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Winchell Thoroughbreds' homebred Red Route One got a dream pace setup March 22 in the $500,000 Essex Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park, and the 5-year-old Gun Runner horse delivered his customary finishing kick to win going away by 4 1/2 lengths.View the full article

Good Cheer easily improved to 6-for-6 and took the lead position on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks standings with a victory in the March 22 Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) in New Orleans.View the full article

TIZTASTIC (c, 3, Tiz the Law–Keesha, by Tapit) swung into action four wide into the long Fair Grounds straight, took command a furlong from home and kept on gamely to take Saturday's GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby by 2 1/4 lengths, earning 100 points and securing himself a spot in the field for the GI Kentucky Derby five weeks away. Off at odds of 15-2 exiting a fifth to Coal Battle (Coal Front) in the GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Feb. 23, the $80,000 Keeneland January short-yearling and $335,000 graduate of that auction house's September Yearling Sale dropped himself out to the back of the pack to race last but one as Sam F. Davis Stakes hero John Hancock (Constitution) showed the way through an opening quarter that was lively enough in :22.99. Still near the tail as they passed the six-furlong pole, Tiztastic commenced a middle move that carried him into a position just in back of centerfield with four furlongs to travel, while John Hancock was clinging to a tenuous advantage after three-quarters in 1:11.03. Accelerating sharply and pinching ground ominously at the inside on the turn, Tiztastic was steered out into about the four path as Built (Hard Spun), who had enjoyed the run of the race just in the slipstream of the front-runner, got first run and set sail for home. John Hancock signed off readily, but Tiztastic came calling for the lead at the furlong grounds, wanted to lug in late but held safe. Chunk of Gold (Preservationist) was a good second ahead of Instant Replay (Maximum Security), who ran on well from the second half of the field to be third. Sales history: $80,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $335,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 8-3-1-2. O-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC, Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Capital Bloodstock (KY); T-Steve Asmussen. #3 TIZTASTIC ($17.00) and @JRosarioJockey fire out of the turn to win the $1M Louisiana Derby (G2) and the Steve Asmussen trainee earns 100 points toward the @KentuckyDerby. Congratulations to all of the connections with this son of @CoolmoreAmerica's Tiz The Law. pic.twitter.com/r3SjPShw0Q — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 22, 2025 The post Tiz The Law’s Tiztastic Breaks Through In Louisiana Derby 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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The longest shot on the board at 86-1, Idratherbeblessed shocked the field with a gate-to-wire score in the $300,000 Muniz Memorial Classic Stakes (G2T) March 22 at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.View the full article

Hometown hero and Louisiana-bred Touchuponastar handily defeated last year's champion 3-year-old male, Sierra Leone, in the March 22 $480,000 New Orleans Classic Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots.View the full article

With a 2 3/4-length win in the Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park, Bless the Broken earned 50 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Oaks (G1).View the full article

Trainer Brian Knippenberg couldn't help but get emotional as he watched 5-year-old gelding Mercante soar across the Turfway Park finish line March 22 in the $290,000 Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (G3), pulling the 13-1 upset.View the full article

Juddmonte homebred Final Gambit (c, 3, Not This Time–Pachinko, by Tapit), a last-to-first maiden winner at third asking at Turfway Park Feb. 15, ran by them all once again with a 15-1 upset in Saturday's GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, good for 100 points on the road to the GI Kentucky Derby. Flying Mohawk (Karakontie {Jpn}) was second; Maximum Promise (Maximum Security) was third. The final time for 1 1/8 miles was 1:50.10. Final Gambit becomes the 23rd graded/45 stakes winner worldwide for Not This Time. The winning Tapit mare Pachinko, a half-sister to G1SW Announce (GB) (Selkirk), is also responsible for the 2-year-old filly Conceit (Not This Time) and a yearling filly by Justify. She was bred to Mage for 2025. Final Gambit is bred on the same Not This Time x Pulpit cross as Sibelius, winner of 2023 G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen. Juddmonte and trainer Brad Cox also campaign Not This Time's unbeaten GIII Lecomte Stakes winner Disco Time. Final Gambit puts himself on the @kentuckyderby leaderboard after a big performance in the G3 Jeff Ruby Steaks at @turfwaypark at 15/1! @luanmachado85 had the mount for trainer @bradcoxracing and owner @JuddmonteFarms! TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/WkhtdxokRR — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) March 22, 2025 Saturday, Turfway Park JEFF RUBY STEAKS-GIII, $776,364, Turfway, 3-22, 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:50.10, ft. 1–FINAL GAMBIT, 123, c, 3, by Not This Time 1st Dam: Pachinko, by Tapit 2nd Dam: Hachita, by Gone West 3rd Dam: Choice Spirit, by Danzig 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. O/B-Juddmonte (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Luan Machado. $446,400. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-1, $520,639. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Flying Mohawk, 123, c, 3, Karakontie (Jpn)–Bonbons Fleur, by Twirling Candy. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($25,000 Wlg '22 KEENOV; $72,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Two Eight Racing, Berry Family Racing LLC and Kaleta Racing; B-John O'Meara (KY); T-D. Whitworth Beckman. $148,800. 3–Maximum Promise, 123, c, 3, Maximum Security–Paixao, by Scat Daddy. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($60,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Back Racing, LLC and Run for LaRoses, LLC; B-Don Alberto Corporation (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $74,400. Margins: 3HF, HF, 3/4. Odds: 15.07, 9.29, 9.92. Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Final Gambit Goes Last to First in Jeff Ruby Steaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After finishing as the runner-up on debut at Churchill Downs last summer, Kimchi Cat (Twirling Candy) graduated with a 3 1/2-length score at the Spa in mid-July. The dark bay took home the off-the-turf Bolton Landing Stakes trophy Aug. 18, but was well-beaten in the GIII Pocahontas Stakes under the Twin Spires Sept. 14. Turned out since the fall and then back on the tab in January, the 3-year-old went off as the 8-5 second choice here. Kimchi Cat sat just to the outside of pacesetter Battleshipper (Midshipman) up the backstretch. Given her cue entering the far turn, the Tom Amoss trainee rolled into the lane, gunned her engine and cruised all the way to the Larry Snyder enclosure. Kentucky Smokeshow (Volatile) was the runner-up. The winner's dam foaled a filly by McKinzie last year and was entered in Maxfield's book for this term. Winter Dawn is the half-sister of MSW Summer Cruise (Vicar), who produced GSW Sandbar (War Pass). PURPLE MARTIN S., $175,000, Oaklawn, 3-22, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:11.91, ft. 1–KIMCHI CAT, 121, f, 3, by Twirling Candy 1st Dam: Winter Dawn, by Sky Mesa 2nd Dam: Reboot, by Rubiano 3rd Dam: Launch Light Tek, by Relaunch ($185,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Joel Politi; B-Coffee Pot Stables (KY); T-Thomas M. Amoss; J-Rafael Bejarano. $99,750. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-0, $263,665. 2–Kentucky Smokeshow, 117, f, 3, Volatile–Dying to Dance, by Street Cry (Ire). ($80,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $20,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Joey Keith Davis, JD Thoroughbreds, LLC, Larry J. Romero and Pravin A. Patel; B-Rose Hill Farm (KY); T-Chris A. Hartman. $33,250. 3–Eskenforaraise, 117, f, 3, Constitution–Eskenformoney, by Eskendereya. ($27,000 Ylg '23 FTKOCT). 1ST BLACK TYPE.O-Travis Swan Murphy and Matt Trent; B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Travis Swan Murphy. $16,625. Margins: 4, NK, 1 3/4. Odds: 1.60, 7.80, 36.20. Also Ran: Battleshipper, Glee, Gunite Max, Accelerating. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. “…has plenty for the final furlong!” – @3coltshandicap The $175,000 Purple Martin Stakes at @OaklawnPark went to #4 KIMCHI CAT ($5.20) under @sambitoperu for trainer @TomAmossRacing. She is a daughter of @LanesEndFarms Twirling Candy. pic.twitter.com/JlUG5JFizg — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 22, 2025 The post Twirling Candy’s Kimchi Cat A Potent Winner In Purple Martin At Oaklawn appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Six starts. Six wins. Godolphin homebred GOOD CHEER (f, 3, Medaglia d'Oro–Wedding Toast, by Street Sense) stamped herself as a force to be reckoned with in Louisville on the first Friday in May with another impressive win in Saturday's GII Fair Grounds Oaks. Brought back a winner this year in the GII Rachel Alexandra Stakes Feb. 15, the 2-5 favorite picked up her fourth straight win over the 1 1/16-mile distance. Stalking just off the pace as Ahavah (City of Light) led narrowly over Her Laugh (Practical Joke) up the backstretch, Good Cheer always loomed three wide and was more than up to the task when prompted off the far turn for an effort. Ahavah did well to hang onto second but Good Cheer was well clear even as she drifted down to the rail in the later stages to keep her perfect streak in tact. Lifetime Record: 6-6-0-0. O/B-Godolphin; T-Brad Cox. “It is Good Cheer! All class, all wins!” 6 for 6 pic.twitter.com/9ivXG331Ow — Kentucky Derby (@KentuckyDerby) March 22, 2025 The post Good Cheer Keeps The Good Times Rolling In Fair Grounds Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Lady Claypoole in the Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita earlier in March. Santa Ana Stakes For Lady Claypoole Abbondanza Racing and Omar Aldabbagh's Lady Claypoole (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) earned her first stakes win in the GIII Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita on Mar. 15 (video). Trained by Richard Baltas, the 5-year-old mare was bred by Aston House Stud. The eighth foal out of the group-placed Short Affair (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), Lady Claypoole was a 44,000gns Tattersalls December yearling when picked up by trainer James Ferguson. She raced for W K Wycoff and was winless in four UK starts and briefly bore the colours of Three Diamonds Racing when making her U.S. debut in August of 2023. Abbondanza Racing shelled out $100,000 at the Keeneland November sale 2023 for the then-3-year-old. She is a half-sister to Spanish champion Rodaballo (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who won a Group 2 in Germany, as well as the dam of G2 Dullingham Park Stakes heroine Flight Plan (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}). This is the extended family of multiple group winner and G1 Irish St. Leger third Whitewater Affair (GB) (Machiavellian), a two-time Group 1 producer of Japanese sires Victoire Pisa (Jpn) and Asakusa Den'En (GB). Coolmore's reverse shuttle stallion Starspangledbanner has sired 18 winners from 29 runners (62%) in the U.S. Lady Claypoole is his eighth stakes winner among that bunch (27%) and fifth graded winner. His best are Grade I winners Rhea Moon (Ire) and State Of Rest (Ire). “She is on a roll!” #1 LADY CLAYPOOLE ($25.40) won the $100,000 Santa Ana Stakes (G3) under @jockeytpereira for trainer Richard Baltas as an 11-1 outsider. The daughter of Starspangledbanner has won three in a row! pic.twitter.com/6K9fiEfzpF — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 15, 2025 Texas Glitter Goes To Incanto Mehmas (Ire)'s Incanto (Ire), racing for Leon King Stable and David Bernsen, put it all together for trainer Jose D'Angelo in the Texas Glitter Stakes at Gulfstream Park on Saturday (video). Bred by Novidale, Ltd. and Eoghan Grogan, the 3-year-old gelding cost 220,000gns out of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale when acquired by Ben McElroy for Stonestreet Stables. The bay was making his 11th start. Out of Hateel (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Incanto is a half-brother to juvenile colt Green Universe (Ire) (Starman {GB}) and a yearling colt by Space Blues (Ire). His dam is a half-sister to the stakes-winning GI Rodeo Drive Stakes third Responsibleforlove (Ire) (Duke Of Marmalade {Ire}), who has produced a pair of stakes horses. Mehmas, who stands at Tally-Ho Stud in Ireland, is responsible for 17 winners from 31 runners Stateside. Incanto is his seventh stakes winner in that jurisdiction, which also includes a trio of Grade I scorers in Going Global (Ire), Chez Pierre (Fr), and Magnum Force (Ire). Irish-bred #2 INCANTO ($21) with a huge rally to get up and win the $115,000 Texas Glitter Stakes at Gulfstream Park. @JFDAngelo trains the son of Mehmas, @jorgeruizjockey in the irons. pic.twitter.com/7VK3KTtYo4 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 22, 2025 No Nay Never Filly Rolls In New Orleans The Norm Casse-trained Never Really Know (Ire) (No Nay Never), making her fourth lifetime start, steamed to a 2 1/2-length victory at Fair Grounds on Mar. 22 (video). Owned by Justin Casse and Steven Connolly, she was bred by Lynch Bages, Ltd. and Lindy Farms. The bay was a 92,000gns graduate of the Tattersalls October Sale Book 2, who caught the eye of JWS Racing from the Baroda Stud draft. The dam, the placed Deadly Reel (Ire) (Pour Moi {Ire}), has a juvenile full-brother to the winner as her latest offspring. Deadly Reel is a half-sister to No Nay Never's group/graded winners Nay Lady Nay (Ire) and Arizona (Ire), who also each placed at the highest level. Coolmore's No Nay Never is credited with 59 winners from 102 runners in the U.S. (57%). A trio of his 10 stakes winners there have struck at graded level anchored by GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Meditate (Ire). Never Really Know scores second off the bench at 4/1 in the opener at @fairgorundsnola under @luissaezpty for trainer @normcasse! TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/Lpt9Azdb7Y — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) March 22, 2025 Repeat Winner The undefeated Making Waves alum Raw Ability (Ire) (Belardo {Ire}) earned a 'TDN Rising Star' badge on the back of her third win at Santa Anita for Hronis Racing and trainer John Sadler on Mar. 17 (video). The 4-year-old filly is out of the Dansili (GB) mare Que Sera Sera (GB) from the family of sire and G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Zambezi Sun (GB). #5 RAW ABILITY (IRE)($6.60) is undefeated after her Race 7 victory at Santa Anita. Another win today for jockey @HIBerrios, trainer @johnwsadler and owner @Hronis_Racing. pic.twitter.com/U3SbclSp3D — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 17, 2025 The post Making Waves: This Lady Is A Queen appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bless the Broken (f, 3, Laoban–The Nightingale, by Tapit), third in the GII Fasig-Tipton Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 15, delivered a come-from-behind victory at odds of 6-1 in the Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park, good for 50 points on the road to the GI Kentucky Oaks. As Catch Can (Mo Town) was second; Admit (Blame) was third. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:44.65. Lifetime Record: 7-2-2-1. O-Cypress Creek Equine LLC & Madaket Stables LLC; B-Cypress Creek Equine, LLC (KY); T-William Walden. Bless the Broken gets the job done in the Bourbonette Oaks at @turfwaypark at 6/1 under @ljlmvel for trainer @wwaldenracing! TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/SnvUt1Y6qT — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) March 22, 2025 The post Bless the Broken Answers the Call in Turfway’s Bourbonette Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Lousiana-bred millionaire TOUCHUPONASTAR (g, 6, Star Guitar–Touch Magic, by Lion Heart) could have won the Sunday stakes named for his sire practically by just showing up, but instead, connections took the path of greater resistance and allowed him to take his chance against the likes of Eclipse Award and GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) in Saturday's GII New Orleans Classic Stakes. Owned by former NFL quarterback Jake Delhomme's Set-Hut LLC, the Louisana-bred played catch me if you can in front of a partisan crowd in the Big Easy and catch him they could not. Sent immediately into the lead by Tim Thornton, Touchuponastar galloped them along in :24 flat and :47.40 as Sierra Leone caboosed the field while never too far away. Continuing to travel strongly through three-quarters in 1:10.78, the hickory-tough gelding, twice second in the GIII Steve Sexton Mile, but minus a graded victory, kept on keeping on and crossed the wire comfortably best. 'Rising Star' Hall of Fame (Gun Runner) was second ahead of Sierra Leone, who surely needed the run and was doing his best work through the line. The final time for the nine furlongs over a fast strip was a solid 1:48.10. Sales history: $15,000 Ylg '20 TTAYRL. Lifetime Record: 21-15-4-2. O-Set Hut LLC; B-Coteau Grove Farm (LA); T-Jeff Delhomme. Louisiana-Bred #5 TOUCHUPONASTAR dominates in the $500,000 New Orleans Classic (G2) over Hall Of Fame (2nd) and Sierra Leone (3rd) at @fairgroundsnola with Timothy Thornton in the irons for trainer Jeff Delhomme and owner Set-Hut (Jake Delhomme). pic.twitter.com/RTd4uuYgEB — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) March 22, 2025 The post Touchuponastar Upsets Champion Sierra Leone In New Orleans Classic appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Jonny Turner Trainer-driver Bob Butt thinks Kourtney Kardash is made for the biggest staying test of her career. The five-year-old will be out to add to her stunning record on grass tracks when she lines up in the Whitestone Livestock Waimate Cup at Oamaru on Sunday (4.19pm). With her outstanding grass track stats and her excellent manners in recent standing starts there only looks to be one query for Kourtney Kardash to tick off. The mare will step up to race over 3000m for the first time, a distance Butt thinks she should thrive over. “She will love it,” the trainer-driver said. “She probably lacks an ounce of really high speed but staying is really her go.” “In her last start she was beaten for speed but she really kept going.” “Whereas her win before that at Rangiora she got around them early and she kept going, it was a pretty big run that.” In producing two strong South Island efforts, Kourtney Kardash has continued the excellent form she had produced in the north for her former trainer and owner Shane Butcher. Her recent southern efforts demonstrate how well she has settled into the Butt stable. “She is a lovely mare and she has been easy to train,” Butt said. “She loves the beach and loves the pool and she seemed to have settled in really well.” “She’d done a great job before she came down and she is just continuing on her form, really.” Butt is hopeful High Step can get her manners back in check in Sunday’s feature trot, the Interpaint Fillies and Mares Handicap Trot (5.23pm) after missing away in her last two starts. “It is a shame because she has been such a good beginner.” “Two starts ago at Addington it wasn’t her fault, but then last start she was a bit fresh around at the start and got it wrong.” “She has been working well and she would be a good chance if she is able to get away on Sunday.” View the full article

Godolphin's Sovereignty (Into Mischief), a smashing winner of the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes on seasonal debut Mar. 1, drew widest in a field of 10 and was made the 8-5 favorite on the morning line for the GI Curlin Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park on Mar. 29. Trained by Bill Mott, looking for his first victory in the Kentucky Derby stepping-stone, Sovereignty is a homebred son of Crowned (Bernardini), whose dam Mushka (Empire Maker) was a Grade II winner of the Demoiselle Stakes as a juvenile and added the GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes for Mott in 2009. Sovereignty is the mount of jockey Junior Alvarado. Somewhat remarkably, Bob Baffert also lacks a win in the Florida Derby, and the Hall of Famer will try to right that wrong with Madaket Road (Quality Road) next weekend. A $650,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate, the gray colt is winless in his two outings this season, but ran with credit when third to his Eclipse Award-winning stablemate Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) in the GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 1 ahead of a runner-up effort to Coal Battle (Coal Front) in the GII Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn three weeks later. Madaket Road is the 7-2 second choice on the morning line and will leave from the eight hole. Disruptor (Gun Runner), a $1.15-million Keeneland September purchase, gets the litmus test for trainer Todd Pletcher, who has saddled the last two winners of this race and seven out of the last 11. Fractionally disappointing when a money-burning third on seven-furlong debut on the Pegasus World Cup undercard Jan. 25, he put it all together last time to graduate by 9 1/4 lengths en route to 'TDN Rising Star' honors. The chestnut is drawn four and is pegged at 7-2 to begin the wagering. The post Sovereignty Favored From Outside Alley In Curlin Florida Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Journalism (Curlin), who was the 5-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager which closed Mar. 16, and the well-related Baeza (McKinzie) each worked five furlongs Saturday morning ahead of their intended appearance in the GI Santa Anita Derby on Apr. 5. Journalism, a sensational first-up winner of the GII San Felipe Stakes Mar. 1, worked in the company of 2024 GI Kentucky Derby runner Endlessly (Oscar Performance) and stopped the clock in an easy 1:01.40 (18/41) under the watchful eye of trainer Michael McCarthy. “It was a maintenance work, looking to keep him in his routine,” McCarthy said. “I was very pleased with what I saw.” An $825,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling, Journalism is owned by a group including Bridlewood Farm, breeder Don Alberto Corp., Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Elayne Stables 5 LLC and Robert LaPenta. Baeza, the half-brother to Classic-winning full-brothers Mage (Good Magic) and Dornoch, went his five-eighths of a mile in a more leisurely 1:03.40. “Just keeping him on schedule,” said John Shirreffs of the colt, a $1.2-million Keeneland September acquistion. “He had a real big gallop two days ago and I didn't want to overdo it.” Baeza exits a 4 3/4-length victory in a one-mile maiden over the Santa Anita main track Feb. 14. Work of the Day from @santaanitapark—Endlessly (Outside), 1:01.20, and Journalism, 1:01.40, worked 5 Furlongs on March 22nd, 2025, for trainer @mwmracing. #SantaAnitaDerby pic.twitter.com/ERjISiOpiW — 1/ST TV (@Watch1ST) March 22, 2025 The post Journalism, Baeza Work Towards Santa Anita Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Classy sprinter Rogue Lightning is set for a first United States assignment in the wake of his overseas success in the Wathnan Racing colors in Qatar last month.View the full article

With two weeks remaining until the $30.5-million Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan Racecourse, riding assignments for the American raiders are coming into focus. Perhaps the best chance for U.S. victory on the program, champion and recent G2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint hero Straight No Chaser (Speightster) will look for more desert riches in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen with his regular rider John Velazquez back in the irons. The veteran reinsman's agent Kiaran McLaughlin also confirmed that Velazquez has the call aboard Il Miracolo (Gun Runner) for trainer Antonio Sano in the G1 Dubai World Cup and has also accepted the call on Little Vic (Practical Joke) for Juan Carlos Avila in the G2 Godolphin Mile. As reported in Saturday's TDN, Frankie Dettori will renew acquaintances with GI Malibu Stakes winner Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief) in the Godolphin Mile and with Mixto (Good Magic) as he seeks what would be a record-setting fifth victory in the World Cup. Trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill confirmed Saturday that the connections of Katonah (Klimt) have elected to go with William Buick in the main event. The Norwegian-born rider guided Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) to victory in the 2015 World Cup. Christophe Soumillion will take the ride on Isivunguvungu (SAf) (What a Winter {SAf}) in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint, trainer Graham Motion said on Saturday. A Belgian native, but French-based, Soumillon rode the 6-year-old on two occasions in South Africa in 2023, including a third in the Grade 1 Cape Flying Championship. Emisael Jaramillo took the 2019 Golden Shaheen and will look to double his account when he rides 2024 third-place finisher Nakatomi (Firing Line) for trainer Wesley Ward. The news was confirmed by Fergus Galvin, U.S. advisor to part-owner Qatar Racing. Paco Lopez was originally booked to partner with Steal Sunshine (Constitution) in the Godolphin Mile, but is unable to make the trip to Dubai. He will be replaced by leading Japanese jockey Christophe Lemaire, co-owner Carrie Brogden said on Saturday. Florent Geroux will be aboard GIII Gotham Stakes hero Flood Zone (Frosted) in the G2 UAE Derby and Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}), Wathnan Racing's Case Clay confirmed. Golden Shaheen aspirant Super Chow (Lord Nelson) will have Chantal Sutherland aboard for trainer Jorge Delgado and trainer Ken McPeek has yet to confirm a World Cup jockey for the newly invited Rattle N Roll (Connect). Joel Rosario, who rode the horse to victory in the G3 King's Cup and to a fifth in the G1 Saudi Cup, will be in New York for Wood Memorial day, his agent Ron Anderson said. . The American contingent was scheduled to depart South Florida on Saturday. The post Riding Assignments Firming Up For Dubai World Cup Night appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-Tampa Bay Downs, $32,000, Msw, 3-22, 3yo, 1m 40y, 1:40.34, ft, 1 1/4 lengths. LORDSHIP (c, 3, Gun Runner–Flag Day, by Giant's Causeway), the 7-5 favorite in this unveiling, cost himself position at the break with an awkward beginning and was relegated to near last of the six-horse field. Able to save ground into the backstretch, he rated in fifth past the half in :46.70 before advancing with an outside bid around the far turn. Kept wide for the drive, the Triple Crown nominee closed nicely down the stretch to surge past late leader Three Percent (Audible) close to home and graduate on debut by 1 1/4 lengths. Flag Day, already responsible for this runner's full-brother in Hall of Fame, GSW, $322,960, is herself a half to MGSP Street Ready (More Than Ready). This is also the family of MGISW Diversify (Bellamy Road). Flag Day has a 2-year-old Constitution colt named Massachusetts who brought $450,000 at Keeneland September last year. She has a yearling Justify colt and is due to Good Magic this season. Sales History: $725,000 RNA Ylg '23 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $19,200. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O/B-Earle I. Mack LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. The post Lordship, Full Brother To Hall Of Fame, Graduates On Debut At Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple graded stakes-winning trainer Michael De Paulo saddled his 1,000th winner when Pop Rox won a $12,500 maiden claiming race in Gulfstream Park's sixth race March 21.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. Sunday's Observations features the return of a 'TDN Rising Star'. 5.30 Naas, Cond, €17,000, 3yo, 8fT ACAPULCO BAY (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) ended his juvenile campaign as one of Ballydoyle's plethora of TDN Rising Stars and has recently drawn favourable mention from Aidan O'Brien when quizzed about his crop of 3-year-olds. Out of a full-sister to the operation's high-class Magic Wand (Ire), the Curragh maiden winner is Derby material until proven otherwise as is the stable's other runner and fellow TDN Rising Star Trinity College (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), the son of Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) whose 2-year-old form includes a second in Leopardstown's G3 Eyrefield Stakes. The post Acapulco Bay Begins The Re-entry Of Ballydoyle Classic Prospects 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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by Josh Spasaro/TTR AusNZ Snitzel's domination this season continued with his third G1 Golden Slipper Stakes winner as the filly Marhoona (Aus) won a dramatic race. Snitzel is currently leading the Australian Sires' Table by stakes winners and leading the Australian Broodmare Sires' Table by stakes winners with 14 individuals in each table. It was also the third Golden Slipper scorer for owner/breeder Emirates Park after Estijaab (Aus), also by Snitzel, and Mossfun (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}). Early in the race, Bjorn Baker filly Within The Law (Aus) (Lucky Vega {Ire}) went through the running rail, and fortunately both her and jockey Jason Collett were uninjured. Marhoona was well placed by jockey Damian Lane, sitting in behind the leaders until half-way down the straight, when she found space and shot to the lead with the rest of the field all attacking the line. She clung on and won by 0.14l from Chris Waller trained-colt Wodeton (Aus) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) with Godolphin's filly Tempted (Aus) (Street Boss) in third, 0.65l from the winner. “A huge thrill. You know, we've been through the ups and downs with the family over a lot of years with these sort of good results, bad results. But, yeah, it's a huge thrill for my team. I mean, I've got a lot of young, up-and-coming stars in the industry, I think, and they've had such a big part to play in this, probably a lot more than me,” said trainer Michael Freedman. Lightly raced, Marhoona won on debut, then was second in the G2 Reisling Stakes last start, and this was only her third start. She now has earnings of over A$3 million for owner-breeders Emirates Park. “If I'm being honest, I said to a few people, earlier today, I thought maybe it would have been nice to have had one more run under our belt, but she's a special filly,” he added. “When she won at Canterbury at first start, she ripped half a foot off winning that race, and I thought, 'you're tough'. And she bounced back from it, went to the Reisling a month later, and it's a bit of an unusual preparation, I guess, going into a Slipper at your third start. But, yeah, she's a special filly.” Pedigree Notes She becomes the 23rd Group 1 winner for Snitzel and his 155th stakes winner. He recently surpassed his own sire Redoute's Choice (Aus) and grandsire Danehill with his 83rd individual 3-year-old stakes winner. His other two Slipper winners are Shinzo (Aus) and the aforementioned Estijaab. Emirates Park have nurtured this family for several generations and their broodmare Salma (Aus) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) is something special as Marhoona is her fourth stakes winner from five foals to races. The unraced mare's best offspring prior to Marhoona was her third foal, G2 Stan Fox Stakes winner and G1 Sires' Produce Stakes-placed and G1 Champagne Stakes-placed Hilal (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) who stood his first season at New Zealand's Grangewilliam Stud in 2024. Salma's 3-year-old filly Silaaleh (Aus) (Tassort {Aus}) is unraced, but the mare has missed for the last three seasons. Salma is a half-sister to Listed Dulcify Stakes winner Big Time (Aus) (Danewin {Aus}) and is a daughter of G3 Fernhill Stakes winner Salameh (Aus) (Secret Savings), who in turn is a half-sister to Group 1 winner and sire Al Maher (Aus). This is the family of Group 1 winners Umatilla (Aus), Hurricane Sky (Aus), Redoute's Choice, Tom Kitten (Aus) (Harry Angel {Ire}), among others. Saturday, Rosehill Gardens, Australia GOLDEN SLIPPER STAKES-G1, A$5,000,000, ATC, 3-22, 2yo, Open Set Weight, 1200mT, 1:10.00, gd. 1–MARHOONA (AUS), 54.5, f, 2, by Snitzel (Aus) 1st Dam: Salma (Aus), by Encosta de Lago (Aus) 2nd Dam: Salameh (Aus), by Secret Savings 3rd Dam: Show Dancing (NZ), by Don't Say Halo 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Emirates Park (Mgr: N A H Lootah); B-Emirates Park Pty Ltd (NSW); T-Michael Freedman; J-Damian Lane; A$2,994,500. Lifetime Record: 3-2-1-0, A$3,090,150. *1/2 to Trojan Harbour (Aus) (Harbour Watch {Ire}), SW-SAf; Salateen (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}), SW & GSP-Aus, $303,457; and Hilal (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), GSW & MG1SP-Aus, $1,020,598. Click for the free Arion.co.nz catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–Wodeton (Aus), 56.5, c, 2, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Fiera Vista (Aus), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK-TYPE. (A$1,600,000 Ylg '24 MMLJAN). O-Coolmore, Wynaus, Westerberg, J Poulin, Sir P J Vela, Chris Waller Racing, Lynque, Peachester Lodge Pty Ltd, R McClure, Marcstown, Meridian Bloodstock, Lockhart Waller Racing, Glentree Racing, K MacLennan & Fairway Thoroughbreds; B-Fairway Thoroughbreds (NSW); T-C J Waller; J-J B Mc Donald; A$850,000. 3–Tempted (Aus), 54.5, f, 2, Street Boss–Calliope (Aus), by Exceed and Excel (Aus). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK-TYPE. O-Godolphin; B-Godolphin Australia (NSW); T-James Cummings; J-B Shinn; A$425,000. Margins: SHD, HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 6.00, 3.80. Also Ran: Rivellino (Aus), Devil Night (Aus), North England (Aus), Skyhook (Aus), Bellazaine (Aus), Military Tycoon (Aus), Tycoon Star (Aus), Beiwacht (Aus), King of Pop (Aus), West of Swindon (Aus), Quietly Arrogant (Aus), Farcited (Aus), Within the Law (Aus). Click for the Racing Australia chart. VIDEO. What a win by Marhoona in the G1 TAB Golden Slipper, proving dreams can come true! She wins for @MFreedmanRacing and @LaneDamian! @EmiratesPark | @aus_turf_club pic.twitter.com/EAq92UCjBf — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 22, 2025 The post Marhoona Gives Snitzel And Emirates Park Three Golden Slipper Winners Apiece appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars MAGNIFIQUE - R9 (4) Undefeated galloper looks to have plenty of improvement in him Jay Rooney ENTHRALLED - R10 (6) Won well last time out, trialled brilliantly since and looks hard to beat Trackwork Spy MASTEROFMYUNIVERSE - R8 (3) Can overcome his wide draw to run down rivals Phillip Woo PARTERRE - R4 (3) Looks a wire-to-wire threat from a good draw with Moreira on board Shannon (Vincent Wong) ARMOUR WAR EAGLE - R5 (4) Scored well over this C&D last start and can repeat Racing Post Online MASTEROFMYUNIVERSE - R8 (3) Ran third to Fast Network last start and should win Tom Wood ENTHRALLED - R10 (6) Strong win with all favours last start, gets in nicely with only three extra poundsView the full article