Wandering Eyes

Trainer Christophe Clement admits entering City Man in the $300,000 Red Smith Stakes (G2T) was a bit "ambitious." Yet given how it will likely be the last start for the 7-year-old, it seems a fitting farewell for a NY-bred who has won 10 stakes.View the full article

Race 3 GRAHAM’S PAINTERS 900m BELZONI (J Doyle) – Trainer Ms. L Latta reported to Stewards, that on Monday 28 October, BELZONI, underwent a veterinarian examination with no abnormalities being detected. L Latta further advised BELZONI has been sent for a spell. The post Wellington Racing Club @ Trentham, Sunday 27 October 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

After a Breeders' Cup run in the sun, trainer Chad Brown is back on his home turf–literally–for another graded race at Aqueduct. When the top conditioner has paired with red-hot jockey Flavien Prat over the past 60 days, the duo wins at a rock-solid clip of almost 25% out of 51 attempts. In Friday's GIII Pebbles Stakes, the Brown-Prat alliance tries to get Klaravich Stables's Oversubscribed (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) back into the winner's circle. As the 2-1 favorite on the morning-line here, the last time Brown booked Prat to ride the 3-year-old filly she won over this course and distance by 3 1/4 lengths in the Wild Applause Stakes June 22. A 400,000gns purchase by Seth Klarman at the 2022 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Oversubscribed in her latest start ran a well-beaten sixth in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland Oct. 12. In what has become de rigueur for this stable, Brown also has uncoupled entry headed to the post. Dea Matrona (Fr) (Dark Angel {Ire}) went from losing by a neck against claiming company at the Spa July 19 to clearing the optional claiming ranks upstate Sept. 2. Gaining the services of Irad Ortiz Jr., the bay is going to have to keep her eyes peeled for her stablemate late in the game. As for other contenders who are drawn for the Pebbles, trainer Christophe Clement has See You Around (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) making her U.S. debut after two seasons of racing in France. On the Continent, the filly won a stakes at Toulouse in April, but was unable to hit the board in the G1 French 1000 Guineas at ParisLongchamp in May. Also in with a chance is the experienced Macanga (American Pharoah), who just missed by a neck last out in the GII Sands Point Stakes at the Big A Oct. 12. She is joined by Way to Be Marie (Not This Time), who is looking to rebound after a fifth-place finish in the GIII Regret Stakes at Churchill Downs June 1. Finally, potential 'pace factor' candidates could be filled by 2023 GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Jody's Pride (American Pharoah), who tries turf for the first time, and No More Candy (Uncle Mo) will try to build on a gate to wire score going long against optional claimers that she had over Aqueduct's grass course Sept. 20. The post Oversubscribed Looks To Skip Home In GIII Pebbles At The Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Race 2 ALL THE NEWS @ TRACKSIDE.CO.NZ 2400m HOOTIE JOHNSON (T NEWMAN) – Trainer Mr. S Manning reported to Stewards, he was satisfied with the post-race condition of the gelding, however, HOOTIE JOHNSON has now been sent for a spell. The post Waikato Thoroughbred Racing @ Te Rapa, Saturday 28 October 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

Race 7 WINDSOR PARK STUD SOLILOQUY STAKES 1400m (G2) ARCHAIC SMILE (R Elliot) – Trainer Mr. T Pike reported to Stewards, that on Monday 28 October, ARCHAIC SMILE, underwent a veterinarian examination with no abnormalities being detected. T Pike further advised ARCHAIC SMILE has been sent for a short spell and will look to resume racing early next year. The post Auckland Racing Club @ Ellerslie, Saturday 26 October 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

The submission deadline for HISA's furosemide request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to Nov. 22 from the original date of Oct. 15. The proposals should address furosemide's effects on horse health and racing performance. Click here for more information, including contact information, and here for the application. The post HISA’s Furosemide RFP Deadline Extended to Nov. 22 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It’s Friday and there’s a double-header at Auckland and Rangiora. Two $35,000 Northern Metro Finals will highlight action at Alexandra Park and there’s a 10 race programme at Rangiora, starting at 1.45pm, where Ben Hope has a “nice book” of drives Purdon-Phelan team in for a big few days By Michael Guerin Star harness racing trainer Scott Phelan is only concerned with what he can control. So he isn’t losing any sleep over the constantly changing face of next Tuesday’s $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway. Phelan and senior training partner Barry Purdon train Merlin, who just a few days ago could have been favourite for harness racing’s biggest event but will now start a drifting third favourite without having a thing wrong in between. It has been a wild week for the Cup with the on-again, off-again campaign of Aussie champion Leap To Fame how on again after a healthy blood test on Tuesday following some virus concerns last weekend. He will be on a plane from Sydney to Christchurch via Auckland on Sunday but in a remarkable turn of events his older half brother and defending New Zealand Cup champ Swayzee will be on that plane with him. Swayzee wasn’t even nominated for the Cup but his trainer Jason Grimson changed his mind on Monday and paid a $28,000 late entry fee on Monday to get him into the race. So there is a lot going on in this New Zealand Cup but Phelan says he and Purdon can only worry about Merlin and stablemate Mach Shard, with their other possible starter Sooner The Better having pulled out. “It has been a big news week for the race and it is shaping up to be a huge contest, as it should be,” says Phelan. “But it is important not to get distracted and we can only concentrate on what our horses are doing. “We couldn’t be happier with Merlin and know he can win so we will keep working on him and the rest of our team and look forward to Tuesday. Helping keep Phelan and plenty of other harness participants and punters distracted tonight will be the Alexandra Park meeting at which the stable have winning chances in both $35,000 Northern Metro Finals. Always B Elite is their rep in the pacing final over 2200m and after his dominant heat win over key rival Hawkeye Pierce he is clearly the horse to beat. “He keeps improving and has found the line really strongly his last few starts,” says Phelan. “He has a bit of a wide draw but the way he won last week he has to be the one to beat and only being a three-year-old he has bit going for him heading forward.” Always B Elite clearly outpointed Hawkeye Pierce last Friday and while they meet some handy rivals it will be a surprise if one of the two three-year-olds doesn’t win. Not quite so clearcut will be the $35,000 Trot with several of the favourites galloping in last Friday’s heat while winner Dream Of You faces a 40m handicap after starting from 25m behind last week. The Purdon/Phelan team have High Energy starting off a 30m handicap after being denied racing room late last week. “She went really well considering she hadn’t race for a long time but it is a tricky race.” Pantani was hot favourite last Friday but galloped twice, once when spooked by a rival galloping next to him but in the home straight for no reason. “He will need to go better and we might start working him harder,” says Butcher, who is still learning about the three-year-old. At his best Pantani would be the clear horse to beat but he will want to trot more smoothly than last week in the full field. Ben Hope with “nice book” at Rangiora By Mike Love Driver Ben Hope will be a driver to follow at this afternoon’s Rangiora meeting. Hope will combine with five runners, all trained by his parents Greg and Nina Hope. “On paper it looks like a nice book. Hopefully we have a bit of luck on our side, and a few of them have the ability to feature,” said Hope. Kicking off in Race 1, the Warwick Curtain Plumbers Mobile Trot where Hope drives two-year-old Muscle Hill filly Odina ($1.75FF). Odina – whose older brother is none other than Muscle Mountain – was a beaten short favourite last start at Addington, but Hope has high opinions of her albeit with a pinch of caution. “She’s a lovely filly. She’s probably one of the most talented young horses I’ve driven.” “She’s still learning. She’s still green. I’ve got no doubt ability wise she’s the best horse in the race. I don’t want to label her because of that, but if she brings her manners she’ll be very hard to beat.” Zarlini ($5.00FF) is a four-year-old Bettors Delight mare who returns to the grit surface for her third race day start in Race 2, the R Grant Electrical Mobile Pace over 2000m. Since her previous effort at Methven on the grass, Zarlini has been a trial winner at today’s venue showing some zip to win that heat in a handy 57 second half. “That trial was nice. The draw is no help today though. She’s got ability but will need some luck.” In Race 7, the Chapman Fencing/Jared Chapman pace over 2600m Hope takes the drive on Blue Rock Dancer ($4.80FF). Drawn the ace and opening as a somewhat loose favourite, the six-year-old A Rocknroll Dance gelding comes into today’s race fresh though he has had a couple of trials to prepare. “His trials have been good. He’s still a bit on the bigger side so he will benefit from the run. With his good manners and good draw he should be a good each way chance.” Race 8, the Thank You Richard Wixon (Fillies and Mares) Mobile Pace over 2000m will see Krystal Delight ($10.00FF) gunning for career win number nine. “She’s been working really good. I’ve been happy with her work and I think she might go a sneaky race.” “She’s my value drive of the day.” Rounding out Hope’s book of drives is Jack Tar ($2.10FF) in Race 10, the RHRC Race Again 20 November Mobile Pace over 2600m. The nine-year-old Tintin In America gelding gets in well with the ratings but pays the price with the preferential barrier draw landing on the outside of the gate. “He’s a nice horse who has been around a while and gone some good races. In saying that, I think he’s a bit short. He can win but he’s going to need a bit of luck from that wide draw.” Jack Tar is yet to win over the 2600m, though has placed nine times from 22 attempts at the distance. Hope will also line up his own trotter which he trains in Illegal Immigrant ($5.00FF) in Race 6, the Dawe Contraction Junior Drivers Trot over 2600m with Henry Sail to do the steering. “She’s been training well. We were a little bit disappointed with her trial the other day, but we found a problem and have sorted it out. Henry will look to lead from the handy draw.” View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a full-sister to G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Dancing Gemini (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). 18.00 Dundalk, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT) Fishdance's hitherto unraced DANCING TEAPOT (IRE) (Camelot {GB}) is a homebred full-sister to this term's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Dancing Gemini (Ire). One of four entries from the Joseph O'Brien stable, she encounters a baker's dozen in this debut. The post Full-Sister To Poulains Runner-Up Dancing Gemini On Deck For Dundalk Bow 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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Klaravich Stables' Oversubscribed heads a field of 3-year-old fillies in the Nov. 8 Pebbles Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack. View the full article

Tweenhills owner David Redvers has applauded Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony for speaking out against the government's budget announcement that limits inheritance tax for farms to £1m. Despite having just overseen another memorable sale at Park Paddocks, where a new record was broken for the highest-priced horse sold at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale at 1.3 million gns, Mahony used that platform to highlight changes made in the budget that he says will have a “negative impact on the whole racing and breeding sector” in Britain. Agricultural property has been passed on to heirs tax-free for decades, but from April 2026, farms and other business property will fall within inheritance tax. Inheritors will have to pay 20% of the value of the agricultural and business property above £1m. Redvers says that the announcement is “an attack” on Britain's rural economy and the changes made to inheritance tax is just the largest hammer blow to the thoroughbred breeders within the country. Mahony agrees. “I think that sums it up,” Mahony said. “More immediately, the national insurance rise and changing of the minimum wage is probably going to impact on studs and trainers in particular. The changes to capital gains tax and business property relief is more of a long-term problem. With the changes to business property not due to come in until April 2026, I am assuming there will be a period of consultation on that and hopefully sense will prevail. But look, it seems to be a budget that has gone completely in the wrong direction in terms of business, the cultivation of individual aspiration, economic growth-all the things they spoke about before the election, really. That's where I was coming from [in highlighting the budget post-sale].” For years, the APR tax relief has enabled small family farms-including land used for crops or rearing animals, as well as farm buildings, cottages and houses-to be handed down through the generations. Redvers says that the changes made in the budget has the potential to render most of his life's work pointless as there would be no other option but to put Tweenhill up for sale, like a lot of his neighbouring farmers have been forced to do in recent years. He explained, “Nothing has upset me and my apple cart more than this announcement in the budget. My entire life's work has revolved around keeping a family farm-which has been in the family for generations-going. Apart from Hartpury College, which obviously has over 4,000 students, we are the biggest employers in our area. All of the smaller dairy farms have had to sell up because they weren't viable at 150 acres.” Redvers added, “I am very conscious that I am only a custodian of the place. That has been the driving force for me in business. I have three children, some of whom want to keep the business on and keep the link with the land that we have had for years. This announcement will undoubtedly change the look of the countryside and it's an attack on the rural community. The thing that makes it particularly galling is that the Prime Minister is on the record in saying that this wasn't going to happen before the election. The sense of anger that is building within the countryside is something that he will deeply regret causing.” Redvers and Mahony acknowledge that the changes made in the budget comes as the latest blow to what is an already struggling cohort of breeders in Britain. Mahony in particular was keen to highlight that, while the Book 1 and 2 sessions to the October Yearling Sale stole the headlines, he is acutely aware of smaller breeders who are on the brink. Mahony explained, “There are a lot of breeders who are hanging on by their fingernails. It's great when you see Book 1 and 2 and all of the other sales taking all the headlines, but it's the guys in Book 3, Somerville-it's those sorts of sales that are representative of the smaller breeders who are the backbone of the industry. They are really struggling and this is another nail in the coffin if you like.” On top of the changes made to inheritance tax, thresholds for employers' National Insurance contributions will drop from £9,100 to £5,000 from April 2025. Employers' NI rate will increase from 13.8% to 15% in April 2025 while the employers' allowance (the amount an employer can deduct from their NI contribution to HMRC) will increase from £5,000 to £10,000. Meanwhile, the National Living Wage increased by 6.7% in April 2025, on top of a 9.8% increase in 2024. Redvers concluded, “All you have to do is look at the number of British breeders, which is in steep decline, to realise that the future of the industry is in a perilous situation. I can think of a lot of British breeders in this industry who are close to going out of business. That's against a backdrop of a declining economy where people have less spare cash than they used to. I had conversations with two top-notch British breeders in recent days and they explained to me that they are down 20 mares and are barely breaking even. That's not even scratching the surface on the situation. This is a cataclysmic situation here.” The post ‘An Attack On The Rural Community’ – Redvers Hits Out At Budget Announcements appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fresh off a strong runner-up performance in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), grade 2 winner May Day Ready will carry the American flag across the Pacific Ocean to race in Japan.View the full article

After winning his first Breeders' Cup race when Moira triumphed in the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1T) at Del Mar, trainer Kevin Attard takes multiple shots at three graded stakes Nov. 9 at his customary base at Woodbine.View the full article

Goffs chief executive Henry Beeby hailed a “truly international buying bench” at the conclusion of the Autumn Yearling Sale on Thursday. Turnover climbed by 15% to €3,735,200 while average was up by 4% to €8,748. The median matched last year's figure of €5,000 while the clearance rate was up marginally [1%] to 77%. Beeby commented, “All corners of the globe. 2025 will see Goffs Autumn graduates race all over the world following the last three days. Our job as Ireland's premier auction house since 1866 is to work in the best interests of Irish breeders and, for this week especially, that means driving the greatest number of buyers to Kildare Paddocks. In our endeavours we are lucky to have the team at Irish Thoroughbred Marketing to assist the work of the Goffs Purchaser Attraction Team as well as our network of overseas agents. It is clear that they have worked tirelessly with great success as we have welcomed a truly international buying bench that is the measure of any sale with horses heading to China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Libya, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, UAE and, of course, the UK.” He added, “A staggering 125 have been bought to go to Eastern Europe and we extend our particular thanks to Kishore Mirpuri who has coordinated an enormous group of enthusiasts who have added character alongside some serious bidding to the week. The home team have been proactive too with eight of the Top 10 yearlings staying in Ireland, whilst one heads to the UK and another to Italy, a country that has also proved a major contributor accounting for a further 55 yearlings. Another 15 will race in China.” While Beeby was keen to pay tribute to the foreign buyers, the top end of the market was dominated by domestic spenders. Bloodstock agent Kevin Ross and Gavin Cromwell were the third busiest buyers with five yearlings added to the team for a total spend of €108,500. Meanwhile, top lot of the entire sale, a Mohaather (GB) filly consigned by Derrinstown Stud, went the way of Jack Davison and Barry Lynch on Tuesday for €110,000. Fellow Irish-based handler Sheila Laver signed for the top lot on Thursday, a colt by first-season sire Pinatubo (Ire), who was consigned by Castlebridge and fetched €75,000 in the ring. Beeby continued, “A marginally improved clearance rate of 77% is acceptable as it demonstrates trade and underlines the depth and breadth of buyers, but it must be noted that although the average has improved and the median held steady, they are hardly a cause for celebration and are at the lower end of the scale. In that context our overseas buyers have been absolutely vital as a market without them would be unimaginable so our investment in this sector has been more than justified and we repeat our thanks to each one as well as our appreciation of every vendor for the trust they have placed in us once again. “We now turn our attention to our market leading November Sale which features the cream of the Irish foal crop and some beautifully bred mares and fillies in a fortnight.” The post Beeby Hails “Truly International Buying Bench” At Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Mill Ridge Farm extends an invitation to join them starting on Thursday, Nov. 7 through Nov. 14, for their stallion open house from 12:00 to 2 p.m. ET daily, the farm said via a press release on Thursday. The three horse roster on display features MGISW Oscar Performance (by Kitten's Joy), whose stud fee is listed at $45,000 LF. The third-crop sire stands alongside millionaire GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Aloha West (by Hard Spun), who is listed at $8,500 LF. Newly-added to the slate this year is four-time Grade I winner Casa Creed (by Jimmy Creed), who comes in at $10,000 LF. Mill Ridge is located at 2800 Bowman Mill Road, Lexington, Kentucky. For more information contact Kim Poulin at (859) 231-0606 or by email kpoulin@millridge.com. The post Mill Ridge To Hold Week-Long Open House appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fresh off a strong runner-up performance in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), grade 2 winner May Day Ready will carry the American flag across the Pacific to race in Japan.View the full article

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Tokyo and Fukushima Racecourses: Saturday, November 9, 2024 4th-TOK, ¥10,480,000 ($68k), Maiden, 2yo, 1600m GOLDEN KITE (c, 2, Tapit–L' Age d'Or, by Medaglia d'Oro) sold to Steven Venosa's SGV Thoroughbreds for $200,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale and made for a nice profit when hammering to trainer Mitsu Nakauchida for $600,000 at this year's OBS March Sale. The Apr. 21 foal's dam is a daughter of GI Humana Distaff Stakes winner Mona de Momma (Speightstown), most notably the dam of dual Grade I winner and top young sire Vekoma (Candy Ride {Arg}). Blandford Bloodstock signed the winning ticket on L' Age d'Or at $600,000 with this foal in utero at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. The chestnut has one start under his belt, a sound third going 1800 meters at Chukyo Sept. 28 (see below, SC 9). B-Newstead Corp (KY) 9th-TOK, ¥20,370,000 ($133k), Allowance, 2yo, 1400m POULSEN (c, 2, Into Mischief–Separationofpowers, by Candy Ride {Arg}) looks to take his record to two wins from as many starts, having crushed a field of newcomers by six lengths going 1200 meters at Niigata Oct. 6. Most recently sold for $925,000 at this year's OBS April sale, the bay is the only foal to make the races to date out of his dam, winner of the GI Frizette Stakes at two and the GI Longines Test Stakes at three who changed hands for $2.1 million at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Poulsen was led out unsold on a bid of $535,000 at Keeneland November in 2022 and fetched $350,000 at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga in the summer of 2023. Sunday, November 10, 2024 6th-FKS, ¥13,720,000 ($90k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1700m TSAGAAN SAR (JPN) (f, 2, Not This Time–Mongolian Changa, by Brilliant Speed) is a half-sister to GI Awesome Again Stakes winner, GI Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up and 2021 GI Kentucky Derby first-past-the-post Medina Spirit (Protonico), and was acquired in utero for $1.05 million by Katsumi Yoshida at Fasig-Tipton November three years ago. Like the late Medina Spirit, Tsagaan Sar–who debuts in the Sunday Racing colors–is by a son of Giant's Causeway and Mongolian Changa has produced one foal since her export, a filly by Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) born this past Apr. 9. B-Shunsuke Yoshida The post Medina Spirit Half-Sister Down To Debut at Fukushima appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With three separate requests involving three different federal appeals court cases pending before the Supreme Court of the United States to take up the question of whether or not the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) is constitutional, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Wednesday told the nation's highest court that the one involving a lawsuit spearheaded by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) is the one that should take precedence. In two separate legal filings Nov. 6, the Authority made its case for the Supreme Court to grant the “writs of certiorari” that the Authority and the federal government have both requested to re-examine a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opinion that had struck down the constitutionality of HISA's enforcement provisions. One of the Authority's Wednesday filings involved a different lawsuit out of the Sixth Circuit, in which the states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana are the entities asking for the Supreme Court to intervene. Those two cases-plus a third one out of the Eighth Circuit–are similar in nature in that they all want clarification on whether HISA is constitutional. But they differ on details, such as which party is making its plea for the Supreme Court's attention and exactly which legal questions the Supreme Court should rule on. “Beside this [Sixth Circuit] rehearing petition, the Court now has before it certiorari petitions from the Fifth and Eighth Circuit cases presenting the same question regarding the facial constitutionality of HISA's enforcement provisions,” stated the HISA Authority's response to the Sixth Circuit petition backed by Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana. “Although the Authority welcomes consideration of that question presented through any of the three cases, the petitions filed by the Authority and the Solicitor General in [the NHBPA case] present the best vehicle for resolving it,” the filing continued. “Granting [the Fifth Circuit] petitions would allow for direct review of the reasoning of the only court of appeals that has held the Act facially unconstitutional.” Although the NHBPA and the HISA Authority are at odds over whether the federal law that regulates the sport is constitutional, both organizations have stated for months now in court filings and media interviews that the Supreme Court needs to be the entity that resolves the current “circuit split” in which different U.S. appeals courts have issued conflicting opinions. How the Supreme Court will handle the multiple cases filed by different petitioners is a legal hurdle that first must be cleared before the Supreme Court makes any decision on HISA's constitutionality. Capitol Building | Getty Images The Supreme Court could choose to individually hear (or deny hearing) any of the HISA constitutionality cases. Or, if it deems the questions of law are similar, the Supreme Court could decide to combine or consolidate them into one larger case and come up with one common judgment that addresses all of the issues that have been raised. A Fifth Circuit appeals court panel opined July 5, 2024, that even though HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional, HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. A Sixth Circuit appeals court panel opined in a different case Mar. 3, 2023, that Congressional changes to the law in 2022 made all of HISA completely constitutional. The plaintiffs in that case already once asked the Supreme Court to hear the case, but were denied on June 24, 2024. Then, after the Fifth Circuit opinion was issued, creating a circuit split of differing opinions at the appeals court level, the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs on July 18 asked the Supreme Court to reconsider hearing the case. Separately, a group of plaintiffs led by Bill Walmsley, the president of the Arkansas HBPA, and Jon Moss, the executive director of the Iowa HBPA, on Oct. 15, 2024, filed a writ of certiorari in a different case asking the Supreme Court to review judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. That Eighth Circuit opinion had affirmed a ruling out of a lower federal court in Arkansas denying a preliminary injunction the horsemen had sought to halt HISA and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control program. The Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuit appeals courts have all agreed that HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional. Only the Fifth Circuit has disagreed, in part, by opining that HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. “The Court should grant the petitions [in the Fifth Circuit case] and hold the petition in this [Sixth Circuit] case pending resolution of the merits in those cases,” the Authority's Sixth Circuit filing stated. The three states in the Sixth Circuit case disagreed with this line of reasoning when they filed their July 18 petition for rehearing. They wanted their writ of certiorari acted upon ahead of any others. “This case also presents a clean vehicle to resolve the constitutional question,” the three states had argued. “There is a threshold jurisdictional issue in the Fifth Circuit case concerning the finality of the district court's decision which could prevent this Court from reaching the merits. And a similar challenge to the constitutionality of HISA [that was at the time] pending in the Eighth Circuit arises in an interlocutory posture. This [Sixth Circuit] case, by contrast, cleanly presents the constitutional question after a final judgment on the merits without any complicating vehicle issues.” The Authority's Nov. 6 filing relating to the Sixth Circuit writ offered an alternative. “If the Court does grant certiorari in [the Sixth Circuit] case, it should reformulate the question presented to limit its review to the only issue on which the courts of appeals are divided: whether HISA's enforcement provisions are facially unconstitutional under the private-nondelegation doctrine,” the Authority's filing stated. A separate Nov. 6 reply brief filed in the Authority's case out of the Fifth Circuit stated that, “The case for this Court's review is about as clear as it gets…. The only remaining point of dispute [is] whether to inject additional constitutional claims the lower courts have rejected uniformly [and] there is no need to complicate this case by incorporating those peripheral issues.” The post Authority Tells Supreme Court That Of Three HISA Constitutionality Cases, Fifth Circuit Dispute Should Take Precedence appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Yeomanstown Stud has released its stud fees for next season, with champion sire-elect Dark Angel (Ire) unchanged at €60,000 and this year's G1 July Cup winner Mill Stream (Ire) introduced at €12,500. It will be the fifth consecutive year that Dark Angel has stood for €60,000 and it follows a stellar season on the racecourse with the likes of Charyn (Ire), who registered three Group 1 successes in the Queen Anne Stakes, Prix Jacques le Marois and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Now 19, Dark Angel covered 134 mares earlier this year and is set to end it as Britain and Ireland's champion sire for the first time, with a margin of roughly £365,000 currently separating him from his closest pursuer, Dubawi (Ire). Mill Stream, a half-brother to the G2 Richmond Stakes hero and sire Asymmetric (Ire), was trained by Jane Chapple-Hyam for owner Peter Harris and retired as the winner of five of his 16 career starts. As a three-year-old he gained his first Group-race victory in the G3 Prix de Meautry, while this year he also won the G2 Duke Of York Stakes and finished third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes, before making the breakthrough at the top level at Newmarket. The Yeomanstown roster is completed by first-season sire Shaman (Ire) and G1 Middle Park Stakes winner Supremacy (Ire), who was represented by his first yearlings at the sales this year. Shaman, the sire of 10 individual two-year-old winners in Europe at the time of writing, including the G3 Sirenia Stakes third Brian (Ire), remains unchanged at €5,000, while the fee for Supremacy has been reduced to €8,000 from the €10,000 he stood for this season. The post Dark Angel Unchanged at €60,000 as Yeomanstown Announce Fees for 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Keeneland has supplemented 10 horses to its Horses of Racing Age Sale scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14, the sales company said in a Thursday press release. A total of 234 horses have been cataloged to the single-session auction, which will begin at noon ET. Additional supplements will be considered until the day of the sale. Trained by Kevin Attard and owned by X-Men Racing, Madaket and SF Racing, Tripolina is a 3-year-old by Constitution. The filly won the Display Stakes and was the runner-up in the GIII Mazarine Stakes to close out her juvenile year at Woodbine. Consigned by Grovendale Sales, agent, she is a half-sister to MSW Miss J McKay. Tripolina is out of the Street Boss mare Ballykiss and she is entered in the GIII Bessarabian Stakes on Saturday in Toronto. Also added is Fleet Street, a 2-year-old daughter of Street Boss, won her most recent start by six lengths at Horseshoe Indy Oct. 30. Consigned by Lantern Hill Farm Raised & Raced, she is out of the wining Summer Front mare Summers Hope. Newly-listed and consigned by Scott Mallory, agent, Determined Kingdom is a 5-year-old gelding by Animal Kingdom, who cleared the allowance level at Keeneland Oct. 25. The remaining supplements are by Audible, Catalina Cruiser, English Channel, Justify, Munnings and Palace Malice. Click here for the online catalog for the November Horses of Racing Age Sale, which features Daily Racing Form and Equibase past performances along with Thoro-graph and Ragozin sheets, race replays and more. A print catalog for the auction with Equibase past performances for the entrants is available for pickup at Keeneland. Click here for past performances and other information to assist with pre-sale shortlisting. Most horses will be stabled at Keeneland in Barns 18-26 with some horses offered remotely from their training locations. Internet and phone bidding will be available. The post Keeneland Supplements 10 To November Horses Of Racing Age Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Acknowledging that Rich Strike (Keen Ice) will soon be “officially” retired,” owner Rick Dawson said Thursday that he has been talking to stallion farms in both Kentucky and New York and hopes to strike a deal shortly so that his 2022 GI Kentucky Derby winner will be available for the upcoming breeding season. “The only reason I haven't officially announced his retirement is that I'm waiting to come to an agreement for stallion rights,” Dawson said “Then I can do it all at once, make the announcement that he has been retired and that he's going to stand at XYZ farm. But for all intents and purposes he has been retired.” Following the stunning victory at 80-1 in the Derby, nothing has gone right for the now 5-year-old. He failed to win in six tries after the Derby and was beaten by 16 3/4 lengths in what will be his last career start, the 2023 GII Alysheba Stakes. It was later discovered that he was battling tendon issues in his front legs. Dawson sent the horse to Margaux Farm to recover from the injury with the intent of bringing him back to the races. He also fired trainer Eric Reed, over a dispute involving the rights to a movie about Reed and Rich Strike, and turned him over to Bill Mott. He made progress under Mott's care, working four times at Saratoga for the Hall of Fame trainer. Rich Strike owner Rick Dawson with the Derby trophy | Coady Photography “He came close to running again,” Dawson said. “He had four official works and Bill was real excited about his conditioning. Bill visited Rich Strike two, three months before he started training him and he was pleasantly surprised that he had not gotten fat and lazy looking. He keeps his form really nicely. He's an athlete, for sure. Bill was optimistic.” However, after an Aug. 7 work, Mott noticed a new problem with the ligament. Dawson said the two injuries, though to the same ligament, were unrelated. Dawson then sent Rich Strike back to Margaux Farm near Midway Kentucky and started the process of trying to make a deal with a stallion farm. The process, he said, is ongoing. “Right now, I'm entertaining a number of stallion opportunities,” Dawson said. “Just trying to find the right spot for him. Hopefully, something will get done pretty quickly. We certainly want to make the 2025 breeding season and have an opportunity with some of the better mares. They're going to start committing pretty quickly, so we want to get into the loop. Just a few weeks ago, I thought I was within hours of getting that done and it all fell apart. That's the horse business. You think you have a deal set and then something comes up to change it.” Dawson said his preference is that Rich Strike stands in Kentucky. New York, he said, is his second option. “I am not interested in international markets, just because I'd like to keep him in America,” Dawson said. “It's mainly Kentucky and second would be New York. I just want to find a good spot for him. I have no interest in him covering 150 mares. But I'd like to see him cover 25 or 30 really good ones. He's going to have to build his legacy now through his offspring versus what he could do on the racetrack.” The post Dawson Hoping To Strike Stallion Deal For Rich Strike appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

May Day Ready (Tapit), the runner-up in last Friday's GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar, will make her next start in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies at Kyoto Racecourse in Japan Dec. 8, according to a tweet on X by her trainer Joseph Lee. Lee posted, “After discussing May Day Ready's future with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and George Barnes @katierichfarms, the decision has officially been made to ship her to JAPAN to run her in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on December 8th.” The group race in Japan is set for 1600 meters–about eight furlongs–around a right-handed turn on the grass. Initially a $60,000 buy at the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, the juvenile was purchased by KatieRich Stables for $325,000 at the OBS April Sale. Smith sent her to Saratoga Aug. 4, where as a 25-1 shot, the filly broke her maiden by a nose over Love Tempo (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). Climbing the class ladder, the 2-year-old won the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes Sept. 8 and then captured the GII Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 4. With regular rider Frankie Dettori aboard, May Day Ready rallied for second behind favorite Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the Breeders' Cup on 'Future Stars Friday' at odds of 13-1 to hand Lee his first win at the championships. After discussing May Day Ready's future with Mr. and Mrs. Doyle and George Barnes @katierichfarms the decision has officially been made to ship her to JAPAN to run her in the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies on December 8th. : Anne M. Eberhardt pic.twitter.com/tjCqUXHMxr — Joseph R. Lee Racing (@josephleeracing) November 7, 2024 The post May Day Ready To Ship To Japan For G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies Says Trainer Joseph Lee appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) recognized the top Thoroughbreds at the 2024 Dutta Corp United States Eventing Association's (USEA) Young Event Horse (YEH) East Coast Championships, held Oct. 17-18, 2024, in Elkton, Maryland, at Fair Hill, the Jockey Club of America said in a Thursday press release. Emily Bradford won the 5-year-old championship title riding her Thoroughbred mare Rose Traveler (registered as Rossie'slastdance), securing a victory over 41 other 5-year-old horses of all breeds. The pair were also awarded the T.I.P. high point Thoroughbred award. Rossie'slastdance, who was unraced, is a 2019 bay mare by War Dancer. Margaret Goodale claimed the T.I.P. high point Thoroughbred title in the 4-year-old division on Ema Klugman's Thoroughbred gelding Wood's Hole. Her mount is registered with The Jockey Club as Super Salvatore–a gelding by Super Saver–who raced twice as a juvenile for owner Bloom Racing Stable LLC (Jeffrey Bloom). The YEH championships are for horses four and five. Riders are asked to compete in three sections: Dressage, Conformation/Type, and Jumping Test/Gallop/General Impression. The post T.I.P. Awards Top Thoroughbreds At USEA Young Event Horse Championships appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Classic winner Study Of Man (Ire), whose breakthrough season included a Group 1 victory for Kalpana (GB) on Qipco British Champions Day, will stand at the increased fee of £25,000 next season at Lanwades Stud. The son of Deep Impact (Jpn) covered his biggest book of 123 mares in 2024 – the first time it stretched into three figures – following the encouraging results of his first crop of two-year-olds. Having stood at £15,000 in his opening season, he had subsequently been advertised at £12,500. His five black-type winners include the Group 2 winners Birthe (Ire) and Deepone (GB). His stud-mate Sea The Moon (Ger), the sire of four Group 1 winners, has had his feet cut to £22,500 for 2025, from £32,500. Bobby's Kitten, whose multiple group-winning daughter Sandrine (GB) flew the flag for Lanwades' owner Kirsten Rausing, will stand for a fee of £5,000. The post Study Of Man to Stand at £25,000 for 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article