that rival in ParisLongchamp’s Prix du Louvre conditions race over a mile on Apr. 22. Subsequently beaten a nose by Castle Lady (Ire) (Shamardal) when runner-up in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches back at that venue on May 12, she bids to provide Jean-Claude Rouget with a Chantilly Classic double following the exploits of Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) a fortnight ago. Rouget, who is on de Royer-Dupre’s tail with four renewals, also has Ecurie Philippe Segalot and Martin Schwartz’s May 20 G3 Prix Cleopatre winner Etoile (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Jean-Louis Tepper, Gerard Augustin-Normand and Ecurie des Charmes’ May 1 G3 Prix Penelope scorer Cartiem (Fr) (Cape Cross {Fr}) and Denford Stud’s Ebony (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), who was second to Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in a course-and-distance conditions race on May 17. Samuel de Barros’s Channel had last year’s G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Wonderment (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) back in fourth on that occasion and rates as a live contender, while the British representation is to be respected with the May 15 G3 Musidora S. first and second Nausha (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Entitle (GB) (Dansili {GB}) both unexposed types from the powerful Roger Varian and John Gosden yards, respectively. Elsewhere on the card, Jean-Louis Bouchard’s G3 Prix des Chenes winner Anodor (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}) sports blinkers for the first time in the G3 Prix Paul de Moussac Longines following a return seventh in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp on May 12, and Godolphin have a strong representation in the G2 Prix Hocquart Longines. ‘TDN Rising Star’ Al Hilalee (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has to get back to his Listed Criterium du FEE success at Deauville in August, but Charlie Appleby is hoping this mile-and-a-half trip might aid his cause. “The step up to a mile and a quarter saw some improvement from Al Hilalee on his last start,” he said. “We are hoping that another step up in distance will produce further improvement.” The G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines offers the opportunity for Haras de Saint Pair’s May 26 G1 Prix d’Ispahan third Trais Fluors (GB) (Dansili {GB}) to enjoy a confidence boost. The post All Eyes On Siyarafina In The Diane appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last year’s G1 Investec Derby hero Masar (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) will make his first start since the blue riband in next Saturday’s G1 Hardwicke S. at Royal Ascot, opting for that 12-furlong contest as opposed to the 10-furlong G1 Prince of Wales’s S. three days earlier. Jockey James Doyle is therefore free to continue his association with Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) in the Prince of Wales’s. Trainer Charlie Appleby said the decision was made after Masar galloped on Saturday morning. “We were very pleased with Masar’s work this morning, and we thought the right option for him is the Hardwicke,” he said. “It’s his first start since the Derby, and with the rest of the season ahead of us, we just felt it would be a tough assignment in the Prince of Wales’s, with the way that race is shaping up. The Hardwicke is a lovely race, and we know the conditions should suit him. It looks the right option to start his 4-year-old career.” The post Masar Opts For Hardwicke 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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