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Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) can set himself up to become one of racing’s dominant forces in 2025 if he can win a Group One at his first attempt this Saturday, according to his major part-owner Ozzie Kheir. The former Kiwi galloper will start as one of the favourites in Saturday’s Gr.1 Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (1400m), where Kheir said connections were confident he can score and confirm himself as one of racing’s rising middle-distance stars. Kheir said he felt Jimmysstar and fellow Kiwi-bred galloper Gringotts (NZ) (Per Incanto), who scored in the Big Dance in Sydney last Tuesday, would be among the successful owner’s best horses next year. “Jimmy and Gringotts are the two up-and-comers for our stable going into next year,” he said. “I think they are the horses that could be the flagbearers next year for us. “Jimmy is really going the right way, and he can set himself up for a big year on Saturday. “Gringotts, he won the Big Dance last week and so the spring job is done for him. He’s a horse that just keeps improving and we’ve got big hopes he can move up to the big league next year.” Jimmysstar has won seven of his 13 starts with four placings while Gringotts’ earnings swelled to $2.48 million after last week’s victory. He has eight wins and seven placings from his 16 starts to date. Kheir reported that the stable’s best horse Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock) had come through his Melbourne Cup ordeal, where he was well out the back before running on late, tired but sound. “He pulled up very tired as it was an enormous effort,” Kheir said. “He’s pulled up sound and goes out for a well-earned spell. “He was obviously our main chance and probably never got his chance. But it was a huge effort from the horse. We are pretty proud of him. “He’s been an unlucky horse at his past two Cups. Before that he got so close to Via Sistina (in the Turnbull Stakes) and that form really stands out now. “He’s won over a mile and he’s performed very well at 3200 metres and the last horse to do that for me was Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed). “I think in the autumn he’ll probably stick to 2000 metres to 2400 metres as she’s now shown himself to be top three or top four weight-for-age horses in the country.” Kheir also has a major share in an imported horse that he hopes can mirror the sharp improvement this campaign of Buckaroo. Light Infantry Man (Fast Company), like Buckaroo, showed very little at his first Australian campaign but over the Flemington carnival showed his best form is not far away when a dominant winner under handicap conditions. “He’s a horse we had a good opinion of not too dissimilar to Buckaroo,” he said. “It was the same for him – he needed to acclimatise and he now has so it’s a matter of whether he can get to the same heights as Buckaroo.” It is expected Light Infantry Man will take his returned form to Perth for Group One races like the Railway Stakes (1600m) and Northerly Stakes (1800m). View the full article

Timaru gelding Richard Stomper will head north to Riccarton on Wednesday where he will get a deserved crack at stakes level for the first time in the Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m). The five-year-old son of El Roca has been in impeccable form over spring for trainer Stephanie Faulkner, finishing runner-up first-up over 1200m on his home track last month before winning his next two outings at Ashburton over a mile. Faulkner has been pleased with the way he has progressed and is looking forward to testing him in Group company this week. “It is a very good race and the strongest field he has come up against, but he just seems to step up each time,” Faulkner said. “He has improved out of his last run, he seems in a really good frame of mind, I am really happy with him.” Faulkner said Richard Stomper is far from the finished product and believes he has plenty of improvement to come. “We haven’t seen the best of him yet. This race might be a year too early, but while he is in form we thought we would give it a go,” she said. Richard Stomper will be partnered once again by Brandon May, with Faulkner opting to stick with a familiar rider for the quirky horse, who is set to jump from barrier 12 on Wednesday. “He can be a bit awkward, and Brandon knows him,” Faulkner said. “He was jumping patches on the track in the last race he won. “As far as the draw goes, he has got good tactical speed for a big horse and he has usually got another good kick in the last 200m. I just hope a couple go and he can just sit in behind them and get a nice run.” Faulkner will also line-up Green Luck in the Avon City Ford Premier (2000m). The evergreen 10-year-old finished fifth over a mile at Ashburton last start upon his return from an unsuccessful bid at the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) at Te Rapa, and Faulkner said he will appreciate the step up in distance this week. “He had that run at Ashburton and was a bit one-paced over the mile,” she said. “The 2000m definitely suits him better and we have got Kylie Williams on top who won the Canterbury Gold Cup (Gr.3, 2000m) on him. We are happy to have her on. If he is anywhere near his best form, he will give them a good shake.” Faulkner’s Riccarton representation will be rounded out by Raghallaigh in the Haase Marshall Drainage Premier (2000m), and she believes he is a better chance than his $14 winning quote with TAB bookmakers. “He has always shown us a lot,” she said. “He can do a few things wrong in his races, he has got no early speed, but if you punch him up he gets a bit fired up. I am just hoping that he will pop out and just do things right. “He is a runner’s chance. He can reel off a few good sectionals. A good run wouldn’t surprise me.” Riccarton was rated a Soft5 on Monday morning, and with fine weather forecast leading into Wednesday, Faulkner said all of her runners will have conditions to suit. “The three of them will love a good, firm track, and it looks like we are going to get that,” she said. View the full article

Prestissimo winning the Wright Cabins (1300m) at Tauherenikau on Sunday. Photo: Peter Rubery (Race Images Palmerston North) Richard McKenzie and Jordan Bassett got a great sense of satisfaction at Tauherenikau on Sunday after watching Prestissimo breakthrough for her maiden win at just the second time of asking. McKenzie bred the daughter of Time Test out of his Iffraaj mare Affrettando, and the Hastings couple have been involved in every stage of her development, which culminated in victory in the Wright Cabins (1300m). Under a shower of rain on Heavy 10 footing, Prestissimo was pushed forward early by apprentice jockey Jim Chung and eventually found the lead over Linara. They opened up a five-length advantage over the rest of the pack at the 800m and maintained a two-length margin on her rivals when turning for home. Chung navigated his charge to better footing in the middle of the track and Prestissimo showed tenacity in the concluding stages to hold out the locally-trained Don Pedro to win by half a head. Prestissimo was luckless on debut at Otaki last month, and her trainers were quietly confident of a strong showing, however, the deteriorating track conditions did hold some concerns for the couple. “We were in two minds with the way the weather changed over the day, but she seemed to handle it. It was excellent,” McKenzie said. “In her first run she got held up in the straight and didn’t get out until the last 100m and the race was over. Lily (Sutherland, apprentice jockey), who had been riding her, said she jumped well and travelled well, and it was just a shame that she got boxed in. “It is always an unknown quantity on raceday, but we thought she attributed herself well and we weren’t sure about a wet track, but we were happy with her work leading into it. She galloped well on the Wednesday, and Jordy got off her and said she felt really good and seemed to have come on from that first start. We were quietly confident, but the weather had us very much in two minds.” While rapt to get the win as owner-trainers, McKenzie, who also bred the filly, said the result gave them great satisfaction given they had been involved in every step of the process of getting her to the races. “You have them from a foal right through, watch them grow up and it’s nice to see you get them that far (races) let alone win,” McKenzie said. “It gives you a bit of satisfaction when it is all under mine and Jordy’s tutelage.” McKenzie, an equine veterinarian, has long held a passion for racing, which was kindled by his grandfather, and said it is great to share that passion with his partner Bassett, a former jockey. “I got the bug off my grandfather who always used to have a few gallopers and trotters around,” McKenzie said. “I am an equine veterinarian by trade, so it is horses, horses, horses. Most of our horses Jordy does all the hard work with. She does all the riding and preparing, and all the hard yards day-to-day. “It is a hard job, but it is certainly satisfying when you have a day like yesterday.” McKenzie has been breeding for the last couple of decades, but has enjoyed incorporating training into their routine in the last few years. “I have been breeding for about 15 to 20 years,” he said. “We only really got into the training side of things in the last five years or so, but Jordy has had a few injuries – she unfortunately fractured a femur last season. She is the mainstay to the training side of things, so it was a bit of a quieter year last year. “We have only got five horses in work at the moment, but that is enough to keep anyone busy.” McKenzie and Bassett are exciting about the prospects of Prestissimo and they are hoping she can return to the winner’s stall in the near future. “She seems a nice filly going forward and she is very professional in what she does,” McKenzie said. “She has still got a lot to learn, but she seems to be taking steps in the right direction at the moment.” Horse racing news View the full article

Matscot will contest the Group 3 TAB Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday. Photo: Race Images South Group 1-performing miler Matscot is a force to be reckoned with on his home turf, and on Wednesday, the gelding will contest the Group 3 TAB Mile (1600m) with a sentimental motivation behind him. The son of Haradasun is trained and part-owned by Sharon Robertson and Alan Reeves, who have enjoyed success in the Listed Sothy’s Spring Classic (2000m), Hororata Gold Cup (1800m) and $350,000 Southern Alps Challenge (1600m), all run at Riccarton Park last season. In each victory, they celebrated alongside fellow owner Ross Falloon, who sadly passed in late September, just days before Matscot powered to a game third in the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. The pair were thrilled with his performance but elected to bypass a tilt at the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) a week later, instead turning their focus to their local feature. “He went really well in the Arrowfield, we thought he might just get up for second, but his run was good,” Robertson said. “He came back, had a week in the paddock and he’s just bouncing around. “We always had in mind that we wanted to come back for the TAB Mile, that was the plan if everything worked out and he’s got in at a good weight. “He’s just really coming into himself as a seven-year-old, he took so long to jump properly, but now he can put himself there a bit more. He loves to be on the outside as a big horse, he just doesn’t like being closed in.” Matscot will be ridden by an in-form Michael McNab, and despite his high rating, with Perfect Scenario and Times Ticking in the field, he will carry just 1.5kg over the minimum. He currently shares favouritism at $5 with northerner Witz End, ahead of local mare Dazzling Miss ($6.50). For Robertson and Reeves, Wednesday’s race is dedicated to Falloon, who was less of an owner, and more like a family member to the pair. “It would be nice if Ross was still here to watch him, but that’s who we’re doing it for,” Robertson said. “It’s still pretty raw and emotional, he was like a second dad, an extra family member. He was always there for me. It would be very special to get this win for him.” Horse racing news View the full article

Hotshot Australian trotter Keayang Zahara has drawn perfectly, at three, for Friday’s inaugural running of the Majestic Horse Floats LP THE ASCENT at Addington Raceway. The draws for both THE ASCENT and the Hill Lee Scott THE VELOCITY were made today. Keayang Zahara heads to this side of the Tasman after winning 11 from 11 since debuting in April this year and she is the clear top pick at $1.60. Drawn one Empire City is next at $5.50, with Paramount Kiwi, who’s drawn behind her, third favourite at $8. In THE VELOCITY favourite Chase A Dream has drawn seven (one the second row) behind Coastal Babe, the only filly in the race, while the highly rated Jeremiah is well placed at four. Both THE ASCENT and the VELOCITY are worth $500,000 and will be run over 1980 metres. They are the first slot races to be held at Addington with the winner of both races pocketing $210,000. View the full article

A pair of horses–a weanling colt by McKinzie and the broodmare Thrill (Candy Ride {Arg}), in foal to champion Up to the Mark–both sold for $200,000 to post the highest price of Sunday's sixth session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale. Offered his Hip 2050, the Apr. 13 foal was secured by Cherry Knoll Farm. Consigned by Nardelli Sales, agent, the bay colt is out of Social Gal (Pure Prize). A daughter of Society Gal (Linkage), the colt's 14-year-old granddam is responsible for Mona de Momma (Speightstown), dam of GISW and sire Vekoma (Candy Ride). Nardelli Sales was also responsible for last year's sixth session topper, Act Now (Street Sense), who brought $610,000. The 8-year-old mare was in foal to City of Light. Leading Sunday's mares, Thrill (Hip 2077), a 7-year-old mare carrying a member of the first crop by Up to the Mark, was purchased by John Gunther. A half-sister to GII American Turf winner Stolen Base (Bodemeister), she is from the family of Grade III winner Race Artist (Mr. Prospector), the dam of a pair of stakes winners. She was consigned by Lane's End, who also led all consignors Sunday with 26 head sold for $1,329,000. Also on Sunday, a weanling colt by McKinzie consigned by Grovendale Sales, agent, sold for $195,000 to Tracy Farmer. Out of Flipardini (Bernardini), he is from the family of Canadian Horse of the Year Alywow and Grade/Group III winners Wow Me Free and Malossol. A weanling colt from the first crop of GISW Nashville sold to Raven Run for $160,000. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent for Prime TBs (Estate for Erv Woolsey) and Alliance Bloodstock, he is out of the winning Lemon Drop Kid mare My Kinda Devil. The colt is from the family of stakes winners Mykindasaint and Malibu Saint. During the session, 270 horses sold through the ring for $9,642,400, which increased 6.62% from the sixth session last year when 285 horses brought $9,044,100. The average rose 12.54% from $31,734 to $35,713, and the median of $25,000 is 8.70% above $23,000 last year. Keeneland cumulatively has sold 1,325 horses through the ring for $172,995,900, for an average of $130,563 and a median of $72,000. The gross is 5.62% higher than the corresponding period last year when 1,343 horses sold for $163,792,100, while the average is 7.05% above $121,960 in 2023 and the median jumped 10.77% from $65,000. Three sessions remain in the November Sale, which continues Monday and runs through Wednesday with all sessions beginning at 10 a.m. ET. The post McKinzie Weanlings, Candy Ride’s Thrill Top Keeneland November Book 4 Opener appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tony Pike’s runners haven’t missed a beat in their bid to successfully execute a black-type double for the stable at Riccarton on Wednesday. The Cambridge trainer has the in-form Witz End (NZ) (Savabeel) and Acquarello (Written Tycoon) in the feature events on the middle day of the New Zealand Cup carnival with Matt Cartwright and Michael McNab their respective riders. The lightly raced Witz End confirmed his passage south for a crack at the Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m) with a last-start success at Ellerslie to take his record to four victories and two runner-up finishes from eight appearances. “He had to win or run extremely well, which he did, and he’s only been tripped up twice and that’s been by two wet tracks,” Pike said. “Him and Acquarello flew down on Sunday and they’ve both had trips to or from Australia, so they are pretty well travelled and have done well.” Witz End will have to contend with a wide gate (14) on Wednesday, but the son of Savabeel has proved himself to be a tractable character. “We wanted to get him into a nice handicap off the minimum and with 53kg it’s worked out perfectly, apart from the barrier draw,” he said. “It’s probably the best mile start in Australasia with a long run to the first corner so Matt will have plenty of time to decide if he presses forward or takes a sit behind the speed. “One of his best runs as a three-year-old was coming from well back to run second in the Wellington Guineas (Gr.2, 1400m) so he doesn’t have to lead. “He’s got a big action and can pretty much do it any way, he’s still learning his trade and is obviously very talented.” Acquarello is presented with the first black type opportunity of her career in the Gr.3 Windsor Park Stud Canterbury Breeders’ Stakes (1400m). The Written Tycoon mare was a Rating 75 winner at Matamata two runs back before a solid run for third under topweight and will enjoy a 4kg drop. “She is going really well and got caught wide at Ellerslie and it might have just been a bit on the firm side for her,” Pike said. “She has come back in great order and she maps to get a nice trip in a smallish field, I think she’ll be right in the finish.” Raced by Trelawney Stud, Acquarello has won twice for the stable after breaking her maiden across the Tasman at Pakenham when prepared by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young. Pike will also have a small team at Te Aroha on Tuesday and tipped Pierro gelding Golden Century as his best chance. He will step out in the Riversley Park Maiden (1400m) following a strong debut third at Taupo with Ryan Elliot retaining the mount. “He’s a nice staying three-year-old going forward and I think he’ll go close,” Pike said. “He’s a horse to follow as he gets up in trip, he’s got the pedigree and type to be a Derby horse, like so many others obviously, and that’s a long-term plan.” View the full article

It has been a long journey back to the winner's circle for Be Your Best, who last won in her second race, the P.G. Johnson Stakes more than two years ago at Saratoga Racecourse.View the full article

The Richard Mandella trainee won the 2023 Del Mar Debutante (G1) before finishing seventh in the Breeders' Cup Juvenille Fillies (G1), where she was found to have suffered a fractured splint bone.View the full article

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Muskoka, Durston and Alpine Star are the other Sea The Moon group 1 winners, while Term Of Endearment helped keep the sire’s name in lights this year by landing the group 2 Lillie Langtry Stakes.View the full article

4th-Del Mar, $54,500, Msw, 11-10, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:35.58, ft, 6 lengths. MAGNIFY (c, 3, Justify–Stellar Wind {Ch. 3-year-old Filly, MGISW, $2,903,200}, by Curlin) was never a factor in his May debut at Santa Anita but came back with an improved effort off a break to be second at Del Mar Aug. 22. Now in his third try over the distance and off another brief layoff, the 5-2 third choice flashed early speed to duel for the lead up the backstretch with Harry Houdini (Good Magic). The pair went head to head past the half in :45.44 before Magnify began to pull away, opening up while put to a drive into the final furlong to come home an easy six-length winner. Stellar Wind, who certainly needs no introduction, sold to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier for a sales-topping $6,000,000 at KEENOV in 2017. Of three to race, Magnify is her first winner. She has a 2-year-old Into Mischief filly who is unplaced in one start, a yearling Into Mischief colt and produced a Gun Runner filly this year. She went back to Gun Runner for 2025. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $47,900. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-EMT Stable, LLC and Sweeney Racing LLC; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-Tim Yakteen. The post Magnify, Son Of Champion Mare Stellar Wind, Breaks Maiden At Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Stunning Rose (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) rediscovered the winning touch with an impressive success in the hands of Cristian Demuro in Sunday's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto Racecourse, her first win of any description since tasting Classic glory in the G1 Shuka Sho back in October 2022. The Tomokazu Takano trainee was one of two runners for owners Sunday Racing, with the other, Regaleira (Jpn) (Suave Richard {Jpn}), dominating the betting in her search for a second Group 1 victory after last year's Hopeful Stakes. She was the only three-year-old in the field, with older rivals Wholeness (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), the winner of the Listed Niigata Himba Stakes on her most recent start, and Stunning Rose, last seen finishing sixth in the G3 Hokkaido Shimbun Hai Queen Stakes, heading the opposition. The 17 runners broke in front of the stands with Conch Shell (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) taking the early lead as recent G3 Niigata Kinen winner Shinryokuka (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}) settled among those following in close pursuit. A bit keen in the backstretch, Stunning Rose chased the leaders in fourth, before making swift headway to challenge the tiring Conch Shell on the home turn. From there she powered away to pass the post two lengths clear of one of the outsiders in Ravel (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), with Wholeness and Shinryokuka completing the frame ahead of Regaleira, who could manage only fifth after meeting trouble in the straight. The final time of 2:11.10 was a stakes record. “I'm very happy to have won a Group 1 race, which I wanted to achieve here in Japan, especially after finishing second a few times,” said French-based jockey Demuro, who is riding in Japan under a short-term license. “Today after the start, I chose to go behind the leader and the mare just showed a special turn of foot.” It was certainly a return to form for Stunning Rose, who won the G3 Flower Cup and G3 Shion Stakes as a three-year-old, as well as filling the runner-up spot behind Stars On Earth (Jpn) (Duremente {Jpn}) in the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks). Sidelined by injury after finishing twelfth in last year's G1 Victoria Mile, she made her comeback when eighth in March's G1 Osaka Hai, before contesting the latest edition of the Victoria Mile, in which she was ninth, and the Queen Stakes. Pedigree Notes Stunning Rose is one of seven winners from eight runners out of the winning Kurofune mare Rosa Blanca (Jpn) who, in turn, is out of the Listed scorer Rosebud (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), a full-sister to the G2 Kinko Sho winner Rosenkreuz (Jpn) and a half to the Listed-placed Rose Prestige (Jpn) (Dance In The Dark {Jpn}). Rosebud is the dam of eight winners, headed by the G1 Japan Cup hero and sire Rose Kingdom (Jpn) by King Kamehameha (Jpn). Stunning Rose's third dam, Rose Colour (Jpn) (Shirley Heights {GB}), also won a Listed race and is a half-sister to a pair of Listed-winning sires, Rosado (Jpn) and Vita Rosa (Jpn), both by Sunday Silence. 【Queen Elizabeth II Cup (G1), 2200m, Kyoto, JRA】 Winner: Stunning Rose English Race Call Video (Full)https://t.co/s8T2BjnGJP Resulthttps://t.co/6bCZmweGAO#JRA #horseracing #QueenElizabethIICup #StunningRose pic.twitter.com/8O3dnWlvxQ — HorseRacingInJapan (@HorseRacing_JPN) November 10, 2024 Sunday, Kyoto, Japan QUEEN ELIZABETH II CUP-G1, ¥253,220,000, Kyoto, 11-10, 3yo/up, f, 2200mT, 2:11.10, fm. 1–STUNNING ROSE (JPN), 123, m, 5, by King Kamehameha (Jpn) 1st Dam: Rosa Blanca (Jpn), by Kurofune 2nd Dam: Rosebud (Jpn), by Sunday Silence 3rd Dam: Rose Colour (Jpn), by Shirley Heights (GB) O-Sunday Racing; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Tomokazu Takano; J-Cristian Demuro; ¥133,654,000. Lifetime Record: 17-6-2-1, ¥426,216,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Ravel (Jpn), 123, f, 4, Kitasan Black (Jpn)–Sambre et Meuse (Jpn), by Daiwa Major (Jpn). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥53,044,000. 3–Wholeness (Ire), 123, f, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–Missunited (Ire), by Golan (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (200,000gns Wlg '20 TATNOV). O-Godolphin; B-Mrs V.B. Hutch & Lope de Vega Synd (Ire); ¥33,520,000. Margins: 2, 3/4, NK. Odds: 8.50, 40.20, 7.70. Also Ran: Shinryokuka (Jpn), Regaleira (Jpn), Lilac (Jpn), Saliera (Jpn), Gold Eclipse (Jpn), Costa Bonita (Jpn), Scintillation (Jpn), Kiminonawa Maria (Jpn), Erika Vita (Jpn), Rouge Lignage (Jpn), Moryana (Jpn), Peace of the Life (Jpn), Conch Shell (Jpn), Harper (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Stunning Rose Back to Winning Ways in Queen Elizabeth II Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the aftermath of the Breeders' Cup, the potential in the older horse division has shifted so that the next big-breakout, classic-distance stars might very well rise in the West. While it's true that divisional kingpins like 'TDN Rising Stars' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), Fierceness (City of Light), and Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna), plus GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents), will be plotting 2025 campaigns from training bases farther east, those headline horses will go into their 4-year-old seasons with lofty expectations based on already-established, champion-level accomplishments. But a pair of California-based Argentinian imports expected to race next year who only have two Grade I victories between them catch the eye as candidates to be the next big “Wow!” horses to ascend into the A-list orbit. Full Serrano (Full Mast) upset the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile at 13-1 odds with a grace-under-pressure performance. His connections, owner Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler, had initially acquired him with the idea of trying the GI Classic. The Dirt Mile ended up being Plan B only because of a training setback, and the South American 5-year-old is expected to take aim at longer American Grade I and/or international Group 1 races moving forward. Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) had appeared headed to the Breeders' Cup as a “wiseguy” Classic contender after seizing a three-horse photo by a head in the GI California Crown S. Sept. 28. But an ankle injury two weeks later forced the South American 4-year-old to the sidelines. Trainer Richard Mandella said at the time that the Wathnan Racing-owned Subsanador would require time off and not surgery, with a potential return to racing by late spring of 2025. Subsanador had notched seven dirt wins, including three at the Group 1 level, in his home country before debuting for owner Stud Facundito at Santa Anita last December out of Sadler's barn. He ran a subpar fourth as the 13-10 favorite in the GII San Antonio S. (a race in which he reportedly bled). But in the Mar. 3 Santa Anita H., Subsanador nearly wired the 10-furlong Grade I stakes at 22-1 odds, finishing second, beaten only by a head. After the Big 'Cap, Stud Facundito accepted a private offer to sell Subsanador to Wathnan Racing. Starting for his new owner for the first time out of Mandella's stable, he ran fourth in the May 27 1 1/4-mile GII Hollywood Gold Cup S. Meanwhile, with an eye on still having a major player in graded route races for older dirt horses on the Southern California circuit, Sadler filled the void left by the sale of Subsanador by scouting and acquiring Full Serrano for owner Hronis Racing. Full Serrano was not quite as accomplished as Subsanador had been in Argentina, requiring five starts to break his maiden, with just a listed stakes victory and Group 3 placing to his credit. The betting public didn't put much stock into those credentials. Off at 9-1 odds in a first-level allowance/optional claimer going a mile at Del Mar Aug. 3, Full Serrano got hooked into an inside duel and drew away to win by 2 ¼ lengths. Off that score, Full Serrano was slotted for an ambitious try in the Aug. 31 GI Pacific Classic over 10 furlongs at Del Mar. Mandella had penciled in that same spot for Subsanador, but he instead called an audible two weeks before the race and shipped to Monmouth Park for the 1 1/16-miles GIII Philip H. Iselin S. Aug. 17. The cross-country journey to the Jersey Shore turned out to be a well-orchestrated confidence-builder for Subsanador, who unleashed a powerful far-turn move at 3-2 odds to mow down the Iselin frontrunners and score by 1 ½ lengths. Back at Del Mar, Full Serrano charged into the Pacific Classic as a 7-1 outsider who still hadn't commanded the full respect of the bettors. But similar to how Subsanador had almost stolen the Big 'Cap on the front end half a year earlier, Full Serrano nearly ran away with the Pacific Classic before getting caught at the wire, finishing half a length behind the winner in second. With the connections of both Argentinians sizing up berths in the Breeders' Cup Classic, it looked as if Subsanador and Full Serrano would meet in the Sept. 28 California Crown S. at Santa Anita. But that matchup, too, was not to be. Full Serrano spiked a fever and ended up not running in the last major West Coast prep for the Classic. Subsanador, as described above, relentlessly stalked the speed and held off a determined late closer to annex the California Crown with authority. Yet the first Saturday in November unfolded with neither Argentinian going postward in the Classic. While Subsanador was nursing the ankle injury that kept him out of the Breeders' Cup, Full Serrano was again outrunning long odds to prevail in the Dirt Mile. Because of the structuring of the Breeders' Cup card this year that had the Dirt Mile going off as the last of Saturday's championship races-a full four races after the centerpiece Classic-Full Serrano's win, unintentionally, had a touch of “afterthought” status attached to it. That's too bad, because it was actually one of the more powerful performances on the program, with Full Serrano forcing a fast pace from second, then emerging from a wall of contenders stacked across the track at the top of the lane to stay on late and finish with enough torque to think that longer races against the division's best are going to be well within his scope. “I'd like to, if it works well, run in the [G1] Pegasus [World Cup Invitational S. at Gulfstream Jan. 25] and then look possibly at the Middle East for this horse,” TDN's Steve Sherack quoted Sadler as saying after the Dirt Mile win. In the press conference after the Dirt Mile, Sadler also underscored how he's always on the hunt for distance-centric Thoroughbreds who might fit graded stakes for older horses on the SoCal circuit-and beyond. “We're always looking,” Sadler said. “I think there's always room in this division, in California. I had a really good horse in Subsanador that [Stud Facundito] sold to Wathnan Racing. You can see there's a lot of races for these horses. We're on the eye out for them. “He could run longer,” Sadler said of Full Serrano. “Timing this year, he missed some time. I said, 'I don't really have time to prepare him properly for the Classic, so we're going to go for the Mile.' That's what we did. “Next year he could end up possibly in the Classic,” Sadler said. Here's hoping that overdue scrap with Subsanador emerges somewhere along the way. Note: Because of a reporter's error, an earlier version of this column incorrectly stated that Hronis Racing had an ownership interest in Subsanador when he debuted in the United States. The column has been corrected to state that Stud Facundito was the owner. TDN regrets the mistake. The post In 2025, Older-Horse Stars Poised to Rise in the West appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The second week of November is harness racing nirvana, and the next seven days will not disappoint. A six race meeting at Manawatu today gets the week underway before all attention turns to the biggest day of them all at Addington Raceway tomorrow for four Group 1s including the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the $400,000 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot. Ashburton will hold its “Showcase” meeting on Thursday before it’s back to Addington on Show Day for four more Group 1s plus the first ever $500,000 slot races, the Hill Lee and Scott THE VELOCITY and the Majestic Horse Floats THE ASCENT. Cambridge’s Friday meeting will see the Pacers’ and the Trotters’ Thames Country Cups as well as the Cambridge Tuesday Pacers Final for horses who have had two or more starts at Cambridge since August 1. The harness racing week will round out at Winton on Sunday. Houses in for big day at Manawatu By Brigette Solomon Trainer Michael House and son Wilson House look poised for a successful day as they team up with a strong line-up of runners at Manawatu today. The Canterbury-based pair are a formidable combination when they head north to the Manawatu, last week scoring a winning double at the first of the Manawatu meetings for the month. Today the House stable starts seven runners, with Wilson driving five of them. “Most of the team started at Kaikoura and have since been home preparing for today’s meeting,” says Wilson House, “they’ve been racing well, with a couple that will appreciate getting away from strong company in Canterbury.” The team’s first starter is Son Of Patrick who contests Race 1, the Central Energy Trust Handicap Trot over 2500 metres. He starts the event off the unruly with a 40 metre handicap. “He’ll have to get away alright but he’s a beautiful trotter and he’s been racing some very good horses down in Canterbury so should be capable of a good race here,” says House. The Father Patrick gelding is a winner of eight races, and although he has been unplaced in his most recent races, he finished only 3.9 and 4.2 lengths from the winners at his last two starts at Methven and Addington, respectively. In Race 2, the Book Your Xmas Function 12 December Mobile Pace, House drives The Next Best Thing. A new addition to the stable, the gelding has had just two starts for his new trainer, finishing fifth and third on those occasions. “He’s gone a couple of great races and tries hard,” says House, “he lay in a bit last start, so we’ve adjusted his gear and I think he’s close to getting a win very soon.” Both Jazzy Styx (1), driven by House, and Santanna Mach (4), driven by Crystal Hackett, line up in Race 4, the Racing Again 19th and 21st November Mobile Pace over 2000 metres. “Both of these horses will be competitive in this race and given it’s a small field neither of them can end up too far back in running,” says Wilson, “they’ve both got good gate speed and Santanna Mach is well seasoned at Manawatu and looking to get win number 20.” The pair have both been successful on this course, with stable veteran Santanna Mach having won here on four occasions and eight times over the 2000 metre journey. House partners Courage Reactor in Race 5, he Captain Kirk Syndicate Mobile Pace. In her last start the mare placed fourth beaten only 2.2 lengths at Kaikoura on November 3 with a solid run in a race won by Post Painter. “She’s been going good and has been unlucky in a couple of starts but she drops into a nice race here today,” says House. In the final race of the day the stable has Eddie Osei (4) and Warloch (7) taking on the Good Luck American Me In Cup Mobile Pace over 2000 metres. The pair are driven by Michael Hay and House respectively. “I think Warloch is one of my better drives,” says House, “although he’s drawn wide, it’s not going to matter much as he’ll be driven quiet early and settling back and it’s not a big field.” The 10-year-old is a winner of 16 races, and has won on this course twice with a further four placings from just eight starts here. He most recently finished fifth in the Aged Classic at Kaikoura on November 4 with a solid form line from his starts prior at Addington. “He ran a great race at Kaikoura last start and he’s such an honest old horse who loves this track and is capable of running some great sectionals on these smaller tracks.” The first race gets underway today at 3.18pm. View the full article

The dismissal of a lawsuit brought by Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer against the California Horse Racing Board has been affirmed on appeal.View the full article

Stunning Rose returned to her top-level form to dominate the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Nov. 10 at Kyoto Racecourse. View the full article

Woodbine is currently performing track maintenance and closely reviewing track conditions which includes meeting with its Tapeta consultants. Racing and training activities set to resume only when it is deemed safe to do so.View the full article

5th-Aqueduct, $90,000, Msw, 11-10, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.59, fm, 2 lengths. HIGH BETA (c, 2, Volatile–Tippany, by Tapit) just missed by a head as the heavy favorite at the Meadowlands going one mile Sept. 28. Adding the extra 1/16th Sunday, the even-money chalk raced in the front flight in a ground-saving spot just off pacesetter Reteko (Outwork). Shifted out around the turn past the half in :48.99, High Beta had plenty left when ridden to the front off the far turn and held off a charging group led by Constitution Road (Constitution) to be two lengths in front on the line. The 20th winner for his freshman sire (by Violence), High Beta is out of a half-sister to the dams of SW/MGISP Shoplifted (Into Mischief) and MGSW Imprimis (Broken Bow). Tippany has a yearling colt by Beau Liam and is due to Fulsome next term. Sales History: $57,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $56,700. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Haymarket Farm LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. #1 HIGH BETA ($4.20) breaks his maiden in the 5th race at Aqueduct. The two-year-old colt by @Three_Chimneys' Volatile was piloted by @iradortiz for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/54nNz2xFvK — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 10, 2024 The post Volatile Gets 20th Winner As High Beta Wins At Aqueduct appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Emma Berry, European editor at Thoroughbred Daily News, is among the writers shortlisted for the 2024 HWPA Derby Awards, which take place at the Lancaster Hotel in London on Monday, December 2. Berry is nominated in the Specialist Writer of the Year category, along with Lee Mottershead, Tom Peacock and Alan Sweetman from the Racing Post. The shortlist for the Racing Writer of the Year features two previous winners in Mottershead, bidding for a fourth victory, and Peter Thomas, who lifted the trophy in 2022. The pair are joined by a third Racing Post writer, Patrick Mullins, who is nominated for the first time, and the freelance Donn McClean. The shortlist for Broadcaster of the Year features three former winners; Nick Luck, Lydia Hislop and Jason Weaver. The trio are joined in the final five by a pair receiving their second nomination, Adele Mulrennan and Ruby Walsh. As well as having nine wins as Broadcaster of the Year to his name, Luck is bidding for a third successive victory in the Reporter of the Year category. He is joined on the shortlist by Jack Keene of The Sun, Greg Wood of The Guardian and Jonathan Harding of the Racing Post. The post TDN’s Emma Berry Shortlisted for Specialist Writer of the Year at HWPA Awards appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Spendthrift's Tamara (Bolt d'Oro), injured in the Breeders' Cup last fall and unraced in 2024, is expected to make her return at Del Mar this fall, according to her trainer, Richard Mandella. “She's doing good,” Mandella said. “She's ready to race.” A daughter of Hall of Famer Beholder (Henny Hughes), the multiple champion defeated colts in the GI Pacific Classic in 2015 and annexed the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff in both 2013 and 2016. The Spendthrift homebred was tabbed a TDN Rising Star following her career debut at Del Mar in August of 2023 before running off to a six -length victory in the GI Del Mar. Entered her in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita, she set the pace in the race before fading to seventh place behind winner and ultimate champion Just F Y I (Justify). Following the race, it was revealed that she had sustained a fractured splint bone in her left leg. Tamara, given time off, returned to Mandella this spring and was tested with a couple of two-furlong drills. Everything was pointing in the right direction for a return to the races but Mandella, fearing he was moving too fast with her, backed off, keeping her in light training but skipping the Del Mar summer meet and the Santa Anita autumn meet. A spiked fever also contributed to her delayed return. “Just see that they have their old style back,” Mandella explained when asked what he was looking for her return. “[To have] The same ability. She seems to have that. A lot of good works, so I think we're ready to go.” Mandella had hoped to run Tamara in an allowance race last weekend at Del Mar, but it failed to fill. So, instead he put another work (five furlongs) into her last Friday, and she registered a bullet in 1:01.20. According to the Hall of Fame trainer, he will look for another race at Del Mar before the meet ends on Dec. 1. The post GISW Tamara Nears Return, Set For Comeback at Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A colt by Jeu St Eloi (Fr) from Jimmy and Eileen Furlong's Thistletown Stud topped the opening day of the Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale at €58,000. The foal, who went through the ring as lot 156, is out of the Listed-placed chaser Molly Childers (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}) and was bought by Brian and Eoghan Murphy of Redpender Stud, who signed as Briown. “He is a standout today,” said Eoghan. “The sire has done really well and the mare has black-type, too. Hopefully, he will come back to the Derby Sale. Fair play to the Furlongs–they have done a fabulous job with this colt. He cost us more than we thought, but there was plenty of competition and sometimes you need to stretch for the one you want.” It was a good day, too, for Daniel Berney's Black Gate Farm which was responsible for two of the top five lots. Lot 183, a colt by Crystal Ocean (GB) from the family of Stage Star (Ire) (Fame And Glory {GB}), was sold to Mark Dwyer's Oaks Farm Stables for €30,000, while lot 90, a colt by Order Of St George (Ire), was bought by Mount Eaton Stud for €28,000 (Lot 90). John Hore of Mount Eaton Stud said, “The plan is to come back to the Derby Sale–it is as simple as that! We have had luck with the sire topping the July Store Sale and this chap is a similar type. That was a little bit more than we wanted to give today, but he is the nicest foal here today.” The November National Hunt Sale continues at 10am on Monday. The post Jeu St Eloi Colt Tops First Day of the Tattersalls Ireland November NH Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sarah and Tommy Doyle's Shooting Star Thoroughbreds' Chance It (Currency Swap–Vagabon Diva, by Pleasantly Perfect) will stand at Willow Hill Equestrian in Orange, Virginia in 2025. After standing three years in Florida at Journeyman Stud, an opportunity arose to relocate the multiple stakes winner to Virginia for stallion duties in 2025. His fee for 2025 will be $2,000, live foal, stands and nurses. “We appreciate the dedication and excellent stallion management that Brent and Crystal Fernung and their team provided Chance It at their facility,” said Shooting Star General Manager Mary Lightner. “We evaluated which direction would make the most impact for Chance It as a maturing stallion moving forward and arrived at the decision that Virginia met our criteria best.” Standing in Virginia will allow Chance It to be eligible for the Virginia Thoroughbred Association (VTA) stallion and breeder benefits and incentives. During three seasons on the track, Chance It amassed $583,330 in career earnings winning multiple stakes from six furlongs to over a mile at two, and was named FTBOA Champion 2-year-old in 2019. At three, he won the Mucho Macho Man Stakes and at four was graded stakes placed, finishing third in the GI Forego Stakes and second in the GIII Smile Sprint Invitational Stakes. His first-crop yearlings will soon be 2-year-olds in January 2025. The post MSW and GISP Chance It to Stand in Virginia in 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin The man who could win tomorrow’s $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup has one main question on his mind – Is Merlin better than Akuta? That could be the equation to work out who wins our greatest harness race for Australian superstar of the sulky Cam Hart, who will partner the surprise favourite Swayzee in the Cup at Addington tomorrow. The fact Swayzee is now favourite isn’t a surprise in itself as he is the defending champion and gave the locals a decent old spanking last year. The surprise part comes from him even being in the race as he wasn’t originally nominated and trainer Jason Grimson had to pay a $28,000 late entry fee last Monday to allow him to defend his title. That looks the investment of the season after Leap To Fame pulled out of the Cup on Friday with continued blood report issues, robbing this race of its champion but creating a vacuum that Swayzee will fill as its most-talked about horse. While the late payment was a shock, the preparation itself is just as radical, with Swayzee having cruised to victory in a A$60,000 Country Cup at Young (NSW) on Friday night before being loaded on a Sydney-Auckland-Christchurch plane yesterday. After that wacky week if Swayzee can defend his title it will go down as the wildest back to back NZ Cup double since Wildwood Junior won the New Zealand Cup in both 1909 and 1910 without racing in between. Tomorrow’s Cup looks a lot like the one Swayzee dominated last year, with the locals a good but not vintage bunch with the exception of Merlin and Don’t Stop Dreaming. Last year Swayzee started from the same second line draw he faces tomorrow but was able to get in front of his only real danger Akuta and as soon as he reached the pacemaking role the race was over. Hart, the personable 25-year-old who has become swept almost every major harness race in Australia in the last three years, says he would love a carbon copy of last year’s tactics. “If we can weave a path through them and get around to the lead then he would be very, very hard to catch,” he says. “The race feels very similar to last year and Merlin looks the one to beat but I am not sure he is going any better than Akuta was this time last year. “My horse jogged his win on Friday and as long as he travels over well I think he is at least as good as last year. “So if he beat Akuta I think he can beat Merlin. “I think he will beat the other ones but he hasn’t raced Merlin or Don’t Stop Dreaming.” Whether either of those Kiwis, or less likely anything else, can beat the best version of Swayzee may come down to driver intent. If his rivals let Hart roll to the front in the middle stages maybe they can divebomb him late, particularly as Merlin’s driver Zachary Butcher specialises in the perfectly-timed attack. But in reality if running past Swayzee at the end of 3200m is your pre-race plan, you might need a new one. There is also the chance Butcher or Blair Orange driving Don’t Stop Dreaming might get to the front and decide Swayzee won’t be gifted a yellow brick road to the Addington winner’s circle, forcing him to sit parked and outmuscle them. Hart knows which option he would prefer but says a failed lead bid doesn’t mean defeat. “If he has to sit parked them I am still confident he can put them to the sword when I want and win.” If one of the Kiwi favourites does deny Swayzee the lead they may ultimately lose that battle but it could also leave the big Aussie vulnerable to the other favoured Kiwi or Auckland Cup winner and renowned swooper Better Eclipse. After one of the most dramatic build-ups in the history of this magnificent race, who wins may come down to that decision made in a fleeting moment on the second lap. View the full article