Wandering Eyes

Defending his crown, The Mighty Spar (NZ) (Savabeel) won the A$35,000 WC & AC Miller Steeplechase (3800m) on 29 June at Casterton (Victoria) in impressive fashion, having to carry 74.5kgs. Unbeaten now in three attempts on the course, having won the corresponding event last season and making it two from two in the Ecycles Two Rivers Steeplechase (3800m) on 18 May, The Mighty Spar proved too strong last time out when winning the Bill Roycroft Steeplechase (3200m) on 15 June at Terang, and started a $1.70 race favourite. Completing a hat-trick of victories with top jumps’ rider Steven Pateman in the saddle, The Mighty Spar cruised along behind the leaders before taking on two rivals ahead of the last obstacle, and his turn of foot on the flat was too quick, despite the burden of 74.5kg. “It was a terrific win, carrying that big weight on a heavy track and he’s just so consistent,” said trainer Mark Walker. “He’s gives his all over the jumps every time he goes out and it was another lovely ride of Steve Pateman’s. “It was a weight carrying record in the race and not since 2014 had a horse carried that much weight to win a jumps race. “ “Casterton is certainly his favourite track, he’s three from three there, and he’s an absolute beauty.” Walker had recently said that The Mighty Spar would contest two upcoming Steeplechases at Casterton, and with the first assignment in the bank, he will now prepare for the Casterton Chase (3600m) on Saturday, 26 July. The Mighty Spar was purchased by David Ellis CNZM, from the draft of Waikato Stud, at the 2019 Karaka Book 1 Sale, and is owned by Te Akau Syndicate (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM). A great campaigner to be involved in, since powering home from last to win his Maiden over 1400 metres as a three-year-old at Matamata, The Mighty Spar has now registered 11 wins, including six over fences, eight seconds, and 10 thirds, for almost $365,000 in prize money. View the full article

Kelvin Tyler will spend plenty of time on the road over the next month, with his three Gr.3 Winning Edge Presentations Winter Cup (1600m) hopefuls making their final preparations for the Grand National Festival of Racing. The trio of talented wet-track gallopers include Albatross, Master Marko and King Of The Castle, who will all contest Thursday’s Winter Cup Trial Gallagher Insurance (1400m) at Ashburton. The latter pair will resume off a short spell, while Albatross has made her presence felt in Canterbury recently, finishing a close-up second to race-rival Conor O’Ceirin in the Amberley Cup (1400m) ten days ago. The daughter of Sacred Falls returned to Tyler’s Riverton base after the race, and he couldn’t have been happier with her performance. “I thought it was a great effort, she really had no excuse as the winner had quite a bit of weight to carry and beat us fair and square,” he said. “She’s come through that really well, hopefully the track is nice and loose which she would appreciate, and I’d expect another good run really. “Master Marko had about three weeks off after his last run, he’s come through the break well and he’ll have a good hit out before going to the Oamaru Cup and on to the Winter Cup. “King Of The Castle is in the same boat.” The Oamaru Cup meeting will be held on the 20th of July, with the Winter Cup held at Riccarton Park on August 2. Alongside his topliners, Tyler has a strong contingent contesting the undercard races, including an in-form Vamos. The gelding had won two of his last three outings prior to racing at Riccarton, where he went down narrowly to Bella Luce over the mile distance. “I think Amber (Riddell, jockey) was kicking herself because she’s ridden and won on him a few times, so she knows how he likes to roll and would’ve got going a bit earlier,” he said. “Under his big weight he took a little while to wind up, but it was a top run. “He’s come through the race very well, he’s flying at the moment. “He’s got another decent weight tomorrow, having the claim brings us down to 57kg so he’ll go a good race.” On this occasion, Floor Moerman will take the reins aboard Vamos in the Gary McCormick Transport Ltd (1600m), while Riddell guides the fortunes of Radiant Reach, as they shoot for three wins on the bounce in the McIntosh Catering (1600m). Tyler has always rated the daughter of Vadamos, who has found her sweet spot in the testing ground of late. “Maturity is always up there, but I think the wetter tracks are really helping her too, she just thrives on them and is a happy horse at the moment,” Tyler said. “I think she’ll take a bit of beating, but the worst thing with her is she’ll often beat herself when she’s slow out of the gates. That’s always a bit of a worry, but if she gives herself a fair start, she’ll be hard to beat.” Lightly-tried Proisir filly Return Flight will have her first trip away when attending the meeting, and Tyler is confident she can bring her strong form into the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1200m). “She went very well last start, she covered a huge amount of ground coming down the outside and has come through it well,” he said. “Wet track won’t worry her at all, so this is a winnable race for her. “This will be her first trip away but she’s a good eater, so I think she’ll cope with it well.” View the full article

These 6 horses have trialled pleasingly in recent weeks and this week they head back to the racetrack. Some Don’t (3f Sweet Lou – Some Do) Tr. D & J Ferguson Tidy enough on debut (24/6/25) when 4th behind Graphite at Cambridge when expected to go boldly after 2 workout wins on the same track during month of June. In the last of those 2 efforts, the Sweet Lou filly led & kept going strongly to hold out race rival in Amaretto Delight MR:2:02.2, 800m in 59.3, 400m in 29.4. Back at Cambridge this Thursday in Race 4 where she only has the 5 rivals and with expected improvement 2nd up, should be a good each way chance Hawkeye Pierce (4h American Ideal – Go One Bettor) Tr. Hollis/Robertson Back after a spell, last raced back in December when 5th in a 1:55MR behind Duchess Megxit. Has won 2 from 15 starts but top 3 in another 10 of those ! Got ready for resumption by winning 4 horse workout at Pukekohe (17/6/25) after leading then sprinting too sharply for rivals MR:2:00.8, 800m in 56.7, 400m in 28.0. At Auckland this Friday night in Race 1 with Tony Herlihy to drive and might have a class edge on many of his 5 rivals, rates as a genuine customer. Berrettini (3g Sportswriter – Midnight In Paris) Tr. J Howe Just the 1 raceday start where he wilted on a tough trip back in early December. Has since won a couple of trials at Rangiora during the month of June. The last (25/6/25) had him showing gate speed to lead then cleared out from his rivals from the 400m to score impressively by 4L. MR:2:01.9, 800m in 56.6, 400m in 28.4. Meets some nice maidens at Addington this Friday in Race 3 but should prove competitive judging by his recent trial efforts Heaven’s Mark (6m Rock N Roll Heaven – Armadoctara) Tr. J Morrison Hasn’t started for some time but has won 2 trials recently, the last at Ashburton (24/6/25) where she led for the last lap and held her rivals at bay without being extended MR:2:07.4, 800m in 57.7, 400m in 27.7. Owner has been super patient as she was a yearling sales purchase and has only had the 4 starts to date but top 4 in all of them and behind some smart ones at that. Big mare with plenty of gate speed and gets the ace draw at Addington this Friday in Race 4 for her return to the racetrack. Up against some nice fillies but good enough to feature Chicago Bear (5g Bettor’s Delight – Chicago Blues) Tr. B Butt Well related 5yo with only 8 starts in his race career (1 win/2 placings). Last start failure at Kaikoura (4/11/24) but has since had notable stable change & primed by recent strong trials efforts. At Rangiora (25/6/25) he led out & kept going strongly to win untested MR2:00.9, 800m in 57.1, 400m in 27.8. Handled by Carter Dalgety on that occasion & he is likely to keep the drive in a junior drivers’ contest this Friday at Addington in Race 5. Tote likely to indicate how much confidence in the stable for this resumption Edict (4g Sky Major – Domina) Tr. I Court Stats show 9 starts for ‘slim pickings’, just 2 placings, but has looked better than a maiden on a couple of occasions and has been back to the trials, winning at Ashburton (24/6/25) Led 2 rivals on this occasion and just kept his nose in front at the finish. MR:2:05.9, 800m in 56.3, 400m in 26.9. Stable runners normally step sharply from a stand and the ‘odds’ should really be quite attractive at Addington on Sunday in Race 2. In form driver John Morrison sticks with him. View the full article

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Mindframe comes from a female line that was top-class in England at the time of its importation to the United States. It then went into decline only to undergo an unlikely revival, mostly through horses from Mindframe's home state of Maryland.View the full article

5. Spun Candy, CD, 6/28, 6 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 86 (f, 3, by Hard Spun-Sugar Plum Fairy, by Drosselmeyer) O-Commonwealth Stable 3, On Our Own Stable and Dallas Stewart. B-Brushy Hill Stable (Ky). T-Dallas Stewart. J-Brian Hernandez Jr. Another who showed dramatic improvement–topping her previous high Beyer by 18 points–in her first try over a wet surface. A modest $85k Ocala 2-year-old purchase, she had been knocking heads with tough maidens in her first five starts, including Immersive and Senza Parole. 4. Roofer, BAQ, 6/27, 6 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 87 (c, 3, by Honest Mischief-Memories of Mom, by Include) O-Richard Greeley. B-Robert Harris (NY). T-Mitchell Friedman. J-Ruben Silvera. In breaking into the win column in his ninth start, Roofer delivered a Beyer figure 24 points higher than in any of his previous races. It wasn't fluky–he led from the gate to dominate New York-breds in 1:09.36. But it isn't easily explained, either: no track bias, no new blinkers or new surface, no trainer/distance/running style change, no first-time Lasix, no sudden sequence of fast works. Sometimes improvement just….happens. 3. Love Actually, GP, 6/28, 5 furlongs (turf) (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 87 (f, 3, by Caravaggio-Deer Island Diva, by Unbridled Mate) O-Enjoy the Ride Stables. B-Sharon Rose & Peter Daly (Fla). T-Joe Orseno. J-Edwin Gonzalez. Welcome to the week of sudden, dramatic improvement. Love Actually turned in a new Beyer top by 19 points. In her sixth start, she made all the pace over very firm Gulfstream turf and opened up with authority in the upper stretch as the even-money favorite. 2. Synthetic, EVD, 6/26, 6 furlongs Beyer Speed Figure- 87 (f, 3, by Midshipman-Always Here Too, by Include) O-Keith Plaisance. B-Clear Creek Stud & Theodore Brandon (La). T-Joseph Felks. J-Emanuel Nieves. It took a while to get her to the races, but the word was out on 3-year-old first-timer Synthetic, and the buzz proved accurate. She opened at 10-1 on the morning line, was bet to 9-5 favoritism, and blew her Louisiana-bred rivals away by nine widening lengths in 1:10.17. Taylor Made Sales agency consigned her at Fasig-Tipton's July 2023 yearling sale, where she brought $75k–and if her debut performance is any indication, she's worth every cent. 1. Lemon Zest, CD, 6/29, 1 mile (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 88 (f, 3, by Nyquist-Larkin, by Bernardini) O/B- Godolphin (Ky). T-Brad Cox. J-Luis Saez. When Godolphin placed 11-year-old mare Larkin in this January's all-ages sale at Keeneland, her decent pedigree was overshadowed by her undistinguished record as a racehorse and her four then-undistinguished foals. She sold for a paltry $17,000. But her daughter Lemon Zest–unraced at the time Larkin went through the ring–ran down 3-5 California shipper Margarita Girl on Sunday in a sharp 1:34.03, and bears watching over the next few months. The post The Five Fastest Maidens, Presented by Taylor Made, For the Week of June 24-29 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale will feature several key changes, the company announced Tuesday. Per their release, these changes, centered around eliminating timed workouts and restricting whip use, are designed to better reflect the natural athleticism of the horses, and attract a wider pool of buyers to the marketplace. Key changes include: All under tack show performances will be untimed; Fasig-Tipton will not officially clock breezes. Use of the riding crop will be restricted: riders may carry a crop for safety purposes but may not strike horses during workouts. “These changes reflect our commitment to improving our two-year-old sales process,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. “We believe buyer focus has skewed too heavily toward stopwatch-based evaluations. This approach is intended to restore balance–emphasizing how a horse moves and presents itself on the track.” The modifications are also designed with long-term strategy in mind: to welcome a broader spectrum of buyers. “By focusing less on clock-driven evaluations and removing whip use, we believe we can create a more accessible and horse-first sales environment,” Browning continued. “Our aim is to better serve traditional buyers while also welcoming new owners, trainers, and end-users who are interested in acquiring horses that are physically ready and mentally sound for the racetrack.” Fasig-Tipton's decision was based in part on an unplanned but revealing trial during the 2025 Midlantic May Sale when severe weather prompted the company to adjust the final day of the under tack show to untimed gallops and breezes. According to Fasig-Tipton, the response was overwhelmingly positive. “It became an unexpected case study,” said Browning. “Not only did the show present well visually, but the horses came out of their workouts in excellent condition–and the feedback from leading buyers and consignors was extremely supportive. That experience, combined with the tremendous horsemanship of our consignors, gives us the confidence to make these changes.” The 2026 Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will take place May 18-19 in Timonium, Maryland, following the running of the Preakness Stakes. The post Fasig-Tipton To Switch To Untimed Breezes, Other Changes To 2026 Midlantic May Sale Format appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As noted last week, trainers can only amplify–not magnify–a horse's genetic legacy. D. Wayne Lukas was able to draw our attention to assets we might gladly replicate, but not even he could actually alter the genes available. In suggesting that he met his brief even more usefully with future broodmares than with sire prospects, this attorney admittedly left a star witness in the street in Serena's Song (Rahy)–whose 18-for-38 record, inside 30 months, advertised the toughness underpinning her class even more lavishly than Terlingua and others. But the point duly stands. In today addressing a very different legacy, then, we remind ourselves not just of the far more substantial legacy available to breeders, through their choice of matings, but also of the responsibilities we embrace as a result. For while the loss of R. Larry Johnson in February was a grievous one for the Mid-Atlantic Turf, his final bequest has quickly earned the chance to prove a lasting one. Famously his whole program towered on the precarious foundation of a filly he bought for just $2,400 at Timonium in 1978. She was by a son of Bold Ruler, The Big Boss. (A name that meant nothing to me, he presumably owed his opportunity at stud to full brother Tyrant, who won the Carter Handicap.) Ran's Chick, as Johnson called this filly, appears to have been one of three recorded foals by The Big Boss in 1976, and never made the starting gate. But she bred 11 winners, and before his death Johnson reckoned the stakes scorers proliferating beneath her to have exceeded 40. These included Special Kell (Parfaitement), a turf sprinter whose black-type success–by a nose at Laurel Park–is succinctly but expressively recorded in the form comment: “Hard used, driving.” Special Kell's first foal, Magical Meadow (Meadowlake), was unraced but injected due speed into her son Street Magician (Street Cry {Ire}) to win the GIII Hirsch Jacobs Stakes; while her daughter by distaff legend Bernardini became the dam of Future Is Now (Great Notion), who has matured into a smart turf sprinter for the Johnson program with three graded stakes over the past year. But Special Kell had a still more productive daughter in Star Kell (Star de Naskra), albeit her four wins came at such a moderate level that she might have been claimed for $12,500 when gaining one of them over 4.5f at Charles Town. Star Kell's daughter Strike the Moon (Malibu Moon) achieved multiple placings in graded stakes company, included a head defeat in the GII Delaware Oaks, and also won a couple of stakes over seven at Charles Town. One of those was also won by Star Kell's final foal, Walk of Stars (Street Sense), who that showed the family's trademark speed before holding out by a neck. With the Ran's Chick dynasty flourishing against all odds, Johnson sought to seed it with some extra stretch. Hence the paternity of Walk of Stars herself, while her own second cover was Animal Kingdom. Admittedly the resulting filly has turned out to be another sprinter, albeit in the steadily progressive turf mold of Future Is Now. Now six, Hollywood Walk is persevering in her quest for a first stakes win: her many near-misses (recently placed at that level for a seventh time!) include a head defeat at Laurel last summer. Then, in 2020, Johnson joined the many breeders struck by Constitution's first juveniles the previous year, and sent him Walk of Stars. Their son, one of 187 live foals by Constitution in that bumper crop, was sold through Betz Thoroughbreds for $600,000 to Repole Stable & St Elias Stables at the 2022 Keeneland September Sale. His name is, of course, Mindframe–and last weekend he won his second consecutive Grade I prize in a vintage edition of the GI Stephen Foster Stakes. It's obviously huge that he should have confirmed his elite status round a second turn after being top sprinters last time. High fives all round for the team at Claiborne, recently announced as his future home. If Mindframe has struck that elusive equilibrium between running fast and running long, that's a tribute to Johnson's work in first developing sprint speed under his foundation mare; and then in introducing a complementary Classic flavor through the likes of Street Sense and Constitution. However poignant the timing, Mindframe's fulfilment aptly expresses the continuity bequeathed by the best breeders. Because if they do it patiently enough, eventually they bring us to the point where the future really is now. Honor A.P. | Sarah Andrew Clinging To Honor It was a big weekend for Maryland. On the same day that Mindframe did his thing, back in their native state Post Time (Frosted), a set-your-clock nugget wherever he goes, took his Laurel record to nine-for-nine in the Deputed Testamony Stakes. And the next day the baton was passed to state “compatriot” Romeo (Honor A.P.), who broke the stakes record in the Bashford Manor Stakes. Presumably quite a few people are now revisiting the notes that must have been entered against this colt when he failed to make his reserve at Timonium as a yearling, stalling at just $14,000. Because his was one of the more aristocratic pages in that catalogue, at least once you get past a dam, Fancy Love (Not For Love), who managed a single visit to the starting gate (actually running fourth in a state-bred stakes race) and whose production record had been largely discouraging. She did have a Super Saver colt who won the first three of just five starts, but only this year her owners were ready to move her on for just $10,000 at the Keeneland January Sale–despite the considerable bonus of an Oscar Performance foal aboard. Romeo's emergence since is a twist of fortune hardly untypical of this business, and maddening for the vendors. But the fact is that his dam has seriously blue blood, notably as the daughter of a Touch Gold half-sister (herself confined to one start, similarly showing above-average ability) to Midshipman and therefore also to Fast Cookie, the Grade II-winning dam of Frosted. Fancy Love's half-sister by Unbridled's Song, moreover, has produced two smart runners in Gouverneur Morris (Constitution), twice Grade I-placed in a brief career; and multiple graded stakes performer Final Jeopardy (Street Sense). If Honor A.P. has stoked up these genes more effectively than a couple of much more expensive mates, that wouldn't surprise me. I have always been in his corner: in terms of raw ability, he was arguably the most talented of his crop, while that physique promised an overdue fulfilment in his second career. In the feckless environment of commercial breeding today, Honor A.P. suffered the inevitable neglect of so many stallions on that nervous bubble before their stock is tested on the track. Yet his first crop contains the late A.P. Kid, six-length winner of the off-the-turf Pennine Ridge Stakes; GII Black-Eyed Susan Stakes winner Margie's Intention; and Heart Of Honor (GB), denied the G2 UAE Derby by just a nose. Only Vekoma (12), Complexity (seven) and Tiz the Law (six) can beat his five stakes winners to date, and he's working from around half the volume of some of his ostensibly “commercial” rivals. And Romeo is a startling marker for a horse of this profile, standing at $10,000, to lay down so early among his second crop. Horses like this are given a grotesquely brief opportunity, but it looks as though this one may be seizing it. Upstart | Sarah Andrew Upstart On An Upswing The sister race to the Bashford Manor, in contrast, showcased a stallion who has already fought his way through the other side. Percy's Bar, who followed up her spectacular debut with a five-length rout in the Debutante Stakes, represents the first crop conceived by Upstart following his breakout in 2022. That was the work of two second-crop sophomores: Zandon won the GI Blue Grass en route to third in the GI Kentucky Derby, while Kathleen O. similarly found herself among the Oaks favorites after winning Grade II rehearsals at Gulfstream. That same spring, Upstart had been down to 49 live foals. These nonetheless include impressive GIII Delaware Oaks winner Fondly, whose only defeat remains her disappointing Classic run at Churchill. But Upstart was fully subscribed (by the standards of a farm that scrupulously protects clients from catalogue inundation) at around 150 mares in both the next two years. In other words, he is now beginning to ride a wave that looks worth catching, with a much broader footprint guaranteed across the coming years. The extra quantity, remember, will be matched by quality after the trebling of his fee in 2023 to $30,000. It feels auspicious that a filly bred this way should be showing such precocious flair. Her unraced dam is by Super Saver out of a Silver Charm mare, and Upstart himself was as good as ever at four. But that's saying plenty: he had started out as a Saratoga debut winner (also won a stakes at the Spa), before beginning his annual sequence of multiple Grade I placings at two, three and four. Percy's Bar, a $52,000 find by Hat Creek Racing deep in the September Sale, has a seam of gold in her granddam's half-sister, who produced Off The Tracks (Curlin) to win the GI Mother Goose plus dual graded stakes winner Concord Point (Tapit). The only puzzle is that her owners seem to have found a bar they prefer to the Dry Bean Saloon… The post Breeding Digest: Mindframe A Fitting Memorial To His Breeder appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Wednesday, Tipperary, Ireland, post time: 18:10, COOLMORE STUD LITTLE BIG BEAR TIPPERARY STAKES-Listed, €27,000, 2yo, 5f 0y Field: First Approach (Ire) (No Nay Never), Fresh Fade (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), Arugam Bay (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}), Gelato (Ire) (Coulsty {Ire}), Spring Is Here (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). TDN Verdict: Aidan O'Brien last won this in 2018 with No Nay Never's Land Force and is represented here by First Approach, who is another son of the prolific Coolmore sire. He enjoys a similar racing profile to Land Force, in that he shed maiden status in his second start, earned prize-money in the Marble Hill before taking on a five-furlong task at Royal Ascot. The January-foaled bay, 10 lengths adrift of the winner when 19th in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes, encounters the Joseph O'Brien-trained Listed First Flier Stakes fourth Spring Is Here and three-race maiden Fresh Fade, who was a debut third to G2 Norfolk hero Charles Darwin and G2 Queen Mary fourth Cardiff By The Sea. Gelato, a nose shy of Spring Is Here when a debut fourth over course and distance in May, and Fairyhouse maiden winner Arugam Bay complete the line-up. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete field. The post Black-Type Analysis: No Nay Never’s First Approach One to Note at Tipperary appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Two-year-olds for both codes were the order of the day as the Arqana Summer Sale began its three-day run in Deauville on Tuesday. It was the young store horses who held sway over their Flat counterparts, and the opening session's top lot (159) was a son of No Risk At All, offered by The Channel Consignment. Named Ironhorse Has and sold on behalf of his breeder Hamel Stud, the two-year-old half-brother to Grade 3-winning chaser Irouficar Has (Dream Well) was signed for by Guy Petit at €180,000. “Pedigree, conformation, attitude—he's a colt with everything going for him,” said the agent. “I bought him for David Maxwell, and he will be trained by Noel George and Amanda Zetterholm.” For Petit, it was a case returning to an outfit with which he has already enjoyed success. At the same sale two years ago, he bought the future multiple black-type winner Nietzsche Has for €240,000 and he too was from the same consignor and breeder. The winner of the G2 Coral Finale Juvenile Hurdle for Marcel Rolland, Nietzsche Has, by Zarak, is now standing at Haras de Montaigu. Alban Chevalier de Fau's Channel Consigmnent was responsible for three of the top five stores sold on the day, including the second-most expensive store. Also two, the son of Walk In The Palk is out of a three-parts-sister to the outstanding hurdler State Man (Doctor Dino) and was bought by Gerry Aherne for €160,000. The breeze-up section which opened the sale was led by Knockanglass Stables' Sea The Stars colt out of the Italian Listed winner Bridge Royal Game (Royal Applause), who sold for €80,000 to Royal Ascot-winning owner OTI Racing with Hubie de Burgh. A much improved clearance rate of 79.4% saw 162 of the 204 lots offered find a buyer from a session in which 51 fewer horses passed through the ring compared to last year. The tightening of numbers clearly helped as the day's aggregate was up by 3.5% at €5,557.000 and the average rose by 2.8% to €34,099. The Summer Sale continues over the next two days with horses in training followed by broodmare prospects and in-foal mares. The post Positive Start for Arqana’s Summer Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit announced July 1 that Dr. Mary Scollay, HIWU's chief of science, has retired from full-time duties, effective immediately. HIWU will now transition under the leadership of Dr. Michael Hardy.View the full article

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races has announced a 10% purse increase starting in the upcoming condition book, made possible by the passage of West Virginia Senate Bill 75. Charles Town will also add three additional race days.View the full article

Twenty-four students from the Irish National Stud's Thoroughbred Breeding Management course marked the completion of the six-month programme with a graduation ceremony on Friday, June 27. The event was hosted by well-known industry figure Leo Powell, with the family and friends of the graduating class among those in attendance at the County Kildare stud farm, as well as other respected figures from the Thoroughbred industry. A number of students were recognised for their exceptional performance and contribution over the duration of the course, including: Ava Banahan (Co. Kildare, Ireland) – Continuous Assessment Award Sam Thompson (Australia) – Best Portfolio of Assignments Raph McCall (UK) – Veterinary Exam Award Luke O'Neill (Co. Kildare, Ireland) – Equine Business Award Two prestigious internships were also announced. Peter Leavy (Co. Kildare) received the Jonathan Fitzpatrick Business Internship, which will commence in July at the Irish National Stud, while Josefina Posada Montoya (Colombia) was awarded the Goffs Internship. Tara Caroll (Co. Meath, Ireland) was honoured with the Irish Field “Blue Hen” Award for her outstanding article, which will be published in The Irish Field. Tara received a trophy and a €250 cheque presented by Powell. The ceremony concluded with the awarding of the highly regarded Gold and Silver Medals, presented annually to the top two performing students: Gold Medal: Luke O'Neill (Co. Kildare, Ireland) Silver Medal: Chloe De Salvador (France) Anne Channon, education manager at the Irish National Stud, said, “Our graduates this year have shown an extraordinary commitment to their studies and the Thoroughbred breeding industry. We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and excited to see them contribute to the future of the Thoroughbred industry.” Class of 2025 Ava Banahan (Ireland), Luke Buchanan (Australia), Tara Carroll (Ireland), Chloe De Salvador (France), Claire Dilger (USA), Patrick Doyle (Ireland), Claire Hillebrand (USA), Jordan Kidd (Ireland), Peter Leavy (Ireland), Caroline Madden (USA), Raph McCall (UK), Sarahjane O'Byrne (Ireland), Luke O'Neill (Ireland), Áine O'Rourke (USA) George Palin (UK), Lea Petit (France), Josefina Posada Montoya (Colombia), Eric Resendiz (Mexico), Sarah Rohan (Ireland), Elle Sorensen (Ireland), Madeleine St Ledger (Australia), Moa Sundstrom (Sweeden), Sam Thompson (Australia), Conor Wafer (Ireland). The post Graduates of Prestigious Course Celebrated at Irish National Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Night Of Thunder currently sits at the top of the sire rankings for Britain and Ireland and, in a year in which he has already been represented by a first Classic winner in Desert Flower, his position could well be strengthened after Saturday with two other star performers lining up at Sandown and Haydock. Coral's sponsorship of the Eclipse Stakes reaches its 50th anniversary this year and the Group 1 contest, which has a roll of honour including such great names as Mill Reef, Sadler's Wells, Giant's Causeway and Enable, has a total prize fund of £1 million for the first time. Godolphin's Prince of Wales's Stakes winner Ombudsman is currently the short-priced favourite to claim the £567,100 on offer to the winner. Up at Haydock, Ombudsman's fellow Night Of Thunder four-year-old, Estrange, will line up in the G2 Lancashire Oaks for Cheveley Park Stud as she continues her climb towards the top level. Her most recent victory came at the same track in the G3 Lester Piggott Fillies' Stakes. At a Jockey Club-organised press conference for the Eclipse, Thady Gosden, co-trainer of Ombudsman referred to the 17-day turnaround from Ascot to this Saturday as a consideration but said, “He has come out of Royal Ascot in very good order and only had one run beforehand this season at Sandown in the Brigadier Gerard when he was second to Almaqam. He hasn't had a hard season or really a hard career so far so we thought why not go for this? “The Prince Of Wales's was a very tough race with a lot of Group 1 horses in there. He is still relatively inexperienced and that was his first run in a Group 1. We always thought he had the potential to be a horse of the class he has turned out to be and we found that out on the day at Ascot.” Gosden added, “He had a few traffic problems at Ascot but luckily has that turn of foot that Night Of Thunder seems to give them and he picked up really well. He has plenty of speed – he's always had it. He stays a mile and a quarter which gives us plenty of options and we'll have to see if he stays any further. Sandown is a stiff mile and a quarter and we'll know more after he has run on Saturday.” Night Of Thunder / ©Darley Stallions Ombudsman only started racing in the June of his three-year-old season with a winning debut at Newmarket, and Estrange, too, was a later starter, appearing two months after he did, also winning first time out, at Goodwood. Cheveley Park Stud's managing director Chris Richardson told TDN, “We're obviously delighted, having bought her as a yearling at the sales and paying a fair price for a lovely filly. I remember showing Pat Thompson a number of fillies at the sale, and she was very striking being grey, and that sort of sealed the deal really.” It is not just a sire shared by Ombudsman and Estrange, as both were bred at James Hanly's Ballyhimikin Stud. Hanly bred Ombudsman with Jono Mills and Estrange with his long-term allies Trevor Stewart and Anthony Stroud. Estrange, who is out of an Oasis Dream half-sister to Juddmonte's St Leger winner Logician (Frankel), started her training days with the Gosdens before moving to David O'Meara's Yorkshire stable. Richardson continued, “She showed very little as a two-year-old and was barely in training with John and Thady, and then she went back into training as a three-year-old and John was finding that she suffered from setfast, or tying up. We thought that she might benefit from being trained from the paddock, which is what David can offer in his wonderful facility up there. He got her and was very excited about her and has done a wonderful job with her. “When she won so impressively at Goodwood we thought we had something special, and then I made the mistake of running her on too-fast ground at Yarmouth where she got in a pocket and the race didn't really unfold for her. We thought we'd put a line through it and move forward, and we are obviously delighted that she set the record straight.” Beyond this Saturday, Estrange has Group 1 entries in the Nassau Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. “We discussed the Arc and sort of dreamt of a possible Arc contender,” Richardson said. “Obviously it's a very valuable race so we thought we'd make the entry and then we have it if things work out, especially if we are going to be dependent to a degree on a bit of ease in the ground, though I was encouraged when Danny Tudhope told me that he thought that the ground was less of a factor now than it was perhaps.” He added, “Mrs T is really excited about her, which is lovely, and she has given her a big lift. We've been very lucky over the years to have some lovely fillies, including Inspiral more recently, and we hope that this filly will be able to carry the colours for a bit longer, obviously this year, and we haven't discounted her maybe staying in training next year, depending on how she does.” Cheveley Park Stud came close at Royal Ascot a fortnight ago when Cajole, a daughter of Dubawi and Group 1 winner Persuasive, was second in the Sandringham Stakes, a race won by her dam nine years ago. And the stud did feature among the winning breeders courtesy of Humidity, who followed the example set by his full-brother Holloway Boy to win the Chesham Stakes. They are both by Cheveley Park's resident stallion Ulysses out of Sultry, by the late Pivotal. Humidity, who won on debut for his breeder at Newbury, was sold thereafter to Wathnan Racing. “At the end of the day we sadly don't have a Pivotal bringing in the income that he used to so we are running as more of a business now, and it was good business,” Richardson said. “But we are obviously delighted to have bred two Chesham winners, and the fact that they are both by Ulysses might help in the bigger picture a little bit going forward.” Sultry is now in foal to Tally-Ho Stud's Mehmas. The post Ombudsman and Estrange Set to Bolster Night Of Thunder’s Lead appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jose Sarinana has checked off a number of firsts with Happy Saver. The longtime assistant manager at Hagyard Farm, Sarinana foaled the future Grade I winner and seven years later was the breeder of the stallion's first foal. That foal, a filly out of Sarinana's only broodmare Planeta (Giant's Causeway), will become the stallion's first yearling to sell at auction when she goes through the ring as hip 4 in the early minutes of the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale next Tuesday. She is the lone horse in the Sarinana Racing consignment. Bred and campaigned by Wertheimer et Frere and trained by Todd Pletcher, Happy Saver opened his career with five straight wins, a streak which included a victory in the 2020 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. He hit the board in 11 of 13 starts with five wins and earnings of $1,258,100. In addition to his win in the Gold Cup, he was second in that race, as well as the GI Clark Stakes in 2021, and was runner-up in the 2022 editions of the GI Metropolitan Handicap and GI Whitney Stakes before retiring to stud at Airdrie in 2023. The team at Hagyard, the Wertheimer's Kentucky nursery where Happy Saver was born, knew the handsome chestnut was talented right from the start, according to Sarinana. “We always number our horses from top to bottom,” Sarinana said. “And Happy Saver was always in the top three. He was good looking as a baby, as a weanling and a yearling. When we shipped him out to be trained, he looked even better. When he made it as a racehorse, I wasn't surprised. I knew he would.” Like Happy Saver, Planeta was bred by the Wertheimers. “Planeta got hurt as a baby, so she wasn't going to be a racehorse, but we nursed her to be a broodmare,” Sarinana said. “I was at the point where I wanted to do a little breeding and a little bit of racing and I asked if I could buy her. I remember one of the Wertheimer advisors asked me, 'Do you like to pay bills.' I said, 'Well, I do pay my bills.' He said, 'Well there you go. She is yours.' And they gave her to me. I got her as a yearling. She never left the farm. She stayed at the farm where she was born and where I've been working for 19 years.” Now 14, the mare, who is a half-sister to graded winner Meteore (Pulpit) and from the family of Grade I winners A Phenomenon and Seattle Meteor, is Sarinana's lone broodmare. “Just the one. It's just her and me,” he said with a chuckle. Happy Saver | Sarah Andrew Dac (Distorted Humor) carried the Sarinana Racing colors to victory in the 2015 and 2016 Prairie Bayou Stakes and that led to a brief doubling of the operation's broodmare band. “Dac brought some income to me and I decided to get another broodmare,” Sarinana said. “Unfortunately, I lost her foaling. I decided to just stick with Planeta.” Planeta is the dam of Mr. Sarinana (Mr. Speaker), who won on the flat and over jumps, and Kbcya Later (Broken Vow), a 5-year-old with earnings to date over $140,000. When he bred Planeta to Happy Saver, Sarinana was hoping to reproduce some of the same qualities he saw from that horse at a young age. “Good temper, a pretty easy-going horse, you don't even know he's there,” he recalled of Happy Saver. “One of those horses who showed his class all the way around. I was hoping that he would put some of his traits into the foal and he did. The filly looks a lot like he did when he was a yearling. I hope everybody will agree with me and like her.” Of breeding the stallion's first foal, Sarinana added, “It was very special because I've known Happy Saver since he was born–I foaled him. So to have his first foal, it was very exciting. Especially seeing how beautiful she was.” Sarinana may soon need a replacement for his lone broodmare. “I am looking for my next Planeta,” Sarinana admitted. “She lost a pregnancy last year and this year, she couldn't get in foal. So she may be telling me it's time to retire her. I don't know. I may try to breed her again next year. Maybe to Happy Saver.” While he may end up with two broodmares at some point, Sarinana doesn't expect his breeding operation to expand beyond that. “It's easy to just manage one or two mares,” he said. “Since I have my work, I work for the farm and it's easy for me to have one or two mares. As a hobby, I would say, more than a business. Maybe expecting you can make it one day.” Hip 4 (walking video) will be the only horse in Sarinana's consignment and he acknowledged it could be hard work getting people to believe in your product. “People who know me, know Hagyard Farm has bred and raced a lot of winners, but it's still hard to get people to believe in what you present,” Sarinana said. “It's like going to a mall and going to a mom and pop shop.” The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale will be held Tuesday beginning at 10 a.m. and will be followed immediately by the company's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. The post Sarinana to Give Happy Saver Another First at Fasig-Tipton July Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Hong Kong Jockey Club announced on Tuesday that it would provide “high-quality technical support” to the tune of 50 million yuan (US$6.9 million) for the equestrian events at the National Games later this year. This help would be in addition to the HK$450 million (US$57.3 million) the club planned provide as the sole partner sponsor for the Hong Kong competition region. There would also be support for the National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the National Special Olympic Games in...View the full article

Kevin Philippart de Foy has been appointed by Amo Racing as their retained trainer at Freemason Lodge, it was announced on Tuesday. The Belgian-born Philippart de Foy started his career in Newmarket in 2020 and has trained just shy of 200 winners on the Flat in Britain in the interim. He celebrated his best season in 2023 when his stable had 61 winners and won over £860,000 in prize-money, highlighted by the success of Inquisitively in the G3 Cornwallis Stakes. Meanwhile, Philippart de Foy's appointment will see Raphael Freire, who has been training the Amo Racing horses at Sir Michael Stoute's former yard since March, return to his previous role as Amo's private trainer. “First, I'd like to welcome Kevin Philippart de Foy as our new trainer at Freemason Lodge,” said Kia Joorabchian, founder of Amo Racing, in a statement posted to the operation's X feed (@amoracingltd). “Kevin is a fantastic horseman who understands our goals and shares our ambition. Having known and worked with him for several years, it makes this transition even smoother. We know his character fits and our ideas align perfectly. “We believe he's the right person to take the operation to the next level and we're excited about what's ahead with him leading the team at this historic yard.” Joorabchian added, “At the same time, I want to say a big thank you to Raphael for stepping up and doing such a brilliant job getting Freemason up and running. His work over the past few months has been crucial and he's laid a solid foundation for the future. “Raphael has been a big part of Amo Racing's journey so far and he continues to be an integral part of our team moving forward.” Philippart de Foy, who has trained 14 winners in Britain so far this year, said, “I am deeply honoured to have been entrusted with the responsibility of taking over at Freemason Lodge and training such an exciting string of horses for Amo Racing. This is a major milestone in my career and I'm incredibly grateful to Kia and the team for the opportunity. “Amo Racing's investment and ambition in the sport are truly inspiring and I look forward to playing my part in what I hope will be a very successful journey together.” The post Kevin Philippart de Foy Named Amo Racing’s New Trainer at Freemason Lodge appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nancy LaSala, who has served as president of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund since its establishment in 2006, has announced her retirement and has stepped down from the PDJF board. “On behalf of the entire PDJF Board, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Nancy LaSala for her dedication and service to the Fund and our recipients,” said Chairman William J. Punk, Jr. “Her vision, unwavering commitment, and tireless efforts have been instrumental in what we've become and the support we provide our fallen riders. While she will be greatly missed, we celebrate her many achievements. She has made a lasting impact, and we look forward to continuing the growth she has enabled. Thank you, Nancy, for everything you've done for this organization and the professional jockey community that we serve.” In addition to her role as PDJF president, LaSala served as the group's executive director from 2009 until April of last year. She received the Dr. J. David “Doc” Richardson Community Award, sponsored by Churchill Downs, in 2024. A native of Chicago and wife of retired jockey Jerry LaSala, her business background includes a nearly 40-year career as manager of contract administration and commercial activities for a global leader in power generation. “As one of the founding Board members of the PDJF, it's been an honor to help build this organization–from the ground up–into something that is so close to my heart,” LaSala said. “Looking back on our journey, I'm incredibly proud of the progress we've made and the impact we've had. It has been a privilege to work alongside such passionate and dedicated individuals, all united by a shared mission to support our jockeys in their time of greatest need. I leave with pride in what we've accomplished together and with deep appreciation for the relationships built along the way. I have always believed that a cornerstone of our sport's business model should be the unwavering support of both our human and equine athletes.” The post PDJF President Nancy LaSala Retires appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Dr. Mary Scollay has retired from her full-time duties as the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's chief of science, effective immediately, HIWU announced Tuesday. While Scollay will continue to serve as a consultant to HIWU, Dr. Michael Hardy has assumed the position of acting chief of science. “Dr. Scollay was integral to the creation of HIWU and the launch and enforcement of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority's Anti-Doping and Medication Control Program,” said Ben Mosier, executive director of HIWU. “In the three-plus years since our first introduction at Turfway Park's test barn, her contributions have been immeasurable. “The entire HIWU team is thankful for Dr. Scollay's service on behalf of the Thoroughbred industry, and we are grateful that we will continue to benefit from her expertise as a consultant.” Scollay was a regulatory veterinarian for more than 30 years, including 11 years serving as the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission's equine medical director. She piloted the program that became known as The Jockey Club's Equine Injury Database (EID), which was the first North American database to track equine injuries and fatalities. Before joining HIWU, Scollay was a member of HISA's inaugural ADMC Committee. She also served as the Racing Medication & Testing Consortium's executive director and chief operating officer for three years, where she directed the advancement of laboratory drug testing standards, promotion of RMTC-recommended rules and penalties for prohibited substances and therapeutic medications, monitoring of emerging threats to the integrity of racing and the health and welfare of racehorses, and administrative oversight of RMTC-funded research projects and educational programs. As he transitions into his new position, Hardy will also maintain his role as executive director of the RMTC. “HIWU has enjoyed a productive relationship with Dr. Hardy in his role at the RMTC, and we are excited for him to join our team,” said Mosier. “We are confident that he will build on our successes thus far to promote laboratory harmonization and facilitate research into novel substances that pose a threat to safety, integrity, and welfare.” Hardy joins HIWU after spending nearly three years as the executive director of the RMTC. A member of HISA's Horsemen's Advisory Group, he spent more than a decade as a regulatory veterinarian, including serving as the chief association veterinarian and safety director at Horseshoe Indianapolis. He is also a member of the Breeders' Cup Veterinary Panel and has served on the Horseracing Testing Laboratory Committee and RegVets Continuing Education Program's Committee for the RMTC. The post Scollay Steps Down From HIWU Post; Hardy Named Acting Chief of Science appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a victory against top competition in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs June 28, Repole Stable and St. Elias Stables' Mindframe is the new No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.View the full article

Winchell Thoroughbreds and trainer Steve Asmussen will attempt to have the exacta again in the $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap (G3) July 5 as Red Route One and Unload return to the 1 1/8-mile contest this year.View the full article

Derby seventh Green Storm is one of nine additions to the catalogue for the Tattersalls July Sale, which takes place from July 8-10. The son of Circus Maximus and multiple Group winner Banimpire will be offered by Charlie Johnston's Kingsley Park, on behalf of owner Ahmad Al Shaikh, as lot 583E. Last seen finishing fifth in the G2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot, he was also a high-class juvenile when his efforts included a runner-up finish in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. The same owner's Green Team Racing will also offer the promising three-year-old Al Shababi as lot 583D, consigned by trainer Owen Burrows. The Without Parole colt gained his first career success by nearly three lengths at Windsor in April and will be offered with a Timeform rating of 91p. They will be joined by a third smart three-year-old colt in Matauri Bay, who will be consigned by Imperium Sales as lot 583C. The son of Lope De Vega finished second in last year's G3 Solario Stakes won by the outstanding miler Field Of Gold. Jamie Railton will consign a pair of progressive four-year-olds in Small Fry (Harzand), a wide-margin winner of a competitive handicap at Epsom on Derby day for Gary and Josh Moore, and Fahrenheit Seven (Showcasing), who has won or been placed in 10 of his 12 career starts for Mark Usher. They will be offered as lots 583B and 583A, respectively. The wildcards also include the two-year-old filly Luminare (Dark Angel), a half-sister to the multiple Group scorer Raqiya, who will be offered by the Castlebridge Consignment as lot 243A after her victory in a Bath novice; the four-race maiden Beauty Beyond (Dubawi), who has been added to the Barton Sales draft as lot 243D; plus the three-time winner Smart Hero (Shamardal) and last year's Listed Spring Cup Stakes fourth Ahlain (Too Darn Hot), with that pair being consigned by James Tate's Jamesfield Stables as lots 242B and 243C, respectively. The full catalogue for the July Sale, featuring 940 lots, can be viewed here. The post High-Class Green Storm Headlines Nine Tattersalls July Sale Wildcards appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a budget package that includes a continuation to, and in certain ways a redistribution of, the incentives and promotions that lawmakers have funnelled towards the state racing and breeding industries in recent years. The budget includes the following details: $15 million to Gulfstream Park and $5 million to Tampa Bay Downs for purses “and for the maintenance and operation” of these facilities. This mirrors the amounts listed for such purposes in last year's budget. $6 million to Gulfstream Park and $1.5 million to Tampa Bay Downs to be used as purses and purses supplements specifically for Florida-bred and sired horses. A $2 million direct appropriation to the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association (FTBOA). Furthermore, the budget eliminates the requirement for Thoroughbred permitholders to pay their $2 million annual slot machine licensing fees, provided the permitholder is “in compliance” with certain specifics outlined in the budget. Pre-existing legislation means the annual racetrack tax credits to offset HISA funding assessments continues this year unaffected. The budget was a contentiously fought affair, both within the state legislature–which took an additional 45 days over the normal timeframe to agree upon a final package–and among some of the state's key racing industry organizations (beyond the ultimately thwarted attempts to decouple the live racing requirement for Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs to operate their respective casino and card rooms). An earlier version of the tax package advanced by the Florida House of Representatives included a small section tacked onto the end of the bill that would have maintained $27.5 million in annual purse subsidies at Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs, but would have stripped out the FTBOA as a receiving or administering entity for that money. Last year, the state legislature funneled $5 million specifically towards the FTBOA in breeding and racing incentives and promotions. While this year's direct appropriation to the FTBOA is $2 million, the budget includes a combined $7.5 million for the tracks to use as purses and purses supplements specifically for Florida-bred and sired horses. In a Monday statement, FTBOA CEO Lonny Powell singled out leaders in the Florida Senate for their “ongoing support” of the state's Thoroughbred breeding industry. “Were it not for key Senate allies, Florida's breeding program would be in a precarious position. We are thankful that Thoroughbred breeding remains a priority in Florida. With Governor Desantis's approval today, Florida will continue to develop top-quality horses, while protecting the important and historic economic, agricultural, and cultural legacy of our state's Thoroughbred breeding industry. “Today's additional state investment affirms the racetracks' responsibility to the Florida industry. We anticipate benefits to our breeders as purse incentives drive up market values for the second most valuable state-breds in the nation,” Powell added. The post Florida Budget Signed, Includes Ongoing Incentives to Racing Industry appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

James Orman was left pinching himself after landing his first Hong Kong double at Sha Tin on Tuesday evening. Orman has chipped away since arriving in Hong Kong as injury cover in February, compiling 11 winners from 206 rides to earn himself a contract through to February next year. “First double – pinching myself really,” said Orman after booting home Wonderstar and Pakistan Legacy. “It’s a good thrill to build a bit of momentum. Hopefully I can keep it rolling.” Congratulations, @JimmyOrman!...View the full article

Excuse the redundancy, but it's the test for the Test.View the full article