Wandering Eyes

While all eyes are on New Zealand-bred gelding Ka Ying Rising ahead of Sunday’s Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Sprint (1200m), his compatriot Flying Ace has made a late bid to cause an upset in the Sha Tin feature. Flying Ace was initially on standby for the race but made his way into the final field following the withdrawal of Nobals earlier this week after he continued to display a blood abnormality. Flying Ace’s addition has also doubled David Hall’s representation in the race, with the local trainer also set to line-up Group One winner Invincible Sage. Bred by Westbury Stud principal Gerry Harvey, Flying Ace is by their resident stallion Swiss Ace and out of stakes-performed Danehill Dancer mare Danescape. Flying Ace wasn’t offered at the yearling sales and instead was entrusted to the care of Cambridge trainer Alex Oliveira and was initially named Seascape. He impressed when winning his first trial at Taupo as a three-year-old and was subsequently sold to clients of David Hall, for whom he has raced as Flying Ace and has placed in the Gr.3 Premier Cup (1400m), Gr.3 Sha Tin Vase (1200m) and Gr.2 Sprint Cup (1200m). Westbury Stud General Manager Russell Warwick has enjoyed watching the farm graduate perform with distinction in Hong Kong and is hoping he can recapture that form on Sunday. “He has always been a genuine horse and like a lot of the Swiss Ace’s he has gotten better as time has marched on,” Warwick said. “David Hall has done a really good job managing him and I am sure the owners are extremely excited to have a runner in one of those big races.” While Flying Ace was in pleasing form earlier this year with his Group placings, he has failed to fire in his four starts this season and Warwick said he will need to have improved to feature this weekend. “He has probably got to raise the bar a little bit, he was in superb form last season, and at his best he will definitely be competitive,” he said. Warwick will also be keeping a close eye on the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile (1600m), where Westbury stallion Redwood will be represented by Group One winner Antino. “He is very exciting and is a live chance in that race,” Warwick said. “It would be great if he could carry on his form from Melbourne through. He looks like he is in magnificent order. “There is a bit of unexposed form with the likes of the Japanese horses, but outside of those horses he is in there with a top three chance.” Westbury Stud stallions will also be well-represented on the meeting’s undercard, with Warwick particularly looking forward to farm graduate Mr Energia lining up in the opening contest of the day, the Silent Witness Handicap (1200m). Mr Energia was also bought out of the trials in New Zealand after failing to meet his $75,000 reserve at New Zealand Bloodstock’s 2022 Ready to Run Sale, and he has also been in the care of Hall in Hong Kong, for whom he has won one of his three starts this season. Warwick said Hong Kong is an important market for New Zealand and he is looking forward to watching some of Westbury’s graduates compete on racing’s biggest stage this weekend. “Mr Energia was bred down here, and like Flying Ace, he is by Swiss Ace,” he said. “His half-brother made $330,000 at the ready to run sale a couple of weeks ago and was bought by Te Akau. “He (Mr Energia) won a trial convincingly at Waipa and was sold up to Hong Kong. It is a market that has been very good to us with the tried horses that we have sold.” View the full article

Be Real winning at Rosehill Gardens. Photo: Bradley Photos A strong pace and a deteriorating Heavy 10 track made Saturday’s $160,000 TAB Handicap (2000m) at Rosehill a test of stamina and toughness, and promising New Zealand-bred mare Be Real rose to the occasion. The grey daughter of Iffraaj had made a good impression winning at Newcastle on November 2, but then finished only sixth when well supported in a 2000m race on a Good 3 track at Kembla Grange three weeks later. Trainer Brad Widdup was confident that Be Real could bounce back on rain-affected ground on Saturday, and once again the punters got in behind the four-year-old and backed her into second favouritism at $3.70 with horse racing bookmakers. Be Real was patiently ridden by Tyler Schiller and settled in the second half of the field as Morryl Moral opened up a big lead heading down the back of the track. The chasers closed the gap as Morryl Moral began to tire coming around the home turn, and Be Real warmed into her work right in the middle of that group. Good Banter, Be Real, Bullets High and Kenyada soon swallowed up Morryl Moral and surged ahead in the straight, and it was Be Real who found the most through the final 150m and edged ahead of the other three to win by just under a length. Bullets High finished second and Good Banter was third, completing a New Zealand-bred trifecta. “I was pretty confident with her today,” Schiller said. “When they were going a good gallop, I knew she’d be strong late. “We probably weren’t hoping for a track as wet as this, but she handles rain-affected ground well. She’s done a good job and quickened up well. I thought I was home from around the 200m.” Be Real has now had 13 starts for four wins, four placings and $198,825 in prize-money. Horse racing news View the full article

Ladies Man winning Saturday’s TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Champion jockey Opie Bosson moved to the brink of a Group One milestone with an outstanding ride on Ladies Man to take out Saturday’s TAB Mufhasa Classic (1600m) at Trentham. The $400,000 weight-for-age feature was the 99th win at Group One level for Bosson, who returned to riding this week after taking a two-month break for personal reasons. Ladies Man was only his fourth ride back. “That’s 99 Group One wins now, and I probably should be up around 110 by now if I kept my life on track,” Bosson chuckled. “But that’s life, isn’t it? It’s great to get this win today.” Bosson’s triumphant comeback was mirrored by his mount Ladies Man, who went into the TAB Mufhasa Classic on an eight-race winless streak dating back to his win in the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Hastings in October of last year. But trainer Allan Sharrock put blinkers on for Saturday’s big race, and the Zed gelding was right back at his brilliant best. After settling in eighth place, Bosson brought Ladies Man across heels at the home turn and angled him to the outside of the track. Hot favourite La Crique strode to the lead in the straight and looked home for all money, but then Bosson kicked Ladies Man into overdrive. He charged up alongside the star mare and the pair locked horns through the final 100m, with Ladies Man taking the upper hand to win by a neck. La Crique finished almost three lengths ahead of the third-placed Perfect Scenario. 2024 Group 1 TAB Mufhasa Classic Replay – Ladies Man https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Trentham-2024-Group-1-TAB-Mufhasa-Classic-07122024-Ladies-Man-Allan-Sharrock-Opie-Bosson.mp4 “Allan Sharrock is an amazing trainer, and the blinkers going on today made a big difference,” Bosson said. “Credit to La Crique, who really kicked again when I got to her. I thought I would go past her quite easily, but it turned into a tough battle. “I was just trying to get a nice track into the race coming up to the turn. Puntura was a little bit all over the place just in front of me, but I managed to get across his heels. Once we got balanced up at the top of the straight, I thought we were home easily until I saw La Crique kick again. But we got there in the end. “I think 2000m is more his go, but he’s classy enough to perform like he did today over the mile.” Ladies Man is a half-brother to Sharrock’s Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Ladies First. Sharrock paid $60,000 to buy Ladies Man from the draft of breeders Grangewilliam Stud at Karaka 2019. From 31 starts, Ladies Man has recorded eight wins and 14 placings and has earned $896,656 in prize-money. Sharrock will now point the seven-year-old towards the Group 1 Zabeel Classic (2000m) at Ellerslie on Boxing Day, for which horse racing bookmakers have him a $6 equal second favourite alongside La Crique and El Vencedor. Last-start Livamol Classic winner Snazzytavi is the $3.50 favourite. “Opie’s ride was a 10 and a half out of 10 today,” Sharrock said. “He’s just so silky. It makes a big difference when you’ve got someone like him on in a Group One race. In a lot of my Group One wins, I’ve had guys like Opie, James (McDonald) and Leith (Innes) riding. You need those top jockeys. “The blinkers seemed to spark the horse up a little bit today. I’ll wait and see whether I leave them on for the Zabeel. He seemed to travel generously in them today and didn’t overdo things. “He’s a mile and a half horse really, but he’s just a proper horse. We’ll be going to the Zabeel Classic with a little bit of confidence now. “The O’Learys and the Stanleys are great people to train for, and I’m also really grateful for all the work that my staff, vets and blacksmiths have done to get this horse here today. I’m thrilled for everyone.” Horse racing news View the full article

Sethito winning the Group 3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) The outstanding form of Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott’s three-year-olds continued at Ellerslie on Saturday with a one-two finish by Sethito and Prosegur in the Group 3 Bonecrusher Stakes (1400m). It was the second age-group feature within the space of a week for the Wexford Stables team, who saddled Checkmate for a commanding victory in last Saturday’s Listed Armacup 3YO Stakes (1500m) at the same venue. Overall, O’Sullivan and Scott have had a total of 17 wins from 50 runners among their 2024-25 class of three-year-olds. The Matamata stable took formidable firepower into the $120,000 Bonecrusher, sending out five of the 12 runners with last-start winners Crackercol, Ribkraka, Prosegur, Sethito and Sicillian. Sethito jumped as a $2.70 favourite with BlondeBet after leaving maiden ranks with a six-length romp at Rotorua last start, and the promising Waikato Stud homebred continued her upward trajectory with a stylish black-type success on Saturday. Ridden by in-form jockey Sam Spratt, Sethito broke well from gate 10 and slid forward to sit in second behind the front-running Midnight Edition. Sethito was doing everything with ease coming up to the home turn, and then she pounced and quickly took command at the top of the straight. The only challenge came from her stablemate Prosegur, who emerged from the pack with a strong finish through the final 200m, but Sethito kept kicking and crossed the finish line with a length and a quarter up her sleeve. “That was a very good effort from a wide draw,” Spratt said. “She travelled up nicely and won well.” Sethito is a blue-blooded daughter of exciting young Waikato Stud stallion Super Seth and the Group 1 Futurity Stakes (1400m) and CF Orr Stakes (1400m) winner Suavito. From four starts, Sethito has recorded two wins, a third and a fifth and has banked $81,395 in stakes. “That’s a very satisfying result,” O’Sullivan said. “All of our staff have done a wonderful job with all the three-year-olds this season. “It’s hard trying to watch all of the five in one race, but certainly those two most prominent ones have put their hands up today. “Sethito was Andrew’s first pick of the lot in this race, while I might have been favouring the runner-up. But Sethito grew another leg when we put the blinkers on for the first time last start. She had to step up again today, and she’s certainly done that. “We’ll talk to Garry Chittick and the Waikato Stud team about what we do next, but you’d think the Eight Carat (Group 2, 1600m) here on Boxing Day might be the natural progression.” Horse racing news View the full article

Babylon Berlin winning the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Class mare Babylon Berlin led her rivals a merry dash when she outgunned a small but quality field in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1200m) at Ellerslie on Saturday. Facing just six rivals the Ben and Ryan Foote-prepared daughter of All Too Hard used her renown speed from the barriers to head straight to the front and dictate play in the hands of Vinnie Colgan. Colgan had a lapful of horse rounding the bend and shot two lengths clear as race favourite Crocetti ($2.10) and Bonny Lass made their challenges out in the middle of the track. Babylon Berlin was still going like a steam train at the 100m and she eased to the line half a length to the good of the fast finishing Waitak with Crocetti battling on well to take third. Ben Foote was quick to pay tribute to Colgan on his ride and to the mare herself who has proven herself at the top level time and time again. “Really satisfying to be honest and a super ride by Vinnie as he rated her so well,” Foote said. “We knew she loved Ellerslie and with (the race) at set weights and penalties, the weight (54kgs) suited her as well. “There is still improvement in her but we were super happy on how she presented. “She has been a grand old mare and it would be great if we could get that Group One with her.” Foote was referring to the mare’s career record where she has been placed at Group One level on four separate occasions including twice in the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie. Colgan paid tribute to the fighting qualities of his mount who travelled sweetly for him throughout. “She felt well going down the start, started well and my best chance was to lead given she had dropped down to 54kgs on her back,” he said. “I can’t believe the acceleration she gave me turning for home and although Waitak must have hit the line hard, we got there. “She is well and I’m not sure whether she will be penalised for today but even if she gets 1.5kgs she will still be very competitive.” Horse racing bookmakers have Babylon Berlin at $8 in the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) Fixed Odds market which will be raced at Trentham on January 4 while she sits at a similar quote for the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on January 25. Raced by Foote along with Scott Williams and Kim Rogers, Babylon Berlin has now won ten of her 32 starts along with being placed on another 14 occasions to accumulate just over $738,000 in prizemoney Horse racing news View the full article

James McDonald accepts the World’s Best Jockey Award. Photo: HKJC Fresh from the official presentation of the 2024 World’s Best Jockey Award, James McDonald is aiming for more success in Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin. A proud McDonald, who is on a short riding stint in Hong Kong until he returns to Sydney on 22 December, was formally announced as the World’s Best Jockey Award winner during a special ceremony and presentation at the Hong Kong International Races Gala Dinner at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Friday evening. It was the second time Australia-based McDonald has won the award, after first winning it in 2022. He won nine of the world’s top 100 Group 1 features from December 2023 until November 30, 2024 – Hong Kong Cup (Romantic Warrior), Stewards’ Cup (Voyage Bubble), Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup (Romantic Warrior), Ranvet Stakes (Via Sistina), FWD QEII Cup (Romantic Warrior), Yasuda Kinen (Romantic Warrior), W.S. Cox Plate (Via Sistina), VRC Champions Sprint (Sunshine in Paris) and VRC Champions Stakes (Via Sistina). The 32-year-old held onto win the award by just 10 points from four-time winner, Englishman Ryan Moore (150). William Buick was third with 105 points. Jockeys accrue 12 points for a win, six points for second, and four points for third in races which feature in the World’s Top 100 Group 1 races. Moore, needed a victory aboard Auguste Rodin in last month’s Japan Cup to leapfrog McDonald but finished eighth to Do Deuce, ridden by Japanese legend Yutaka Take. McDonald was presented with a watch from LONGINES Chief Executive Officer Matthias Breschan and a crystal vase by The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Chief Executive Officer Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, in his role as Chair of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). McDonald finished third in the award last year. Frankie Dettori, who is also a four-time winner, was second. Now with a career total of 104 Group 1 victories, four of McDonald’s eligible winners in the competition, were on champion Hong Kong stayer Romantic Warrior who he rides in Sunday’s HK$40 million Group 1 Hong Kong Cup (2000m). McDonald is bidding to create history with Romantic Warrior becoming the first horse to win three editions of the Hong Kong Cup. His rides in the other three features are Ensued in the Group 1 Hong Kong Vase (2400m), Howdeepisyourlove in the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint (1200m) and Voyage Bubble in the Group 1 Hong Kong Mile (1600m). McDonald said he didn’t expect to win another World’s Best Jockey title and this time it probably meant more because he’d now won it twice. “When you look at Frankie (Dettori) winning four and Ryan (Moore) winning four, it’s such a hard award to win and it’s such a long season and you’re so consistent and to be able to be part of a big horse’s journey and at the moment I’m blessed because I’ve got two (Romantic Warrior and Via Sistina),” he said. McDonald said he had idolised past winners Dettori, Moore and Hugh Bowman and aspired to be as good as them. Since winning the first award, McDonald said he now believes he is mentally stronger, which has been helped with overseas exposure. “And nothing beats experience and I think the ultimate and third thing I have learnt is that to be to cope with what Frankie, Ryan and Hughie (Bowman) have been able to do and ride champion race horses and to be able to cope with the sort of pressure,” he said. “Look, I thoroughly enjoy it and I think it is a very privileged position to be in and I think that’s grown on me to be able to ride great race horses on the biggest stage whether it’s Royal Ascot or Hong Kong International meeting.” Despite the early morning starts and continual race meetings in Australia, McDonald says he loves what he does and doesn’t see it as a job. “Romantic Warrior, I keep bringing him up, but he has taken me to a new level that I didn’t think was possible,” McDonald said. “There is no doubt you have doubts about things and I think until you feel it, breath it, you won’t ever get to that level and now I just embrace the animal I am riding and embrace the race that we are riding in and I know for a fact that on Sunday the Hong Kong Cup means a hell of a lot to not only myself and the connections that are physically involved in him.” With such a big fan following, McDonald said he was also riding Romantic Warrior for Hong Kong, who he described as everyone’s horse, and hoped to be part of the history of riding the gelding to a record third Hong Kong Cup. Horse racing news View the full article

Wingman winning at Trentham on Saturday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Visiting Australian jockey Luke Currie made his New Zealand debut a winning one with a last-to-first performance on Wingman at Trentham. Currie has more than 1450 winners to his name in Australia, including 13 Group Ones as well as last year’s All-Star Mile (1600m) aboard Kiwi-bred star Mr Brightside. He has also won races in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius. Now he has added New Zealand to that list. A second placegetter on Too Sweet in the first race on the Trentham card, Currie went one better when he was legged aboard Wingman for his second New Zealand ride. The Swiss Ace gelding was slow to leave the starting gates and dropped out to be a clear last as Velton set a moderate tempo out in front, but Currie never panicked and allowed his mount to find his feet and gather his momentum. The gaps closed coming up to the home turn and Currie angled his mount out to the centre of the track to lodge his claim. Wingman lengthened stride stylishly and bounded to the front with more than 100m remaining. Leica Lucy sprinted up alongside him on his inside and made him work hard through the final 50m, but Wingman found enough to repel her by a head. “Having ridden a winner now, obviously I have to say I think riding here at Trentham is pretty good,” Currie said. “But it’s a lovely big track and it’s in great condition today, so it’s really nice to be here. “The horse quickened up very nicely. I left him alone early, and being such a small field, I was a bit concerned that they might back the pace right off. But he came out in the straight and quickened really well. It was a good, tough win.” Bred and raced by Westbury Stud owner Gerry Harvey, Wingman has now had three starts for two wins and a placing and has earned $52,175 in stakes. Wingman is held in high regard by his trainer Roydon Bergerson, who sees him as a genuine contender for the inaugural $3.5 million NZB Kiwi (1500m) at Ellerslie in March. “That was a very good performance by both horse and rider,” Bergerson said. “I just told him to go back, let him settle and then get him to the outside. He doesn’t seem to be the same horse when he’s got something outside him – he sort of wimps out a bit. But he’s got a bright future. “Hopefully Awapuni might select him for the slot race. I’m really happy with this horse and I think he’s only going to get better. It was a very good effort to come from two or three lengths last off a slow pace today. He got to the line really well. “We’ll probably look to give him a bit of a break now and get him ready for March.” Horse racing bookmakers rate Wingman a $26 chance in an NZB Kiwi market that is headed by equal $8 favourites Aeliana, Checkmate and Savaglee. Horse racing news View the full article

Star jockey believes champion galloper is ‘peaking up better than he did last year for the same race’.View the full article

Byerley Turk-line stallion Pearl Secret (GB) has been sold to stand at Arrow Stud in Japan beginning next year. The 2025 Arrow Stud roster and fees were released by JS Company on Friday. The son of Compton Place (GB) will stand for ¥500,000 (€3,155). With his eldest foals 6-year-olds, the chestnut has sired 35 winners from small crops, with the stakes horse Tears Of A Clown (GB) the best of the bunch. The 2015 G2 Temple Stakes hero and G1 King's Stand Stakes third stood for £2,000 at Norton Grove Stud this year. Topping the roster is dirt specialist Sinister Minister at ¥8,000,000. The Seattle Slew-line horse has sired 16 stakes winners, with the best of them, T O Keynes (Jpn) standing for ¥2,500,000 alongside his sire. A pair of stallions have had their fees set at ¥3,000,000–Panthalassa (Jpn), who will be standing his second season, and Big Arthur (Jpn). Two-time American Horse of the Year California Chrome is priced at ¥2,000,000, while Café Pharaoh will stand for ¥1,800,000. For the full roster and fees, please click here. The post Pearl Secret Joins Arrow Stud, As 2025 Roster Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-TAM, $53K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f , 2:13 p.m. ET. FLIGHT OF FANCY (Into Mischief) is set for her unveiling under the care of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Summer Wind Equine bred the filly, who is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit). Both are out of GSW Feathered (Indian Charlie). This dam was acquired by Jane Lyon for $2.35 million at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale while Good On Paper (War Front) was in-utero. Flight of Fancy's third dam is MGISW Finder's Fee (Storm Cat). TJCIS PPS The post Saturday’s Racing Insight: Flightline’s Lil Sis Debuts At Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Normally held at Hanshin, the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies has moved to Kyoto this year as the former track is being renovated, and a full field of 18 vie for top-level honours on Sunday. Leading Team Japan is Brown Ratchet (Jpn), a Kizuna (Jpn) half-sister to GI Kentucky Derby and GI Breeders' Cup Classic third Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}). Two-for-two in her young career, the daughter of Forever Darling (Congrats) won a Nakayama affair in her bow on Sept. 16 over 200 metres farther than Sunday's distance, and captured the G3 Artemis Stakes going this trip in Tokyo, defeating runner-up Mistress (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) and third-placed Shonan Xanadu (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) among others on Oct. 26. Trainer Takahisa Tezuka said, “She got regular work at the farm and came back to Miho last week in good condition. Her body condition and her breathing are both at almost 100%, so this week I just breezed her alongside another horse on the woodchip course to check her rhythm. Everything looked good. “She's very mature and easy to handle. Christophe Lemaire commented that her maneuverability was good. For now, there's nothing that needs to improve. She's a top-class filly and you don't find horses like her often. She's not that big, but she has a whole lot of power.” Although not undefeated, having finished sixth at Nakayama in her debut, Run For Vow (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) graduated at Kyoto in October, and was last seen taking the G2 Daily Hai Nisai Stakes there on Nov. 9. Kohei Matsuyama has the call from gate 14. Trainer Yuichi Fukunaga said, “She won a Group 2 amid colts with a good performance and is maturing nicely. She is a bit difficult but not as far as her ability to maneuver goes. Her times and the quality of her footwork have been good. This week we just did a final check, but she got a better time than expected. And she did that easily, so I think we may see improvement from her last start. “I never thought I'd be winning graded races and aiming for a Group 1 the very year I opened my stable. To have met a horse like this was a great good fortune. Her win over the same course is a strong point and I'm hoping to finish in the top spots.” American challenger May Day Ready (Tapit) is three-for-four in her native land and looms a talented challenger for the local brigade to overcome. A winner of a maiden at Saratoga in August, she added the Listed Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes over that quirky Franklin turf course. Sent to Keeneland in October, she won again, this time by a nose in the GII Jessamine Stakes. Facing Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, the granddaughter of More Than Ready was not disgraced when taking second by 1 1/2 lengths after a less-than easy passage and will be the first international challenger in the race. Trainer Joseph Lee, who met his wife Suzuyo in Japan, spent a decade working for his father-in-law Takemi Kaga, a Japanese Hall of Fame jockey turned trainer. “With my father-in-law being a Hall of Fame jockey and trainer when he retired, and then having myself went to Japan for multiple international races from '94 to 2000, I went to Japan just about every year,” Lee told the NYRA notes team. “Japan racing has everything: the facilities are big, clean, you've got restaurants, noodle shops, multiple places to eat and sit down.” Of his charge who will be reunited with Frankie Dettori and leave from stall 17, he said, “She got into a little bit of trouble there in the first turn and then Frankie got her into a great spot following the eventual winner, Lake Victoria. It was like trying to follow a car on the highway. I'd like to see for fun with a clean trip–not saying we would have beat her–I'd just like to see. I'm extremely pleased, even in defeat.” The one-two finishers from the G3 Fantasy Stakes also return in Dantsu Elan (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) and Mozu Nana Star (Jpn) (Moz Ascot). The field also boasts a pair of fillies who are undefeated in two starts each: Vip Daisy (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}) and Kurino Mei (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), who break from stalls one and 11, respectively. The post Brown Ratchet Faces May Day Ready In Hanshin Juvenile Test appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Adam Hamilton Jason Lee thought he had the Garrards NZ Trotting Derby won when he saw the look on his mother’s face the day before the race. “When Mum (Marg Lee) first saw her (Keayang Zahara) when she got back across, she said she looked like a different filly,” Lee said. “Antti (Ruokonen, travelling foreman) said the thing and then when you throw-in hearing back from the team at stables that Mark (Purdon) thought she worked really well in her last hit out and it can’t help but give you a lot of confidence.” They were all right with Keayang Zahara humiliating her rivals by eight lengths – the same margin she won The Ascent by – and stretching her unbeaten record to 14 races in last night’s Derby. It was also her seventh Group 1 win. “I’d say it was a week of two halves,” Lee admitted. “We were deliberately very easy on her, maybe a bit too easy, between the slot race and the Oaks, but we always had this Derby in mind. “The Oaks was the first time she didn’t feel invincible in the run, so we knew we had to do things differently before the Derby. “We put a lot more work into her. It’s the most we’ve had her screwed down, but it was her Grand Final. “I was a bit anxious early in the week, but as every day went on and I saw how she was thriving, I felt more confident. “By race day, I really thought we had her better than ever and went there expecting she would win. “Yes, there was some relief because I really think she deserved to go through this three-year-old season unbeaten, but there was excitement, too.” After a midrace challenge from outsider Countless Questions, Lee decided to cut Keayang Zahara loose at the 600m. “She was getting a bit keen because the other horse had been at her, but she was also travelling super well, so I just let her go a bit,” Lee said. Keayang Zahara blasted down the back in 27.7sec and instantly had key rivals Father Time and Empire City struggling. She then coasted clear with little urging from Lee to run a 28.7sec last quarter (making is a 56.4sec last half) and won as she liked. “It’s like it was meant to be tonight,” Lee said. “Glen (Craven, cousin) and his wife, Erin, welcome their little boy Hugh in the world in the early hours of Friday … it just felt right she came out and won like that. “She means the world to me, to all of us. It’s cool so many of the family, Mum and Dad and the uncles were here for it. “We’re just lads from the bush given an incredible opportunity by our family to train some great horses and succeed. “It also started with Nan and Pop and to see the happiness on the face on all the family who were here is what it’s all about. “The messages I’ve received, the people I’d never met coming up to me over here to talk about her … it’s nine months I’ll never forget in my life.” Keayang Zahara heads home now for a spell, but it’s unclear yet how long that will be. What seems most likely is a decent break, which would rule out races like the Great Southern Star and TAB Trot at Cambridge, Logically, the Brisbane Inter Dominion in July could be Keayang Zahara’s first major target next year. View the full article

Juveniles will be in the spotlight Dec. 7 at Tampa Bay Downs with nine races comprised entirely of 2-year-olds, including the Inaugural Stakes and Sandpiper Stakes, a pair of six-furlong contests worth $125,000 apiece.View the full article

Jamaica has a long history in the sport and has been making a strong push to improve its place in the global Thoroughbred landscape. The next step comes Dec. 7 with the $250,000 Mouttet Mile. View the full article

With the road to the 2025 GI Kentucky Oaks officially underway, Brad Cox already trains arguably the top two juvenile fillies in the country. After this weekend, he may even have the third. 'TDN Rising Star' Muhimma (Munnings), a press-and-pounce winner of her first two starts by a combined margin of 13 jaw-dropping lengths at Churchill Downs, will make her two-turn and stakes debut for Cox in Saturday's GII Demoiselle Stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct. A $700,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Shadwell Stable, the rail-drawn gray has been tabbed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in a field of 10. “I felt like this race, if she's gonna be able to handle two turns and 1 1/8 miles moving forward, this is a great introduction to that opportunity of two turns,” Cox said from the Big A Friday. The very successful Coolmore stallion Munnings, a son of champion sprinter and leading sire Speightstown, is responsible for 28 graded/group winners worldwide, including the Cox-trained trio of Bonny South, Warrior's Charge and Zozos. Bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm, Muhimma is the second foal out of Princesa Carolina (Tapit), a winner of the Dueling Grounds Oaks going 1 5/16 miles over the lawn at Kentucky Downs. Muhimma's very talented and versatile second dam Pure Clan (Pure Prize) won the GI American Oaks and GI Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, both on grass. She also won a pair of graded races on dirt and was third in the 2008 Kentucky Oaks. Like Muhimma, the aforementioned Bonny South, a two-time graded winner and multiple Grade I-placed runner around two turns, is also out of a Tapit mare. The Munnings x Tapit cross has also yielded GII Golden Rod Stakes and Rachel Alexandra Stakes winner Finite. “There's a lot of power there, and a lot of Tapit influence that gives me the confidence that she can get the distance,” Cox said. “She's smart and she's forward enough, but not like over the top that would make you think that she'd want to pull too much. We're hopeful that she does it. She's giving me a lot of confidence to think that she'll be able to handle the 1 1/8 miles.” Muhimma earned a field-best 83 Beyer Speed Figure as the 4-5 chalk on debut Sept. 20, then defeated the re-opposing GSP Liam in the Dust (Liam's Map) by a geared-down 5 1/2 lengths going seven furlongs in an optional claimer beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 1. She tuned up for the Demoiselle with a five- furlong breeze in 1:01 1/5 (2/15) at Churchill Downs Nov. 29. “A filly with a future…” ICYMI: A dazzling win by #3 MUHIMMA at @ChurchillDowns today. @flothejock up for @bradcoxracing on the daughter of @coolmoreamerica Munnings. pic.twitter.com/blaCbT4DNS — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 2, 2024 “It's hard to say how good she could be,” Cox said. “She's been very good from the start. She came to us from Ocala and they thought a lot of her. As soon as she started breezing, you could tell there was talent there. It's up to us to manage and develop her properly and bring her along at the right pace.” Cox has certainly done just that with the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and soon-to-be crowned champion 2-year-old filly Immersive (Nyquist) as well as last weekend's GII Golden Rod Stakes winner Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro). The unbeaten Godolphin homebreds are currently in first and second place on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with 40 and 20 points, respectively. Cox has won the Oaks twice with Monomoy Girl (2018) and Shedaresthedevil (2020). “Look, they've been great 2-year-old fillies and now it's our job to transfer that form over to three,” Cox said. “Haven't come up with a plan yet on how we'll try to attempt to get to the Kentucky Oaks. They're both four-for-four in 2024 and we'll start planning out a 2025 campaign in the next month or so.” He continued, “We gave Immersive a little break there after the Breeders' Cup. She went to Jonabell for a few weeks and just relaxed for a little bit. She shipped down to the Fair Grounds and has been tack-walking the last couple of days. Good Cheer shipped to Payson–we're gonna give her the opportunity to be turned out and backed off of a little bit through the month of December.” Cox added, “Very proud of what they've accomplished and excited about what lies ahead.” Brad Cox | Sarah Andrew For good measure, Cox also unveiled Juddmonte homebred Chasten (Into Mischief), a 2-year-old half-sister to his recently retired champion Idiomatic (Curlin), to a 'TDN Rising Star' performance on debut going seven furlongs at Churchill Downs on the Golden Rod undercard. “I think we're gonna see the best of her around two turns,” Cox said. “She showed up in her first race and really didn't kick it into gear until the last eighth of a mile. I'd like a first-level allowance at the Fair Grounds or Oaklawn to continue to develop her. I do think she has a big future. She does remind me a good bit of Idiomatic, and, look, if she's half as good, we'll be fine.” The post Loaded With Leading Kentucky Oaks Candidates, Promising Muhimma Up Next for Cox in Demoiselle appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Ella Clarke and jockey Aaron Sweeney combined to get Wild Beau over the line at Darwin on Friday, with the four-year-old gelding also breaking the 1100m track record at Fannie Bay. Picture: Caroline Camilleri (Fotofinish Racepix) Setting the pace in races paid dividends at Darwin on Friday, with four of the five winners leading from start to finish. Trainer Gary Clarke and jockey Jarrod Todd combined for two wins, but Ella Clarke’s Wild Beau grabbed the headlines after breaking the 1100m track record. Facing 0-64 opposition, Wild Beau pinged the outside gate in the six-horse field and led by the 1000m despite Victorian apprentice Hannah Le Blanc holding the fence aboard Chris Pollard’s Disco Donut. Disco Donut applied pressure at the 800m, but Wild Beau then skipped two lengths clear and only extended his lead in the home straight before prevailing by 7.8 lengths in 1:01.60. Gary Clarke’s Patriotic King set the previous mark in September 2023 with 1:01.84 after decimating his BM54 rivals by 9.8 lengths. Wild Beau, a four-year-old gelding, was a last start fourth behind Patriotic King over 1000m at 0-64 level on October 26. The son of Brazen Beau was returning from a three-month spell after winning his first two starts at Fannie Bay in June and July before finishing seventh against quality three-year-olds over 1200m during the Darwin Cup Carnival in late July. Formerly trained by Bjorn Baker at Warwick Farm, Wild Beau – starting at $6 on Friday with horse racing bookmakers – handed jockey Aaron Sweeney a winner on his return from suspension. Ella Clarke’s dad Gary won the first two races with $4.20 equal favourite American Jazz over 1300m in BM54 ranks and $2.50 favourite Pharoah Magic over 1200m in 0-70 grade. American Jazz, who starred in the Top End last year, had gone eight races without a win since returning to Darwin, while Pharoah Magic recovered after a last start sixth over 1200m (0-70) in October. Le Blanc never relinquished the lead on Pollard’s $5.50 chance Kiss Kiss Kiss in the 1000m maiden and Queensland’s Wanderson D’Avila caught Pollard’s Lucky Dog, who led from the outset, right on the line aboard Phil Cole’s $6.50 contender Ny Kee in Heat 3 of the Lightning Wet Season Series (1000m) at 0-58 level. Cole deserved a slice of good fortune after three seconds the previous Friday. Horse racing news View the full article

The Saturday graded stakes action across North America offers several options, but the Big A earns the spotlight as the venerable NYRA track plays host to some strong races. Even though the Cigar Mile Handicap was downgraded a tick from its top level status by the American Graded Stakes Committee in 2023, connections still consider the race to possess a certain cache and the rigor in this year's edition is evident. “It [Cigar Mile] came up pretty salty,” said Book'em Danno's trainer Derek Ryan. “It is a Grade II now and used to be a Grade I, but it is tougher now than when it was a Grade I. Over the years, you always get good horses coming into it. This is his [Book'em Danno] first time going against older horses, but we are dropping a little weight, so that's got to help.” Speaking of the 3-year-old gelding who will carry 120 pounds for Atlantic Six Racing, Book'em Danno (Bucchero) will break from the inside gate with multiple Eclipse winning rider Irad Ortiz aboard. It has been a statement year for the dark bay who just missed in the G3 Saudi Derby back in February, then won the GI Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard at Saratoga. Book'em Danno was last seen as the close runner-up in the GIII Perryville Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 19. Senor Buscador (outside) wins the Saudi Cup | Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia A fellow shipper to the Middle East who won the signature event on the card that evening when he rolled late to scoop up the G1 Saudi Cup, if Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) can stay in the mix up the backstretch the well-known closer could be a win candidate. The Todd Fincher trainee, who awaits the pending call for stud duty from owner Joey Peacock, was fifth in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar last month. “Our path for [Senor] Buscador last year from Breeders Cup to Cigar Mile to Pegasus World Cup worked so well that it has been in the back of our minds depending, of course, on how the horse was performing and training,” said Peacock, when he was reached by phone. “The post-Middle East plan was to rest Buscador and then target Breeders Cup. “We had some minor setbacks prepping him for Del Mar this year, including a disappointing performance in the California Crown, but his run in the Classic was credible and he earned a 103 Beyer for his effort,” the owner said. “That, plus the way he has trained since, gives us the confidence to fly him to New York and try the Cigar Mile again. Plus, it sets him up well to take another shot at the Pegasus World Cup, if all goes well.” Adding some tang to this Cigar field is Mullikin (Violence), who trainer Rodolphe Brisset had primed when he won the GI Forego Stakes at the Spa last summer–the conditioner's first Grade I score. Without a one-turn mile available at the Breeder's Cup, Brisset opted for the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint, where the 4-year-old rallied for third. Going a touch longer, despite carrying a top weight of 124 pounds, should be something Mullikin wants to do. Also signed on, when compared to the rest of this bunch, is the lightly-raced GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity hero Locked (Gun Runner). The juvenile colt showed plenty of poise second out when he broke his maiden by 7 1/4 lengths at the Spa, which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star' badge. Making his 3-year-old debut for Todd Pletcher, Locked lived up to his short price of 40 cents on the dollar when he won by 7 1/2 lengths facing optional claimers during the Belmont At The Big A meet Oct. 19. Though he does not currently have a Grade I trophy in his case, Post Time (Frosted) boasts a solid graded resume, which is why he will be carrying the same weight as Mullikin. Trained by Brittany Russell, the 4-year-old Maryland-bred acquitted himself well as the runner-up last time out in the GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar. The Aqueduct graded undercard holds its own as the GII Remsen Stakes and GII Demoiselle Stakes offer points on the Road to the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks, respectively. Lest we forget, the 2023 Remsen produced major talent in winner Dornoch (Good Magic), runner-up Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), Copper Tax (Copper Bullet) and newly-minted sire Domestic Product (Practical Joke). Keewaydin | Susie Raisher Out of the boys assembled this year, look for morning-line favorite Keewaydin (Instagrand) to take money. In his second attempt to break his maiden, the Chad Brown trainee posted a 91 Beyer after getting his picture taken at the Big A Oct. 12. The previous weekend at Churchill Downs was a blockbuster one for 2-year-old Godolphin homebreds. They will try to do it again with Poster (Munnings), who will be making his first start on dirt for trainer Eoin Harty. As for the fillies in the Demoiselle, trainer Brad Cox has another budding stable star ready for action in Muhimma (Munnings). The gray is perfect after two starts and sparkled against optional claimers under the Twin Spires Nov. 1. Finally, the GIII Go for Wand Stakes pits from Brown's shedrow MGISP Occult (Into Mischief) and GSW Shidabhuti (Practical Joke) against the runner-up from last year's race in Todd Pletcher trainee Tizzy in the Sky (Sky Kingdom). On Saturday, the opportunities to collect Oaks points include the renewal of the GII Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course. As expected, trainer Bob Baffert holds the edge with a trio of entries. Among them, Nooni (Win Win Win) was a named 'TDN Rising Star' after she made her debut a winning one at Santa Anita over the summer, while Tenma (Nyquist) captured the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes in early September. Look Forward (Bolt d'Oro) was trained by Ben Cecil, who sadly passed away recently. Cecil's one-time protégé Michael McCarthy will be the bay filly's new conditioner. The post Top Level Starpower Shines In Grade I-Quality Cigar Mile On Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For the second time this autumn, the Kentucky stewards have sanctioned jockey Luan Machado for failing to compete to the wire.View the full article

By Mike Love Scratchings have massively changed the complexion of today’s Placemakers Timaru/Twizel/Oamaru Geraldine Cup on the grass at Orari. First it was the in-form Wild Willow who was taken out, followed by $2.10 favourite Mo’unga this morning. It’s believed he has an abscess issue. That leaves the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety-trained Hey Bartender the top pick, with latest markets having him at $2.60. Ashburton trainers Brent and Tim White line up two runners in the event, Got You Covered and American Me. The latter was a contender in the New Zealand Cup, and then ran a credible fifth in last week’s Green Mile at Methven. Co-trainer Tim White is happy with where his two runners are at heading into today’s race. “Both seem really good. Got You Covered can go a good race from his draw and American Me seems very well and is a top four player,” said White. Got You Covered will be driven by Kimberly Butt and American Me will be piloted by Gerard O’Reilly. Ashburton trainer Laurence Hanrahan lines up two runners – Tanzania with John Morrison to drive – and Woodbine Rocks with Jim Curtin. Hanrahan will be looking for a pick me up after suffering a kick from a horse at Methven races last week which left him with broken ribs and other injuries. Tanzania should land into a handy position from his draw closer to the rails, while Woodbine Rocks will need to get the start right to play a part. Tanzania is one of two runners, the other being Buckskin, who were in last year’s Cup won by Here’s Herbie while Homebush Lad is back after winning the Cup two years ago. The first of the day’s 12 races will go at 12:05pm with the Geraldine Cup at 3.43pm. View the full article

Rodney Jenkins, who made the switch to training Thoroughbreds after a Hall of Fame show career, passed away the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80. A native of Middleburgh, Virginia, Jenkins was the son of the famous horseman and huntsman Enis Jenkins and dominated the show ring in this country in parts of three decades, retiring in 1989 as the winningest rider in the history of the sport. Jenkins won a pair of silver medals at the 1987 Pan American games as a member of the U.S. Equestrian Team and was elected to the Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 1999. “I grew up under him going back to the show horse days. Basically, all my life I've known his family,” Jenkins' best friend and fellow trainer Curtis Beale 'Woody' Payne said. “He had a natural relationship with horses. It was instinct. The whole family has it. He was very modest for all the success he had, and he was a very caring and giving person, as well. Just all the kind acts and attitudes over a lifetime is remarkable.” Jenkins transitioned to Thoroughbreds in 1991 and his horses won a total of 941 for earnings of over $24.8 million. His two best horses were millionaire Cordmaker and Bandbox, both of whom he conditioned for Ellen Charles's Hillwood Stable. “We had a wonderful time together,” Charles said. “I learned a lot from Rodney. Even though I had grown up around horses, I hadn't grown up as far as breeding them and going to sales and things like that. He was a really fun person to be with. It was great, great experience.” Hillwood's best horse at present is GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Post Time (Frosted), who runs in Saturday's GII Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct. “I probably wouldn't have had Post Time if I hadn't looked at horses with him,” Charles said. “I was very fond of him. It's sad, very sad, but time goes on.” Jenkins' son, Patrick, often traveled with his father's horses when they ran out of town and won 60 races as a trainer himself between 2006 and 2021. He now works as an assistant for Woody Payne based in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Patrick's doing OK. I just sent him up the road to Maryland here a little while ago. Rodney's health had been declining so he was mentally prepared for it, as well. He was just up there about a week ago visiting with his dad,” Payne said. “He's got a lot on him right now. Patrick would ship around like he would go to Keeneland with stakes horses for his dad and he broke horses. Mrs. Charles was one of his good customers,” he added. “Patrick is still in the horse business and carrying on the family legacy.” Jenkins's last starter, 3-year-old gelding The Band Runs On, finished fourth in Laurel's Star de Naskra Stakes June 29. His last winner came with 3-year-old filly Lilly Lightning Apr. 19 at Laurel. Both horses were bred in Maryland and owned by Hillwood Stable. The post Maryland Trainer Rodney Jenkins Dies appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Italian Cristian Demuro will ride all of Sumbe's French-trained horses beginning on New Year's Day, after an agreement was reached between Nurlan Bizakov and the Italian. Bizakov's operation announced the news on X on Friday. The 31-year-old began his career in Italy, achieving a career-best 264 wins in 2012, before moving to France. He has amassed 236 stakes wins globally since the move and is a two-time winner of the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Sottsass {Fr}, 2020 & Ace Impact {Ire}, 2023). Besides his eight victories in the French Classics, Demuro has also won five Group 1 races in Japan. “It is with great pleasure that we announce an agreement between Sumbe's owner, Nurlan Bizakov, and Italian-born, French-based jockey Cristian Demuro,” Sumbe said in a statement. “Effective from 1 January 2025, Demuro will partner with French-trained horses in Bizakov's racing operation… “As this new and exciting chapter begins, Nurlan Bizakov extends his heartfelt gratitude to the French jockeys who have ridden for him in recent years. Their skill and dedication have delivered extraordinary success throughout the 2024 racing season. “The collaboration with Cristian Demuro promises to build on this success and marks a step forward for Sumbe's racing ambitions.” The post Cristian Demuro Named First Jockey For Sumbe’s French-Trained Horses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It used to be that your options around this time of year were limited when you went to sell a broodmare at auction. There was Fasig-Tipton November, Keeneland November and Keeneland January, all industry staples that had been around for decades before anyone had ever heard of the internet or digital horse sales. “I never would have believed it and I hadn't been a proponent of digital sales because I'm old school and I like to go and see and look and poke and prod,” said Hume Wornall, who operates Beech Spring Farm. “But these sales seem to work. People are getting more and more comfortable with these sales.” So when Wornall decided to sell his 11-year-old mare Believe in Bertie (Langfuhr), he picked Fasig-Tipton's December Digital Sale. With 670 horses catalogued, it will be the biggest digital sale ever worldwide. Bidding has begun and will end on Dec. 10th for hips 1-305 and on Dec. 11 for hips 306-670. This sale was a perfect fit for Wornall. The timing was right. On Oct. 26, Believe in Bertie's 3-year-old son Brilliant Berti (Noble Mission {GB}) won the GIII Bryan Station S., driving up his dam's value. Keeneland January wasn't going to work because that sale comes too close to Believe in Bertie's foaling date. She is foal to Goldencents. “Things have changed, the whole game has changed,” Wornall said. “There was a time when I would have bet against this digital deal. Now, it looks like it's going to be the thing to do. I don't expect to make hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I would like a nice return. I am presenting a nice product. Goldencents may not be a big seller but he will give you a horse that shows up on race day and is competitive. With Mystik Dan (who is also by Goldencents) having won the Derby this was the time to try it. All the stars have aligned and I decided I'd take a shot. I wanted to strike while the iron was hot.” Racing might have been slow to give digital sales a chance, but now they have become biggest area of growth within the sales industry. “We've already seen it between this year and last year, just the volume of horses we've sold online, said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “It's like any other industry, homes, cars, things that in the early 90s you never thought you'd buy on line that you do now. “It's only natural that the horse business got in line. It is even more conducive to breeding stock sales because there is no stress put on the horses. Any time you do something in the horse business that is better for the buyers, better for the horses, better for the sellers, it's going to work.” Aaron believes the numbers will only continue to grow as more and more breeders and consignors realize there is very little downside to selling a horse online, particularly broodmares. Fasig-Tipton will offer 10 digital sales in 2025. “In the October digital sale we had 850 registered bidders,” Aaron said. “That's enough registered bidders to fill the entire pavilion along with people in the back. It would be a similar atmosphere to our November sale, which is wild.” Aaron said that traditional and well-known consignors are starting to sell at digital sales, which is something that can only help. “If you are comparing this to a bricks-and-mortar sale, we have book 1 through book 5 all the way through,” Aaron said. “It's a very similar cast of sellers. This year is the first year that we have had a really strong turnout by the traditional consignor. They are really starting to adapt to these sales. I think the sellers are better represented with the traditional consignors since they know the ins and outs of horse sales. Traditional consignors do a great job selling those horses.” This is not a sale where you will find horses going for seven-figures or ones whose pedigrees jump off the page. Those are the types of horses sold at Fasig-Tipton November. But with 650 horses in this sale, there's probably something for everyone. As of noon ET the high bid on Believe in Bertie was $22,000. The sale topper may be Allez Marie (Unbridled's Song). Though Kentucky-bred, she raced in Brazil where she finished second in a Group 2 race. Back home, she's had eight foals, six winners and two black-type winners. By Friday afternoon, the bidding on her had reached $200,000. She is in foal to Elite Power (Curlin). “Our November sale is always going to be a very important sale,” Aaron said. “It's the best horses in the world. It's an event. It's the Breeders' Cup afterparty. What you're going to see more and more of over the next 10 years will be horses that wouldn't fit in our November catalogue. I think you'll see a lot more of those being sold online. It's already proved to be wildly popular amongst buyers and sellers.” The post Why ‘Old School’ Breeder Will Be Selling at Fasig-Tipton Digital December Sale 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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Longtime Maryland horseman Rodney Jenkins, who successfully transitioned from a Hall of Fame show career to a Thoroughbred trainer of such horses as millionaire Cordmaker, died the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80. View the full article

Richard Papiese, who, along with his wife Karen, owned horses as Midwest Thoroughbreds, the leading owner in North America annually by victories from 2010-15, died Dec. 4. He was 65.View the full article