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Well-travelled galloper He Kin Fly continued his recent purple patch of form when he notched his fourth win on end when taking out the Listed Daphne Bannan Memorial Great Easter Stakes (1400m) at Riccarton. The Darci Brahma six-year-olds first two wins were recorded out of the Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman stable in New Zealand before being sold to Hong Kong interests in 2016. He Kin Fly raced five times in Hong Kong, recording a win in Class 3 company, before injury resulted in his return to ... View the full article

Each Saturday NTRA and BloodHorse provide a one-stop guide to the day's top stakes races. This week we'll focus on the graded stakes at Churchill Downs. Races are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). For full preview, click race link. View the full article

Consistent filly Rainbow Dash added further valuable black-type to her outstanding two-year-old campaign with a gritty victory in the Listed Waikato Equine Veterinary Centre 2YO Stakes (1100m) at Te Rapa. The Jenna Mahoney-trained filly has only finished further back than second on one occasion in her six starts to date and that was when running sixth on an unsuitable heavy track in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie in March. Narrowly beaten in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (12... View the full article

Wagering on the 145th running of the $1.25 million Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) May 3 reached record levels at Churchill Downs as Serengeti Empress captured the race before a crowd of 105,719 that braved early morning rain. View the full article

Visiting northern rider Lisa Allpress showed her undoubted class in the saddle when she guided race favourite All About Magic to a comprehensive victory in the Listed Berkley Stud Champagne Stakes (1200m) at Riccarton. The Showcasing filly dominated her two-year-old rivals over the closing stages of the contest after a heady ride from Allpress, who had her up disputing the pace throughout. Allowed to stride clear near the line, All About Magic was two and half lengths clear of runner-up Hot Tap... View the full article

The Gold Coast Cup is a new race on the Hollindale Stakes card but the result was a familiar one. Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller's Gold Coast stable has been dominating staying races in Queensland and the trend continued when the The Lord Mayor beat his stablemate Vaucluse Bay by a length. It was Waller's 51st Queensland winner this season and his 40th in the metropolitan area making him third on the city premiership. He is now one off bringing up 100 winners in the state since his Gold Co... View the full article

Bob Baffert has won the Kentucky Derby (G1) with horses who finished second in their start before the Louisville classic as both Real Quiet in 1998 and Silver Charm in 1997 won the Derby off runner-up finishes in the Santa Anita Derby (G1). View the full article

The 13-race live program Friday at Churchill Downs, anchored by the 145th running of the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks, won by Serengeti Empress (Alternation), was witnessed by a crowd of 105,719 that accounted for record all-sources wagering on both the entire card and the Kentucky Oaks itself. All-sources wagering on the full card totaled $60.2 million, an 8% increase over the previous record of $55.8 million which was set just last year. All-sources wagering on the Oaks reached $19.4 million, a rise of 10% over last year’s then-record $17.5 million. Following a record-breaking Thursday (‘Thurby’) crowd of 48,212, Friday attendance was down 7% year-over-year, as early-morning rains kept the numbers down. “Congratulations to the connections of Serengeti Empress and special thanks to all of the horse owners, trainers and jockeys who participated in today’s races,” said Kevin Flanery, President of Churchill Downs Racetrack. “Today’s record handle shows that the Kentucky Oaks has established itself as one of the world’s most popular events. “Our guests were able to benefit from the most recent improvements to the facility including the new Starting Gate Suites Rooftop Lounge that added approximately 500 new seats. We also made several improvements to dining areas inside the facility and replaced nearly 25,000 seats in our outdoor grandstand and clubhouse sections that enhanced the guest experience. We look forward to [Saturday] for what we know will be a memorable 145th running of the Kentucky Derby,” Flanery added. The post Oaks 145 Sets All-Time Wagering Mark appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Even as he watched what would be the biggest victory of his 30-plus year training career, Tom Amoss's attention turned to a more important matter. View the full article

In early Kentucky Derby wagering through 8 p.m. May 3, Maximum Security is the 9-2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) favorite at 9-2. View the full article

Two United States Senators made the claim on Friday that horses competing in the GI Kentucky Derby “will be injected with painkillers before being loaded into the starting gate” in a press release that announced a pending federal horse racing oversight bill titled “The Racehorse Doping Ban Act of 2019.” The bill would authorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to “develop rules for permitted and prohibited substances and create anti-doping education, research, testing and adjudication programs for horse racing.” Tom Udall (D-NM) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) are the sponsors. Introduction is slated for next week. “It is past time that Congress stop rewarding the horse racing industry for its inhumane doping violations with sweetheart gambling privileges and millions in casino slots subsidies,” said Udall. “It’s clear industry leaders are more concerned with their profits than protecting these iconic creatures,” Wyden said. “It’s time for Congress to step in and end the cycle of abuse by banning the cruel practice of doping in horse racing once and for all.” Stated goals in the release included “an end to race-day medication; a harmonized medication policy framework for all races with interstate ‘simulcast’ wagering; stiff penalties for cheating, including ‘one and done’ and ‘three strikes, you’re out’ lifetime bans for the worst cases; and ensur[ing] racehorse drug administrations meet veterinary ethics.” The release pointed out that competing House of Representatives legislation, the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019 (which has existed in some form since 2015), would not be an effective bill because it “would not specifically ban the most harmful doping practices but rather create an industry dominated panel to list approved racehorse drugs.” Udall and Wyden sponsored similar legislation in 2013. In 2015, Udall and former Representative Joe Pitts (R-PA) introduced legislation “to eliminate the federal statute that allows most wagering on horse racing to encourage the sport to end doping and crack down on cheaters,” the release stated. “With racehorse death rates higher than in any other country, the U.S. industry has completely failed to self-regulate its doping and corruption abuses,” Udall said. “Legislation to ban doping in horseracing is the meaningful action we need to end the abuse of these iconic animals. Headlines around the country make it clear the future of this sport is in serious doubt, and this may be the last chance for meaningful reform–it’s time for industry leaders to take the blinders off.” The post New Fed Bill Takes Aim at ‘Inhumane Doping’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Forever Good delivered a bombshell in the S$20,000 Spanish Bay 2015 Stakes in Singapore on Friday night. With three unplaced runs to his resume thus far, the Battle Paint three-year-old was unsurprisingly given a wide berth by most punters in the Open Maiden race over 1200m. But jockey Mark Ewe who rode him at his second start to a seventh place, more than 13 lengths off the winner Lim’s Dream, was about the only one who harboured a silent hope. Though it was no earth-shattering run by any str... View the full article

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Airdrie Stud's freshman sire Summer Front was represented by his first winner when his 2-year-old colt City Front led from start to finish in a May 3 maiden race at Indiana Grand. View the full article

Airdrie Stud's freshman sire Summer Front was represented by his first winner when his 2-year-old colt City Front led from start to finish in a May 3 maiden race at Indiana Grand. View the full article

SERENGETI EMPRESS (f, 3, Alternation–Havisham, by Bernardini) wires the field for a 13-1 upset in the GI Kentucky Oaks Friday beneath the Twin Spires. Favored Bellafina (Quality Road) could only manage fifth. Taking up her preferred position at the head of affairs, the $70,000 KEESEP buy avoided early trouble as several horses collided going into the first turn, squeezing out Positive Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile), who then clipped heels and somersaulted, throwing rider Manny Franco. Both horse and rider got to their feet quickly and the filly was caught without interrupting the race and appeared fine upon initial exam. Clicking off early fractions of :23.25 and :46.65, Serengeti Empress continued to maintain a clear advantage over Motion Emotion (Take Charge Indy) as three-quarters went up in 1:11.26. Liora (Candy Ride {Arg}) made a run at the pacesetter at the top of the stretch, but Serengeti Empress had more left in the tank and kept on finding to hold that rival at bay by 1 1/2 lengths on the wire. The final time was 1:50.17. Lady Apple (Curlin) completed the trifecta and Champagne Anyone (Street Sense) was fourth. Bellafina raced in mid-pack throughout and never made a serious run, finishing fifth. Dominating the GII Pocahontas S. over this strip by 19 1/2 lengths last September, Serengeti Empress faded to seventh behind subsequent champion Jaywalk (Cross Traffic) after stalking that pacesetting rival through the early stages in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 2. Returning to winning ways with front-running success in the GII Rachel Alexandra S. at Fair Grounds Feb. 16, she stopped halfway through the GII Fair Grounds Oaks Mar. 23, fading to last after setting the early pace, and was vanned off. Amoss announced she had bled in that event and she entered this off a best-of-30 five panels at Churchill in :58 1/5 Apr. 23, after which she scoped clean. Lifetime Record: 8-5-0-0. O-Joel Politi; B-Tri Eques Bloodstock LLC (KY); T-Tom Amoss. The post Alternation’s Serengeti Empress Wires the KY Oaks; Bellafina Fifth appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In her second start, David Mowat's Owlette became the first winner for her sire Frac Daddy, taking a $71,000 maiden special weight at Woodbine by four lengths May 3. View the full article

World of Trouble collected his fourth consecutive victory in the May 3 $250,000 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (G2T) in the race prior to the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1). View the full article

Greg and Caroline Bentley’s Alwaysmining (Stay Thirsty), a five-time stakes winner pointed to the GI Preakness S. at Pimlico May 18, breezed a half-mile Friday morning at Fair Hill Training Center in :49 (2/8) over the all-weather surface. Regular exercise rider Felix Astudillo was aboard for the gelding’s first work since his 11 1/2-length triumph in the Apr. 20 Federico Tesio S. at Laurel Park, where he earned an automatic berth into the Preakness. “I actually thought it was a perfect work–out in :12 and change and finished up in :11. He went a nice :49 and out in 1:01. We’re very happy,” trainer Kelly Rubley said. “I’d say his confidence level continues to improve. My rider thought he was a bit aggressive today, which is great to hear.” Alwaysmining is riding a six-race win streak, beginning with an allowance optional claimer Oct. 27 at Laurel and continuing with five straight black-type events over the same track, including the Miracle Wood Feb. 16 over Kentucky Derby contender Gray Magician (Graydar) and the Private Terms Mar. 16. He also beat Derby entrant Win Win Win (Hat Trick {Jpn}) in the Dec. 29 Heft S. Alwaysmining will continue to train at Fair Hill in preparation for the Preakness with a final work scheduled next weekend. The post Alwaysmining Breezes for Preakness 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. Sunday’s Insights features a son of GSP Light the Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). 5.50 Doncaster, Novice, 2yo, 5f 3yT LIGHT ANGEL (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) carries the distinction of being John Gosden’s first 2-year-old runner of the season and is in for a relatively stress-free time with just three rivals taking him on. Gestut Ammerland’s homebred grey is out of the G3 Prix de Psyche-placed Light the Stars (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) who is a half to the operation’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero and successful sire Lope de Vega (Ire) and the G1 Prix de l’Opera third Lady Frankel (GB) (Frankel {GB}). The post Observations for May 4 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

FULL-SISTER TO PAULASSILVERLINING DEBUTS AT BELMONT Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency by Christie DeBernardis 9th-BEL, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 5:51p.m. Rudy Rodriguez unveils a well-related sophomore in Vincent Scuderi homebred LIZA JAMBALAYA (Ghostzapper). The chestnut is a full-sister to MGISW Paulassilverlining and a half to MGISW Dads Caps (Discreet Cat). Hunting Season (Pioneerof the Nile) also makes her career bow in this spot. The $575,000 KEESEP buy is out of GISP Flying Spur (Giant’s Causeway), who is a daughter of MGISW Lakeway (Seattle Slew). Lakeway also produced stakes winner Sluice (Seeking the Gold), who is the dam of GISW millionaire Mushka (Empire Maker). TJCIS PPs BAFFERT UNVEILS GODOLPHIN BLUE BLOOD 6th-SA, $65K, Msw, 3yo, 6 1/2 f, 6:33p.m. Blue-blooded Godolphin homebred ARCARO (Tapit) makes his career bow in this spot for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The gray is a son of dual Grade I-winning millionaire Panty Raid (Include), who was purchased by Godolphin for $2.5 million at the 2008 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. She is a full-sister to GSW & GISP St. John’s River. Richard Baltas also saddles a well-bred firster in Madman (Violence). The LNJ Foxwoods homebred is out of GSW One World (Aus) (Denman) and hails from the family of Terlingua, the dam of the great Storm Cat. TJCIS PPs The post Sunday’s Insights – May 5 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Watching the Alysheba Stakes presented by Sentient Jet (G2) May 3 from the Churchill Downs paddock, Bob Baffert said he initially thought, "Man, not again," when McKinzie dropped back from the lead in the 1 1/16-mile event for older horses. View the full article

In her second start, David Mowat's Owelette became the first winner for her sire Frac Daddy, taking a $71,000 maiden special weight at Woodbine by four lengths May 3. View the full article

An energetic Alwaysmining returned to the work tab on a foggy and cool morning at the Fair Hill Training Center May 3, with a half-mile breeze that trainer Kelly Rubley called "perfect" ahead of the Preakness Stakes (G1). View the full article

When convinced, Coolmore’s embrace of varying bloodstock schemes is total and unflinching, but there is always an accompanied dynamism which is exemplified yet again at Newmarket on Saturday. As another glorious passage is written in the non-ending narrative of the 2000 Guineas, their already-vital role in the Scat Daddy phenomenon extends to ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ten Sovereigns (Ire) as he tests No Nay Never’s capacity to extend his own sire’s building legacy. In what will prove to be a compelling edition of the G1 QIPCO-sponsored Classic, Ballydoyle’s premier nominee for Classic honours will be asked to plunge within for the stamina that this undulating quest has always demanded. Winners of the G1 Middle Park S. have a dubious history in the May monument, but the wily Ryan Moore has forecasted that his mount has the fortitude to procure a stunning 10th triumph for the inestimable and indefagitable Aidan O’Brien. Racing’s seeker extraordinaire, the sorcerer of Rosegreen has stamped this race like no other since he emerged with the similarly swift-of-foot King of Kings (Ire) in 1998 and 21 years on his defiance of the norm rages on. Since the versatile equine impresario Rodrigo de Triano succeeded here in 1992 after a juvenile program that featured a Middle Park victory, few have tried the same deed and none succeeded. Now that the Commonwealth Cup is there to lure the previous season’s sprinting 2-year-olds, it is debatable how many connections of that particular brand of Thoroughbred will contrive to chase what is often the greatest of all lost causes in pitching for mile Classic laurels. Ironically, it was Rodrigo de Triano’s trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam who went closest in that endeavour in the long barren spell in between when his Dutch Art (GB) was third in 2007. Despite finishing in that overall position, the fast and precocious colt actually “won” his race on the far side as the assembly split into two, finishing ahead of the formidable middle-distance presences Duke of Marmalade (Ire) and Eagle Mountain (GB) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}). Yet the sacred art of getting speed juveniles to eke out their level of endurance to a mile is one that O’Brien revels in. At the beginning of the rise of Ballydoyle’s second empire, their Middle Park winner Minardi (Boundary) was fourth here and in the same year the supremely quick Mozart (Ire) (Danehill) had the Irish equivalent won in all bar the last 50 yards. Just 12 months ago, US Navy Flag (War Front) who had captured the 2017 Middle Park was similarly undone only in the closing stages of that Curragh Classic, while the yard’s Ad Valorem (Danzig) flaunted raw pace in the 2004 edition of Newmarket’s six-furlong juvenile feature before excelling over an extra two furlongs in the G1 Queen Anne S. “I always think if they’re good enough, they usually get it,” the Ballydoyle handler proffered after Ten Sovereigns’ G3 Round Tower win when posed the age-old question of whether these types can last this far. In 2006, he faced similar internal questions as to the chances of George Washington (Ire) (Danehill) in the Guineas and they were answered categorically. “Gorgeous George” even stayed a mile and a quarter afterwards, while this is the man who won a G1 Nassau S. with the sprint-bred Halfway To Heaven (Ire) (Pivotal {GB}) and got the ridiculously fast Airwave (GB) (Air Express {Ire}) to land a G2 Ridgewood Pearl S. over The Curragh’s demanding mile. Yet the fact remains that Ten Sovereigns does not fit the profile of stable’s recent leading contenders. Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) came to post with cast-iron guarantees attached to excel at this trip. In recent years, the operation’s only experimental gambit came with the dirt-bred Air Force Blue (War Front) and that resulted in a mighty reversal in 2016. Those who side with custom can take comfort that Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) is also here to slot perfectly into the race’s perfect contender profile. One of this renewal’s proven stayers, he has an already commanding form profile having won the G1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster in October, a race which is fast becoming the chief juvenile pointer to the Guineas. Dashing in his own right and far from supplying a supporting actor role, Magna Grecia had to learn quickly post-summer and suffered his sole defeat when encountering the race’s most profoundly galling absentee Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in the course-and-distance G3 Autumn S. Owned in partnership with Flaxman Stables, he is in a prominent position to end a decades-long agony in this race for the family of the Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos. Thirty nine years on from the baffling disqualification of Nureyev, the operation who also went close with Machiavellian and Enrique (GB) (Barathea {Ire}) could finally be about to lay an imposing ghost to rest. Aidan O’Brien was weighing up the prospects of his two protagonists on Friday. “Ten Sovereigns has done very well–he’s a fine, big colt now,” he said. “You can’t be sure about the mile until he goes and does it, but we’ve been happy with him so far. We couldn’t have dreamed of Magna Grecia doing any more. The Guineas was always a possibility for him–that’s why we went to Newmarket for his second run. He’s very straightforward and seems to get the mile well.” While Coolmore and Ballydoyle wrestle with their high-class problems, racing’s fringe players look to sew rich pastures from errant seeds. One of the Co. Tipperary institute’s relative minnow sires in Requinto (Ire) has conspired to generate a live contender in this year’s Classic in Great Scot (GB). Proof that the discovery of top-level talent will never have a set formula, the bay relative of the 1997 1000 Guineas heroine Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy) was judged unworthy of another bid over £2,500 at the 2017 Tattersalls Ireland Ascot November Sale. Engineered by a trio of dreamers in Steve Mound, Neil Clyne and Pete Thompson who are collectively Empire State Racing Partnership, the bay has consistently testified on the track to the aptitude of trainer Tom Dascombe. Proven on all surfaces, Great Scot took Haydock’s Listed Ascendant S. over a mile on testing ground in September having upstaged Line of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) over seven furlongs there in July and been beaten a head when third to Al Hilalee (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Listed Criterium du FEE at Deauville. His effort when fifth in the Vertem Futurity can be upgraded and he shaped with encouragement when runner-up on his return in the G3 Greenham S. over seven furlongs Apr. 13. Jockey Richard Kingscote is excited, if disappointed with the dry lead-up to the race. “My lad ran a promising race last time and is still learning, but any rain would have helped us really,” he said. “The track is an unknown, as he’s only been on easy tracks so far but he is a well-balanced horse and the extra furlong will suit. I’m really hopeful and confident of a big run.” ‘TDN Rising Star’ Al Hilalee was surprisingly thrust late into the mixture as Godolphin looked to plug the hole left by the forced absence of stablemate Quorto (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). While the Derby is looking more his bag at present, as a Charlie Appleby representative and the sole son of his sire in the list he commands respect. Not seen since his aforementioned Criterium du FEE win, the son of the talented Ambivalent (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}) is one of a few who will be seeing out the trip with vigour. “Stepping up in trip is always going to suit him in time, but we saw with Masar last year that the 2000 Guineas is one of the best trials for the Derby,” Appleby explained. “It is only his third start, so he doesn’t take as much experience into the race as most of the field, but he does things the right way round–he finishes off strongly and races can change complexion when you hit the rising ground at Newmarket.” Al Hilalee, who was in Meydan until Sunday, will be partnered by William Buick and appears to have a perfect draw in 12 as long as the field does not separate. Speaking at Lingfield on Friday, he was aware that it could be tactical. “Everyone is taking their chance in the 2000 Guineas this year and although it looks an open race, it doesn’t look an easy race,” he said. “All you want to know when it comes to these sort of races is that it will be evenly-run and that everyone will race on the same patch of ground. I know with 19 horses in, that’s not going to be the case but you don’t want any biases. He’s a nice horse and I can see him progressing from the race.” Also in the royal blue is their mid-summer acquisition Dark Vision (Ire) (Dream Ahead) whose current odds of 50-1 would have looked outlandish in the immediate aftermath of his dynamic display in the seven-furlong G2 Vintage S. at Goodwood. Last of six in Doncaster’s G2 Champagne S. in September, he was third in a mile conditions event on Chelmsford’s Polytrack Apr. 11 and trainer Mark Johnston saw some encouraging signs there. “Dark Vision was very disappointing on his final start last year at Doncaster, but he clearly wasn’t right afterwards,” he said. “The Chelmsford race wasn’t the class of the 2000 Guineas by any means, but at least the run had a lot of similarities with his Goodwood win in the Vintage S. last year. I think with another 50 yards, he probably would have won at Chelmsford. It is a very short straight there and he came from an impossible position. If he runs up to his Goodwood form, then he has to be a live contender.” Drawn in eight is another of the “speed” 2-year-olds in Phoenix Thoroughbred Limited’s Advertise (GB)(Showcasing {GB}) which places him in the slipstream of Ten Sovereigns on that side. His successes in the six-furlong G1 Phoenix S. at The Curragh and the G2 July S. on the July Course here show him in a favourable light, as does his second over seven in the G1 Dewhurst S. There are definite stamina concerns to deal with and it is entirely possible that he could be away from the main action as he was when runner-up in the G2 Coventry S. at Royal Ascot in June. Staying concerns do not apply to Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Madhmoon (Ire), who is surprisingly the only flag-bearer for the Galileo (Ire) sire line in this year’s race as a son of the 2013 2000 Guineas hero Dawn Approach (Ire). He beat Ballydoyle’s Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}) in Leopardstown’s G2 Golden Fleece S. in September, but that colt looks to have grown wings in the interim and the Shadwell representative will need to improve off his return second in the Listed 2000 Guineas Trial back there Apr. 6. It is 28 years since the seven-furlong Listed European Free H. boasted a 2000 Guineas winner in Mystiko, but this year’s renewal saw King Power Racing’s Shine So Bright (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) dominant against the stand’s rail which is his for the taking again drawn in the high numbers. He has abundant stamina on the dam’s side, which is also the case for the third-placed Azano (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) from John Gosden’s stable. Shaping with some promise although initially disappointing in that Apr. 16 prep, the latter hails from the Aga Khan family of Azamour (Ire) and was only 1 1/2 lengths off Mohaather (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) in the G3 Horris Hill S. at Newbury in October. Friday’s draw for the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas sees 15 fillies assemble for Sunday’s Classic, with the sole defector on Friday being the G3 Prestige S. winner Antonia de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). Likely favourite Qabala (Scat Daddy) is drawn towards the far side in six with the fellow Roger Varian-trained Mot Juste (Distorted Humor) also that way in two. First and second in the Apr. 16 G3 Nell Gwyn S. over seven furlongs here, they help form a cluster of favourites in low numbers along with ‘TDN Rising Star’ Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in one and Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) in stall three. Frankie Dettori has been booked by Aidan O’Brien for the G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Fairyland, with Ryan Moore on fellow ‘Rising Star’ Just Wonderful (Dansili {GB}) drawn nearest the stand’s rail in 15. Also at Newmarket on Saturday is the G3 Zoustar Palace House S., where ‘TDN Rising Star’ Sergei Prokofiev (Scat Daddy) bids to get Ballydoyle off to a flyer in the five-furlong burn-up. With the penalised G1 Prix de l’Abbaye heroine Mabs Cross (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) in attendance alongside some established dragsters, last year’s G3 Cornwallis S. scorer should have the fierce pace he needs as he builds towards the G1 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot. The card’s G2 Roaring Lion Jockey Club S. has seen better days, but a virtuoso from ‘Rising Star’ Coronet (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) would provide it with a much-required shot in the arm. Denford Stud’s 5-year-old starts out on another crusade for an elusive Group 1 success that her record merits and she meets some members of the other sex who are beginning to look exposed. Aside from those offered by the Guineas action, suggestions of Derby potential could also come from the Listed Lightning Spear Newmarket S. in which Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s impressive Apr. 17 Wood Ditton S. winner UAE Jewel (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) takes on a trio in another race whose reputation has suffered of late. Trainer Roger Varian said, “UAE Jewel has done nothing wrong since winning. He’s highly promising and I look forward to seeing him back on the track.” At ParisLongchamp, there are two more listed contests for colts and fillies with Derby and Oaks aspirations staged on the card headlined by the G3 Prix d’Hedouville for older horses. The Prix de l’Avre over a mile and a half acts as an intriguing diversion for the Charlie Appleby-trained Apr. 17 Newmarket novice winner Jalmoud (GB) (New Approach {Ire}), a son of the G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Dancing Rain (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), while in the 11-furlong Prix de la Seine Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s impressive Apr. 1 Chantilly scorer Villa d’Amore (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) is Andre Fabre’s selected representative. It was nine years ago that Fabre sent out a Godolphin filly named Seeking Solace (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) to post a career-best when runner-up in this before she went off to the following year’s Tattersalls July Sale. In 2016 she produced a colt from Camas Park Stud by No Nay Never. His Name? Ten Sovereigns. The post QIPCO 2000 Guineas: Ten Up? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article