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Off as the 13-10 chalk to improve for a debut second going six furlongs of the Gulfstream main track Oct. 19, Amo Racing USA's COOL INTENTIONS (c, 2, Authentic–Intentional Cry, by Street Cry {Ire}) stretched out to a mile and ran away from his rivals in the final sixteenth of a mile to become the 19th winner for his first-crop sire (by Into Mischief). Away without incident from his low draw, the $285,000 Keeneland September yearling was in the vanguard early, but came back nicely to sit on the back of pacesetting Forever Now (Global Campaign) down the backstretch. Pulled out three deep entering the turn, he looped rivals to wrest command outside the quarter pole, pinched a winning advantage passing the furlong marker and had about five lengths on Shot in the Dark (Uncle Mo) at the line. Sales history: $285,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0. O-Amo Racing USA; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC (KY); T-Jorge Delgado. #2 COOL INTENTIONS ($4.60) and @zayas_edgardo made a big move on the turn and drew off in @GulfstreamPark race 4. @RacingDelgado trained the two-year-old colt by @spendthriftfarm's Authentic. Play the next: https://t.co/oYmxMv5Lmg pic.twitter.com/KOEAUog9pW — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 16, 2024 The post Cool Intentions Looks The ‘Real’ Deal In Gulfstream Graduation appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The field for Sunday's GIII Bob Hope Stakes, a seven-furlong event for 2-year-olds at Del Mar, features a small and somewhat eclectic group of six. Take, for example, MGISP McKinzie Street (McKinzie). The Tim Yakteen trainee impressed in his sprint debut earlier in the summer but has had the misfortune of running second and third in a pair of Grade I's including a last-out third to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) in the GI American Pharoah Stakes Oct. 5. He breaks from the rail and cuts back to the distance of his second two starts back (to Breeders' Cup runner up Gaming {Game Winner}) in the GI Del Mar Futurity. Trainer Mike McCarthy brings back the field's sole 'TDN Rising Star' as Bullard (Gun Runner) makes his second start since putting up an 84 Beyer Speed Figure in his six-furlong debut Sept. 1 where he closed to defeat Kalea Bay (Authentic). In fact, four of the six runners, Bullard included, will be stretching out to seven furlongs for the first time Sunday. The aforementioned Kalea Bay, one of a pair of Bob Baffert runners in the field and the pricier of the two at $700,000, ran into Citizen Bull has shown his own steady improvement over three starts, first behind Citizen Bull before losing the lead to Bullard in that Sept. 1 spot. The third time proved to the charm as he wired a field by 8 1/2 lengths at Santa Anita Sept. 28. He joins wildcard stablemate Madaket Road (Quality Road) who would make his first start in this spot Sunday. The $650,000 FTSAUG purchase was also cross-entered in a maiden special weight race at Churchill Downs Saturday. Completing the field are a pair of maidens, Maximus (Maximus Mischief) for Cesar DeAlba and Dr Ruben M (Vino Rosso) for Chief Stipe O'Neill. Both would appear to be part of an early pace set up as Maximus wired his maiden optional claimer by 9 1/4 lengths while Dr Ruben M broke through in his fourth start and cuts back from one mile where he lasted by three-quarters of a length. The post McKinzie Street Is Yakteen’s ‘Hope’ In Sunday’s Bob Hope appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Named a 'TDN Rising Star' for her 7 1/2-length romp at Keeneland in April, Shoot It True then took on the boys as the heavy favorite in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs May 2 but weakened off the lead after fast fractions to finish fourth behind another classy filly in West Memorial (Caracaro). Unraced since that effort, she lined up again Saturday against the boys in her longest distance to date for Wesley Ward who opted to remove the blinkers for his 5-2 third choice. Sharp from the middle of the gate, Shoot It True went on with it up front while dealing with a pesky Kenny Be past the half in :46.12. Never letting that rival by, she rode the rail around the far turn and responded in kind to rousing by Frankie Dettori by opening up down the lane, coming under the wire geared down while clearly the class of the field. “She's a nice filly,” said Ward. “She relaxed a lot more. Took the blinkers off, but if you see the first part of the race, she is pricking her ears – with the blinkers they don't do that, because they don't know who is around them. So that is the reason I did that. I told Dave Reid, the owner here, that we were maybe about 80 percent fit, but she is a really, really good filly. I think she is going to be a much better 3, 4-year-old filly. So this will be the last start of the year for her and we will bring her back in the spring. Won't see her again until either Keeneland in the spring or here in the spring.” One of 79 stakes winners for Munnings, Shoot It True was a $340,000 yearling buy out of SARAUG for Preferred Equine. To the Moon Alice, a half-sister to GSW Unchained Melody (Smart Strike), saw her yearling Street Sense colt sell for $120,000 also at SARAUG. She is due back to Gunite after not taking on a Speightstown cover for last year. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. SHOOT IT TRUE, the 2YO daughter of @coolmoreamerica stallion Munnings, beats the boys in the Notebook Stakes with @FrankieDettori up for trainer Wesley Ward! pic.twitter.com/7GCNPn4iMb — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) November 16, 2024 NOTEBOOK S., $100,000, Aqueduct, 11-16, (S), 2yo, 6f, 1:10.17, ft. 1–SHOOT IT TRUE, 118, f, 2, by Munnings 1st Dam: To the Moon Alice, by Malibu Moon 2nd Dam: Love Match, by Partner's Hero 3rd Dam: For Love Alone, by L'Enjoleur ($340,000 Ylg '23 SARAUG). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Ice Wine Stable and Smart Choice Stable; B-Old Tavern Farm LLC (NY); T-Wesley A. Ward; J-Lanfranco Dettori. $55,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $96,506. 2–Kenny Be, 120, g, 2, Complexity–Stay Composed, by Bernstein. ($35,000 RNA Ylg '23 SARAUG; $20,000 Ylg '23 EASOCT; $115,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Clear Stars Stable and Mitre Box Stable; B-Apache Farm LLC (NY); T-David P. Duggan. $20,000. 3–Soontobeking, 120, c, 2, King for a Day–Swayed, by Freud. ($80,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). O-Our Blue Streaks Stable, SGV Thoroughbreds and George Weaver; B-Our Blue Streaks Stable & SGV Thoroughbreds (NY); T-George Weaver. $12,000. Margins: 4 1/4, 1 1/4, 3/4. Odds: 2.70, 2.65, 5.20. Also Ran: Man in Finance, Three B's, In the Chase. Scratched: Phoebeinwonderland. The post ‘Rising Star’ Shoot It True Beats The Boys In The Notebook appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Another manic sale season is upon us. Goffs kick-starts what promises to be an exciting few weeks with the November Foal Sale getting underway on Monday followed by the mares session on Thursday and Friday before the action rolls on to Tattersalls at Newmarket before concluding at Arqana next month. So where does the value lie over what is usually a helter-skelter few weeks of trade? Gwen Monneraye of the La Motteraye Consignment, Mimi Wadham of WH Bloodstock and Tally-Ho Stud's Roger O'Callaghan weigh in on the big topics ahead of the breeding stock sales. Mimi Wadham | Laura Green How do you look back at the European yearling sale market and what relevance do you think that will have on the breeding stock sales going forward? Gwen Monneraye: The yearling sales this year were very different to 2023, especially here in France. In 2023, the August Sale at Arqana was crazy good and, like the rest of the European sales, things got a bit quieter after that. This year was the complete opposite. Nobody could have expected the trade that was at Newmarket and sadly we were not consigning there this year! It continued on to the October Yearling Sale in Arqana, which was very strong. But the August Sale was only okay. I don't know if all of that was to do with Amo Racing's investment, but it could be, because they put 25 million on the table and then the rest of the yearling sales became very strong. Before Newmarket, I was fully sure that the stallion men would be dropping their prices and that the broodmare market would be a buyers' market. Now, things are looking very different and I am expecting strong trade for foals and mares. Mimi Wadham: The yearling sales certainly picked up in October. It had been a bit worrying up until that point. Doncaster was actually quite a good sale, Somerville was sketchy and then the August Sale at Arqana was down. We were taken by surprise by the strength of October and that was really down to the Amo contribution. A lot of people got very well paid for their yearlings and that will mean that the foals will be hard to buy over the coming weeks. It's going to be incredibly competitive at the top end of the market. Roger O'Callaghan: I thought the yearling sales were pretty good. Kia [Joorabchian] brought great enthusiasm to Newmarket. We had a great sale at Donny and that set the tone for the year for us. If you have a nice horse, you will get well rewarded in the market at present. Where do you think the value might lie at the breeding stock sales? GM: It's becoming harder and harder to find value but, for me, you have to be at every sale and look at as many horses as possible to try to find value. At some stage you will find value doing that. Trying to predict where the value will lie beforehand is hard–hopefully it will lie at the La Motteraye Consignment! MW: It's important to look at stallion numbers to see what sires have strong books of mares coming through. We try to follow the results on the track and not just follow the hype. It's easy to say what sire is popular now but the trick is to find the one who is going to be popular by the time the yearling sales roll around the following year. If you know a stallion has big two-year-old and three-year-old crops to run for them in 2025, it could be a good time to buy a foal by them. RO'C: We'll find that out in 12 months, won't we?! But if I had to say one area we've been lucky in, it would be buying maiden mares off the track. We've put a lot of money into the fillies off the track in the past few years and that has been very lucky for us. How do you approach the sales – do you concentrate on pedigree, colts or filly foals, young or older mares, etc etc? GM: We used to do a lot of pinhooking but now we concentrate mainly on buying mares. The pinhooking is becoming harder and harder and has gotten more risky. Also, it's something we feel that we don't have to do as much of because we have more mares and more land. We approach the sales more as broodmare buyers now. Of course we do pedigree research but we try to be very open minded when it comes to buying mares. Everybody seems to be trying to buy the same horses so that's why you need to keep an open mind. We concentrate a lot on what the mares look like–good walk, depth, good shoulder and hind quarter etc. We try to invest in a bit of speed, also. We look at a lot and buy very few. In some years, we couldn't find any mares within our price bracket so recently we bought two very old mares who had produced some very good horses. The idea there was to try and produce a filly out of those mares and to race them. Eventually, those mares would join the breeding band. That has been working well so far so hopefully we could find some of the next generation of broodmares by doing that. MW: We do all of the pedigree research first and whittle down a list.You have to be quite creative with pedigrees sometimes because you have to try and find some value. Certain sires who have fallen by the wayside, they won't work. We won't look at foals out of an exposed mare either. But we do look at a lot of foals–about 70 per cent of the catalogue, which is a lot of foals. The way the market is gone, it's all about sire power. RO'C: Henry [O'Callaghan, brother] will have all of the pedigrees researched for us and it's just a matter of getting out and looking at as many horses as we can and buying what we like. We try to buy as many nice foals by our own stallions as we can. That's the least we can do when breeders choose to send their mares to us. We've spent a lot of money buying the stallions to start with, so, if we can't see it through, there's not much good in it, is there? It can be a busy few weeks but there's great entertainment in it all and we like to support the people who have supported us. What young sires are you most looking forward to seeing the progeny of at the sales? GM: It was a quiet year in France. We have Sealiway (Fr), a son of Galiway (GB), who was a Group 1 winner at two and three. He could be an exciting new sire in France. Regarding the sires abroad, we are looking forward to seeing the foals by Blackbeard (Ire). We have been using him and think he could be an interesting sire going forward. Baaeed (GB) as well. He was a champion of his generation and he is a stallion who is going to be popular. MW: I am very excited to see the Baaeeds, however, I am disappointed by the number on offer. There are not very many in the sales. I am also really excited to see the Blackbeards as well. RO'C: I mean this sincerely, but we like to buy foals that we believe will run. That's the simple truth of it all. Then we will hone in on the stallions after that. Persian Force (Ire) and Perfect Power (Ire) will probably be our two, purely because we stand one and bred the other. And then in terms of the movers and shakers that have been announced at stud in recent weeks, what grabbed your attention the most? GM: I think Charyn is going to be an exciting addition to Sumbe in France. He is an exceptional miler and it's quite rare to have a stallion of this calibre starting his career in France so we are extremely excited about that. We will be using him. Metropolitan (Fr) could also be exciting being a Classic-winning son of Zarak (Fr) and we have Puchkine (Fr), a son of Starspangledbanner (Aus), who could be quite interesting as well. There are some new stallions in England and Ireland that are quite interesting, including some of the new horses at Tally-Ho Stud and Vandeek (GB) at Cheveley Park Stud. MW: Of the stallions that have just gone to stud, nothing springs to mind but, in terms of value, I really think that Ghaiyyath (Ire) and Study Of Man are very reasonably priced. I am hoping to send a mare to each of those. RO'C: I'm going to say Bucanero Fuerte (GB). He was the second-highest rated two-year-old in Europe last season and beat Porta Fortuna (Ire) by four lengths in a Group 1. I'd like him. I like his pedigree and his Daddy is doing well. On his day, he was a very smart horse and you could say he's a bit of a forgotten horse so he's the one who floats my boat. Outside of him, we only bid for one horse this year, and that was Big Evs (Ire). Once we had him secured, we were happy and sat on our hands. Roger O'Callaghan: “It can be a busy few weeks but there's great entertainment in it all “ | Laura Green Where do you stand with the current crop of first-season sires? GM: I'm afraid that I am going to be talking about France again because I was very excited about Hello Youmzain (Fr) at the start of the year and I like what has happened with him. I also like the end of the season that Pinatubo (Ire) has had. We were not expecting him to have Royal Ascot two-year-olds and it's good that he had a Listed winner in France recently. I like the progeny of Mohaather (GB) and, of course, Kameko has had a Group 1 winner so he is a stallion to monitor closely as well. There is no standout but I would give them all a chance for next year. MW: We feel slightly hard done by with Ghaiyyath as we sold a lovely filly by him at Book 2 but felt we probably could have gotten more for her. The sire has since had a slew of winners and is probably more popular now than during the sale. We are going to stay loyal to him and he could be the one to repay people's faith. RO'C: Hello Youmzain is the one, isn't he? He's the one I like. He was a good racehorse, everyone sent mares to him and supported him and now he's coming up trumps. If you couldn't make it to the sales, who would you trust to buy you a mare or a foal? GM: If you won't allow me to say my wife, Lucie Lamotte, I will have to say Stuart Boman of Blandford Bloodstock to buy the mare. I have a good relationship with Stuart and he helps us a lot so I would trust him to buy a mare. To buy a foal, I am going to say David or James Egan of Corduff Stud. MW: If I can't say Violet Hesketh [partner in WH Bloodstock], I will nominate Jamie McCalmont for the mare and Kelsey Lupo for the foal. RO'C: We'll let Paddy Turley buy the foal. Craig and Martin McCracken can buy the mare. Look at the amount of good stock they have bred in the past few years. They are not slow. Give us three sires that you would support in these categories; 0-15k, 15-50k, 50k upwards. GM: At the top level, I would have to say Wootton Bassett (GB) because I have a close relationship with him and have been using him from the start and been very lucky with him. In the middle, I will be with Charyn, even though he is not proven and then at the lower end, I am a big fan of Oasis Dream (GB). I know he is getting on in years but, if you got a filly by him, he would be very good value at £15,000. MW: Night Of Thunder (Ire) is an exceptional sire and we;ve been lucky with him so I'll nominate him at the top end of the market while Study Of Man and Cotai Glory are good value at £25,000 and €15,000 respectively. RO'C: Mehmas (Ire) in the top category anyway. We've never had a horse stand for as much money at €70,000 and he deserves to be standing at that fee after the year we had. We've very proud of him. The bit I like about him is that he can get a good sprinter and it looks like he can get a really good miler as well. That opens doors for a lot of people. Study Of Man has impressed me and he could be the one in the middle tier while Bucanero Fuerte will appeal to a lot of people at €12,500. The post Where Does The Value Lie? Top Judges Have Their Say On Breeding Stock Sales 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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A son of Cloth Of Stars (Ire) topped Arqana's Flat yearling finale at €23,000 when selling to Clifton Farm. Sold as lot 139 from Jedburgh Stud, he hails from the family of G1 Melbourne Cup second Heartbreak City (Fr) (Lando {Ger}), as well as Classic winners Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Madelia (Fr) (Caro {Ire}). The highest priced filly on the day was lot 137, a daughter of Saxon Warrior (Jpn) and Missisipi Baileys (Fr) (Aqlaam {GB}) who was knocked down for €22,000 to Witold Miedzianowski. Consigned by Trois Chapelles, the bay is related to stakes winner and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes third Baileys Jubilee (GB) (Bahamian Bounty {GB}). Janda Bloodstock was the leading buyer with seven lots acquired for a gross of €52,000. Haras de Castillon was the leading consignor with 13 sold for an aggregate of €58,500. At the close of trade for the November Yearling Sale, 117 sold from 160 offered (73.1%) for a gross of €600,500 (-36.8%). The average was €5,132 (-23.4%) and the median was €3,500 (-30%). The post Cloth Of Stars Colt Leads The Way At Arqana November Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mind Sunday (Fr) (Never On Sunday {Fr}) (lot 810) has been added to the upcoming Arqana Autumn Sale as a wildcard. The National Hunt sale, which features 105 mares, 24 fillies and 83 foals, will take place from Monday, Nov. 18 and end on Thursday, Nov. 21. Mind Sunday is a half-sister to two-time Grade 1 winner Master Dino (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}) and Grade 3 winner Master D'Oc (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}). The 8-year-old mare is carrying her first foal by Doctor Dino and will sell on Thursday in the National Hunt and Breeding Stock part of the sale. Sessions start at 11 a.m each day. For the full catalogue, please visit the Arqana website. The post Wildcard Mind Sunday Added To Arqana Autumn Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars BLAZING WIND - R1 (1) Improving galloper looksready to hit the board in this moderate race Jay Rooney BLAZING WIND - R1 (1) Bursting to win after a pair of close seconds and J Mac hops on Jack Dawling JOHANNES BRAHMS - R10 (1) Exciting import has been trialling well and can strike at the first time of asking Phillip Woo BLAZING WIND - R1 (1) Is ready to salute after solid seconds in two recent appearances Shannon (Vincent Wong) GALAXY PATCH - R8 (5) Exciting galloper looks primed for a bold run this afternoon Racing Post Online FAST NETWORK - R5 (7) Didn't have a lot of luck last start and he can make amends today Tom Wood FAST NETWORK - R5 (7) Had a few things go against him last time out and he can bounce backView the full article

Former Kiwi galloper Nikau Spur continues to provide Toowoomba trainers Corey and Kylie Geran with huge thrills and the momentum continued when scoring a last-stride victory in the Listed New Zealand Bloodstock Beauford (2300m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The eight-year-old son of Proisir was the winner of the Listed Queensland Cup (2400m) two starts back and relished the solid tempo on Saturday as he landed the thick end of the A$300,000 purse. Ridden by Tim Clark, Nikau Spur narrowly got the better of Herman Hesse, with Naval College a luckless third. Corey Geran, who prepares the third-hand galloper with his mother Kylie at Toowoomba, was on hand to savour the victory. “I love this horse. He is nothing short of a superstar. We travelled to Coffs Harbour on Thursday night, we worked him around Coffs Harbour track Friday morning and came down here this morning, and he can do that. He is just incredible,” Geran said. “He won the Queensland Cup over 2400m and there is a lack of staying races in Queensland, particularly genuinely-run staying races in Queensland. You come to these places and you get that genuine pace on. “This horse should have won last start but there was just not much pace in the race and it got him beat but he ran his last furlong in 11 seconds. I said to Tim Clark today that if he does that I genuinely think he can win.” Stayers trained out of Queensland have now hit the headlines over the past couple of weeks, with Knight’s Choice surprise Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) win coming for John Symons and Sheila Laxon, the training partnership Geran previously worked for for five years. “I think if you go back and look at the form from the mile race at Doomben in Winter this year, Gringotts was the winner, Knight’s Choice ran second and he ran third,” Geran said. Nikau Spur was initially trained in New Zealand by Rosie Buchanan for whom he placed in his only raceday start at Awapuni before he caught the eye of Ciaron Maher’s bloodstock manager Will Bourne, and a deal was negotiated to secure the talented galloper. The winner of three races for Maher, Nikau Spur has won a further six races for the Gerans and has now amassed A$ $686,932 in career earnings. By Proisir out of the stakes winning Ustinov mare Sarsarun, Nikau Spur was bred by Hallmark Stud and the Springvale Family Trust. View the full article

The Paul Preusker-trained Torranzino has come from near last to score a narrow victory in the A$500,000 Hyland Victorian Country Cups Final (2000m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The five-year-old son of Tarzino was the first emergency and gained a start care of the scratching of You Betcha Woo. Going back from the widest barrier of 15, Torranzino carried 52kgs with Celine Gaudray’s claim, and worked into the race at the right time, coming widest to defeat Charterhouse and the game Arran Bay. Torranzino has been in work since May and the quirky yet talented galloper has now won A$512,540 in prizemoney. “He’s been a handful,” the Preusker said. “He’s brutal tough. Emily who rides him all the time at home – I chime in every now and then – she does well persevering. Quite a difficult horse but in saying that a good galloper. “He’ll go home tonight, he’ll eat, and he’ll be bucking tomorrow. That’s just him. Whether he’s mentally quite right, I don’t know, but anyway we’ll keep plodding along and I thought if he won today we might go to the Ballarat Cup.” The A$500,000 Listed Ballarat Cup (2000m) is on December 7. “They’ve done a terrific job with this horse,” Gaudray said. “He still does a bit wrong. He wants to over-race and wobble around. I had to do my best to keep him straight. He does want to lay in. “We drew a sticky gate and we always planned to come out neutral but he had a bit of toe about him today so I had to get him to relax and the track is starting to deteriorate on the inside and I was probably on the better part of the surface.” By Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino, Torranzino was bred by Payne Family Racing Pty Ltd. He is the first foal to race out of the Helmet mare Goldilicious, who is a half-sister to the Group Three winner Showbeel, who in turn is out of Champion Stayer Showella. Torranzino was offered by Janine Dunlop’s Phoenix Park as a yearling in Book 1 of Karaka 2021, where Preusker bought him for $75,000. View the full article

After going into the New Zealand Cup Carnival without any black-type victories to her name, Mehzebeen leaves Riccarton with two of them including Saturday’s time-honoured Gr.3 Martin Collins 161st New Zealand Cup (3200m). This has been a career-changing week for Mehzebeen, who showed bright promise with a Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) placing as a three-year-old but has alternated between disappointing and unlucky through the 18 months since. The first sign that Mehzebeen might be turning a corner came on the first day of the carnival last Saturday, where she scored an all-the-way win in the Listed Metropolitan Trophy (2600m) and announced herself as a genuine New Zealand Cup contender. The circumstances were different when the Almanzor mare backed up for the $400,000 feature on Saturday, with a Soft7 track, a different jockey and a change of tactics, but the result was the same as Mehzebeen romped to victory by three lengths. Mehzebeen was ridden by Craig Grylls, who missed the ride in the Metropolitan last Saturday when he was unable to make the weight and was a late replacement by Sam Spratt. Grylls played his role to perfection on Saturday, settling in fourth and one off the rail as a very keen Just Charlie set the pace. Mehzebeen travelled with ease all the way around the expansive Riccarton circuit, and she began to build momentum coming up to the home turn. Grylls asked her to quicken and the five-year-old sailed away, opening up a big margin over placegetters Beavertown Boy and Canheroc. “That was a big performance,” Grylls said. “The plan was to get a bit of cover, and we managed to do that quite quickly. She just travelled so well throughout. Coming up to the turn, I thought that all she would have to do to get them all off the bridle would be to just quicken up a little bit, and she did that. She won easily in the end.” Trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson, Mehzebeen has now had 19 starts for five wins, three placings and $474,010 in stakes. That total is a sharp increase on the $186,510 she had to her name coming into the carnival. “This is a massive thrill,” Bergerson said. “It’s one of the iconic races in New Zealand racing, so it means a lot to have our names on the trophy. “Thanks to all of our team, both at Matamata and down here. The start of her prep didn’t quite go to plan, but she’s just improved, improved and improved. “That win last week gave us the confidence to press on into today. She’s absolutely thrived and bounced through the run on the first day, and then she came out and was really strong through the line. “There are plenty of nice Cup races coming up, both here and in Australia. The further, the better is what we’ve always believed with her. She’s just taken a bit of time and hasn’t always had the rub of the green.” Mehzebeen was bred by Pencarrow Thoroughbreds and offered in their draft at Karaka 2021, where she was bought for $50,000 by Danny Rolston, who was previously Director of Sales for New Zealand Bloodstock and is these days Executive Manager, International Sale / Owners Advisory Services for the Hong Kong Jockey Club. “She was sourced by Danny Rolston, who’s obviously a fantastic judge,” Bergerson said. “He bought her for some keen owners and small-time breeders. They’ll all be over the moon with this result. “It’s been quite a ride with her, a lot of ups and downs, but days like today make it all worthwhile.” View the full article

Riccarton’s Listed Lindauer Stewards’ Stakes (1200m) is a special race on the calendar for local trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman, who won the $140,000 sprint showpiece again on Saturday with a remarkable performance from a rising star. Mystic Park became the Pitman stable’s sixth Stewards’ Stakes winner in the last 17 years, joining Coup Bloomsbury (2007), Coup Align (2009 and 2010) and El Chico, who won it as a seven-year-old in 2011 and again as an 11-year-old in 2015. With those previous winners along with Group One speedsters like Enzo’s Lad and Sensei, the Pitmans have had plenty of sprinting talent on their hands throughout the last couple of decades. But the father-son pair believe Mystic Park could be the best of the lot. The Pitmans paid $40,000 to buy the son of Ocean Park as a yearling at Karaka in 2021. He went into Saturday’s race as the winner of six of his 11 starts, placing in another three. The Stewards’ Stakes was Mystic Park’s first shot at black-type level, and he had to carry a 59kg topweight against a 16-horse field that was mostly on 53kg. Mystic Park and jockey Sam Weatherley settled well back in a tightly bunched field, then began to warm into their work in the straight. The favourite had his momentum halted on two occasions as Weatherley had to duck and weave to find clear running. Last week’s Listed Pegasus Stakes (1000m) winner Illicit Dreams swept to the lead out wide on the track in what looked like a winning move, but Mystic Park hit top gear in the final 50m and clawed his way past her to win by a head. Mystic Park was the first topweight in more than a decade to win the Stewards’ Stakes. The last was Durham Town, who won under 59.5kg in 2013. “He’s a proper horse,” Weatherley said. “He had no real right to win that. He’s not really at home on that ground, he was stopped in his tracks a couple of times in the straight, and he was carrying 59kg and giving six kilos to most of the field. It was a huge effort. “It’s a great training performance from the Pitmans as well. It was pretty bold to give him just the one run back in August and then wait for today. They have bigger ambitions up north later in the season, and I’m sure he’ll do them proud. “These Pitman colours mean a lot to me. They’ve been big supporters of mine all the way through. I’m thrilled to get a big winner for them during Cup Week.” Mystic Park has now had 12 starts for seven wins, three placings and $237,170 in stakes. The TAB now rates him a $10 chance for the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m) at Trentham on January 4, with a quote of $26 available for the Gr.1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie three weeks later. “We were offered huge money by the Ciaron Maher stable when he won his first start, but we didn’t sell him,” Michael Pitman said. “The times he’s run, he’s as good as any horse around. We’ve still got to prove that, of course, but that’s what we believe. “He almost got knocked over twice in the straight today and still got up to win. He’s a good horse. “I love this race. We’ve won it six or seven times now, including with an 11-year-old. This race and the Telegraph are probably my two favourite races.” View the full article

A perfect ride by Nash Rawiller has aided Harlow Mist to record her fourth career victory for trainer John Sargent when successful in the Bella Group Midway Handicap (1600m) at Newcastle on Saturday. The four-year-old mare by Contributer was back in the winner’s circle for the first time in just over 12 months, having campaigned in elite company as a three-year-old. Group Two placed in the Wakeful Stakes (2000m) last spring, Harlow Mist had been building towards a win with a good fifth in the A$500,000 Four Pillars (1500m) at her previous outing. Under a ground-saving Nash Rawiller ride, Harlow Mist travelled midfield on the fence throughout and only went around the leader and eventual third Magnatear before withstanding the late challenge of runner-up Piraeus. “She is very honest and very tough,” Rawiller said. “I felt very vulnerable over the last 80m but her will to win got her there. It was a good effort. “I thought the second horse had me and my horse wanted it more. “She has always shown good ability and it is great to see her back in form. Bred by the Hawkins family’s Llanhennock Trust, Harlow Mist was sold as a yearling at Karaka through their Wentwood Grange draft, fetching $85,000 to the bid of James Moss’ Tricolours Racing & Syndications. Out of the stakes-placed mare Sila Jasak, Harlow Mist’s granddam is the champion galloper Grand Archway, who won both the Gr.1 VRC Oaks (2500m) and the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) among her four elite-level victories. View the full article

Promising mare Bella Waters indicated she is on the right path to success in some of the upcoming major summer feature events when she came from last to secure victory in the Gr.2 Gartshore Tauranga Stakes (1600m) at Tauranga. Carrying the colours of Cambridge Stud principals Brendan and Jo Lindsay, who bred and race her, the Moira and Kieran Murdoch-prepared five-year-old was having just her second start in a new campaign after signing off her four-year-old season with success in the Listed Rotorua Cup (2200m) back in May. A decent winter spell resulted in her furnishing further and following a runner-up finish in a 1000m trial at Avondale she kicked off with a handy effort when finishing midfield over 1200m at Tauranga earlier in the month. On this occasion regular pilot Warren Kennedy was happy to settle the daughter of Sacred Falls beside the well backed Ladies Man ($3.40) at the rear of the eight-horse field and was still in last position with just 500m to run. Kennedy tracked wide in the home straight and found plenty of space as Ladies Man battled to clear traffic when seeking an inside run, with Bella Waters driving home to nail favourite Pearl of Alsace ($2.90) on the line, winning by a nose with a further neck back to Mali Ston and Ladies Man in a blanket finish. Moira Murdoch admitted she had some concerns when faced with a Heavy9 track in the morning (subsequently improved to a Soft6) and how relaxed the mare appeared when it was time to get serious in the home straight. “She has really come of age and is relaxed, maybe too relaxed coming around the corner and has turned into a real racehorse,” Murdoch said. “I thought she was a little unlucky first-up and we were a little worried about the track, but is has turned out really good as she is untried on the heavy.” Murdoch is looking ahead to some lofty goals with the mare who she believes is a potential Group One performer. “I think she is probably at that level (Group One) and she earned that today,” she said. “It would be nice to think she could get to those big races that are coming up.” Out of the Pivotal mare But Beautiful, who won three races in a limited career, Bella Waters is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Autumn Stakes (1800m) winner Immediacy and has now won four of her 11 starts and more than $176,000 in prizemoney. View the full article

The emerging rivalry between exciting fillies Alabama Lass and Captured By Love swung back in Captured By Love’s favour with an outstanding performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 Barneswood Farm 52nd New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton. The Matamata-trained stars clashed for the first time in the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) on their home track in February, where Captured By Love beat Alabama Lass by a length and three-quarters. That was the only defeat from the first five career starts for Alabama Lass, who went on to string together three blistering victories this spring including the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) at Hastings and last month’s Gr.2 Soliloquy Stakes (1400m) at Ellerslie. In the Gold Trail, the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained flier reversed the Matamata Breeders’ Stakes result with a three-quarter-length defeat of Captured By Love. The evenly matched pair headed to Riccarton on Saturday with their scoreline all square at one-all ahead of the prestigious $550,000 classic. Alabama Lass was sent out as the $2.20 favourite for the 1000 Guineas with Captured By Love the second elect at $4.30, but it was the Te Akau Racing chestnut who took out the all-important Group One. Visiting Australian jockey Josh Parr found a midfield position in sixth and one off the rail on Captured By Love, while Alabama Lass took up her expected front-running role and enjoyed some easy sectionals coming down the side of the track. The field came out to the middle of the Riccarton strip at the home turn, searching for the better footing on the Soft7 surface. Parr opted to angle Captured By Love back closer the rail, quickly looming up on the inside of Alabama Lass at the 300m mark. Alabama Lass saw her nemesis coming and lifted again in a brave front-running performance, but Captured By Love surged past her in the last 100m and went clear to win by a length and a quarter. Alabama Lass held second, with the lightly raced Movin Out storming home from near last to finish third in only the third race of her career. “It feels great to win a Group One race in New Zealand,” Parr said. “Two years ago I came to ride for Te Akau at this carnival, and this day didn’t go well with the races being cancelled. “Middle to three-quarters of the way out on the track is the place to be, but it opened up on the middle to inside, so I took the shortcut. We idled up alongside the favourite and she was the stronger filly. “The Te Akau team has been great to me in the past and they’re huge contributors both here and in Australia.” Captured By Love was bought for A$525,000 by Te Akau Racing principal David Ellis from the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale last year. The Written Tycoon filly has now had 10 starts for five wins and five placings, earning $703,435 for the Te Akau 2023 Magic Fillies’ Breeding Syndicate. “That was a great win,” said Mark Walker, who trains in partnership with Sam Bergerson. “Well done to our racing manager Reece Trumper for getting the services of Josh Parr. “At the top of the straight it could have got ugly, but Group One jockeys make Group One decisions and Josh got a lovely run through on the inside. “Big thanks to Dave (Ellis), who bought the filly without any owners. It takes great nerve to buy the ones you want, and full credit to Karyn (Fenton-Ellis) for filling the syndicate. “It’s been an interrupted preparation for Captured By Love, but the 1000 Guineas was the one we wanted. Full credit to Sam – I’ve spent a lot of time at our Melbourne stable during the spring. He held his nerve by not giving her a hard gallop on Tuesday, just didn’t think she needed it, and the result was a very satisfying win for everyone involved. “She’s only going to improve heading into the autumn, so very exciting times ahead for Captured By Love.” Captured By Love became the seventh 1000 Guineas winner for the Te Akau stable, following on from Insouciant (2007), King’s Rose (2010), Costa Viva (2013), Risque (2015), Kahma Lass (2020) and The Perfect Pink (2021). “It’s a privilege to win this race for the seventh time,” Karyn Fenton-Ellis said. “Congratulations to David Ellis for buying this filly, the owners who understand how good she is, and Mark and Sam for the way they have managed her through a somewhat difficult preparation. “Today she showed all the spirit and class that she possesses, and thank you to Josh Parr for coming over and riding such a great race. “Nothing gives us more joy than to win a race like the 1000 Guineas for such a great group of owners, and it’s a special privilege to be on the podium accepting the awards from the Canterbury Jockey Club.” Jockey Sam Spratt was far from disappointed with the performance of runner-up Alabama Lass. “I thought she was really good,” she said. “She just didn’t cop the wet track today. Coming up to the turn, she wasn’t travelling well and I thought the whole field might go past me. So she fought well. “The mile not quite be right up her alley, but I think she could have got away with it on dry ground. She’ll keep, and Ken is talking about freshening her up for a shot at the Railway (Gr.1, 1200m).” View the full article

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Mojo Rhythm claims the Group 3 R.J Peters Stakes at Ascot Racecourse. Photo: Western Racepix Having claimed the race 12 months ago, the Mitchell Pateman-trained Mojo Rhythm has once again triumphed in the Group 3 R.J. Peters Stakes (1500m) at Ascot Racecourse. The now six-year-old gelding scored as a $17 chance in the 2023 edition, but was sent around as a $31 chance with Playup on Saturday. Patrick Carbery had the son of Playing God settled towards the rear of the field once the runners found their places, as race favourite Luvnwar ($2.80) was forced to travel three wide with no cover. In what turned out to be a farcically run affair, unbeknownst to the leading jockeys, the race was being set up perfectly for a back marker like Mojo Rhythm to come storming over the top of his rivals late. Despite being on heels on those in front of him as they turned for home, but once clear air appeared, Mojo Rhythm built through his gears smartly and held off the fast-finishing Yonga Lass in impressive fashion. 2024 Group 3 R.J. Peters Stakes Replay – Mojo Rhythm https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ascot-2024-Group-3-R.J.-Peters-Stakes-161124-Mojo-Rhythm-Mitchell-Pateman-Patrick-Carbery.mp4 Mitchell Pateman was thrilled to win the Peters Stakes for a second straight year and is set to aim Mojo Rhythm towards another crack at the Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600m). “He’s a hard horse to train, you work him too hard and he races pretty flat,” Pateman said. “I was a bit nice to him, and he needed the run in his first two, then I cracked the shits, and said nah so I got stuck into between last run and this run. “He’s improved out of sight, he’s a good horse. “He’s got a really good turn of foot, Pat rode him beautifully. “We’re off to a Railway again.” Mojo Rhythm is a $26 chance with horse racing bookmakers for the Railway Stakes next Saturday following the win. Horse racing news View the full article

It took a perfect steer from William Pike, but the Grant & Alana Williams-trained Storyville has powered away with the William Pike steered Storyville to victory in the Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) at Ascot Racecourse.. Having settled at the rear of the field one off the fence, Pike was riding for luck in the home straight as leaders Diamond Dancer ($6.00) and Ron’s Finalflutter ($3.90) went for home with 300m to go. Despite being a $7 quote with Dabble, Pike managed to get the Overshare filly to produce a stunning turn of foot, and although Ron’s Finalflutter looked like he had the races shot to piece with 200m to go, Pike and Storyville went past the eventual runner-up with 100m to go to win by 1.78-lengths and stake an 11th hour claim towards next week’s Group 2 WA Guineas (1600m) 2024 Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes Replay – Storyville https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ascot-2024-Group-3-WA-Champion-Fillies-Stakes-16112024-Storyville-Grant-Alana-Williams-William-Pike.mp4 The win handed the training partnership of Grant & Alana Williams their seventh triumph in the Fillies feature, and Grant Williams was extremely complimentary of Pike’s ride. “Geez, it’s good when he is in this sort of form, isn’t it?” Williams said about one of the WA’s greatest ever hoops. “We’ve had a really good wrap on this horse from day dot, she does go really good. “We were probably riding her a bit too confident for her first few runs, but he knows her really well. “They’re only three once, she’s in really good nick and she if she pulls up well, we probably have to have a go at the Guineas.” Much like the Williams stable, Pike has had his fair share of success in the race, with Storyville handing him a sixth win in the event. Having been quoted as a $21 chance with horse racing bookmakers for next Saturday’s WA Guineas, Storyville is now a $6.00 second-elect in WA Guineas markets. Horse racing news View the full article

Classy mare Niance wins her fifth of her six starts in Australia in the Gr.3 How Now Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. Photo: Bruno Cannatelli Classy sprinting mare Niance has proved a revelation since crossing the Tasman and joining the stable of Cranbourne trainer Grahame Begg. The five-year-old daughter of Swiss Ace has won five of her six starts in Australia and dominated her rivals when defying the pattern of the day to lead throughout and land the Group 3 How Now Stakes (1200m) in Caulfield as the $2.80 favourite with the top Australian bookmakers. 2024 How Now Stakes Race Replay – Niance https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Caulfield-2024-Group-3-How-Now-Stakes-16112024-Niance-Grahame-Begg-Jordan-Childs.mp4 Leaders on the day had been thwarted by a strong northerly breeze, but connections elected not to alter the preferred racing style for Niance, with regular rider Jordan Childs executing the plan to perfection as the mare comfortably withheld the challenge of runner-up She’s Bulletproof. “She’s got a good record this mare, and she probably should be nearly unbeaten with us,” Begg said. “Each time we’ve raised the bar, she’s stepped up to the mark, and she makes her own luck up front, on the lead. “We said to Jordan going into the race, look don’t change anything; I know it’s been advantageous, a bit of cover and things like that today, but you know I always believe ride the race to suit the horse. Don’t try changing anything and he got the job done and rode her well.” Now a multiple stakes winner, Begg has eyes on some bigger targets, including the Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) on February 22 back at Caulfield. “She just keeps on producing. In my back of my mind I’d like to give her a bit of a break now, maybe. You’ve got a day to dream, I guess. Maybe an Oakleigh Plate, in a race with 51 or 52 kilos on her back and she goes very well early in a preparation, so we can set her up for something like that could be advantageous or the Robert Sangster (Group 1, 1200m) later on, who knows.” Niance began her career in the care of Shaun and Emma Clotworthy, for whom she was a winner and a placegetter from four starts in New Zealand before Phill Cataldo negotiated a private sale for clients Ace Bloodstock. Begg took his time with the mare when she first crossed the Tasman, with 12 months between her final run in New Zealand and her Australian debut victory at Pakenham in February this year. Niance was bred by Gerry Harvey and is by his Westbury Stud stallion Swiss Ace out of the Red Giant mare Cosmetic. Second dam Renovated is a half-sister to the Australian Group winners Alma’s Fury and Enforced. Horse racing news View the full article

Australian rides California Spangle, Straight Arron and Five G Patch in Sunday’s Group Two contests.View the full article

Formidable combination Steve Wolfe and Shaun McGruddy have combined with Rope Them In ($8.50) to claim the Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes (1100m) at Ascot Racecourse. Having been competitive in weaker company to begin his campaign, horse racing bookmakers were keeping the son of Playing God safe following his 1.6 length defeat behind race rival, and key market fancy Almighty Class ($3.50). Not only would Rope Them In turn the tables on Almighty Class, the four-year-old gelding would go on to stamp his claims towards a race like the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) following Saturday’s success. With Snowdome and Man Crush setting a genuine tempo throughout, the race was always going to be set up for a horse that had cover in the second-half of the field. McGruddy quickly found the back of Almighty Class once that runner was caught wide without cover, and as that horse started to tire in the home straight, Rope Them In produced a strong finish to put the race to bed with 100m to go. The eye-catching run was without a doubt from Western Empire, who started a $2.45 favourite with Picklebet. William Pike was racing in restricted room throughout from barrier one aboard the class horse in the field, and once the gaps appeared inside the final 150m, he surged late to go down by less than a length. 2024 Group 3 Colonel Reeves Stakes Replay – Rope Them In https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ascot-2024-Group-3-Colonel-Reeves-Stakes-16112024-Rope-Them-In-Steve-Wolfe-Shaun-McGruddy.mp4 Trainer Steve Wolfe was all smiles following the performance. “I always thought he was 1200, 1100 (metre) horse,” Wolfe said. “He’s a genuine horse, he hasn’t had much luck this time in, but the three deep line, a beautiful ride, well-trained and away we go. “He has got a good turn of foot, and I don’t have to do too much with him now.” McGruddy, who picked up his third win in the Colonel Reeves Stakes was full of praise for the classy sprinter post-race. “This horse has been looking for a better horses race,” he said. “The races he has been in there’s been no speed, he’s drawn well or he has had a lot of weight where you do not want to get back. “Up in grade and although it looked like he was out of his depth, I always thought that is what he was looking for.” Following the win, Neds have marked Rope Them In as a $26 for the Group 1 Winterbottom Stakes, in from $41 pre-race. Horse racing news View the full article

By Adam Hamilton The Aussies only snared the one win on Show Day at Addington Raceway, but it was the one that stole the week. Keayang Zahara’s mesmerizing win in the $500,000 Majestic Horse Floats LP The Ascent also capped the greatest NZ Cup Week in history for Aussie raiders, winning three of the “majors” with the 10-horse team who crossed the ditch. Swayzee did his thing, again, in last Tuesday’s IRT NZ Trotting Cup. The way he did it was just so Swayzee. Defying his daunting travel and racing schedule to lift off the canvas when local star Don’t Stop Dreaming looked to have him cold at the 100m. But it was fitting that champion Aussie trotter and global flag bearer Just Believe set the tone for the week by delivering the first big win for Australia in the $400,000 Group 1 Dominion Trot. It was little more than trackwork as Just Believe found the front and won eased down for 10th Group 1 win of his stellar career. “Harry” as he is so affectionately known was expected to repeat the dose yesterday, but even the greats aren’t unbeatable. Punching into a strong wind outside of the leader, Just Believe always looked vulnerable in the run with the explosive and classy Oscar Bonavena stalking on his back. While Harry gave a good kick rounding the home bend, old Oscar used that speed of his to snatch victory and move very close to $1 million in earnings. Just Believe was so very brave. It was only his third defeat in 22 starts since returning from Sweden last year. Each time he’s run second. With the Aussie mood dampened slightly, the spotlight moved to Keayang Zahara. Yes, she’s looked amazing winning all 11 starts in Australian, five of them at Group 1 level, but could she handle a trip to NZ so early in her career and would the Kiwis be much harder to beat? Yes and no were the answers. In one of the spine-tingling moments Addington has seen in many years, Keayang Zahara literally left her rivals standing when driver Jason Lee said go on the home turn. The margin was an increasing eight lengths, but that’s while Lee was letting her coast to the line under her own steam as he savoured the moment and flourished his whip to the appreciative Addington crowd. Everyone knew they had seen something special. It sounds disrespectful to Just Believe to say she’s the most exciting trotter in this part of the world, but she is. He’s still the best, but it won’t be long until she’s hunting for him, Before then, Kiwis will get to see her again in the flesh. Trainer Paddy Lee confirmed Keayang Zahara would stay on for the $140,000 Group 1 NZ Trotting Oaks at Addington on November 29. She’s $1.08 to land her seventh Group 1 victory in the race. But, staying beyond that for the Derby now seems unlikely. After decades of the best Kiwis heading to Australia and plundering our biggest races, the tide has turned, at least for now. And, as an Aussie, it’s great to see. View the full article

Another Prophet ridden by Ethan Brown wins the Group 1 Thousand Guineas at Caulfield Racecourse. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Australia’s top trainers have come to the fore in the Group 1 Thousand Guineas, with Another Prophet ($34) for Ciaron Maher taking out the three-year-old fillies contest ahead of the Chris Waller-trained Aeliana ($3) and Too Darn Lizzie ($26) from the Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott stable. Too Darn Lizzie led the field at a strong tempo, followed by Stage ‘N’ Screen ($8), Supercilious ($41), and the eventual winner, who settled in the one-one position and received the best run of the race. Horse racing bookmakers favourite Aeliana settled well back in the field with other market fancies Lovelycut ($11) and Benagil ($11). Turning for home, Too Darn Lizzie drifted off the inside rail and gave a strong kick, but Another Prophet loomed largely on her outside, and she took over with 200m to go. Matisse ($16) and Aeliana let down with their finishing bursts, with the former inconveniencing the latter slightly, before James McDonald asked for the ultimate effort in the final 150m. To her credit, Aeliana picked herself up, and she rattled home down the middle of the track but left her run too late and couldn’t pick up Another Prophet, who claimed a half-length win in the feature event at Caulfield. 2024 Thousand Guineas replay – Another Prophet https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Caulfield-2024-Group-1-Caulfield-Guineas-16112024-Another-Prophet-Ciaron-Maher-Ethan-Brown.mp4 Ciaron Maher was on course to speak about the victory. “We knew she was on the right trajectory,” Maher said. “We thought there was a little bit of improvement in her coming out of her last run and she actually ran a peak last start so that gave us the confidence going forward. “It was obviously a bit of a roll at the stumps but that was the science behind it. “She’d thrived and as I said to Brownie going out ‘well, I think we can win this.’ “He rode her so confidently, it was a very comfortable watch. “(I was confident) the whole way. “I was actually just watching Brownie and wanting her to drop her head after the first furlong or so. “Once I saw her nose drop I thought ‘gee, we’re in business here’. “Just fantastic, Brownie. “He’s a good mate, we’ve had some great wins together and hopefully there’s plenty more in store.” Ethan Brown was confident in his filly, and he spoke about that confidence in his post-race interview. “Her whole build-up… at the start, she was leading up half-mile trials and doing it upside down so it was a matter of teaching her,” Brown said. “She was a bit wound up at Moonee Valley and I think that is when we started thinking about her stretching to a mile. “She’s always had good ability and certainly with the right trainer. “I think she’s just progressed and what gave me more confidence was when we got in the yard and Ciaron said tucked up again since last start. “Cantered to the gates and it felt on. “Lobbed in a beautiful spot. “She was a bit keen early, I was a bit worried about that, but as Ciaron said one she dropped her head she travelled sweet and built into it beautifully and showed her true colours today. “A bit of cover was essential so I have to contain her early and once we got that first half right, it was easy from then.” “It hasn’t sunk in yet. “I’ve only ridden five (Group 1s) and they still all feel like my first. I’ve got a long way to catch J-Mac.” Horse racing news View the full article

Champion Fillies’ Day 2024. Photo: Western Racepix The Ascot Summer Carnival officially gets underway on Saturday with Champions Fillies’ where a nine-race meeting is set down for decision at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, November 16, 2024. The Group 3 WA Champion Fillies Stakes (1600m) is the feature of the day and is set to jump at 4:15pm local time. With plenty of key form races leading into the Group 1 races over in the west, catch up on all the race replays, results and dividends provided by top horse racing bookmakers here. Free Ascot Race Replays & Full Results 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Race 1 – Petaluma Handicap (1400 METRES) Race Replay & Results https://horsebetting.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Ascot-Race-1-Petaluma-Handicap-16112024-Miss-Skyhigh-Grant-Alana-Williams-William-Pike.mp4 Place No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Fixed Odds (W) Fixed Odds (P) 1st 3 Miss Skyhigh Grant & Alana Williams William Pike $3.80 $1.50 2nd 2 Madame Magic Daniel & Ben Peace Chris Parnham $2.50 3rd 11 Belle Journee Chris Stelmach Shaun O’Donnell $5.00 4th 7 Miss Rockjoy Susan Olive Jarrod Noske Exotic Bet Type Results Dividend Quinella 3-2 $10.30 Exacta 3-2 $16.90 Duet 3-2 $5.60 Duet 3-11 $12.40 Duet 2-11 $26.10 Trifecta 3-2-11 $379.30 First Four 3-2-11-7 $4,097.80 Horse racing news View the full article

Apprentice Sima Mxothwa would have had his heart in his mouth with 250m to run in Saturday’s Laser Plumbing Waihi Beach (1400m) at Tauranga. Trainer Allan Sharrock entrusted the four kilogram-claiming apprentice with the ride on race favourite Sumi in the open 1400m contest and up until the closing stages of the contest Mxothwa had done most things right on the seven-year-old mare. Having let the daughter of Atlante find her rhythm towards the back of the field, Mxothwa began to track up behind runners approaching the home bend. Sumi looked to be full of running as Mxothwa went for a gap one off the fence but that was slammed shut in front of him and he desperately began seeking clear air further out on the track. Just as Saint Bathans claimed pacemaker Pow Wow and was set for victory, Sumi launched an undeniable burst, making up at least two lengths in the last 100m to hit the front and forge clear for a stunning win. Mxothwa is another of a growing list of South African riders plying their trade in New Zealand, with the 23-year-old now based with Sharrock after starting off with trainers Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott. Sharrock admitted he had mixed emotions throughout the race, but was pleased to see everything work out in the end. “The boy went from hero to zero there pretty quickly when he put her in a bad position in the straight,” Sharrock said. “But she is a tidy mare with a great turn of foot and he managed to get her out and get the win. “I think he has got good skills but just needs some opportunities to learn and bring those to the fore. “He has been with me for about a month now, so I put him on to give him that experience and I’m proud of him that he got the job done.” Sharrock had to watch the race from his New Plymouth home after major roadworks on the way to Tauranga prevented him travelling to the venue. “There are some massive roadworks on at the moment so I stayed home and watched it on TV,” he said. “I thought she could win and now she has I think we might look at a set weights and penalties mile at Ellerslie (Gr.3, 1600m) at the end of the month. “That was her first go right-handed today and she was fine so that Ellerslie race fits in well for her. “We were going to send her to the broodmare paddock but decided to give her another campaign where she has won twice and still has a couple more wins in her.” Bred by Mapperley Stud principal Simms Davison, Sumi is a daughter of Kaapstad mare Seek A Fortune and the younger half-sister to Group Three winner Spare A Fortune. Purchased by Sharrock for just $4,500 out of the Book 3 Sale at Karaka in 2019, she has now won eight of her 35 starts and more than $242,00 in prizemoney. View the full article