Wandering Eyes

Jack Gilligan has retired from race riding and has joined Inglis Digital USA as the auction company's new sales and recruitment associate. In his new role, Gilligan will focus on helping Inglis USA recruit horses, with a focus on racing-age offerings, traveling to tracks across the country to build and maintain relationships and help connect sellers with potential buyers. He will be based at the company's Lexington office and will work with senior director of sales and recruitment Kyle Wilson. A native of Newmarket, England, Gilligan has ridden in over 4,000 races on three different continents, tallying more than 440 wins. His biggest stateside success came aboard Silver Dust, who he rode to wins in the GIII Mineshaft Handicap and GIII West Virginia Governor's Stakes for trainer Bret Calhoun. “After struggling with a shoulder injury these past few months, I have decided to hang up my boots,” Gilligan said. “I have been very lucky to have had the great career I had in America and England these last 11 years, and I feel very privileged to have ridden for all of the great trainers and owners that have believed in me. I walk away from being a jockey with a lot of happy memories. “With the end of a chapter, begins a new one,” he continued. “Bloodstock and sales have been another passion of mine, and Inglis Digital USA is at the forefront of online horse sales. I am very excited to be a part of their team and look forward to help grow their brand and presence within the USA.” Inglis Digital USA CEO Liza Hendriks added, “We are thrilled to have Jack join the team as we continue to grow and expand Inglis Digital USA's reach in the racehorse market. Jack brings a unique depth of experience as a retired jockey and a network that will be invaluable as we work to offer our clients access to racehorses available across the country.” The post Jack Gilligan Joins Inglis Digital USA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

DEL MAR, USA — Ahead of the big day on Saturday, Friday's Breeders' Cup card is all about the youngsters, and the European trainers have come mob-handed with two-year-olds. After last year's triumphs for Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the Juvenile Turf Sprint and Juvenile Turf, expectations are again high that these trophies can be smuggled out of the country. In the former, the form of the G2 Flying Childers Stakes could well be key, as the first three home at Doncaster on September 13 – Aesterius (Ire), Big Mojo (Ire) and Magnum Force (Ire) – are all set to meet once more. The Mehmas (Ire) colt Aesterius has been kept busy by Archie Watson since graduating from the Goffs UK Breeze-up Sale in April. A winner on debut in May he was fifth behind fellow Wathnan Racing runner Shareholder (Not This Time) in the G2 Coventry Stakes and, racing exclusively over the minimum trip, he has since picked up wins in the Listed Dragon Stakes and G3 Prix d'Arenberg as well as the Flying Childers. His trainer Archie Watson is relishing running the colt who he says has taken to his new surroundings at Del Mar “like a duck to water”. He said, “It's a proper race, and the Japanese horse [Ecoro Sieg] seems fancied. Aesterius has drawn well and he's a very quick horse. The English horses are all drawn down on the rail so hopefully he can just get out and forwards and into a nice rhythm. He's very talented, a gorgeous big horse with lots of scope. He's the most laidback horse. From the moment he got here it was like taking a six-year-old gelding who had been here three times already.” So far so good then for Aesterius, who was joined on the trip by Watson's stable star Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), who is soon to be moving on permanently to a new career at the National Stud. He has one more dance, however, in Saturday's Turf Sprint, for which he is second-favourite behind the Steve Asmussen-trained Cogburn (Not This Time). “He's obviously had a fantastic year after his well-documented setback in the spring, and to come back and do what he's done has just been amazing,” said Watson of Bradsell, who had surgery for a leg fracture earlier this year. “It has always been the plan to end up here. For us, Royal Ascot and the Breeders' Cup are the two pinnacles. That's where we want to be. We've been fortunate enough to have runners here in the past and we haven't quite hit the winner's enclosure yet but I don't think we've brought horses with as good a chance as these two before.” He admitted that the departure of Bradsell, who has been a group winner in each of his three seasons in training, will be a bittersweet moment for his team. “I'm delighted that he has secured a place at stud but it's going to be very sad for us not to have him around,” Watson said. “He's just a legend of a horse and we couldn't be happier with him out there. I think he looks fantastic and he always seems to grow a couple of inches when he goes abroad. He loves life out here and thinks he's King Kong.” He added, “We gate-schooled yesterday and he jumped quick. The draw [in 12] is not ideal but the one saving grace is that the American favourite Cogburn is drawn nine and he does go forward, so we'll see. It'll just be great to see the best sprinter in America take on the best sprinter in Europe.” Big Mojo, a son of first-crop sire Mohaather (GB), also had a travelling mate from his own stable in Big Evs, who's been there, done that when it comes to the Breeders' Cup following his breakthrough win last year for Michael Appleby. The trainer arrived at the track on Thursday morning to see Big Mojo school in the gates. “The main concern is whether he would handle the bend because it's quite tight and he's a big two-year-old, but he's been galloping round it quite well,” he said. “We went round Southwell before we came here and he handled that really well. “He won't be quite as sharp as Big Evs – he's a bigger horse – and I think he will be really nice next year. The main concern is to get round the bend but he's got a decent draw to do that.” Ger Lyons, who has skilfully steered clear of the hubbub outside the quarantine barn this week, has returned to Del Mar, this time with Magnum Force and accompanied by wife Lynne, daughter Kerri and her partner, the Irish champion jockey Colin Keane. Keane was aboard Magnum Force on Thursday morning as he was ponied to the gates before jumping out for a smart breeze along the stretch. Not over big, the Mehmas colt was moving very well indeed. “I thought the first two from the Flying Childers would come to the Breeders' Cup and I felt that he had to be here as well,” said Lyons, whose classy juveniles this season include the G1 Phoenix Stakes winner Babouche (GB) (Kodiac {GB}). The Flying Childers trio will also be joined in the line-up by the G1 Prix Morny winner Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never), who is dropping back to five furlongs and has continued to look bombproof in temperament in among the 10 Ballydoyle horses on the track each morning. Six of the 12 runners for the Juvenile Turf hail from stables in Britain or Ireland, with Andrew Balding's GI Summer Stakes winner New Century heading the market. The Qatar Racing homebred already has the distinction of being the first top-level winner for his young sire Kameko. With Balding absent from Del Mar, David Redvers, Hannah Wall and Peter Molony were at trackwork on Thursday to see the colt and could have an exciting few days in store as the Qatar team also has the favourite for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup in Buckaroo (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). “The horse looks great and I think he's built to go round that track,” said Redvers of New Century. “We've got an amazing weekend to look forward to as we hope to have three runners in the Melbourne Cup if Saint George gets in, and there's also Valiant King. “We weren't planning to go to Melbourne but there started to be chat about it at dinner last night and I think if we can do something special here on Friday then the clamour to go will be quite strong.” Certainly a Breeders' Cup winner for Tweenhills resident Kameko would provide a major boost. Redvers added, “Kameko had another lovely first-time-out two-year-old winner last night and he's proven that he can get not just one but three or four very good horses from a relatively small first crop.” The excitement level was notably up a notch at the track on Thursday morning and a huge contingent from Coolmore was present, including MV and JP Magnier, and fellow owners Michael Tabor, Derrick and Paul Smith. They weren't the only ones eager to see the Ballydoyle horses schooling in the paddock, with work-watchers lining the rails several deep as the O'Brien team took several laps before proceeding back on to the track for a strong canter. With all the clamour surrounding City Of Troy (Justify), it is easy to overlook horses such as Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who has been ridden each morning by Ryan Moore and heads into the Juvenile Fillies Turf a worthy favourite. Then there's lovely old Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) at the head of the string, who may yet have a say in the Turf in an intriguing battle of the older horses which includes the 2022 winner Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who will be renewing her partnership with Frankie Dettori. There are only two three-year-olds in the field of 13, with the progressive Jayarebe (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) bidding to become Brian Meehan's third winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf after Red Rocks (Ire) and Dangerous Midge. Meehan has been aboard the pony accompanying Jayarebe over the last few mornings, and on Thursday the G2 Prix Dollar winner was ridden by his big-race jockey Sean Levey, who described Jayarebe as feeling “surprisingly well”. He looks well, too, and Meehan certainly appears to be a happy man ahead of Saturday's contest. “The draw [in five] couldn't be better,” he said. “He's a very versatile and adaptable horse, the way he is ridden in the races, and Sean is one of our leading riders in Europe now, and he knows him so well. So we're in good shape.” Jayarebe is yet to race beyond ten and a half furlongs but the step up to a mile and a half is of no concern to Meehan. “All next year as well he'll probably switch between 10 and 12 furlongs, and 12 furlongs on Saturday is certainly very comfortable,” he said. “[Wednesday] was his first morning and he was certainly taking it all in. We took him out early when it was a bit quieter. It was all about him getting used to his pony and used to the track.” The trainer has had 12 previous Breeders' Cup runners and will also run the Poule d'Essai des Pouliches runner-up Kathmandu (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) in Saturday's GIII Goldikova Stakes on the undercard. He added, “Kathmandu is definitely Group 1 class so the Goldikova is the perfect race for her really. “It's great to be back at the Breeders' Cup, for sure it is my favourite meeting. Any time you win a Group 1 race is such a high, but I guess to take a horse to another continent and win a championship race is huge, and that's a tremendous feeling of achievement for the whole operation.” The post ‘Legend of a Horse’ Bradsell Heads Exciting BC Brace for Watson appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-Belmont The Big A, $90,000, Msw, 10-31, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:22.05, ft, 6 lengths. GRAND JOB (f, 3, Justify–Sure Route {GB} {MSP, $201,163}, by Ishiguru) made her first North American start Thursday and certainly seemed to take to the Aqueduct main track after four prior starts in Ireland on both grass and Tapeta as a juvenile. Off the 13-month layoff and racing with Lasix for the first time, the 5-2 second choice got away quickly and led narrowly inside of No Tricks (Into Mischief). Shaking off that pressure into the far turn, she had plenty to offer in the final furlongs, coming home under an easy hand ride to win by six lengths. Shop Lifting (Into Mischief) came from the back to be second. Sure Route, who sold carrying the winner in utero for just $17,000 at KEENOV in 2021, has already produced Divine Image (Scat Daddy), Hwt.-UAE- at 7 – 9 1/2 f., GSW-UAE, $391,535. She foaled a colt by Golden Pal this year, her first foal since Grand Job. Sales History: $105,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 5-1-3-0, $62,272. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Thomas H. Turner; B-Fullbury (KY); T-William I. Mott. GRAND JOB, the 3YO daughter of @coolmoreamerica stallion Justify, breaks her maiden impressively in the fourth race with @JuniorandKellyA up for trainer Bill Mott. pic.twitter.com/MWlrtk35Yo — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 31, 2024 The post Justify’s Grand Job Dominant In North American Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Prix Jean Prat winner Puchkine (Fr) will stand for a fee of €8,500 when he embarks on his first season at Haras de Beaumont in 2025, joining a roster headed by the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Ace Impact (Ire), who will remain at a fee of €40,000. The Chehboub family, owners of Haras de Beaumont, purchased a 50 per cent share in Puchkine from his owner-breeder Alain Jathiere in July. Trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, the son of Starspangledbanner (Aus) was unbeaten in three races as a juvenile and retired as the winner of five of his nine starts, notably making the breakthrough at the top level when beating Havana Cigar (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) by two and a half lengths in the Prix Jean Prat. “After a successful 2024 season, notably with the arrival of undefeated world champion Ace Impact, we are very pleased to welcome Puchkine in 2025,” said Haras de Beaumont's Mathieu Alex. “A top-class sprinter by leading sire Starspangledbanner, Puchkine was unbeaten at two and won the G1 Prix Jean Prat in impressive style, 0.20s off the race record.” Unbeaten in six starts for the Rouget stable, Arc winner Ace Impact was crowned Europe's champion three-year-old in 2023 when his victories also included the Prix du Jockey Club. The son of Cracksman (GB) covered 183 mares in his first season at Haras de Beaumont, identifying him as the busiest freshman sire in France. Joining Ace Impact and Puchkine on the five-strong roster of stallions is the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere and Champion Stakes winner Sealiway (Fr), who remains at a fee of €12,000 after he welcomed his first foals earlier this year. The fee for Intello (Ger), the sire of last year's Hong Kong Vase winner Junko (GB) and multiple Group 3 scorer Regal Reality (GB), also remains unchanged at €8,000, while Stunning Spirit (GB) will stand at a fee of €3,000 for the fifth consecutive season, having produced two winners from seven individual runners from his first crop of juveniles in 2024. Alex continued, “Sealiway's first foals born in 2024 are very popular with breeders. A Group 1 winner at two and three, Sealiway covered more than 150 mares in his first two seasons at stud. Proven sire Intello was popular again in 2024 with more than 100 mares covered. With 9% stakes horses/runners, he remains an important asset to the French stallion roster. Finally, Stunning Spirit's first two-year-olds have made promising debuts with 60% of his runners having won or being placed. “Haras de Beaumont would like to thank the breeders for their support and look forward to welcoming them in the stallion yard soon!” The post Ace Impact Heads Beaumont Roster at €40,000, Puchkine Introduced at €8,500 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

3rd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 2:02p.m. Winchell Thoroughbreds' MISCHIEVOUS INTENT (Into Mischief) kicks off for trainer Steve Asmussen at Churchill Downs Friday. He has been working steadily at the Louisville oval of late, including a three-furlong move in :37 2/5 Oct. 28. Out of MGISW Guarana, the 2-year-old brought $1.4 million at Keeneland September in 2023.His dam, a daughter of Ghostzapper, realized $4.4 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2021 and a colt by Charlatan out of the mare brought $1.4 million at Keeneland this past September. Erik Asmussen gets the call for his father. Also making their career bows here are Multiverse (Practical Joke), a $575,000 KEESEP purchase for Pin Oak Stud and Guardian (Constitution), who brought the same amount at Keeneland last year from WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing. The former is trained by Riley Mott, while the latter is conditioned by Brad Cox. TJCIS PPs 7th-CD, $100K, Opt. Clm. $100K, 2yo, f, 7f, 4:31p.m. Shadwell's MUHIMMA (Munnings) marks her return after an impressive 7 1/2-length winner in her debut going 6 1/2 panels over this surface Sept. 20. Earning 'TDN Rising Star' status with that victory, the daughter of SW and GISP Princesa Carolina (Tapit), is a $700,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase. The grey is rejoined by Florent Geroux here. Other first out winners to make their return here-Hollygrove (Complexity) reappears after graduating in her debut going five furlongs here May 24 and Candy Quest (Connect) makes her first start since winning a six-furlong turf test at the Big A Oct. 3. First out winner Liam in the Dust (Liam's Map), who followed up with a close-up second in Churchill's GIII Pocahonas Stakes Sept. 14, resumes after trailing home in the GI Alcibiades Stakes Oct. 4. TJCIS PPs The post Friday’s Insights: $1.4M Into Mischief Colt Debuts at Churchill Downs appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The four-strong roster at the Irish National Stud was revealed on Thursday, with all returning stallions' fees unchanged from 2024. After the retirement of roster stalwart Invincible Spirit (Ire) on Wednesday, Lucky Vega (Ire) heads the roster at €12,500. The Group 1-winning son of Lope De Vega (Ire) has his first runners in 2025, as does Nando Parrado (GB), who is listed at €6,000. New kid on the block is smart sprinter Shouldvebeenaring (GB) at €6,000. The son of Havana Grey (GB) has placed multiple times at the highest level and is a winner of the G3 Prix de Ris-Orangis. He retirement to the INS was announced in early October. Phoenix Of Spain (Ire), whose multiple group winner Haatem (Ire) went close in the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas earlier this year, will stand for €10,000. Irish National Stud CEO Cathal Beale said, “We remain conscious that our stallion fees must reflect an opportunity for breeders to make a profit on their stock, while giving their mares the best possible chance of producing high quality racehorses. We believe that by holding our fees, breeders will find these qualities throughout our roster, at fair prices.” The post Lucky Vega Anchors Irish National Stud Roster At €12,500, Shouldvebeenaring New For 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Australian buyers remained strong on what was an admittedly low-key Thursday affair at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale, with Stuart Boman securing Native King (GB) (Kingman {GB}) to join the stable of Annabel Neasham for owners Go Racing for a joint session-topping 85,000gns. Boman has been busy at Tattersalls this week, with Native King the 14th horse he managed to secure, and the Blandford Bloodstock agent described the overall recruitment from the sale as the busiest ever for the agency. “I had bought 13 horses before this chap so I thought it was unlucky and I had better try for another one,” Boman joked. “He is a stunning horse and very well-bred. I am good friends with Rob Speers, and Ibrahim Araci bred this horse and raced him. I had a good chat with Rob yesterday and trainer Hugo Palmer and they recommended the horse, who will benefit from gelding.” Araci's silks are best associated with Native Khan (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}), who chased home Frankel (GB) in the 2,000 Guineas, and Native King carried those black, white and red silks to victory earlier this year at Chester. He has placed on a further three occasions and reached a rating of 88, with Boman stating the three-year-old was a natural fit to continue his career Down Under. “He has got a big engine and a big turn of foot. At the start of the year, he came from last at Chester to win. It was not a great race but the turn of foot he showed that day is what you need in Australia. He will also get a faster pace to run at and some firmer ground in Australia, which will suit. Kingman works in Australia.” Boman added, “I have been working this sale for 15 years and this has been Blandford's best ever Autumn H-I-T Sale–the most amount of horses bought and for the biggest outlay.” In a week where the National Hunt trainers struggled to contend with the international buyers when recruiting jumps prospects, Matt Coleman managed to snap up the 89-rated Lyric (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) to join Jonjo and AJ O'Neill at 85,000gns. Lyric will chart a very different path to Native King and is set to embark on a juvenile hurdling campaign. In five starts for John and Thady Gosden, Lyric won a 1m2f Windsor maiden and wasn't beaten far in a Doncaster handicap off 88 when last seen. Coleman explained, “He has been bought for Jonjo and AJ O'Neill, who were looking for a dual-purpose type. This horse has got some good form and he won a nice novice at Windsor in the spring. He ran quite well in the Listed Cocked Hat at Goodwood in May, only beaten a neck by stablemate Pappano, who made 200,000gns last night.Then he had a bit of a break and he ran quite well on Saturday behind Iron Lion and a few others who made a lot of money this week.” The agent continued, “His sister is black-type over jumps and the O'Neills will probably run him over hurdles this winter and then pop him back on the Flat on some soft ground in the spring. The first job, though, will probably be a gelding operation.” The number of lots offered on Thursday was down by 18% compared to last year and so too were some of the key trends. The turnover dropped 24% to 1,945,000gns, the median fell 33% to 8,000gns and the average by 4% to 11,577gns. The clearance rate rested at 86%, down 2% on last year. Buy of the day Ottoman (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) showed enough form in seven starts for Eddie and Patrick Harty in Ireland to suggest there could be a day in him over in Britain. At 11,000gns, Dan Astbury and Stockton Hall may not have found themselves a star, but there is a decent chance the horse can get his front in low grade handicaps. Placed off 61 in a 1m handicap at Naas, Ottoman has since disappointed at the Curragh and at Galway. A €55,000 yearling, he's clearly not a bad looking horse and, if he puts it all together, can provide his new connections with some fun at a low level. Thought for the day It was an early finish on Thursday at Tattersalls, which begs the question, why couldn't the sales company fit the 100 or so horses that are due to go into the ring on Friday into the Thursday session given it finished at 4.30pm. Don't worry, we're not all coming back to Park Paddocks on Friday for the good of our health. Apparently the reason is down to stabling for the bigger consignments. The post ‘I’d An Unlucky 13 So I Needed One More’ – Boman Bags Another For Down Under 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 much-needed next wave of New Zealand trotting may show itself at Alexandra Park tonight. But one of them has far more lucrative targets in the next six weeks while the lesser known could end up being the real deal. The New Zealand open class trotting ranks have a new heir to their throne in Bet N Win, who now looms as the biggest danger to Aussie champ Just Believe at the New Zealand Trotting Cup carnival but thankfully there are some exciting three-year-olds coming through. Two of them head to Alexandra Park tonight in Race 6, the Hydroflow Northern Metro Series Heat 2 Handicap Trot, with Pantani off a 10m handicap while Paramount Kiwi is off 25m against the older horses. Paramount Kiwi is already the winner of both the two and three-year-old Harness Millions and has the speed to develop into a good open class trotter but trainer Matty White admits tonight is a stepping stone. “It is great to have him back but he has THE ASCENT in two weeks so will be better for this run,” says White. THE ASCENT is the new $500,000 three-year-old trot slot race at Addington on Show day, Friday November 15 and Paramount Kiwi’s owners bought a slot which he will race in. “It is exciting to be part of even though the Australian filly who is coming [Keayang Zahara] looks very good. “With that being his aim and him being off a 25m handicap this week he will be driven conservatively but he is still ready to go close as he trialled really well last week.” Pantani is not as proven as Paramount Kiwi but he has the stamp of a very good horse and he is keeps improving he could end up one of the best in the country. He was formerly trained by part-owner Ross Paynter but he has moved to Sweden, the home country of his wife, so David Butcher now prepares Pantani. Pantani is far better off in the handicaps than Paramount Kiwi tonight and looks the one to beat. “He will improve with the run as we trying to to peak him for December but only being off 10m will help,” says Butcher. Among those they clash with tonight Dream Of You is another capable of boosting the flagging open class stocks next season if he stays sound. Another good age group performer taking on older horses tonight is Group 1-winning filly Beetastic (R5, No.7) in Race 5, the Sweet Lou Tender Closes Tonight 1-2 Win Mobile Pace. She faces a wide draw but did come from last to win the Caduceus Club Classic. The youngsters should also get the better of the older horses in Race 8, the Breckon Farms Northern Metro Pacers Series Heat 2, where Hawkeye Pierce and Always B Elite have the talent and draws to dominate, with the $2.80 opening price for Hawkeye Pierce bound to prove over his tote price. View the full article

To own a horse is to participate in a dream. Particularly a Thoroughbred racehorse. And when that 2-year-old qualifies for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) on "Future Stars Friday," your dreams become more exciting.View the full article

Tapit, North America's all-time leading sire by progeny earnings and the leading active sire by lifetime Grade I winners and graded stakes winners, will again lead the 2025 Gainesway stallion roster at a fee of $185,000, according to a press release from the farm Thursday. The son of Pulpit is represented this year on the racetrack by GI Whitney Stakes winner Arthur's Ride, GII Woodward Stakes winner Tapit Trice, and additional graded winners May Day Ready, Scylla, and Batten Down. He continues to be in demand in the auction ring, and has seen three of his yearlings sell for seven figures this year. The stud fee for McKinzie–currently the third-leading first-crop sire by earnings but on top by Graded Stakes winners and horses, and Grade I winners and horses–will be determined after the Breeders' Cup. The son of Street Sense is led by a pair of Grade I winners from his debut crop of runners: Chancer McPatrick, winner of the GI Hopeful and Champagne S., and Scottish Lassie, winner of the GI Frizette S. He is the first stallion since Mr. Prospector to sire the winners of the Champagne and Frizette in the same year. A stud fee for McKinzie will be set following the Breeders' Cup. New to the Gainesway roster for 2025 are a pair of Grade I winners who will be participating in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, Muth and Seize The Grey. Stud fees for both will be announced at the end of their racing careers. At two, Muth won the GI American Pharoah S. before running second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. At three, Muth won the GII San Vicente before prevailing in the GI Arkansas Derby, defeating future Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Muth is the only son of Good Magic to become a Grade I winner at both two and three, replicating the same accomplishment achieved by his sire. As a juvenile, Seize The Grey broke his maiden at Saratoga, defeating future GI Belmont S. winner Dornoch. He went on to win the GII Pat Day Mile on the undercard of the Kentucky Derby, and then became a dual Grade I winner by going wire-to-wire in both the Preakness S. and the Pennsylvania Derby. Also joining the Gainesway roster after contesting the Breeders' Cup Classic will be Grade I winner Tapit Trice. At three, Tapit Trice won the 2023 GI Blue Grass S. and GIII Tampa Bay Derby while also placing in the GI Belmont S. and GI Travers S. At four, he won the GII Woodward S. and the GIII Monmouth Cup S. while earning a 101 Beyer Speed Figure, the third triple digit Beyer of his career. A stud fee for Tapit Trice will be determined upon retirement. Tapit's other son joining the Gainesway roster in 2025 is Grade II-winning son Charge It who will debut with a stud fee of $12,500. Charge It won the GIII Dwyer S. by an astounding 23 lengths, with his 111 Beyer Speed Figure being one of four occasions that he registered a triple-digit Beyer. He was also the winner of the GII Suburban S. and runner-up in the GI Florida Derby. Following is the full list of advertised fees for Gainesway's 2025 stallion roster: Charge It (NEW) – $12,500 Drain the Clock – $10,000 Karakontie – $15,000 McKinzie – TBD Muth (NEW) -TBD Olympiad – $35,000 Raging Bull (Fr) – $10,000 Seize The Grey (NEW) – TBD Spun to Run – $10,000 Tapit – $185,000 Tapit Trice (NEW) – TBD Tapwrit – $7,500 The post Tapit Leads 2025 Gainesway Roster at $185,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the latest round of November Sale supplements, Keeneland has added broodmare prospect Beyond Oscar–a 3-year-old half-sister to Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway)–to Book 1 of the Breeding Stock Sale, and three were added to the Horses of Racing Age Sale, the company said in a Thursday release. Consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent, Beyond Oscar is a daughter of Oscar Performance out of Broodmare of the Year Beyond the Waves, by Ocean Crest. She is from the family of GISW Bordonaro and GISP Miss Empire. More supplements are rolling into the Horses of Racing Age Sale, and Keeneland has added these three horses: Just a Coed (hip 4222) is a 3-year-old daughter of Justify. Consigned by Hidden Brook, agent, and cataloged as a racing or broodmare prospect; Lagynos (hip 4224), a 3-year-old GSP colt by Kantharos. Consigned by Mill Ridge Sales, agent, he is out of Steamy, by Speightstown; Tactical Joke (hip 4223) is a 4-year-old filly by Practical Joke consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent. Additional supplements will be considered until the day of the sale. Click here for the online catalog for the Horses of Racing Sale, which includes 224 horses. The post Half-Sister To Bricks And Mortar Supplemented To Keeneland November; Three Added To 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

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 Scarlet Poppy during the Belmont at the Big A meeting. Night Of Thunder Filly Wins In New York Wesley Ward trainee Scarlet Poppy (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) raced to a 2 1/4-length victory as the crowd's pick going six furlongs as the Belmont at the Big A meeting continued on Oct. 25 (video). She races for a partnership between Stonestreet Stables, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Westerberg. Ben McElroy signed the ticket during the 2022 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 for Scarlet Poppy, paying 800,000gns on behalf of Barbara Banke's operation and MV Magnier. Bred by Al Wasmiyah Farm, the chestnut daughter of Bulrushes (GB) (Byron {GB}) is one of eight winners from nine to race for her dam. She is also a half-sister to four black-type horses, three of them stakes winners, led by G3 Prix Texanita hero Ross Castle (Ire) (Bushranger {Ire}). Her Space Blues (Ire) yearling half-brother is her latest half-sibling. This is the extended family of multiple group winner and G1 Lockinge Stakes third Tariq (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}). Of Darley stallion Night Of Thunder's 16 North American starters, 10 have won (63%). The son of Dubawi's four stakes winners in that jurisdiction include graded winners Dynamic Pricing (Ire), Sopran Basilea (Ire), and Pocket Square (GB). Repeat Winner: Glenn Bromagen II, Patrick Lewis, and Sandra Bromagen's Poolside With Slim (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) earned her first graded badge in the GII Valley View Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 25 (video). Trained by Rusty Arnold, the bay daughter of Kissepal (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}) won the Penn Oaks in May and first featured in Making Waves when taking a Gulfstream maiden in February. POOLSIDE WITH SLIM (IRE) takes G2 Valley View Stakes @keenelandracing for @GBromagen et al who bought her @Goffs1866 Orby 2022 – sired by Churchill (IRE) @coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/Vn0wZJBivj — ITM (@IREthoroughbred) October 26, 2024 The post Making Waves: Autumn Bloom 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

The Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) is, more often than not, an international showcase, validating the "World" in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. It's been dominated by horses shipping in from overseas ever since its first running in 1984.View the full article

Cherie DeVaux will saddle five Breeders' Cup starters Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar, a sure sign of her rise to prominence as she attempts to become only the eighth woman to train a winner at the World Championships.View the full article

Darby Dan Farm has set their 2025 stud fees for its roster of 13 stallions that will stand the upcoming breeding season, led by Flameaway and Dialed In, who will both stand for $15,000 LFSN, according to a press release from the farm on Thursday morning. The roster also features a trio of newcomers in Blazing Sevens, who will stand for $12,500 LFSN, as well as Gufo and Shirl's Speight who will both stand their first seasons at stud for $5,000 LFSN. Flameaway, a multiple graded stakes-winning son of Scat Daddy, was a leading first-crop sire of 2023 and is the sixth-ranked second-crop sire this year. Among Flameaway's nine black-type horses this year are 2-year-old filly Ando Soltera (Chi), a Group 1 winner in her native Chile and 2-year-old filly Dreamaway, winner of the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park and third in the Speakeasy Stakes at Santa Anita. Dialed In, champion freshman sire of 2016 and a perennial leading sire of his crop ever since, is represented by 11 stakes horses in 2024. The sire's leading earner this year is Defunded, who won the 2023 edition of the Hollywood GI Gold Cup and GII Californian Stakes, and has amassed earnings of more than $2.2 million in a stellar racing career. Blazing Sevens in the Champagne Stakes | Sarah Andrew Blazing Sevens, winner of the GI Champagne Stakes at two and the runner-up in the GI Preakness Stakes, is a son of stallion Good Magic. Blazing Sevens is produced from the winning Warrior's Reward mare Trophy Girl. Gufo, a Grade I winner at three, four, and five, and a son of Declaration of War, has relocated to Darby Dan Farm from Ballycroy Bloodstock in Ontario. The now-7-year-old will welcome his first foals in 2025. Gufo won or placed in 12 graded stakes, including back-to-back renewals of the GI Sword Dancer Stakes starting in 2021, and the GI Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes in 2020. Shirl's Speight is a Grade I winner by Speightstown out of GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Perfect Shirl. The globetrotter registered the biggest win of his career in the 2022 GI Maker's Mark Mile at Keeneland, and in his career the Charles Fipke homebred hit the board in 10 of 25 appearances and banked $1,497,245. The 2025 Darby Dan Farm roster is as follows: Stallion/LFSN Fee Bee Jersey/$5,000 Blazing Sevens/$12,500 Country House/$5,000 Dialed In/$15,000 Flameaway/$15,000 Gufo/$5,000 Higher Power/$5,000 Leofric/$5,000 Modernist/$5,000 Shirl's Speight/$5,000 Tale of Ekati/$5,000 Tale of Silence/$2,500 Title Ready/$2,500 The post Led By Flameaway And Dialed In At $15,000, Darby Dan Releases 2025 Stallion Fees appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Take Charge Babe (Take Charge Indy), a half-sister to this year's GI Frizette Stakes winner Scottish Lassie (McKinzie) has been supplemented to the Nov. 4 Fasig-Tipton November Sale, the auction company said in a press release on Thursday morning. A multiple winner herself, Take Charge Babe is catalogued as hip 317 and will be consigned as a broodmare prospect by Paramount Sales, agent. Scottish Lassie, who broke her maiden by nine lengths in the Frizette Oct. 5, is scheduled to start in the GI NetJets Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Friday. Scottish Lassie earned a 90 Beyer Speed Figure for her efforts in that top level race and the filly is the morning-line favorite for the Juvenile Fillies. The post Half-Sister To GISW Scottish Lassie Added To Fasig-Tipton November Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2024 Markel Magnolia Cup has raised £313,233.62 for local charity My Sisters' House Women's Centre, Goodwood Racecourse announced on Thursday. The all-female annual charity race, which takes place at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, was conceived over a decade ago and has now raised over £2.5 million for charitable causes since its inception. This year's race was won by Lizzie Jelfs and her mount Reins Reigns Rains, trained by Harry Eustace. My Sisters' House Women's Centre is the beneficiary charity, with all net proceeds going to support the work they do to support women to improve their welfare and wellbeing, helping to reduce their risk of domestic abuse and support recovery, and help them reach their goals for employment, education or training. Avril Robinson, acting CEO at My Sisters' House, said, “Being the chosen charity for the Markel Magnolia Cup has been one of the most significant opportunities for My Sisters' House since its inception ten years ago. As a small, local charity, the funds raised will enable us to continue our excellent work in providing free-of-charge, life-changing services to women. “It has been an absolute privilege to work alongside the Goodwood and Markel teams, and, importantly, be inspired by the all-female line up of jockeys who have all demonstrated the grit to train and take part in such a prestigious event. They are role models for women everywhere–turning aspirations into realities.” The Markel Magnolia Cup will take place on Ladies' Day at the Qatar Goodwood Festival in 2025, which falls on Thursday, July 31. Applications for the race in 2025 have now closed and riders wishing to participate in 2026 can apply online here. The post Markel Magnolia Cup Raises over £300,000 for My Sisters’ House appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Whatever the outcome may be in the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T), the experience as an owner in racing has arrived full circle for Bob Edwards and his colt Carl Spackler. View the full article

This year's Preis der Diana runner-up Spanish Eyes (Ger) has been added to Arqana's December Breeding Stock Sale and will be offered by Ecurie des Monceaux as lot 180 during the opening day of the sale on Saturday, December 7. Trained by Andreas Wohler for owner-breeders Gestut Karlshof, Spanish Eyes made a winning debut over nine furlongs at Hoppegarten in June. That remains her sole victory in five career starts, though she was beaten just a length behind Erle (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}) in the Preis der Diana, before running another creditable race when finishing fourth in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden. Spanish Eyes, who failed to find a buyer at €95,000 when offered at the Arqana October Yearling Sale, is one of five winners from as many runners out of the G1 Premio Lydia Tesio heroine Sortilege (Ire) (Tiger Hill {Ire}). The daughter of Zarak (Fr) is a full-sister to the G3 Premio Guido Berardelli winner Sirjan (Ger) and a half to Seductive (Ger) (Henrythenavigator), the dam of the dual Group 2 winner and G1 Preis von Europa runner-up Straight (Ger) (Zarak {Fr}). Sortilege is in turn out of Sahel (Ger) (Monsun {Ger})–a full-sister to the multiple Group 1 winner and sire Schiaparelli (Ger)–whose other offspring include the dam of this year's G1 Grand Prix de Paris scorer Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). The post Classic Runner-Up Spanish Eyes Added to Arqana’s December Breeding Stock Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Caspar Fownes will cast a menacing Karma(NZ) (Turn Me Loose) into uncharted territory on Sunday (3 November) when the sizeable chestnut – outclassed on paper but in career-best form – contests the HK$4.2 million G3 Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin. Tipping the scale with a body weight of around 1,200lb, Karma has won three of his last four races – each over the mile at Sha Tin. The Turn Me Loose gelding goes beyond Class 2 and 1600m for the first time this weekend, doing so with a featherweight 115lb – 20lb less than top-weight (Beauty Joy, 135lb) – as the race’s second lowest rated horse. “He’s a big, rangy type of horse. He’s long and lanky – big boy. He just seems to be improving with each prep we give him and we’ve seen it many times here in Hong Kong – ages six and seven can tend to be their best seasons,” Fownes said. One of Hong Kong’s most renowned races with over 150 years of history, the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse has attracted a capacity 14-runner field, including two from Fownes with Senor Toba (115lb) also engaged. Fownes previously won the race with Southern Legend (2019). The 89-rating Karma rolled quality opposition in the Class 2 HKJC 140th Anniversary Cup Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on 20 October last start after surging from the tail of the field. “The horse is in great form and I think he will eat up the distance. There’s a lot of good horses in there though, so it’s a great test for us to see whether he measures up to this level, which we’re hopeful, and if he does then it opens the door for some nice races this season. “We’ll continue to stretch his distance out, I feel, especially if he gives us a good closing sectional time on Sunday,” Fownes said. Alexis Badel hops aboard Karma on Sunday. The Frenchman partnered the galloper in a recent trial at Conghua. “It’s a good ride for him. Alexis trialled him up at Conghua for me and I said to him this was plan, Vincent Ho would ride him last start and this time he won’t get Vincent’s weight. It works out well and he gets a chance to hop back on the horse,” Fownes said. The Fownes name has a rich history in the Ladies’ Purse with Caspar’s late father Lawrie Fownes capturing five editions: Sky Bound (1985), Fire Wind (1990), Celestial Park (1990), Crown Commander (1994) and China Cruise (1996). Steely grey Senor Toba makes his seasonal reappearance for Fownes. The Toronado gelding has won two Group 3 races in Hong Kong, including once over this weekend’s distance. “Senor Toba is first-up. He’ll be ridden by Keith Yeung and he had a nice trial last week at Conghua over the mile. He’s run respectively, so we’re hoping for a nice enough effort,” Fownes said. “He’s going to come to his best towards the end of the season for the (G3) Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400, Handicap) – that’ll be his race.” Karma will step from gate 12, while Senor Toba has drawn sweetly in gate three. Group 2 placed in Hong Kong, Sword Point dazzled on the dirt first-up with a near-four length demolition on 6 October for trainer Frankie Lor. The six-year-old is chasing a fourth Hong Kong win from barrier 10 under Derek Leung in the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse. “After his win I trialled him once more and he trialled ok. Last season he started well and then his form dropped a little bit. That’s why he wasn’t performing well. He looks better this season,” Lor said. Lor also saddles eight-year-old All For St Paul’s in the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse, who jumps from barrier nine with Matthew Poon, in a bid for a 10th Hong Kong win. “The old man! He has a light weight. This won’t be easy but his form is ok. He always leads and if someone challenges then maybe it will be difficult for him,” Lor said. Sidelined due to a setback, Lor is hopeful six-time winner Happy Together can return next month in the HK$5.35 million G2 BOCHK Private Wealth Jockey Club Mile (1600m). “I want to run him on the 17th in the Group 2 over the mile. I know Galaxy Patch is really good but I don’t want him (Happy Together) to run over 2000 metres first-up. He needs to trial because he has had issues. If everything is ok then he will race,” Lor said. Flaming Rabbit lines up for Douglas Whyte in the Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse, aiming for a return to the form that saw him record a pair of make-all wins at Sha Tin. Angus Chung rides the Time Test galloper from barrier five. “It’s a tough race, especially with Beauty Joy. He (Beauty Joy) performed well last season and first-up as well. Flaming Rabbit is up in class but last season he was consistent at times. It depends on the pace and if someone comes to annoy him,” Chung said. The Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse also features Nimble Nimbus (124lb), Massive Sovereign (123lb), Chancheng Glory (121lb), Encountered (121lb), Five G Patch (121lb), La City Blanche (119lb), Moments In Time (116lb) and Ensued (115lb). The Best Peach and Ka Ying Generation are emergencies one and two, respectively. Sunday’s (3 November) 10-race fixture at Sha Tin commences at 1pm with the Class 5 L’Oreal Paris Handicap (1800m). View the full article

What VRC Derby Day 2024 Where Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria When Saturday, November 2, 2024 First Race 12:20pm AEDT Visit Dabble VRC Derby Day is set to kick off the 2024 Melbourne Cup Carnival, with a stacked nine-race meeting lined up at Flemington this Saturday. The Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500m) takes top billing and is ably supported by the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) and Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m). Perfect conditions await, with the track rated a Good 4 and the rail in its true position. The first of nine races is set to commence at 12:20pm AEDT. Race 1: Group 3 Carbine Club Stakes (1600m) The traditional opener to Derby Day looks a perfect event for the Chris Waller-trained Aeliana. The three-year-old filly was held up for a run before surging to the line late to claim Group 3 glory at Randwick on October 19 over 1400m, and she is set to appreciate getting to the mile. James McDonald will have her settled towards the rear of the field, but with the long Flemington straight at her disposal, Aeliana looks hard to hold out in the 2024 Carbine Club Stakes. Selections: 6 AELIANA 1 FEROCE 3 ACTA NON VERBA 8 ANOTHER PROPHET Carbine Club Stakes Race 1 – #6 Aeliana (8) 3yo Filly | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (56kg) +280 with Bet365 Race 2: Group 2 The Vanity (1400m) Good Sort arguably should have beaten Aeliana last time out. The Tassort filly was held up for a run basically for the entirety of the Randwick straight before launching late to be beaten by a half-length. Barrier 10 should mean James McDonald has her in clear air approaching the home turn, and if she can follow a back into the race, Good Sort has a strong enough turn of foot to account for her rivals in The Vanity. Selections: 9 GOOD SORT 10 LOVELYCUT 7 MATISSE 13 EXTREMELY HARDYS The Vanity Race 2 – #9 Good Sort (10) 3yo Filly | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (Weight kg) +750 with Dabble Race 3: Group 3 Rising Fast Stakes (1200m) Maharba produced a scintillating finish first-up at Caulfield after a five-month layoff. Having settled towards the rear of the field, he was left with too much to do late on but closed nicely to suggest he was worth following. He steps up to 1200m second-up, a distance where he has won twice and placed on four other occasions. If he can settle a touch closer to the speed, Maharba has a swift turn of foot and will take some holding out in the 2024 Rising Fast Stakes. Selections: 2 MAHARBA 3 SPACEWALK 1 STAR PATROL 6 SCHWARZ Best Value Race 3 – #2 Maharba (2) 4yo Gelding | T: Grahame Begg | J: Jordan Childs (57kg) +900 with Marantelli Bet Race 4: Group 2 The Damien Oliver (1400m) It took a ridiculous effort from Antino to undo Another Wil in the Toorak Handicap. That form reads very well for this Group 2, as outside of stablemate Jimmysstar, The Damien Oliver lacks depth. From barrier two, Jamie Kah can have Another Wil in a prominent position throughout the 1400m trip, and if he brings anything close to what he produced in his first two runs this campaign, he can make it eight wins from 12 career starts. Selections: 2 ANOTHER WIL 5 JIMMYSSTAR 6 RIPCORD 1 MIGHTY ULYSSES Best Bet Race 4 – #2 Another Wil (2) 5yo Gelding | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Jamie Kah (57.5kg) +200 with Neds Race 5: Group 2 Wakeful Stakes (2000m) Powers Of Opal put 5.5 lengths on her rivals at Hawkesbury on October 17 after competing in Group 1 company the start prior. The Ocean Park filly is a top hope for Thursday’s VRC Oaks (2500m), and this is the perfect stepping stool towards Group 1 glory. James McDonald will have her settled midfield with cover, and when asked to quicken, Powers Of Opal should be too classy in the 2024 Wakeful Stakes. Selections: 5 POWERS OF OPAL 4 IN HER EYES 2 TREASURETHE MOMENT 1 JENNI’S MEADOW Next Best Race 5 – #5 Powers Of Opal (8) 3yo Filly | T: John Sargent | J: James McDonald (55kg) +190 with Playup Race 6: Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) In what is one of the best editions of the 2024 Coolmore Stud Stakes, the Mark Walker-trained Bellatrix Star presents great value with horse racing bookmakers. The Star Witness filly was too good for her older rivals in weight-for-age company at Caulfield last time out, and prior to that produced two stunning victories against her own age group over 1100m and 1200m. She will be smoking the pipe out the back of the field, and with a stack of speed expected, Bellatrix Star can absorb the pressure and launch late to cause a minor upset in the Coolmore. Selections: 14 BELLATRIX STAR 3 TRAFFIC WARDEN 1 GROWING EMPIRE 2 COLEMAN Coolmore Stud Stakes Race 6 – #14 Bellatrix Star (11) 3yo Filly | T: Mark Walker | J: Blake Shinn (55kg) +850 with Picklebet Race 7: Group 1 Victoria Derby (2500) The time-honoured Group 1 VRC Derby is the headline act on the first day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival. A full field of 16 will duke it out for the $2 million on offer and look to etch their name into the history books. Will El Castello complete the Spring Champion Stakes and VRC Derby, or is there somewhat of an upset brewing? Click here for our full preview of the 2024 VRC Derby Race 8: Group 1 Empire Rose Stakes (1600m) With three wins and two minor placings from eight goes at Flemington, Atishu looks extremely hard to go past in the 2024 Empire Rose Stakes. The Chris Waller-trained mare is already a Group 1 winner over 2000m at the track and is sure to appreciate getting away from the likes of Mr Brightside and Via Sistina. With Grinzinger Belle set to make this a genuinely run mile, the race sets up perfectly for James McDonald to have Atishu towards the rear of the field before unleashing a stunning finish and blousing some potentially vulnerable rivals late on. Selections: 1 ATISHU 13 PLENTY OF AMMO 2 AMELIA’S JEWEL 7 ALSEPHINA Empire Rose Stakes Race 8 – #1 Atishu (9) 7yo Mare | T: Chris Waller | J: James McDonald (57kg) +360 with Boombet Race 9: Group 3 Furphy Sprint (1100m) Pharari is coming off a couple of handy BM78 performances at Rosehill and returns to the Flemington straight for the first time since a poor run in the Listed Creswick Sprint Series Final in July. The four-year-old mare is blessed with a stack of speed and is drawn perfectly out wide in barrier 14. Ethan Brown will likely have her stalking the leaders throughout, and as long as Pharari can handle the Flemington straight, look for her to roar to victory in style. Selections: 15 PHARARI 3 SANS DOUTE 17 ISTHMUS 5 A LITTLE DEEP Furphy Sprint Race 9 – #15 Pharari (14) 4yo Mare | T: Ciaron Maher | J: Ethan Brown (55kg) +600 with Unibet Derby Day quaddie tips for Flemington Flemington quadrella selections Saturday, November 2, 2024 1-2-3-5-6-13-14 1-2-4-5-7-8 1-2-13 3-5-15-17-19 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip 8 Horse racing tips View the full article

Vincent Ho is back in top form, while Angus Chung, Harry Bentley and Jamie Richards are hoping for better days ahead.View the full article

Hastings trainers Guy Lowry and Leah Zydenbos made the most of an opportunity to trial several of their well-performed horses locally on Thursday at Waipukurau. Among their representatives was the promising Bedtime Story(NZ) (Per Incanto), making her first public appearance as a four-year-old in an Open 1000m trial. The daughter of Per Incanto won three of her seven starts last term, alongside a fourth placing in the Gr.2 Wellington Guineas (1400m), won by subsequent Group One-winner Grail Seeker. “She was just having a maintenance trial to keep her up to the mark and we were very happy with the way she trialled,” Lowry said. “She was due to run at Wellington on Saturday, but due to heavy track conditions we will be looking elsewhere. She doesn’t need to start on a heavy track first-up.” The mare travelled comfortably throughout her assignment and closed well under little pressure from rider Lily Sutherland, with a similar performance seen from her stablemate Poukawa(NZ) (Per Incanto) in the same heat. Lightly-tried with just three starts to his record, Poukawa broke maidens on debut before a flashing effort into third behind My Annie Belle at Taupo in late September. A slow start at Te Rapa hindered his chances last start, but Lowry had plenty of positives to take away from the effort. “The track bias got him at Te Rapa, his sectionals suggested that it was a good run, he’s run around the 34 mark for the last 600m and I don’t think he could’ve done much more than that,” he said. “He’s finished on, in what was earlier in the day, an on-pace day. I thought it was a very good effort considering he’s still learning, he’s still a bit of a baby and we’re looking forward to having his next run. “He’s going along the lines of heading to Tauherenikau for a Rating 65 1300m race (November 10).” The following heat featured Lowry’s own mare Candle(NZ) (Super Easy), a three-race winner who finished less than a length off Shoes over 1200m at Te Rapa’s feature meeting earlier this month. “Candle was very good, it was just a maintenance trial as well for her and she’ll go to Te Rapa on the 9th of November for a 75 1300m,” Lowry said. “It’s a good feeling, the grassroots sort of racing, and all of the horses really enjoyed their outing today. “The track was in great order, they really look after the stakeholders there.” View the full article

Joe Pride says there’s something special about winning at Flemington during Melbourne Cup Week. And that’s why Derby Day in 2010 was a memorable day for the Sydney-based trainer when wet-track specialist Sacred Choice ploughed through the rain-sodden conditions to win the Group 1 Myer Classic, now known as the Empire Rose Stakes. “It was a crack field of mares,” Pride recalled. “I got on a plane thinking she was an outside chance of running a place. I got off the plane and got to Flemington, it started raining and I thought, ‘This could be our day’. “And she won easily. “She won by three or four lengths and she beat Typhoon Tracy and Hot Danish. “She beat a gun field of mares, obviously very aided by a really wet track. But that was her moment. “Corey (Brown) was on her and she won a Doncaster after that as well on a very Heavy track. “But it was a great day, because there’s something special about winning races at Flemington over the Cup Carnival. There really is.” Sacred Choice ran second the following year, while Pride got another Cup Week G1 win in 2014 when brilliant sprinter Terravista beat a star-studded field in the Darley Classic, now known as the Champions Sprint. Fourteen years after Sacred Choice’s win, Pride is hoping Lekvarte(NZ) (Reliable Man) can step up in this year’s edition of the Empire Rose Stakes on Saturday. Pride plans to run the six-year-old mare in the 1600-metre feature for fillies and mares off the back of her last-start victory at Randwick in the Angst Stakes. It was her third G3 win in the past year. “And it’s not a coincidence all three have been at a mile,” Pride says. “That’s her distance.” Lekvarte was unplaced in this year’s Tatt’s Tiara (1400m) in her only G1 start to date and Pride says the mare has to step up if she’s to be successful on Saturday, but he believes she has earned her chance. “It is a step up, but I feel like she’s never been better and it’s definitely worth a go,” he said. “She’s a very honest mare and she never runs a bad race. “I’ve taken her to Queensland a few times and she hasn’t enjoyed that, but I think Flemington would suit her and she’s a true miler. “I think it’s worth giving her a shot at a Group 1.” Josh Parr retains the ride on Lekvarte after winning the Angst Stakes on the mare on October 19. “It was a really strong win,” Pride said. “She sprinted from the back, which was hard to do on the day and the other mare I had in the race, Sounds Of Heaven, came out and won on Saturday. I think it was a relatively strong race, but she does have to step up to Group 1 company.” Pride also has Dashing Legend set for Saturday’s G3 Furphy Sprint (1100m) and expects she can run a good race fresh, while the trainer revealed Private Eye or Mazu could be a chance to line up in the G1 Champions Sprint (1200m) at Flemington on Saturday week. “I might take Private Eye or Mazu down for the Sprint,” Pride said on Monday. “I’m going to nominate those two plus Coal Crusher for the Russell Balding Stakes (at Rosehill) this week and I’ll work out what I’m doing with them.” View the full article

Below is a link to the full New Zealand Bloodstock Breeze Up broadcast file on Vimeo (one big video of all lots): https://vimeo.com/1024493712?share=copy#t=0 Please note, if you are downloading this file, it is about 14GB in size and 3 hours, 40 minutes in length, so will need a good internet connection. For those who wish to watch the breeze ups on WeChat, please use the QR code below: View the full article