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In 2023, Namur (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) parlayed a victory in the G2 Fuji Stakes en route to a neck defeat of Soul Rush (Jpn) (Rulership {Jpn}) in the G1 Mile Championship. This term, the top Japanese pair face a tougher ask, as Europe's Champion Miler elect Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) attempts to become the first international winner of the race since it was opened to worldwide participation in 1998. Trained by Tomokazu Takano, the 5-year-old mare will have pilot Cristian Demuro at the controls and they will break from stall four. Third to Hong Kong wunderkind Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile last December, the bay went one better in the G1 Dubai Turf at Meydan in March. Unplaced in the G1 Victoria Mile, Namur was only a half-length behind reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) in the G1 Yasuda Kinen over this trip in Tokyo on June 2. Sunday is her first run back. Takano said, “She is coming off a layoff, but she's had regular work and I figured she didn't need to do any really fast work. She actually has more muscle mass now and I hope that will show itself in a powerful performance. She's much more experienced and I can feel that. I'm sure the late Kota Fujioka [who rode in the Mile Championship last year] will be cheering us on and, as the defending champion, I don't want to lose. Multiple group winner Soul Rush has frequently clashed with Namur, and has a chance to turn the tables on Sunday. Fourth in the aforementioned Hong Kong Mile, he defeated 2022 Mile Championship hero Serifos (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) when winning his second G2 Yomiuri Milers Cup in three years this spring, before taking third behind Romantic Warrior and Namur in the Yasuda Kinen in June. He warmed up for this with a second to Jun Blossom (Jpn) (World Ace {Jpn}) in the G2 Fuji Stakes over this trip at Tokyo on Oct. 19. Assistant trainer Yuki Iwasaki said, “With an eye to this race, we had him at a little less than peak condition for the Fuji Stakes. Everything has gone well. He's gotten the same preparation as he always has and last year he finished a very frustrating second. I really want him to get a Group 1 title.” Nurlan Bizakov's Charyn got his 4-year-old season going in March with a listed win, and he has finished first or second in all seven 2024 appearances. The G1 Queen Anne Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois went his way in succession in June and August, respectively. Second when given too much to do in the G1 Prix du Moulin, the grey won the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes in what will surely be contrastingly soft going on QIPCO Champions Day at Ascot on Oct. 19. The Mile Championship is his swansong, before beginning stallion duties for Bizakov's Sumbe at Haras de Montfort et Preaux for €35,000 next year. Trainer Roger Varian said, “He's given us some brilliant days and hopefully there is one more to come. He has come out of Ascot so well and we were always keen to come. It is a challenge and it's a sporting challenge. It's admirable of his owner Nurlan Bizakov to support that challenge. Nurlan is here and is very excited. “It's a very different style and tempo of racing and while Charyn is the highest-rated horse in the race, we're not underestimating the challenge he faces.” “He's in great form, he has an unbelievable temperament and a very relaxed mentality,” continued Varian of his charge, who will be ridden by Ryan Moore. “He's took the long journey and quarantine in his stride. Of course, you never quite know until the gates open, but for all the world he looks in great nick and hopefully that proves to be the case. It's nice to have a good one competing on Japanese soil and we keep our fingers crossed for Sunday.” The ultra-consistent Brede Weg (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) is another to watch in the Mile Championship. Flying the Sunday Racing colours, the 4-year-old filly, a Group 1 winner in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup last year, has made only one start this season when winning the G2 Fuchu Himba Stakes on Oct. 14 and will be trying a mile for the first time. The post Namur And Soul Rush Clash With Europe’s Star Mile Charyn In The Mile Championship appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Tin Cup Chalice Stakes, the final stakes race on the 2024 Finger Lakes calendar, kicks off the season's penultimate week of racing at the track.View the full article

Twice grade 1-placed, McKinzie Street holds a definitive class edge over his five rivals in the $100,000 Bob Hope Stakes (G3) Nov. 17 for 2-year-olds at Del Mar. View the full article

This past year marked a new record for Spendthrift Farm when they came just six short of covering 3,700 mares during an exceedingly busy breeding season. After adding three new recruits for 2025, they'll likely surpass that eye-watering number next year with a growing roster of 29 stallions. It's the biggest sire lineup in Spendthrift's history since the farm was purchased by B. Wayne Hughes 20 years ago. With such a wide array of stallions, open house season is a busy time at Spendthrift. As the Keeneland November Sale transpired some 15 miles away over the past two weeks, a steady stream of breeders swept through the gates at Spendthrift. Popular requests included champion Into Mischief, who is leading the general sires list once again this year, the fast-starting stallion Vekoma, who is currently in a tight battle for leading first-crop sire, as well as the quartet of Arabian Lion, Forte, Taiba and Zandon, who will all see their first foals next year. But nearly all of the breeders in attendance were there to get a good look at Spendthrift's trio of new, Grade I-winning sires. Belmont Stakes hero Dornoch (Good Magic), Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure (Quality Road) and Stephen Foster Stakes victor Kingsbarns (Uncle Mo) took in all the activity in stride. After inspecting the three sires, Kip Knelman of Farfellow Farms in Paris, Ky. said that their boutique operation will likely be sending mares to each of the three newcomers. “Dornoch and Kingsbarns are both physically imposing,” the breeder said. “They're different from one another, but both fantastic physically. We also like National Treasure. He is also just a beautiful horse. We expect big things from all three of them and we think there are good fits for all three of them with our mares.” Spendthrift's Mark Toothaker said that the new recruits' books are filling at lightning speed. “The demand out here has been crazy and that's what you hope for,” he explained. “Any time that you've got these new horses coming in, you hope that breeders are going to love them as much as you do. I guess the problem that we all have is that we have way more requests than we have actual spots, so that's the tricky part, but we're so thrilled to be able to have them here and show them to our breeders.” Dornoch heads back to the stallion barn after inspection | Sara Gordon One of the leaders of this year's class of incoming sires with a stud fee of $40,000, Dornoch is nearly tied with his full-brother Mage as Good Magic's highest-earning performer. After breaking his maiden by six and a half lengths at Keeneland last fall, Dornoch stepped up to graded company in the GII Remsen Stakes, where he battled future Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and came out with the win by a nose. “This horse was very game all the way through his 2-year-old year,” said Toothaker. “His race in the Remsen was amazing with the tenacity he showed to be able to come back and beat Sierra Leone. It put him on our radar that this is a horse with guts and a big pedigree to go along with it.” This summer, Spendthrift announced that Dornoch would eventually stand at Spendthrift after he had collected Grade I wins in the Belmont, where he handed trainer Danny Gargan his first Classic win and defeated both of the other Classic winners, Mystik Dan (Goldencents) and Seize the Grey (Arrogate), and then the Haskell Stakes. After a fourth-place finish in the GI Travers, Dornoch was forced to miss the Breeders' Cup Classic when he was diagnosed with bone bruising. Along with West Paces Racing, Belmar Racing and Breeding, Two Eight Racing and Pine Racing Stables, Dornoch's ownership group included Randy Hill's R.A. Hill Stable, which also co-campaigned dual Grade I winner Vekoma before he retired to Spendthrift in 2021. “We kind of had an inside tract with Randy and so we were able to get a deal done after the Belmont,” said Toothaker. “He would come back a month later to win the Haskell in a very game fashion so that added another Grade I to his resume, along with winning Grade II races in the Fountain of Youth and the Remsen.” Mallory Mort, the longtime manager of Marlene Brody's Gallager Stud in Ghent, New York, was in Lexington for the breeding stock sales last week and made the trip to Spendthrift to visit the newcomers. He said that he was impressed by what he saw in Dornoch. “He's a good-sized boy,” he said. “He moves out nicely and he's correct up front and behind. Sometimes with these racehorses, especially the big ones, they don't have a huge amount of muscle definition behind, but he's got plenty of engine back there so I was really impressed with him. National Treasure, who will also stand for a fee of $40,000 in 2025, was another physical standout according to Mort. “He looks very much like a Quality Road,” he noted. “A long-bodied horse with a nice, short back and short cannon bones for a good-sized horse. He's very attractive and balanced. I liked him very much as well.” A $500,000 yearling bred by Peter Blum, National Treasure broke his maiden on debut before earning Grade I placings at two in the American Pharoah Stakes and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The Bob Baffert trainee scored a breakout victory the following season in the Preakness, where he defeated Kentucky Derby winner Mage and became Quality Road's only Classic winner. Toothaker said that the Spendthrift scouting team visited National Treasure and Arabian Lion at Baffert's barn at Pimlico the following morning. Kingsbarns strikes a pose for breeders | Sara Gordon “We were able to work out a deal on both of those horses,” he said. “We brought Arabian Lion in last year and then National Treasure got to run for another year, which was a lot of fun. He just got beat by champion Cody's Wish by a head in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile last year. He would go on this year to win the GI Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream and the Met Mile, which was a very exciting race, and he ran a super race in the GI California Crown.” After a runner-up performance in the inaugural California Crown, National Treasure retired with earnings of over $5.5 million. He raced strictly in Grade I company since the spring of his 3-year-old season and finished in the money in 9 of his fifteen career starts. Rounding out the newcomers at Spendthrift, Kingsbarns will stand for $20,000 next year. He will join Yaupon, whose first yearlings averaged over $165,000 this year, and Mo Donegal, whose first yearlings will be on offer next year, as sons of Uncle Mo on the Spendthrift roster. Toothaker said that Kingsbarns stands out as a rare 2-year-old purchase for Spendthrift. After the colt worked a quarter in 20.3 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale, Spendthrift went to $800,000 for the son of graded stakes-placed Lady Tapit (Tapit), a half-sister to Grade I victress Gozzip Girl (Dynaformer). Trained by Todd Pletcher, Kingsbarns won his first three career starts at three, culminating with a decisive score in the GII Louisiana Derby. As a 4-year-old, he won the GIII Ben Ali Stakes, ran second to Pyrenees (Into Mischief) in the GIII Pimlico Special Stakes, and then defeated that same rival in the Stephen Foster. Kingsbarns was a top contender in the older male dirt division going into the Breeders' Cup Classic, but retired to Spendthrift after developing a ligament injury during training. “He's a beautiful horse and he's a fast horse that could carry his speed,” said Toothaker. “We've brought him in here for $20,000 and we're very excited for the breeders to come see him. He's been very well received.” Along with welcoming the new recruits at Spendthrift, Toothaker said that the farm has a lot more to look forward to in 2025. “We have 29 horses that are all here for great reasons,” he said. “We look forward to seeing where the season goes and what pops up out there in 2025. Maybe Authentic will have a horse on the Derby trail like Vekoma has [in GIII Iroquois Stakes victor Jonathan's Way]. Thousand Words has a very good filly in [Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up] Vodka With a Twist, so we'll see what happens. Hopefully we'll have something in the Oaks and the Derby that will give us some things to really look forward to for the spring of 2025.” The post With Three Newcomers, Spendthrift Gearing Up for Another Busy Breeding Season appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority (MTROA) has approved the state's Thoroughbred racing calendar for 2025, which includes six days during the week of the 150th running of GI Preakness Stakes before the site is redeveloped, the authority said via a press release on Friday. The first under new leadership and a refitted organizational structure, the MTROA's calendar includes 114 racing days at Laurel Park. Preakness week will constitute the final running at Pimlico prior to a forward-looking rebuild and redevelopment of the Park Heights property, which is intended to improve racing and boost community economic benefits. The calendar will also include seven racing days at the Maryland State Fairground in Timonium, Maryland. Developed in coordination with the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (MTHA) and the Maryland Breeders Association, the 2025 calendar has been streamlined from the prior year and is intended to create an enhanced Thoroughbred racing product. “All stakeholders have come together to agree on a schedule that positions Thoroughbred racing for success and that recognizes the changes that are ahead,” said MTROA Chairman Greg Cross. “Oars are pulling in the same direction for the best and most sustainable product for racing afficionados and the industry. This cooperation and coordination gives me tremendous hope for the future of our industry.” “This schedule not only ensures year-round access to high-quality racing opportunities for our horsemen in the region but also supports the successful launch of the new non-profit operating entity,” said Katharine M. Voss, president of the Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. “It reflects our unwavering commitment to forward-thinking in a rapidly evolving industry. Together with the MTROA and other industry stakeholders, we are excited to shape a vibrant future for Maryland racing–one that supports our state's horsemen, breeders, and entire racing community.” Under the 2025 calendar, racing will be suspended at Laurel Park in July and August, a period when Colonial Downs in Virginia will hold scheduled racing days. “The Maryland Thoroughbred racing industry is developing a plan for Maryland breeder incentives to be offered when there is no live racing at Laurel, and the MTROA is supportive of that effort,” Cross said. The post Maryland Authority Approves Six Days At Pimlico During Preakness Before Redevelopment Phase Begins appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Run under lights for the first time, the $1-million G2 Bahrain International Trophy featured some familiar faces in the winner's circle once the dust settled, as co-breeder Sir Alex Ferguson, and co-owners Ged Mason and Peter Done's SPIRIT DANCER (GB) (Frankel {GB}–Queen's Dream {Ger}, by Oasis Dream {GB}) became the first dual winner of the 2000-metre affair at the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club in Bahrain on Friday. Just like the 2023 edition, the gelded son of Frankel defeated a runner sent out by John and Thady Gosden, with Juddmonte homebred and early stretch leader Lead Artist (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) succumbing in the final 75 metres to the determined drive of the winner. Victorious Racing's Group 1 winner Calif (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) was third. Winning the break, Spirit Dancer drifted back through the field under Oisin Orr and stayed there for much of the contest. Mounting a challenge on the final turn, he gained on the leaders with every stride upon straightening out in the centre of the course, and unleashed a determined rally to prevail inside the final half-furlong. Lifetime Record: 28-9-6-2, $2,731,263. O-Done/Ferguson/Mason. B-Sir Alex Ferguson & Niall McLoughlin (GB). T-Richard Fahey. Fergie Time in Bahrain Spirit Dancer wins successive renewals of the G2 Bahrain International Trophy @BahrainTurfClub | @RichardFahey pic.twitter.com/Ge6AoLGaIn — Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 15, 2024 The post Frankel’s Spirit Dancer Doubles Up In Bahrain International Trophy For Sir Alex Ferguson And Co. appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Europe's top miler, Charyn, visits Japan to take on the top locals in the Nov. 17 Mile Championship at Kyoto Racecourse.View the full article

The unmistakably charismatic Stradivarius (Ire) became one horse to buck the trend of the top stayers being shuffled off to National Hunt studs after glorious careers on the Flat when his owner-breeder Bjorn Nielsen elected to stand him at the National Stud in Newmarket. In his first two seasons there he has covered 220 mares and now foal judges and pinhookers will have their first chance to set eyes on a bunch of his debut crop at Tattersalls in just over a week's time, when 14 of his 80 weanlings come under the hammer during the December Foal Sale. In those first two years at stud, breeders were given extra enticement to use the son of Sea The Stars (Ire) with Nielsen's introduction of a series of bonuses which mean that the breeder of any member of those crops who wins a Group 1 in Britain, Ireland or France at two or three will receive £250,000, while the breeders of any Group 2 and Group 3 winners will receive £100,000. Furthermore, there are £25,000 bonuses for the breeders of his first ten juvenile winners in Britain, Ireland, France or Germany from each crop. That will certainly have helped to focus people's attention, and there are some notably shrewd names among the breeders of Stradivarius foals in this year's Return of Mares, but to a certain extend the horse sold himself. Plenty of folk who went to see him at the National Stud were quickly won over by the Stradivarius's swaggering walk, which is coupled with the character that enabled him to become one of the most beloved racehorses of the last decade, with seven Group 1 wins and a further 11 group victories to his name. Whether he imparts those same characteristics to his stock will be seen in the years to come, but early reports and feedback from breeders have been pleasing both the National Stud team and Nielsen. “I am not a judge of a yearling or a foal or anything like that,” Nielsen admits. “I'm just going on what people who've come up to me have said, and I keep hearing, 'Wow, we've got this fantastic foal'. And that's from people who know the time of day. So it's going to be really interesting, because the feedback I've had is that he's had a lot of quite big, strong foals with great walks, like him.” The National Stud's Jamie Jackson has seen 'the Stradivarius effect' firsthand. As much as he is standing as a commercial stallion, the star stayer has also been a huge tourist attraction. The signpost on the roundabout near to the National Stud points visitors to the 'Home of Stradivarius' and the number of people taking the stud tour has grown since his retirement. “When we announced that he was coming to the stud he was still at Mr Gosden's at that stage but people were turning up here, expecting to see him,” Jackson recalls. “The tour buses are generally about 20-seaters and they were getting larger and larger, and there were more and more of them. When people come here they make a beeline to see him. He's in the first paddock on the left now, so he's demanding people give him attention. I was only down there earlier for a stallion show and he was making sure his presence was known.” He continues, “But they want to see him, they know who he is, and that's huge for the stud, to involve and engage people who naturally perhaps aren't too much involved in the breeding side of things.” The National Stud consigns three of the Stradivarius foals to Tattersalls, including a half-brother to the listed winner and Group 2-placed Biographer (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}), who is lot 1053 and was bred by Nielsen. Jackson says, “When you're selling at Tattersalls you can see how many people have looked at the pedigrees [online] and, funnily enough, all of our foals that are by Stradivarius have had about three times more people look at the pedigree, which is quite interesting. “We're selling one on the Saturday and he's had near enough 150 more people look at his pedigree than the rest, just because he's by Stradivarius. That's the effect that he's having.” Lot 696, a colt out of Greatestshowgirl, from Salcey Forest Stud | Melanie Sauer Among those breeders who signed up mares to visit Stradivarius is Sir Alex Ferguson. His filly foal is a half-sister to the treble Group 2 winner Spirit Dancer (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and has already been named Harmony Row after the Glasgow-based youth football club based at Alex Ferguson Park in the renowned football manager's home city. The Burns family of Lodge Park Stud have a colt out of the Oaks fourth and listed winner Vow (GB) (Motivator {GB}), while Kildaragh Stud, Ringfort Stud, Stetchworth and Middle Park Studs, Kingsclere Stud, Wretham Stud, Mount Coote Estates and Ashbrittle Stud all feature on Stradivarius's list of patrons. Among his 86 mares in foal this year, perhaps the most notable is Copgrove Hall Stud's La Pomme d'Amour (GB) (Peintre Celebre), a Group 2 winner herself who is now the dam of G1 Irish Champion Stakes winner Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). If the resultant foal is not a flashy chestnut there will certainly be questions asked in the house. The Knox family's Spinatrix (GB) (Diktat [GB}), the dam of the G3 Athasi Stakes winner Twilight Spinner (GB) (Twilight Son {GB}), is another to have visited him earlier this year. Nielsen has of course supported his stallion himself, including with his Royal Ascot winner Agrotera (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), who hails from a terrific family which includes Sea The Moon (Ger) and this season's G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Sosie (Ire), both of whom are by Sea The Stars. He says, “Unfortunately, I lost one, but I've got three or four in the first crop, and I have another three or four [mares] in foal. I'm going to send good mares to him again this year. Agrotera is going back to him and I'm also sending [her half-sister] Jeanne d'Arc, who is by Le Havre, as well as a couple of French mares from good families that I bought especially for him.” Nielsen remains convinced that Stradivarius will be capable of breeding good runners on the Flat. He says, “The one difference between him and any so-called stayer that I've ever seen is his turn of foot. Most other stayers, nearly all of them are grinders and they can never be anything but National Hunt stallions, because they don't have the turn of foot. And they just turn up the heat and gallop on and gallop on. But he has that conformation too. He looks like a miler.” Nielsen adds, “The difference between the great and the good, whether it's human beings or horses, is the brain and the way they relax, and everything is different in the great sportsmen and the great horses. Much less fazes them than fazes the rest of us. And he was certainly… He didn't care, did he? He just walked around like he owned the joint.” By all accounts, Stradivarius is still behaving in this manner, the racecourse now replaced by the stallion yard and paddocks of the National Stud that make up his new fiefdom. The post The Stradivarius Effect: ‘People Want to See Him and That’s Huge for the Stud’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following the news that age restrictions might be loosened to allow under 18s to attend the races in Hong Kong, a slew of improvements to Sha Tin Racecourse geared toward a younger demographic have been announced by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. The news was first reported by the South China Morning Post. In an interview with the SCMP, the HKJC CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said his organisation was “grateful that the government endorsed this and made this part of its policy address”. “[You only have to] look at the whole excitement which has been created by the news that Hong Kong racing will be part of an official tourism offer,” he added. “We wanted to create a completely new arrival and new experience for tourists, because what we have currently is not what we think will be a holistic tourist experience.” “We have a lot of new people come to Hong Kong [that] were not familiar with racing,” he added. “So what kind of experience do you have to create for them?” Some of the planned improvements are new restaurants targeted toward young people, and a digital version of Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro) that will greet guests at the course in advance of the 2025-26 season, and a “Pony World” in the Sha Tin infield. Happy Valley will also offer new amenities, including a digital parade ring and AI-generated racecards. The planned improvements are scheduled to be completed by December of 2025. “Our most attractive offering we see when we do carnivals or in the public riding schools is taking photos with ponies,” Engelbrecht-Bresges said. “So this is a value proposition which obviously works, and for pony rides you always have a long queue. So this will be part of this entertainment experience for the public and especially with families. “There is no betting. We will create a completely new zone. It's completely different from the normal racecourse experience. But we feel with this strategy, we want to create an experience for tourists which will be unique. “When you look at Hong Kong racing, we want to promote the sport and sports entertainment. This is our key value proposition and this is for all segments.” The post Hong Kong Jockey Club Aiming To Attract Younger Racegoers With Sha Tin Improvements appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jim Reilly, a master farrier, has retired after 52 years in the position. From Clonsilla in Dublin, he followed his father's career path. Reilly has been shoeing horses for trainer Jim Bolger since 1972. In 2015, he was awarded the Ancillary Services Award at the Godolphin Stud and Stable Staff Awards. Bolger said, “Jim Reilly shod the first horse for me in 1972 and since then had shod 56 Group 1 winners and 12 Classic winners including two world champions–St Jovite and New Approach (Ire). He also shod two champion hurdle winners and two Epsom and Irish Derby winners. In all he has shod 2,860 winners for us. “He has now decided to take things a little easier and let some rust gather on his anvil. I am delighted to see him retire in good health, never having been injured while shoeing 5,000-plus horses and I wish him a very long and happy retirement. “Jim is a thorough gentleman and a great friend to Jackie, me, my family and staff. I don't think there has ever been a better farrier anywhere in the world. He never missed a day in 52 years and I am sure Willie Mullins, Aidan O'Brien and many others have learned much from Jim.” The post Master Farrier Jim Reilly Retires After 52-Year Career appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), winner of five elite-level events in Australia, Hong Kong and Japan in 2023-2024, kicks off what promises to be an audacious season in Sunday's G2 BOCHK Jockey Club Cup over his pet distance of 2000 metres at Sha Tin Racecourse. A history-making winner of the G1 W S Cox Plate at Moonee Valley a little over a year ago, the Tattersalls October and Hong Kong International Sale graduate defended his title in the Longines Hong Kong Cup and added the Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup and a third FWD QE II Cup before finishing the campaign with a breathtaking score in the Yasuda Kinen in Tokyo. He'll be an unfinished article come Sunday, with the international races three weeks away, but he towers over the competition and should make light work of the task at hand. James McDonald jets up from Australia to renew acquaintances. “He is good and he's had a lot of preparation. (Jockey) Hugh (Bowman) rode him for his trials and we had very positive reports,” said trainer Danny Shum of the 6-year-old, who carries a five-pound penalty. “Of course he's not (100%). But, to be honest, his condition is much better than when he went to Melbourne in the early part of last season. The horse is happy, the jockey is on top form and there's not a really strong field, so I'm confident he can run a good race.” Tentative plans call for Romantic Warrior to focus dirt races in early 2025, with the G1 Saudi Cup and G1 Dubai World Cup potentially on the dance card. “We've got the plan to send him to Dubai and Saudi, so I wanted to trial him on the dirt with the pacifiers and see if it helps,” Shum told South China Morning Post. “Romantic Warrior is very special and the Saudi Cup is the most important race for him. Maybe he cannot win, but if he runs in the first four, it will be a huge achievement.” Romantic Warrior is within shouting distance of Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro)'s world-record earnings, and with that treble HOTY enjoying retirement, Galaxy Patch (Aus) (Wandjina {Aus}) looms the heir apparent in that division and should take all the beating in the G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile. Group 1-placed behind California Spangle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) over 1400 metres last March, he was aggressively spotted just two weeks later in the 2000-metre BMW Hong Kong Derby and came with a late burst to just miss behind Massive Sovereign (Ire) (No Nay Never). Since struggling with the wet ground in the G1 FWD Champions Mile in April, he has rattled off three straight at group level, including a 1 1/2-length defeat of the classy Voyage Bubble (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}) and Chancheng Glory (Mor Spirit) in the G2 Sha Tin Trophy Handicap Oct. 13. The aforementioned California Spangle, winner of last year's G1 Al Quoz Sprint, makes an appearance in Sunday's G2 BOCHK Private Banking Jockey Club Sprint, where he will once again have Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) to deal with. Seven-from-nine in his career, the 4-year-old was a Group 3 winner at the tail end of last season and has picked up where he left off this term, with an easy Class 1 score opening day followed by a smooth success at long odds-on in the Oct. 20 G2 Premier Bowl Handicap. Behind him that day were the re-opposing Helios Express (Aus) (Toronado {Ire}) and California Spangle and it will take something unexpected to see him beaten on Sunday. Fields, form and all you need for Sunday's (17 November) 11-race fixture at Sha Tin, featuring a Group 2 triple-header. #HKIR #HKracing Race Card https://t.co/N0u0M9B2mC pic.twitter.com/p2ENpBZ1b8 — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) November 15, 2024 The post Romantic Warrior, Emerging Stars On Trial For Longines HKIR appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Baptiste Henry has been appointed to join the nominations team at Darley in Europe and will be responsible for looking after the stud's French clients. Baptiste, who began his career in racing at Jebel Ali and has race-ridden over jumps in France, has also worked for leading trainer Jerome Reynier and with Sebastien Desmontils of Chauvigny Global Equine at bloodstock sales. He said, “I am delighted to be joining the Darley nominations team and look forward to getting to know the French clients and contributing to their continued success with the Darley stallions.” The post Baptiste Henry Joins Darley Nominations Team appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Time Test (GB) has been sold by the National Stud to continue his stud career in Turkey. A statement released by the Turkish Jockey Club on Friday read, “Another successful name, purchased by the Turkish Jockey Club, is coming to our country to serve our breeders starting from the 2025 breeding season. Time Test, whose import operations are ongoing, will stand in our country in 2025.” A dual Group 2 winner in Britain for his owner-breeder Juddmonte Farms and trainer Roger Charlton, Time Test, by Dubawi (Ire) out of the Group 1 winner Passage Of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}), has been based in Newmarket throughout his European stud career, which began in 2018. He has also shuttled to Little Avondale Stud in New Zealand and is the sire of four group winners: Crypto Force (GB), Rocchigiani (GB), Okeechobee (GB) and Romantic Time (GB). Time Test's juvenile half-brother Cosmic Year (GB) (Kingman {GB}) won his sole start at Sandown by six-and-a-half lengths for Harry Charlton in September and is currently quoted as 20/1 for next year's 2,000 Guineas. Earlier this year the National Stud sold Mutasaabeq (GB) to stand at stud in India after he covered mares for just one season in England. The champion sprinter-elect Bradsell (GB) has recently been welcomed to the stallion wing of the National Stud, where he will stand alongside Stradivarius (Ire), Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) and Rajasinghe (Ire). The post Time Test Sold to Turkish Jockey Club appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer George Boughey has described Group 2 winner Believing (Ire) Mehmas {Ire}) as the “perfect outcross” for breeders ahead of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. The Highclere Racing-owned four-year-old, who has danced every dance this season and reached a career-high rating of 112, is one of the star attractions of the Sceptre Sessions at that sale and Boughey says that his stable star would be a no-brainer for potential buyers. He said, “With her being a Group 1 filly by Mehmas, who has had a record-breaking season and has become that sexy sire, I've no doubt he's going to become that broodmare sire that everyone wants to be a part of. Graduates of this sale are already winning Breeders' Cups, as we saw with Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) [dam of Juvenile Fillies' Turf winner Lake Victoria (Ire)] this year and a number of others going to the highest level. She is the perfect outcross for any of those modern day stallions.” There are few fillies as battle-hardened as Believing. Having started her campaign in Hong Kong, she went on to race eight times — mostly at the highest level — throughout an exhilarating campaign. Of course, there would have been another Group 1 contested had she not been deemed a late non-runner after getting upset in the stalls ahead of the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, for which Believing was a leading fancy for at Del Mar. Reflecting on that mishap, Boughey said, “It was one of those things that you couldn't foresee happening, really. We did loads of gate work with her to try and get her to jump that bit faster. She stood in there and had a little bit of a fright. One of them a few gates down from her reared and it just set her off. The guys at Highclere were super about the whole thing. She's been a star for them. It's just sad that at the end of the story, with the pace collapse [in the actual race], that it wasn't her in front. But she came back safe and sound and that's the main thing.” Nobody can take away the fact that Believing is a Group 2 winner who hit the frame in no less than three Group 1s this season. Reflecting on that stellar campaign, Boughey said, “It's always a bit of a punt keeping a Stakes-winning filly in training from three to four but she'd shown us the signs, certainly in the winter and into the spring — I must say, I wish I had her in the Al Quoz [Sprint in Dubai] as she was absolutely flying at that stage. She just really thrived through the spring. Her Listed win [at Haydock] was really impressive and set the tone for the season, beating a Group 1 winner. She went to Royal Ascot and what a filly to run well there twice within the week. She's a Group 2 winner and has danced every dance. In jest, I said to Harry [Herbert] at the start of the season that we'd start in Hong Kong and finish in Del Mar. The constitution of the filly allowed me to do that. And also, the belief of the owners to allow me to campaign her so positively.” Asked to sum up the physical attributes that make Believing such a hot commodity, Boughey added, “For me, she's as good a sprinting type as you'll see. She has a deep girth and is a good-moving type for a sprinter. She's not overly big but she has become a more compact individual as time has gone on. We had her on a Guineas preparation after her two-year-old career. She immediately came back to sprinting trips and looks a fast, precocious type, one I'm sure will breed nice stock.” The post Sceptre Sessions-Bound Believing ‘A Perfect Outcross For Breeders’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Blessed Truly (Can) (Super Speedy) and Moraless (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) have been added to the Monday of the Sceptre Sessions at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale. Both mares are in foal to Too Darn Hot (GB) on southern hemisphere time. The seven-year-old Blessed Truly, a restricted stakes winner at Woodbine, will be consigned by Culworth Grounds Farm as lot 1485B. The unraced Moraless, now four and in foal for the first time, will be consigned by Imperium Sales as lot 1486B. She is a half-sister to the Group 2-winning duo of Hunting Horn (Ire) (Camelot {GB) and David Livingston (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) from the family of High Chaparral (Ire). A total of five mares in the December Sale are in foal to Too Darn Hot on southern hemisphere coverings. The young Darley sire is responsible for three Group 1 winners: Fallen Angel (GB) and Hotazhell (GB) from his first two European crops, and Broadsiding (Aus) in Australia. The post Tattersalls Wildcards In Foal to Too Darn Hot on SH Time 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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Oscar Bonavena has done what many thought was impossible – and that’s beat Just Believe – at Addington this afternoon. The Mark and Nathan Purdon-trained star was helped by a perfect Blair Orange drive as Oscar Bonavena had his third win in the Group 1 Livamol New Zealand Trotting Free For All. The eight-year-old slotted into the one-one with Just Believe sitting parked outside the pace-making Muscle Mountain. In the end Just Believe, known as “Harry”, just couldn’t finish it off as Oscar Bonavena reeled him in to secure his 27th win. Following his win in the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot on Tuesday Just Believe was a $1.18 favourite to extend his unbeaten run on this side of the Tasman. “He’s a great old campaigner,” Orange said post race of Oscar Bonavena, “and when you give him a sit like that he can be very good.” Oscar Bonavena’s previous wins in the Group 1 were in 2023 and 2021. Just Believe held on for second, ahead of outsiders Midnight Dash and Arcee Phoenix. It was the second Group 1 of the day, after the favourite Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained Meant To Be won the IRT Sires’ Stakes 2YO Trotting Championship, edging out a game Tarrangindi and the previously unbeaten Habibti Pat. View the full article

Former Kiwi galloper Jimmysstar(NZ) (Per Incanto) will step up to Group One company for the first time on Saturday when the lightly-raced son of Per Incanto contests the Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The winner of two of his three starts in New Zealand for Hastings trainer Guy Lowry, a majority share in Jimmysstar was sold to clients of Ciaron Maher in September of last year and the chestnut has continued on an upward trajectory for his new connections. Now the winner of seven of his 13 starts to date, Jimmysstar was beaten by stablemate Another Wil in the Gr.2 The Damien Oliver (1400m) at Flemington a fortnight ago and will again clash with that key rival, but gets back to his favoured Caulfield track where he is unbeaten in three starts. Maher’s Assistant Trainer Jack Turnbull believes there is little between the stable’s trio of runners which includes Group One winner Southport Tycoon, Another Will and Jimmysstar and said the latter will have to overcome a tricky draw in barrier one. “Jimmystar is only a length or two behind Another Wil but I think has drawn a bit sticky in one, given how he normally races,” Turnbull said. “Hopefully we can trifecta the race. We have had a fruitful spring so far.” Turnbull said it was hard to predict where Jimmysstar would be in the run. “It is hard to say where he will be. He is not going be any worse than the second half. He’ll be midfield to box seat around abouts. “But it’s just that element of being too forward and having to ask him to be out of his comfort zone because he is a better chaser and he has run his best races being off them and trying to catch them. “I’m not doubting him by any means, but it would have to work out and flow properly, especially being at Caulfield.” With just 53kgs, Jimmystar has a 1.5kg swing in the weights on Another Wil and will be ridden by Damian Lane. . Jimmystar is not the only former Kiwi to contest the Group One handicap, with War Machine coming off a solid eighth in a strongly-run A$10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) for trainers Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson. “He came through the Golden Eagle well enough,” Moroney said. “This is going to be his last run this time in and I think he will be better next preparation. He is a really talented horse and he is in with a dangerous weight (52kgs) and he does tick a lot of boxes. “His form is pretty good and it was a really strong Golden Eagle and he acquitted himself well. By Harry Angel out of the winning Hussonet mare Caserta, the gelding was prepared by Jim Wallace in New Zealand and after failing to meet his $100,000 reserve at the Ready To Run Sales, won his only trial at Foxton by six lengths before his private purchase. “We purchased him from the trials through Steven Pinfold who actually worked for me and strapped Second Coming when he won the Derby. He sorted him out for us and he has been a really nice horse. “He is still a little bit unmade and needs to learn to settle a bit, but long-term he will be the best of my three in the race.” View the full article

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Riccarton racegoers could be in for a treat on Saturday when they get to witness one of the burgeoning rivalries in New Zealand racing come to a head. Exciting fillies Alabama Lass and Captured By Love will go head-to-head for just the third time in the Gr.1 Barneswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m), with the ledger currently being one win apiece. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained Captured By Love asserted her dominance in their first meeting when taking out the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) last season, while the Ken and Bev Kelso-trained Alabama Lass evened the score when taking out the Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) in September. Alabama Lass has had a faultless preparation this spring, winning all three of her outings, while Captured By Love has had a more patchy lead-up. The daughter of Written Tycoon was an eye-catching third in the Gr.2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Matamata last month after missing away by six lengths, and was hampered by the Heavy track conditions in the Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m), which was transferred to Te Aroha following several slips at Te Rapa two days prior. “Matamata (Hawke’s Bay Guineas) was a bit of a bugger, but we added the barrier blanket and did a bit more work with her here at home. Fingers crossed she can behave herself again,” Bergerson said. “It was just a pity at Te Aroha that they got the rain. She went to Te Rapa on the Monday and they cancelled the races. She has had a bit of an interrupted prep, but she deserves a bit of luck and hopefully that will come on Saturday.” Captured By Love flew down to Christchurch earlier this week and Bergerson said he has received positive reports from their Riccarton stable foreman Hunter Durrant. “She flew very early on Wednesday morning and Hunter has been really happy with the way she has travelled. She hasn’t missed a beat in the feed bin and looks very bright and well down there,” he said. “She has had a couple of quiet days on the training track and we are happy.” TAB bookmakers have the 1000 Guineas as a two-horse race, with Alabama Lass a $2.45 favourite ahead of Captured by Love at $2.70, with Kitty Flash and Love Poem the next fancied runners at $11. While looking forward to watching the race unfold on Saturday, Bergerson believes there are a number of winning chances in the high-quality field outside of the two Matamata fillies. “Training here at Matamata, we keep a close eye on each other,” he said. “She (Alabama Lass) is obviously a high-class filly. There are quite a few other nice chances in the race. There are plenty of fillies on the up and it looks a really interesting race on paper. “Fingers crossed the rain stays away and they can race on a good track and everyone gets their chance.” Te Akau Racing also feature prominently in the market for the Gr.3 Martin Collins New Zealand Cup (3200m), with Mehzebeen rated a $5.50 second favourite behind Beavetown Boy ($4.80) following her last start victory in the Listed Metropolitan Trophy (2600m). “I was pleased to see her get that result, she deserved it,” Bergerson said. “Sometimes she hasn’t had the rub of the green, but it was a really good, positive ride from Sam Spratt. “She has come through the run in very good order. The team down there are pleased with her. She gets in on the minimum (53kg), which is a plus. “Barrier 10 gives us some options. We will leave it up to Gryllsy (Craig Grylls, jockey) in that regard. Hopefully she can get a spot one-off somewhere and go to sleep. She does relax lovely, and we are confident that she will see out the two miles. “It is a race that looks quite open on paper, and we are hoping there is no rain about. She looks a really nice chance.” The stable will also be represented in the two-mile feature by Fierce Flight, who will jump from barrier eight with Liam Riordan aboard. “He is one of the few runners that has genuine two-mile form, which I think holds him in really good stead,” Bergerson said. “Last season he ran second in a Wellington Cup carrying top weight and he sneaks in here on 53kg. If he runs up to that performance, he will certainly be in it. “On his day, if everything goes right and he is in the right frame of mind, he is more than capable of winning. “Hunter said he is bright and well and has come through the run. We have varied his training to try and keep him on his toes and thinking a bit. He is hopefully on the right track to run a nice race on Saturday.” The stable will have a three-pronged attack in the Listed Lindauer Stewards Stakes (1200m) courtesy of Millefiori, Caravella and Tokyo Tycoon. “It is hard to split them. It is quite an even race on paper and all sneak in with nice, light weights,” Bergerson said. “Up to 1200m really suits Millefiori. She was a little bit disappointing at Wellington (when second to last over 1000m). It was a funny day and tripped up a few of our horses, they didn’t really get through the Heavy going. “She has travelled down well and has been in the south before, and her work has been really good this week. She has got a nice alley and Josh Parr is a massive plus to have on. “Caravalla found the Pegasus (Listed, 1000m) a bit sharp on Saturday but has come through the run well. Up to 1200m suits and on the minimum (53kg) we think she can give it a shake and hopefully sneak some black-type. “Tokyo is a very interesting runner – drawn one with Gryllsy (Craig Grylls) on and 53 kilos. His first two runs he has been in (rating) 75 and had to lug weight. “We made a bit of a blue. He went so well first-up there over 1200m and we backed him up two weeks later thinking he was looking for 1400m and he was a bit disappointing. We gave him a freshen-up down there and kept him very fresh for this race. Back to 1200m with blinkers on, a nice alley (1), hopefully he can rediscover that two-year-old and early three-year-old form, and if he did, we think he is a nice light-weight chance.” Te Akau Racing will utilise the services of Australian jockeys Liam Riordan and Joshua Parr at the meeting, and Bergerson said they both add plenty of quality to the riding ranks over the carnival. “The more jockeys we can get over here the better,” he said. “The more we can add to the riding ranks brings about good competition and lifts the level. “Josh is a Group One-winning rider in Australia, so we are happy to have his experience. Liam is a rider on the up and can ride those light weights, which we need. “They are two jockeys that we are certainly pleased to have over on Saturday. On those big days you do need a bit of luck, but it helps having a good pilot aboard as well.” View the full article

New Zealand raider Dionysus(NZ) (Ocean Park) will attempt to secure stakes success for his connections when he heads to Newcastle on Saturday to contest the Listed The New Zealand Bloodstock Beauford (2300m). Cambridge trainers Roger James and Robert Wellwood had found it hard to place the seven-year-old gelding in New Zealand and looked offshore for potential targets and felt the Beauford presented as an ideal race. “He was getting to the stage where he was hard to place here. He was high up in the handicaps and he is possibly not a true weight-for-age horse, he is not very big,” James said. “A mile-and-a-half seems to be his pet distance and we spotted that one over there for him. He has come in okay at the handicap, it’s 2300m, we discussed it with the owner and thought it was worthy of having a go. “Whenever we have lined him up over 2300m or 2400m he has almost never disappointed us. Hopefully I can be saying the same thing in another 48 hours.” The son of Ocean Park, who was victorious in last year’s Gr.3 Waikato Cup (2400m), has settled in well across the Tasman and James said they will wait to see how he comes through his weekend run before making any further plans. “We will make a decision once we see the result,” he said. Meanwhile, the stable’s multiple Group One winner Orchestral is enjoying some time in the paddock following an unsuccessful Melbourne Spring campaign, which resulted in a sixth placing in the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap (1600m) and 12th placing in the Gr.1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m). “She is home and in the paddock,” James said. “I thought her first run was full of merit, she just never got room. Her second run was probably the worst run of her life. We couldn’t fault her after the run, it’s just one of those headscratchers.” New Zealand targets await the daughter of Savabeel in autumn before a possible campaign in Australia. “There are a lot of opportunities in New Zealand in the autumn, so we will certainly be staying here until we see what her form is like and then work out if we want to go to Aussie from there,” James said. View the full article

Race 6 AUCKLAND CO-OP TAXIS MAIDEN 1600m JUST A KARIN (L Satherley) – Trainer Mr. A Morley reported to Stewards, the mare underwent a veterinary examination on Thursday 7 November, which revealed muscle soreness to the right hind leg and underwent chiropractor treatment for overall general soreness. A Morley further advised it is his intention to carry on with JUST A KARIN’S current preparation. The post Auckland Thoroughbred Racing @ Ellerslie, Tuesday 5 November 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

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Veteran handler says February’s Group One Saudi Cup (1,800m) ‘is the most important race’ for his flag-bearer this term.View the full article

Horseshoe Indianapolis, which wrapped its 124-day 2024 season Thursday, has a new leading rider in Alberto Burgos, who won his first career leading jockey title. The Puerto Rico native locked up the title with 81 wins and earnings of more than $2.1 million. Burgos has been riding since 2019 and is in only his second year at Horseshoe Indianapolis. “It's unbelievable,” said Burgos about his first title. “It makes me so happy. There were doubters in the beginning, so I'm glad I stuck with it to get where I am today. This is something I've worked hard for this and it means so much to win this title.” Kerry “Bones” Wirth works as his agent. Overall, the 25-year-old Burgos has 243 career wins and more than $6.6 million in career earnings. He plans to ride at Turfway Park over the winter and return to Indianapolis for the 2025 season, which kicks off Tuesday, Apr. 15. The post Alberto Burgos wins Leading Jockey Title at Horseshoe Indianapolis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article