Wandering Eyes

On a day they had originally been granted permission to review the patrol footage of the GI Kentucky Derby, Gary and Mary West, the owners of the demoted Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) issued a statement to further address the much-talked-about disqualification. The statement read, in part: ‘On the Monday morning following the race we filed a formal “protest, objection and appeal” letter with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission seeking the opportunity to be heard “forthwith” by the full Commission. That request was summarily denied only hours later that same day. In denying our request, counsel for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission reminded us that it was a “privilege” to participate in horse racing in Kentucky. And we agree–however, that “privilege” comes with an obligation for fair, full and transparent treatment by the Commission of its licensees. That did not occur here. Faced with Commission’s denial of any recourse we are left to evaluate our legal options, which we are now doing. We believe that with a just and proper hearing of our case Maximum Security will be restored as the rightful winner of this year’s Kentucky Derby.’ Maximum Security arrived at Monmouth Park earlier this week and has already been declared a non-starter for next week’s GI Preakness S. The GI Belmont S. remains a possibility, with the GI TVG.com Haskell Invitational S. July 20 a longer-term option. The post Wests Issue Another Statement on Derby DQ 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. Friday’s Insights features a half-brother to a G1 2000 Guineas runner-up. 2.00 Ascot, Mdn, £10,400, 2yo, f, 5fT DIVINE SPIRIT (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was last month’s 850,000gns Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up topper who debuts for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby. A half-sister to the G2 Gimcrack S. and G2 Mill Reef S. third Raucous (GB) (Dream Ahead), she is joined by the operation’s debutante Final Song (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), a Saeed bin Suroor-trained daughter of the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches third Rahiyah (Rahy). 2.35 Ascot, Mdn, £15,000, 3yo, 11f 211yT SWIFT WING (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) is the latest progeny out of Lady Bamford’s Gull Wing (Ire) (In the Wings {GB}) and a full-brother to the high-class pair Eagle Top (GB) and Wings of Desire (GB) and also the G2 Park Hill S. scorer The Lark (GB). Like the former two, the April-foaled chestnut is trained by John Gosden as is George Strawbridge’s similarly unraced Kesia (Ire) (Australia {GB}), a 300,000gns Tattersalls Foal Sale purchase who is a granddaughter of Juddmonte’s classy Daring Miss (GB) (Sadler’s Wells). 6.35 Cork, Mdn, €13,000, 3yo, f, 10f 10yT SOUTH SEA PEARL (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts for Ballydoyle in what could be an informative maiden and is a 800,000gns Tattersalls October full-sister to the stable’s dual G3 Curragh Cup winner Ernest Hemingway (Ire) and a half to the G3 Prix d’Aumale winner Toulifaut (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Moyglare Stud Farm have two Dermot Weld-trained newcomers engaged, with Search For a Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) particularly noteworthy as a half-sister to the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. hero Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and the high-class Sapphire (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). 7.35 Cork, Mdn, €16,000, 3yo/up, c/g, 10f 10yT UP HELLY AA (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts in the Niarchos silks for the Willie McCreery stable that masterminded a G1 Matron S. success out of the dam Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules). He encounters two Ballydoyle representatives including George Strawbridge and Coolmore’s Fresno (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of the breeder and part-owner’s star mare Moonlight Cloud (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) who was wel-beaten on his sole start at The Curragh is August. 8.40 Wolverhampton, Mdn, £5,800, 3yo/up, 7f 36y (AWT) BARAAJEEL (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) represents Shadwell and Owen Burrows who teamed up with his G2 Hungerford S.-winning and G1 2000 Guineas-placed half-brother Massaat (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). Also a half to last year’s G1 Commonwealth Cup hero Eqtidaar (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), the homebred meets a potentially smart Saeed bin Suroor trainee in Jalaad (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) who took a Doncaster maiden in style last month. The post Observations for May 10 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Patrons at Belmont will get a very early look at a multiple Grade I winner Saturday, as Klaravich Stables’ Separationofpowers (Candy Ride {Arg}) headlines the GIII Vagrancy S. in her 4-year-old debut, carded as the day’s first race. A slam-dunk ‘TDN Rising Star’ when unveiled with an 11 3/4-length romp two summers ago at Saratoga, the $190,000 Keeneland November pickup annexed the GI Frizette S. two starts later at this oval. Fourth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, the bay had an abbreviated 3-year-old campaign, but one that included a game conquest of the GI Longines Test S. back at the Spa. She was last seen retreating to finish fourth in the GI Cotillion S. Sept. 22 at Parx. The distant two-three finishers behind streaking Come Dancing (Malibu Moon) in the GIII Distaff H. look to pose the biggest threats to the returning chalk. Tobey Morton’s Pacific Gale (Flat Out) earned a career-high 98 Beyer when second at 26-1 in the aforementioned Distaff, and Stonestreet Stables’ Dawn the Destroyer (Speightstown), beaten 14 lengths while third, looks to get back to the form that saw her capture the Interborough S. Jan. 25 at Aqueduct. The post Separationofpowers Returns in Vagrancy appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nun the Less will be giving seven pounds to the rest of the Hanshin Cup field but will still be tough to collar as the consistent 7-year-old looks to go a flat mile at Arlington International View the full article

by Chris McGrath If you left Churchill Downs on Saturday convinced by the brilliance of one of his sons that a stallion had been prematurely exported, then you wouldn’t necessarily have been thinking of New Year’s Day’s disappearance to Brazil. Because if you set aside the excruciating misfortune of Maximum Security in the Derby itself, the undercard featured a no less vivid rebuke to those breeders who had given up on Eskendereya (Giant’s Causeway), whose son Mitole maintained his giddy rise for William and Corinne Heiligbrodt with sixth straight win, and first Grade I, in the Churchill Downs S. Connections of Eskendereya suffered their own Derby heartache when he had to be withdrawn with injury days before the 2010 race, having won the GII Fountain of Youth S. and GI Wood Memorial by an aggregate 18 1/4 lengths. The Zayat family appeared cursed in the Derby when this disappointment was sandwiched by runner-up finishes in 2009, 2011 and 2012. The first of those, however, was the work of Pioneerof the Nile, who would amply redress all these frustrations with his son American Pharoah. Such are the unreadable twists of this game. Similarly, the horse promoted to favouritism in Eskendereya’s absence, Lookin At Lucky (Smart Strike), had a rough trip in the race; and then, when retired to stud, included a Derby runner-up of his own among an exasperating series of Grade I near-misses. But his luck has turned big time, with the blossoming of Accelerate last year and now Country House’s stunning windfall. Alas, it appears to be too late for American breeders to profit from any such turnaround for his contemporary Eskendereya. Unable to race again, following his Derby scratch, he started out at Taylor Made in 2011 at $30,000–with Stonestreet having meantime acquired a controlling interest-but his fee made the customary descent to $17,500 within a couple of years and he had only a second crop on the track when sold to Japan in 2015. His first runners, the previous year, had made a painfully quiet start, causing his book to halve to 70 from 139. The latter, no less typically, had actually been his biggest yet after his debut yearlings were warmly received at the sales, ranked fifth by average. Hindsight discloses that intake as a strong one: besides Lookin At Lucky, Eskendereya was competing with Quality Road, Munnings, Blame, Super Saver, Midshipman and Kantharos, among others. As we’ll remind ourselves in a minute, Eskendereya has a deep Classic pedigree and nobody could sensibly have expected a cavalcade of juvenile winners. But while his sophomores the following year readily outperformed those of Quality Road, for instance, he would not be given the chance to match that rival’s spectacular progress since. In 2016, his first year standing in Japan, Eskendereya’s 16 black-type performers fell between 17 for Lookin At Lucky and Kantharos, and 15 for Quality Road, Munnings and Midshipman. His first flagbearer was Mor Spirit. A $650,000 juvenile, Mor Spirit actually contrived a Grade I success at two in the Los Alamitos Futurity, but finished midfield when stretching for the Derby. At four, much as we are seeing with Mitole right now, he got on a real roll back over a mile and crowned his career by blitzing the GI Met field by six lengths, good for a 117 Beyer. He is now completing his first spring at Spendthrift. In taking the baton from Mor Spirit, Mitole has confirmed that Eskendereya can deal out a very pure version of the brilliance he showed in his own truncated career. Perhaps that’s no surprise in a half-brother to Balmont (Stranvinsky), one of the fastest of his generation in Europe; and Eskendereya does represent a speed-oriented top line. But his own sire Giant’s Causeway was hardly typical of the Storm Cat brand, with his two-turn quality, toughness and versatility. And the first thing you think, looking at Eskendereya’s own family, is sheer class rather than sheer speed. His first four dams are by Seattle Slew, Alydar, Northern Dancer and Ribot; and the bottom line soon becomes every bit as resonant. Eskendereya’s third dam, Stellar Odyssey, was a Northern Dancer half-sister to a Kentucky Derby winner in Cannonade. Their dam Queen Sucree, the first seven-figure broodmare at auction when carrying a brother to Cannonade in 1976, was a Ribot half-sister to the great Halo and Hall of Fame filly Tosmah. And their Broodmare of the Year dam Cosmah was a half-sister to Natalma, the pair out of the epoch-making Almahmoud. Almahmoud’s two famous daughters, in fact, stand opposite each other as the grand-dams of Stellar Odyssey: Cosmah, as noted, producing her dam Queen Sucree; and Natalma producing her sire Northern Dancer. (Pleasingly, for those of us who–antiquarians as you may think us–like to delve that deep, another of the most important mares in the breed’s history, Lord Derby’s Selene, also recurs top and bottom in Stellar Odyssey’s family tree.) Cosmah herself, meanwhile, is duplicated in Eskendereya’s own pedigree: her son Halo sired the dam of Rahy, whose daughter Mariah’s Storm produced his sire Giant’s Causeway. (Who obviously introduces another strain of Natalma, when you back through the Storm Cat branch of the Northern Dancer sire-line.) Some priceless silverware in Eskendereya’s genetic cabinet, then. True, both Stellar Odyssey and her daughter by Alydar, Altair, were unraced. But Altair, purchased by Sanford R. Robertson, produced a Grade II winner in Blazonry (Hennessy) as well as Aldebaran Light (Seattle Slew), who won three times at River Downs from just five career starts. Aldebaran Light’s first foal was Balmont, who owed his juvenile Group 1 success in England to a disqualification and could not win thereafter, but managed a couple of podiums in elite sprints. And six years later she delivered a Giant’s Causeway colt, sold as a Keeneland September yearling to Zayat Stables for $250,000. That was Eskendereya, of course, so named for the Egyptian city Alexandria in Arabic. Sent to Todd Pletcher, the big chestnut surfaced on turf at the end of the Saratoga meet, finishing second over fully 1 1/16 miles before winning a Belmont stakes, a late switch to the main track, by seven lengths. Disappointing in a synthetic Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita in 2009, he regrouped in a Gulfstream allowance in January before his breakout performance in the Fountain of Youth. Both there and in the Wood, he thrashed Jackson Bend (Hear No Evil), subsequently midfield in the Derby but beaten only a length when third to Lookin At Lucky in the Preakness and later a dual Grade I winner over seven furlongs. It’s interesting to note that Harlan and Southern Halo, who have become such important influences through Into Mischief and More Than Ready, respectively, are others who pair up both Almahmoud’s great daughters Natalma and Cosmah. And it would be no surprise if, from a very finite opportunity in Kentucky, Eskendereya turned out to have left behind a couple of pretty potent heirs in Mor Spirit and now, potentially, Mitole. The latter was sold for just $20,000 deep into the September Sale of 2016, but was pinhooked for $140,000 at OBS the following April. He was bred by the late Edward A. Cox Jr., whose dispersal sale at Keeneland last November was sadly followed by his death just a few weeks ago. Cox’s longstanding association with Claiborne was crowned as a partner in 1984 Kentucky Derby winner Swale, while he bred or co-bred such high achievers as Marquetry, Shaadi and Woodman. It was through his dispersal that WinStar picked up Mitole’s dam Indian Miss (Indian Charlie), in foal to Into Mischief, for $240,000. That looks a really smart spot now, Mitole having disappeared after his second consecutive stakes score last May. Indian Miss could not win in a light career but is a half-sister to GII Davona Dale S. winner Live Lively (Medaglia d’Oro) out of an unbeaten stakes winner at two, Glacken’s Gal (Smoke Glacken). The latter is one of three black-type winners delivered by a stakes-placed Silver Deputy mare–and we love those, as we do any conduit for Deputy Minister in the bottom line. Even so, it’s no more than a steady, outcross kind of page. But then Mor Spirit, his dam’s seventh foal, was her first stakes winner. So while Eskendereya still has just two other Grade I operators to his name, there’s no denying that his background and performance entitle him to light an occasional fuse of explosive class. Steve Asmussen is naturally now thinking of the Met Mile for Mitole. And if Eskendereya could sire two winners of that stallion-making race from his first three crops, then maybe someone will take another long look at his antecedents and–remembering that he is still only 12–try and find a number for Empire Maker’s travel agent. The post Mitole Suggests Another One That Got Away appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last May, trainer Chad Brown brought in a good-looking gray European import off of a Group 1 placing to make her North American debut in the GIII Beaugay S. at Belmont. A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) won impressively before going on to pick up two Grade I victories. It wouldn’t be a big surprise if the same scenario gets underway once more in Saturday’s Beaugay renewal, as Brown starts the promising Homerique (Exchange Rate) as part of an imposing pair of challengers in the 1 1/16-mile turf test. Homerique has shown tantalizing ability from the jump, annexing her debut by eight easy lengths going a mile and a quarter over soft ground at Chantily. She quickly stepped into group company, and was a half-length second in the G3 Prix Penelope before running third by a neck in the G1 Prix de Diane Longines. A bit overmatched when seventh against males in the G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp Sept. 9, she closed her sophomore campaign with a strong third in the G1 Prix de l’Opera Longines, earning a career-high 115 Timeform Rating. The Peter Brant colorbearer has drilled sharply for this invasion, most notably going a half-mile over the Palm Meadows turf in :47 2/5 (1/17) Apr. 13. Brown also sends out Grade I winner Competitionofideas (Speightstown), who makes her 4-year-old debut as well for Klaravich Stables. Thrice beaten as the favorite to start her career, the $325,000 Keeneland September buy added blinkers Sept. 7 at Belmont and turned the corner with an 8 1/2-length graduation. She repeated in an allowance there Oct. 21 and, after a third in the off-the-turf Winter Memories S. unleashed a powerful late burst to capture the GI American Oaks Dec. 29 at Santa Anita. Chipolata (Fr) (Muhtahir {GB}) may be ready for a peak effort for trainer Christophe Clement. Debuting in America with a good third at 36-1 in the GI Belmont Oaks here last summer, she was fifth in the soft-turf Zagora S. Oct. 28, but picked up a smart allowance score in her seasonal debut Apr. 11 at Aqueduct. The chestnut draws an advantageous rail spot in a race that will start on the clubhouse turn. Binti Al Nar (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) warrants a look in her Stateside bow. Knocking on the door at the stakes level in Germany and Italy, the Peter Schiergen trainee broke through with a score in the G3 Premio Elena E Sergio Cumani Sept. 23 at San Siro. She was last seen running seventh against the boys in the G2 Premio Vittorio di Capua there Oct. 21. The post Brown Looks to Have Another Sharp Shipper in Beaugay appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By now, almost everyone recognizes the emotional benefits derived from people’s interaction with animals. But the one-day change in the selected high school students in Chad Brown’s hometown of Mechanicville, New York, was striking enough to earn attention. This Monday started week one of a five week program for students at the school just outside of Saratoga Springs. The program was created by Valerie Buck of ACTT Naturally, a non-profit organization dedicated to off-track thoroughbreds in need of retraining and re-homing . ACTT Naturally’s Thoroughbreds participate in equine-assisted healing and learning programs as part of their transition from racing to a second career. At 2:30 p.m., the teens filed off the school bus at Long Shadows Farm with eyes down, shoulders rounded, and their hands in their pockets. These teens were chosen by their two guidance counselors because of depression, or because they were experiencing some difficulty at school or home. The program took place in Long Shadow’s massive indoor arena which has a large open space alongside the actual working part of the arena. We circled up sat in the open space and behind us was the arena wall, which is close to five feet tall. The four thoroughbreds, who were quietly mingling, had not yet made themselves known to the group. The most talkative person was the bus driver, who said he loved horses and used to live next to trainer Chad Brown’s family. Brown is an alumnus of Mechanicville H.S. and he funded this program for the students with ACTT Naturally. The quietest person was Brandon, the only boy. “The goal of the program is to help teens build self esteem, learn awareness of healthy boundaries and to help them find mutual respect among their peers, parents and teachers,” said Buck. “They learn better communication skills and how to work out conflicts and situations with a more rational approach.” “The pilot for the Teen Leadership Program with East Greenbush High School was so successful, I couldn’t wait to get started again.” said Buck. “The change in one hour is remarkable and then over five weeks is astonishing. One mother called and thanked me for giving back her daughter. We are extremely grateful to Chad for sponsoring the Mechanicville students.” Said Brown of his involvement, “Valerie Buck contacted me about the program a couple of years ago and told me what she was doing. She was going to try to add some schools, including Mechanicville. She knew I had graduated from there, and asked if I would be interested in helping them. Of course, I agreed. It sounded like a great cause, not only helping my high school, but the horses. I’m happy to hear that it has started off with such interest from the students.” Buck went around the circle and everyone introduced themselves. The teens spoke very quietly. Buck, who exercised racehorses for 20 years and then studied natural horsemanship, gave an introduction to horses and their language. It was when High Conviction (Arch) put his head over the wall to see them that the first real magic happened. In an instant, the teens came to life and one girl cried tears of joy. The horses, Three Lions (Hennessey), Harlem Rocker (Macho Uno), Fuhrious Warrior (Langfuhr) and High Conviction are big, fit and very engaged. Buck spends untold hours working and playing with them to prepare them for the programs. The teens’ first exercise with the horses was a silent grooming activity where they became comfortable with the energy and feel of the horse as they groomed and petted them. It is a chance to put into practice the body language lessons they just heard and to start to understand how the horse as a prey animal learns to trust humans who are predators. The teens were focused with a new intensity. Their eyes were big and faces were open as they ran their hands and brushes over the horses. They stayed aware of the horses’ actions and reactions to see if they were liking the grooming or sending signals that they weren’t. They always returned to the horses’ faces to give them a rub and get that satisfaction when a horse braces his face against your flat hand. The counselors smiled widely throughout the entire process while they walked from pair to pair. “I can’t get over it,” said Guidance Counselor Christine Dugan. “Brandon is like a different person. This is amazing and so much more than I ever imagined.” “It was truly like watching a flower that was initially in bud form,” said Bill Nizolek, an ACTT Naturally volunteer who held Harlem Rocker while Brandon groomed him. “Then, slowly and steadily he bloomed into a beautiful flower. He went from not looking up to smiling and looking proud. I shed a tear of joy experiencing this horse inspired miracle.” And this is only week one. Buck said that the timing of this program couldn’t have been more opportune. “This morning I read the heartbreaking story of Kendrick Castillo who was killed on Tuesday trying to stop a fellow student who was shooting classmates in his Highland Ranch high school,” she said. “In our Thoroughbred athletes, we have sensitive, intelligent animals gifted in helping people. The more programs that the industry can fund, the more teens and other people can make what is possibly a life-saving connection.” “It’s a great idea not only to help provide an opportunity for the horses, but additionally an opportunity for some students who might not otherwise get exposed to working with horses,” said Brown. “Horses covered many important things in my life, and I feel lucky to have been asked to participate. Though I don’t know the individual (students) (the change) doesn’t surprise me, just knowing my experience with horses. It makes me feel really good that the program is off to a great start and they’re seeing immediate results. I’m optimistic that it’s going to lead to great things, really enhancing the lives of these students, and maybe even leading them to work in the horse industry. If that’s not what results, that’s okay, too. Maybe this exposure to horses gets them thinking about pursuing others things that they might not have had the confidence to do.” For more information, go to www.acttnaturally.org or contact Valerie Buck at Valerieabuck@gmail.com. Diana Pikulski is the editor of the Thoroughbred Adoption Network. The post On Aftercare: Program Helps Teens Thanks to Funding From Chad Brown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

On a crisp morning under mostly cloudy skies May 9, Bourbon War put together his final preparations for the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (G1) coming up May 18 at Pimlico Race Course. 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 Niigata and Tokyo Racecourse, where a promising son of Mineshaft looks to take the next step Sunday: Saturday, May 11, 2019 10th-NII, ¥19,000,000 ($173k), Allowance, 3yo, 1000mT UNI CHARA (f, 3, Into Mischief–Joke, by Phone Trick), a $50K Keeneland September yearling turned $130K OBS April juvenile, made her sophomore debut over this minimum trip at Kokura Feb. 9, graduating by 1 3/4 lengths after a stalking trip. A daughter of dual stakes winner Joke (Phone Trick), Uni Chara is a half-sister to three-time GISW Zensational (Unbridled’s Song) and to the unraced dam of GSW Cutting Humor (First Samurai) and SW & MGSP Irish You Well (Broken Vow). Joke is a half to MGSW Trip (Lord At War {Arg}) and the further Claiborne female family includes MGSW & GISP Departing (War Front) and SW & GSP The Great War (War Front). B-Claiborne Farm (KY) Sunday, May 12, 2019 4th-KYO, ¥9,550,000 ($87k), Maiden, 3yo, 1800mT The interestingly bred O K BLOSSOM (c, 3, Deep Impact {Jpn}–Cherokee, by Storm Cat) is out of a Group 3-winning full-sister to SW Art Museum and a half to GSW & MGISP Lil’s Lad (Pine Bluff) and was offered through Eaton Sales at KEESEP in 2017, but was led out unsold at $285K. The cross of this legendary stallion over Storm Cat mares has accounted for Group 1 winners such as A Shin Hikari (Jpn), Tokyo Yushun hero Kizuna (Jpn), Satono Aladdin, Dubai Turf victor Real Steel (Jpn) and French top-level scorers Beauty Parlour (GB) and Study of Man (Ire). B-Orpendale & Chelston (KY) 9th-TOK, ¥34,200,000 ($312k), Open Class, 3yo, 1600m CAFE CROWN (c, 3, Mineshaft–Two Trail Sioux, by Indian Charlie) has gotten his career off to a phenomenal start, winning his maiden by 10 lengths over course and distance as the 1-5 chalk Jan. 27 (video, gate 12) before tacking on a Tokyo allowance by two lengths at a dime on the dollar Apr. 21 (see below, gate 12). The son of GSW & GISP Two Trail Sioux, a $300K OBSAPR acquisition, picks up the services of Australian jockey Damian Lane Sunday afternoon. B-Jason Litt, Litt Family Horse Trust & Alex Solis II (KY) The post Notable US-Bred Runners in Japan: May 12 & 13, 2019 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Aidan O’Brien’s participation in American racing is usually restricted to a couple of marquee days on the calendar, but, likely sensing an opening with many of the top U.S. turf horses having just run in the GI Woodford Reserve Turf Classic S. last week, the European training legend ships over a pair of contenders for Saturday’s GI Man O’ War S. at Belmont. Coolmore’s Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) announced herself with close seconds in a pair of Group 1s last summer and fall, missing by a head in the G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille Sept. 16 at Longchamp and coming up a length short in the Prix de l’Opera Longines there three weeks later. Running a solid fourth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf, the newly-turned 4-year-old impressed with another runner-up finish, this time against males in the GI Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational S. Jan. 26 at Gulfstream. Taking another shot at the opposite sex, she found the waters of the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic a little deep, running fifth Mar. 30 at Meydan. One slot ahead of her that day was another O’Brien/Coolmore charge, Hunting Horn (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). Less accomplished than his filly stablemate, the bay has nevertheless already acquitted himself well over this turf course when third in the GI Belmont Derby last July. Prior to his run in the Sheema, Hunting Horn had filled the trifecta in both the G1 HH The Emir’s Trophy Feb. 23 at Doha and GIII William L. McKnight S. on the Pegasus undercard at Gulfstream. Narrow morning-line favoritism rests with Klaravich Stables and Bill Lawrence’s Focus Group (Kitten’s Joy). A mainstay in long-distance allowance races for most of 2017 and 2018, the dark bay broke through when making his stakes debut in the 13-furlong John’s Call S. Aug. 22 at Saratoga. After a third in the GI Pattison Canadian International S., the Chad Brown pupil picked up his first graded tally last out in the GII Pan American S. Mar. 30 at Gulfstream. Channel Maker (English Channel) returns to the scene of his biggest triumph. Knocking on the door in Grade I races for multiple seasons, the gelding took out his frustrations with a comprehensive 4 1/2-length score in the GI Joe Hirsch Turf Classic S. over boggy local ground Sept. 29. He packed it in to finish 11th after contesting a fast pace in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf and has been off the board in two starts as a 5-year-old, running fifth in the Pegasus Turf and fourth in the GII Mac Diarmida S. Mar. 2 in Hallandale. Besting him in that contest was Michael Hui’s Zulu Alpha (Street Cry {Ire}). The 6-year-old gelding, claimed for $80,000 last September at Churchill, has since reeled off three graded stakes scores, added the McKnight and GIII Sycamore S. to his Mac Diarmida heroics. He was third after making an early move in the GII Dixiana Elhorn S. Apr. 20 at Keeneland and makes his Grade I bow here. The post O’Brien Sends Two for Competitive Man O’ War appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One week after winning the Kentucky Derby (G1) aboard Country House, jockey Flavien Prat will try to win a second straight edition of the Santa Barbara Stakes (G3T) when he rides Guiliana May 11 on the turf at Santa Anita Park. View the full article

Chester’s May meeting wraps up on Friday before Lingfield’s Derby and Oaks Trial meeting the following day and the G2 Homeserve Huxley S. is the pattern-race feature alongside the prestigious Chester Cup H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Apr. 19 Easter Classic winner Matterhorn (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) switches back to turf for the 10-furlong Huxley and this is the acid test as to whether the 4-year-old can have a fruitful summer off the all-weather. With the recent rain, there is a doubt about whether he can shine when the grass is wet. “I’m confident that he’ll act on turf, but whether he’ll act on what we’ll get on Friday is a completely different kettle of fish,” commented trainer Mark Johnston’s son Charlie. “Hopefully we’ll have a bit of fresh ground, which would be beneficial, but it doesn’t take a lot of rain to get quite testing at Chester.” Matterhorn slammed Wissahickon (Tapit) in the Easter Classic, taking his tally to seven-from-nine on all three artificial surfaces available in Britain, Polytrack, Tapeta and Fibresand. “Given he’s shown such a high level of ability on the all-weather, translating that form to turf doesn’t worry me too much but translating it to testing ground after three busy days is not what we wanted,” the trainer’s assistant added. “This was the obvious race after the all-weather campaign, though, as a stepping stone to the big summer targets. It was this or the Brigadier Gerard and this is worth much more money. The horse is in phenomenal order and we’re just looking forward to getting him out again.” Cheshire’s heavy precipitation has been welcomed by William Haggas, who finally gets to run Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Addeybb (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) on the ground he needs and had when successful in last year’s G2 Sandown Mile. Withdrawn on several occasions subsequently, he had to resort to the Polytrack for an outing when third over this trip in the Listed Churchill S. in November. “He’s been desperate to run for so long that I’m just running him,” he said. “I’m not sure this is the right race, although it doesn’t look the strongest renewal. He needs to get out, he is getting bored as he’s been on the go a long time so I hope he’s fresh enough and fit enough, especially over this trip–which I think he wants.” After the marathon Sportpesa Chester Cup over an extended 18 furlongs, speedball Kachy (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) is back for the five-furlong White Oak UK Conditions S. he dominated in scintillating fashion 12 months ago. En route to the Royal Ascot sprints, the star of the local Tom Dascombe yard should provide his many fans with another rock-and-roll performance around the “Roodeye”, while later in the evening Cork also stages a warm-up for the Royal meeting’s speed tests in the Listed Goffs Irish EBF Polonia S. in which last year’s G2 Queen Mary S. runner-up Gossamer Wings (Scat Daddy) makes her seasonal bow for Ballydoyle. The post Friday Racing Preview appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The second annual French point-to-point was held on May 4 at Chateau-Gontier and, despite unfavourable weather, attendance reached 8,000, up 50% from last year. Following the race card, the crowd stuck around for a concert performed by Nicolas Caullery, a Chantilly-based trainer who is also a singer. One of the highlights of the card was expected to be Olympian Astier Nicolas, but after injuring his shoulder the day before he had to watch from the stands. His mount Quart de Roi nonetheless won his heat. Another popular victory on the day was recorded by Steven Caquineau aboard Fugue d’Oudairies. The day also included a raffle of 2020 stallion seasons worth a total of €170,000. Breeder Andre Martin was one of 70 winners, and he took home a breeding to top young stallion Dabirsim (Fr) worth €15,000. There was also a demonstration of retrained racehorses in show jumping and horse ball. The French point to point was organized last year by a group of trainers, owners, breeders and jockeys who wanted to stage an enjoyable day at the races. There is no betting on the point to points. The post French Point-To-Point A Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

King Power Racing, Andrew Balding and Silvestre de Sousa have taken 2019 by storm and their combined form was symbolised by a romp rarely seen at Chester as Morando (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) outclassed his rivals in Thursday’s G3 Boodles Diamond Ormonde S. Always travelling with enthusiasm off the true gallop in third, the 3-1 second favourite moved effortlessly to the lead with three furlongs remaining as last year’s G1 St Leger hero Kew Gardens (Ire) (Galileo Ire}) got going from rear. What looked briefly as if it could be a tussle quickly turned into a drubbing as the late Vichai Srivaddhanapradha’s Leicester City FC-influenced blue-and-white silks floated away up the straight. At the line, the grey who was going beyond 10 furlongs for just the second time in his career and was going as far as this extended 13-furlong trip for the first time, had eight lengths to spare over Ballydoyle’s 4-5 favourite. “He loves the [soft] ground, which is a big help,” Balding said. “He does nothing at home. Ormonde was trained at Kingsclere and Morando is stabled in the Ormonde yard, so it’s nice.” Signing off a spell with Roger Varian with a second placing in the 9 1/2-furlong G3 Prix Andre Baboin at Bordeaux le Bouscat in October 2017, Morando who had previously been kept at seven furlongs or a mile was sent up again in distance by Balding and filled third spot in the G3 Gordon Richards S. over a mile and a quarter at Sandown last April. Unplaced in two starts on fast summer ground, he was back on soft when second in the Listed Doonside Cup also over that trip at Ayr in September before a tilt at a mile and a half saw him improve to dead-heat with Young Rascal (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) in Newbury’s G3 St Simon S. in October. Balding was pondering a future program for Morando, who has now won a qualifying race for the Weatherbys Hamilton Stayers’ Million. “We’ll have to hunt around, as the ground is very important to him,” he added. “We didn’t particularly expect to beat the favourite, but he just relished the conditions and runs well fresh. He was new to me last year and we ran him on ground too fast for him twice and then we got the ground right. He found his feet and he stays well, which is the one thing we discovered and that has opened up some options. The [G2] Hardwicke is probably the obvious target, but we will be lucky to get the ground at Ascot, so we will talk to the owners and see what they want to do. There will be some options on the continent, maybe the [G2] Grand Prix de Deauville or something like that.” Kew Gardens was dismounted after the line by Moore, but Aidan O’Brien was not concerned. “We were very happy with his run and he was just ready to start. Soft ground is not his thing,” he said. “They went a good gallop so it was a proper-run race and the winner is a good horse. It was just a case of getting a run into him to get him started, then if he is well we will think very hard about that [the May 31 G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom]. You would be very happy with the run. He is a good-ground horse and it has been a long time since he ran. He relaxed lovely and handled the track lovely.” Intriguingly, his pedigree has led connections astray with his dam Moranda (Fr) (Indian Rocket {GB}) a sprinting full-sister to the listed-winning speedball Matwan (Fr) who in turn produced the G3 Prix Djebel third Batwan (Fr) to a mating with Morando’s sire Kendargent. Moranda’s half-brother Myasun (Fr) (Panis) was also fast, winning the G3 Prix de Seine-et-Oise and G3 Prix de Meautry over six furlongs, while the family also features the G3 Prix Miesque scorer Lacarolina (Fr) (Charge d’Affaires {GB}) and the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches winner Silvermine (Fr) (Bellypha {Fr}). Her son was the G1 Prix Jean Prat hero Sillery (Blushing Groom {Fr}), so the sprinting-miling influence is very strong. Moranda also has a 2-year-old filly by Wootton Bassett (GB) named Speak of the Devil (Fr). Thursday, Chester, Britain BOODLES DIAMOND ORMONDE S.-G3, £100,000, Chester, 5-9, 4yo/up, 13f 107yT, 3:00.66, sf. 1–MORANDO (FR), 129, g, 6, by Kendargent (Fr) 1st Dam: Moranda (Fr), by Indian Rocket (GB) 2nd Dam: Spain, by Bering (GB) 3rd Dam: Sevilliana (GB), by General Holme (€230,000 Ylg ’14 ARAUG; 290,000gns 4yo ’17 TATAHI). O-King Power Racing Co Ltd; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Andrew Balding; J-Silvestre de Sousa. £56,710. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 15-6-2-2, $234,710. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–Kew Gardens (Ire), 133, c, 4, Galileo (Ire)–Chelsea Rose (Ire), by Desert King (Ire). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Barronstown Stud (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien. £21,500. 3–Magic Circle (Ire), 126, g, 7, Makfi (GB)–Minkova (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells. (70,000gns 5yo ’17 TATAHI). O-Dr Marwan Koukash; B-Mr & Mrs David Aykroyd (IRE); T-Ian Williams. £10,760. Margins: 8, HF, 11. Odds: 3.00, 0.80, 6.00. Also Ran: Dalgarno (Fr), Cypress Creek (Ire), Warnaq (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. The post Kendargent’s Morando Powers To Ormonde Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Klaravich Stables' Competitionofideas is scheduled to make her 4-year-old debut in the $200,000 Beaugay Stakes (G3T) May 11 at Belmont Park. View the full article

Last out G1 Champions Mile winner Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road To Rock {Aus}) is tied with Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) and City of Light (Quality Road)-both now retired-atop the Longines World’s Best Racehorse rankings with a mark of 125. Two big movers in the latest release of the rankings are Santa Ana Lane (Aus) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), whose win in the G1 TJ Smith S. elevated him to a mark of 124, and Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who was given a rating of 122 for his victory in the G1 Prix Ganay. Last weekend’s GI Kentucky Derby card turned up some notable performances. Maximum Security (New Year’s Day) is at 120 after crossing the line first in the Derby, while sharing the same mark are McKinzie (Street Sense), winner of the GIII Alysheba S. the previous day, and Mitole (Eskendereya), the 3 1/2-length winner of the GI Churchill Downs S. Others that share that mark of 120 include Hartnell (GB) (Authorized {GB}) and Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The post Beauty Generation Joint World’s Best appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) had laid down the gauntlet in the G3 Chester Vase 24 hours earlier and, while he was nowhere near as flashy as his stablemate, Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was on top at the end of Thursday’s Listed Homeserve Dee S. to maintain Ballydoyle’s latest purple patch. Last seen finishing a length off Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) when fourth in the G1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster in October, Flaxman Stables and Coolmore’s bay traded as the 5-4 favourite and raced handy early with Ryan Moore keen to exploit his stamina in this rain-eased ground. Pushed up to take a narrow lead two out, the son of the high-class Duntle (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) kept finding to score by 1 1/4 lengths from the yard’s Mohawk (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). That runner-up emerges with much credit racing under a five-pound penalty for his G2 Royal Lodge S. success, while Fox Chairman (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) was two lengths behind in third after suffering a slightly unlucky trip. “He didn’t do a whole lot in the race, but he has plenty of ability and there is a big engine there,” Moore said. “He’s still learning and not fully tuned in yet, but he has an awful lot of potential. He has plenty of speed, but stays very well and didn’t take much out of himself.” 1–CIRCUS MAXIMUS (IRE), 126, c, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Duntle (Ire) (MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $458,532), by Danehill Dancer (Ire). 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. O-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £42,533. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 5-2-0-1, £70,613. The post Galileo’s Circus Maximus Digs In For Dee Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ireland is home to a crop of some really talented apprentice jockeys at the moment and last year saw a fascinating three-way duel for the apprentice title that was eventually won by Shane Crosse who, thanks to some strong support from Joseph O’Brien, fended off determined challenges from both Killian Leonard and Ben Coen. Back in fifth place last year with 18 winners was the 2017 champion apprentice Oisin Orr, and the Donegal-born rider has made an electric start to the new season and not only is he again setting the pace at the head of the apprentice table, but he also registered the first group success of his career when he guided the Dermot Weld-trained Imaging (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) to victory in the G3 Gladness S. at Naas last month. “It’s all going very well so far and I’m getting great support from owners and trainers and getting on some nice horses,” Orr told the TDN. “The hardest part is getting the chance on these nice horses so I’m very grateful for that,” he added. The 21-year-old Orr’s career as a jockey began on the well-trodden pony racing path where he plied his trade alongside other up-and-coming jockeys like Ross Coakley and Rossa Ryan, and after riding 30 or so winners he made his way to former trainer Joanna Morgan at the tender age of 16 to begin the next stage in his education. “Pony racing is a great grounding for a future jockey. Things can get pretty tight in pony races so you learn how to handle yourself in that respect and it was great practice,” he said. Orr was granted his jockey’s license when he turned 17 and having moved to the Eddie Lynam yard he rode his first winner aboard Lynam’s Balmont Blast (Ire) (Balmont) at Dundalk just over four years ago. Orr added another five wins to his tally that year but really built on that score when riding 21 winners in 2016. Plenty of trainers were starting to take note of Orr’s talent at this stage, Tony Martin being one such trainer and he enlisted his services for Quick Jack (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) in the 2016 Ebor H. at York. The pair finished third on that occasion behind Martin’s other runner Heartbreak City (Fr) (Lando {Ger}) but would gain ample compensation when winning the €150,000 Petingo H. at Leopardstown a month later on Irish Champions Weekend. “That was my first major winner and to get it on a big stage like Irish Champions Weekend was a great boost. A winner like that gives people confidence that you can deliver and it definitely helped me get more rides,” Orr said. Finishing off 2016 like that meant Orr was hot property in 2017 and his 29 winners came for 15 different trainers. Despite a small dip in winners in 2018 Orr struck up a fruitful relationship with the David Marnane-trained sprinter Alfredo Arcano (Ire), winning four times on the gelding, but perhaps a more career-defining winner came when Orr steered the Dermot Weld-trained Sorelle Delle Rose (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) to victory in a handicap at Gowran Park in May. That was Orr’s first and only win for Weld last year and while he only rode sporadically for Weld for the remainder of the season Orr has been the recipient of increased support this year. “I only had my first ride for Mr. Weld the middle of last year and then I started going in two days a week and it’s been going great so far this year,” Orr said. The partnership have combined for five winners so far this season including two at stakes level and Weld’s faith in the young rider was initially demonstrated when he entrusted him with the mount on Juddmonte’s Imaging in the Listed Heritage S. at Leopardstown Apr. 3 despite the rider being restricted from utilizing his 3lbs claim. Orr produced his mount with a well-timed challenge to grab the lead in the last furlong and no sooner had he landed his first stakes win, he then steered Weld and Moyglare Stud’s Titanium Sky (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) to victory in the following race, forming part of a brilliant Weld four-timer. “Getting rides in stakes races is difficult and to get a chance like that was great and to win was even better. To win in those [Juddmonte] colours was also special. I grew up watching their horses winning all the big races and to get the opportunity to wear those colours and do something similar is a dream come true. To go and win the Group 3 then in Naas was brilliant. The ground was a bit quicker than ideal that day but he seemed to get away with it and hopefully he can keep progressing and it is exciting to be involved with a horse like that,” he said. Orr hasn’t let recent success detract from his work schedule and apart from his two days with Weld he spreads himself around as much as possible, maintaining links with those who have supported him since he started, as well as forging new relationships. He can be found in Richard O’Brien’s yard in Limerick once a week and tries to do at least two days a week with Eddie Lynam and in between will ride work for anyone else he can. This correspondent was lucky to grab 20 minutes with Orr after he had ridden work for Francis Casey at Skryne Gallops in Meath. With Orr still claiming 3lbs he is bound to be in demand and the eight wins required for him to lose his claim should not be long in coming. Such talk inevitably leads to speculation over his chances of a second apprentice title and it is something that Orr is happy to speculate about. “Hopefully it won’t take me too long to lose my claim and I have the option of keeping my apprentice license until the end of the year. I will probably keep it as it increases the number of races I can ride in and I suppose it will give me a better chance of being champion again,” he said. Like every jockey with ambitions to make it among the upper echelons of their sport, international experience is a key ingredient in shaping a young rider into the finished article. To that end Orr enjoyed a stint in America the winter before last riding track work for another ex-pat done good. “I went to work for Brendan Walsh in Florida, it was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. I learned plenty too and I’d like to go back again this year. I think it helped me in my riding also. I learned a lot about times which is something we don’t really take into account over here so it was definitely a good experience.” In an environment that can be very tough both physically and mentally on young jockeys, Orr can count on plenty of advice and moral support from his older brother Conor, himself a very promising jump jockey who has posted a career-best this season by riding 17 winners. To his credit the younger Orr appears a very level-headed individual, a trait that should stand him in good stead and when asked what his objectives for the year and beyond were he simply said, “Just keep the head down and work hard and hopefully I’ll keep getting the chance to ride nice horses in good races; that is the key to being successful, I think.” The post Murphy Not The Only ‘Oisin’ Making Waves appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

G1 1000 Guineas second Lady Kaya (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) will drop back to six furlongs for the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot, according to trainer Sheila Lavery. Lavery, however, is not ruling out going back up in trip at a later time. “She is great,” Lavery said. “She’s amazing and if only they were all like her to train, she’s unbelievable. She’s just so easy and she drank and ate the whole way home. She hasn’t left a nut. Obviously we haven’t ridden her, but she’s in great form. “I think we’ll go for the Commonwealth now. She’ll have a little break now and then I think the Commonwealth is the next port of call. I think we could mix it up with her from a stiff six to a soft mile.” Lady Kaya is currently 14-1 for the Commonwealth Cup, with Calyx (GB) (Kingman {GB}) favoured at 6-4. The post Back To Sprinting For Lady Kaya 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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This week is a recap of the June 26, 1965 Vagrancy Handicap won by Affectionately at Aqueduct Racetrack. View the full article

Trainer Tony Millard believes it is time for his untapped sprinter Refined Treasure to deliver on his potential if he is to thrive in Hong Kong.The four-year-old has had to fight off a string of lameness issues in his short seven-start career but has unquestionable ability, winning four times up the Sha Tin 1,000m straight.He lines up again on Saturday in the Class Two Macau Handicap (1,000m) in what is a return to his favourite course and distance after having a tough time of things over 1… View the full article

Addressing your thoughts, questions and statements about Hong Kong racing. Have something to say? Send a tweet to @SCMPRacingPost.Can John Moore win the championship this season? He’s chipping away – @HKWinningFactorFor the past couple of seasons, the trainers’ championship hasn’t been a contest – it’s been John Size, daylight and then everyone else.This term is different. While Size kicked clear with his usual midseason run, the lead he built is not unassailable.As it stands with 18 meetings… View the full article

Training partners Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have endured a frustrating run in Group One races since making the move from New Zealand to Victoria almost three years ago. Their last win at the highest level was Tavago in the 2016 Australian Derby, a few months before they transferred to their Cranbourne base. They have had Group One placings but that elusive winner has been a cause of frustration. "Since Tavago won the Australian Derby we've run second in a Victoria Derby and New Zealand De... View the full article

The Kevin Gray-trained Piriaka cleared maiden company on Thursday when running down short-priced favourite Lincoln Hanover to win the Merrylees Hotel 1200 at Woodville. Jumping from barrier two, the three-year-old filly was beaten for early speed and sat just off the pace in fifth position throughout. Stable apprentice Holly Andrew kept her composure aboard the daughter of Tartan Bearer, biding her time before unleashing her charge down the straight where she was able to run home late to get the... View the full article