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The owners of seven Thoroughbreds killed or injured in a Mar. 25, 2024, accident on the Bluegrass Parkway when a trailer driver allegedly fell asleep at the wheel and careened off the road while en route from Fair Grounds to Keeneland are suing the equine transport company and the driver in federal court, seeking “not less than” $3 million in compensatory damages and a separate amount in punitive damages that the plaintiffs want decided at a trial. The collective owners of the three horses that perished and the four that were hurt–all from the barn of trainer Eddie Kenneally–stated in their complaint that the lawsuit “arises from the negligence, fraud and gross breaches and derelictions” of the defendants, Creech Horse Transportation, Inc. (a Missouri corporation with an office in Kentucky) and its employee driver, Guy Landmeier. The complaint, which was filed Sept. 30 in a Kentucky state court but was removed to United States District Court (Western District of Kentucky at Louisville) Oct. 24 because it is a civil action against an interstate motor carrier involving a controversy exceeding $10,000, alleges that Landmeier had been driving for more than 11 hours at the time of the accident; that he had not taken a required 10-consecutive-hour break before his shift, and that Creech management had “impliedly and explicitly represented” that the shipping would be shared by two drivers who would be following all relevant rules and laws. “Creech Horse Transportation knew or should have known that Landmeier had exceeded his permittable working hours [and] was fatigued and was unable to complete the trip in a safe manner,” the complaint stated. In an Oct. 25 answer to the complaint, the defendants denied “any acts of deceit, oppression, malice, fraud and/or gross negligence.” Creech and Landmeier stated in their legal filing that, “the damages alleged in the complaint may be the direct and proximate result of superseding and/or intervening causes over which Defendants had no responsibility or control.” The defendants also stated in their answer that the plaintiffs “were knowledgeable shippers of Thoroughbred horses” and that they allegedly “were or should have been aware of time limits for filing claims and liability limitations for carriers,” which are common equine industry contract terms for the shipping of horses. Creech and Landmeier stated that in this instance, the plaintiffs allegedly agreed to shipping terms “limiting liability to $5,000 per horse in exchange for a reduced charge for providing transport services.” The owners of the seven horses–TSF Thoroughbred Racing, LLC; Insuraclaim, Inc.; Eddie Kenneally; Valerio Bloodstock Management, LLC; Showdown Kings II, LLC; Shaun McCarthy; Castleton Lyons, Inc.; Chief Stipe Arnold; Eric Kenneally; Kenneally Racing Stable, LLC, and Orpen Horses, LLC, (doing business as Double O Racing)–claim their damage calculations are based on losses from the equine deaths, the injuries and veterinary bills for the surviving horses, lost earnings from the inability to race, and personal pain and suffering. The defendants, in response, stated in their answer that they want “judgment in their favor and [to] be awarded costs of suit, including attorney fees, as set forth in [the] bill of lading and terms and conditions of shipment.” According to a social media post from the Bardstown Fire Department that TDN initially reported on the day of the accident seven months ago, when rescue units arrived on the scene of the 4:49 a.m. crash, “they found a tractor trailer on an embankment. The trailer, carrying Thoroughbreds, became dislodged from the king pin and ripped the cab of the truck from the frame. “Crews extricated the driver from the vehicle in about 30 minutes,” the fire department stated. “The driver was flown to University of Louisville Hospital. Anderson County large animal rescue was dispatched to assist with the removal of the Thoroughbreds from the trailer. Removal of the Thoroughbreds took approximately four hours.” The Bardstown Police Department's report–which was not available in the immediate aftermath of the accident, but was attached to the lawsuit as an exhibit–cited “fatigue, fell asleep, inattention” under the section listing “human factors” that allegedly contributed to the crash. The post Owners of Horses Killed, Injured in Bluegrass Pkwy Accident Sue Van Company, Driver for $3 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A year ago, a then-record nine runners from Japan participated in the Breeders' Cup. But rather than incremental change, Japanese connections have kicked in the proverbial door this year at Del Mar with 19 contenders making the trip. View the full article

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Fukushima and Tokyo Racecourses. Sunday's horses of interest will appear in Saturday's TDN: Saturday, November 2, 2024 1st-FKS, ¥10,480,000 ($69k), Maiden, 2yo, 1700m CHUWA CHIEF (c, 2, Tom's d'Etat–Figure, by Overanalyze) gave an excellent account of himself on Chukyo debut Sept. 7, outrunning odds of 10-1 to fill out the exacta, beaten 3 1/2 lengths going nine furlongs. A $60,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $190,000 OBS March juvenile, the Mar. 12 foal is out of a stakes-placed half-sister to Grade III winner Ben's Duchess (Munnings). The extended female family includes GI Hollywood Derby hero Vergennes (Dynaformer). B-WinStar Farm LLC (KY) 2nd-TOK, ¥10,480,000 ($69k), Maiden, 2yo, 1600m ERIKA MAYURI (JPN) (f, 2, Quality Road–Brave Anna, by War Front) split horses to lead inside the final furlong of her course-and-distance debut only to get tagged on the wire at a well-backed 22-5. Brave Anna, the highweight 2-year-old filly in Europe after taking out the 2016 G1 Cheveley Park Stakes, was purchased by Masahiro Miki with this filly in utero for $3 million at Fasig-Tipton November in 2021. The mare is a daughter of Irish Group 3 winner Liscanna (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), whose seven additional winners includes 2015 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Hit It a Bomb (War Front) and dual Group 1 winner Opera Singer (Justify), and the family also includes Group 2-placed dam of GISP Grafton Street (War Front). B-EM Planning LLC The post Quality Road Daughter of Brave Anna Looks To Go One Better at Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the lead up to this year's Breeders' and Melbourne Cups, PET and CT units have been at the crux of dashed dreams, with several horses scratched from these contests due to unsatisfactory PET and CT scans. But how do veterinarians decide what's satisfactory and what isn't? It's in the last few years these technologies have emerged at the cutting edge of efforts to determine the root cause of subtle lameness in racehorses. This period has proven a fast learning curve for diagnosticians–just ask Ryan Carpenter, a SoCal-based vet who has been instrumental in solidifying PET as an invaluable diagnostic tool in the region. Here, Carpenter discusses these technologies, what they illustrate and the sorts of factors regulatory veterinarians must juggle when reading a PET or CT scan. TDN: In a nutshell, can you explain what do PET and CT scans do and show? RC: A PET scan is basically a more sensitive bone scan than nuclear scintigraphy. What we see with PET scans are areas of bone inflammation, of bone turnover. And we know that those areas are often associated with pre-fracture. Basically, what we're looking for are hot spots, locations–like a hot sesamoid bone or a hot area on the fetlock–where we know that if you continue to train that horse, that'll likely lead to a condylar or a sesamoid bone fracture. [A CT unit uses X-rays to create detailed cross-sectional images of the body] TDN: How do they compare to some of the more established diagnostic tools, like X-ray and nuclear scintigraphy? RC: PET and CT are obviously much newer than nuclear scintigraphy and radiographs. They're also more detailed and more sensitive–you can see smaller, more fine-tuned changes. Basically, while nuclear scintigraphy and radiography are highly useful and beneficial, they don't have the level of precision that a CT or a PET scan would have. TDN: What are some of the things regulatory vets need to grapple with when they're looking at a PET or CT scan, and suspect they're seeing something of potential concern? RC: You always want to use your diagnostic imaging with your clinical exam. That's what they're doing. I don't think anybody is just randomly picking things to PET scan or CT scan–there's usually a clinical suspicion or indication to do so. For example, if you were looking at a horse and it may be a little short-strided on the right front, maybe there's a little soreness to flex in the ankle. Maybe it just looks a little different than the left. So, you want more information. Oftentimes in that case, a radiograph isn't going to be highly useful because it's oftentimes going to be what we consider clean. We know that, in order for radiographs to be useful, there actually has to be something broken. So, you have to see a chip fracture, or you have to see a condylar fracture. You're not going to pick up the subtle changes. That's where things like PET scan and CT can come in because they can look beyond what a radiograph can see, provide you with a lot more information. TDN: How do factors like age, racing history play into the reading of a PET or CT scan? RC: I think history plays an important role. We know some things–i.e. diseases or pathology or fractures–occur more commonly in some horses than in others, different ages and training styles. If you have a 2-year-old, a 2-year-old is often going to have different diseases and problems than what a 3- or 4-year-old will have. Again, you're just trying to put all the information together so that you can make a more accurate diagnosis. TDN: In an ideal world, therefore, would it be helpful for a regulatory vet to have a series of these scans over a period, so they have a historical record of a horse's limbs, see what's normal bone remodeling in that horse, what's not? RC: Sequential imaging is extremely important because obviously [with one lone scan], you're just getting a snapshot in time. If you had the ability to monitor or track changes, then I think you would be able to make more accurate diagnoses. We're trying to be risk-adverse. If are some things that we know just shouldn't be there–for example, if there's uptake on the sesamoid bone–it's hard to, without sequential studies, be able to predict where we're at, how close we are to breaking, how close we are for it to fracture. We can't necessarily predict that. We often use the level of intensity on a PET scan to determine what's more severe than less. But if you had a spot that hasn't changed in the last three PET scans over the last four or five months, then I think you could have some level of confidence that, if it's not in a particular location, that might just be this horse and he's handling it fine as long as his clinical exam looks good. But also, if you examine this horse and that spot is intensifying over the course of time and changing, then you're going to be more concerned because you're going to worry that this horse is getting closer to it fracturing. There have been some horses that I've followed along that I've been able to stop at the right time because I have sequential imaging to know that the disease is progressing or not. We once looked at imaging like a PET scan as good for a short period of time. But as we've done these sequential studies, if you have a clean PET scan, you can feel very confident for the next four, six, eight weeks that you're not going to have a problem. We always have thought that some of these problems occur relatively quickly. But as we've learned and understood bone pathology more, they actually occur relatively slowly over time. They just might not be clinically apparent initially. And so, that's where it's helpful to have sequential imaging to help understand where you're at in the disease process. The post Ryan Carpenter Q&A On PET And CT: “Trying to Put all Information Together appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a son of Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}). 12.35 Newmarket, Mdn, €8,500, 2yo, c/g, 7fT Wathnan Racing's hitherto unraced MAGNETITE (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a 575,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate, is a son of five-time Group 1 winner Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}) and thus a full-brother to G1 Juddmonte International third and dual Group-winning sire Elarqam (GB). The Ralph Beckett trainee is opposed by a cast of 15 headed by TBT Racing's Noble Champion (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who is an unraced 500,000gns Book 1 half-brother to multiple Group-winning G1 Prix d'Ispahan third Pogo (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}), from the Ed Walker stable. 14.17 Newmarket, Nov, €10,000, 2yo, 6fT Rabbah Racing's JOLLY ROGER (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is out of G2 Lowther Stakes victrix and G1 Coronation Stakes runner-up Threading (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). The Roger Varian-trained newcomer encounters 11 rivals in this debut. The post Son Of Attraction On Deck For HQ Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

DEL MAR, CA — It's showtime. Featuring 14 Grade I races worth more than $34 million in purses, the Breeders' Cup World Championships, with an emphasis on World, return to the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club for a third time, beginning with the 'Future Stars Friday' program. Ideal conditions with sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 60s are expected. A total of 179 horses were entered for the two-day Championships, including a record 67 international participants from nine different countries as well as three previous winners. A stacked renewal of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile–featuring unbeaten 'TDN Rising Stars' East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro), Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) and Jonathan's Way (Vekoma)–will get the party started along with four other top-level events for 2-year-olds on Friday. In addition to East Avenue, Godolphin will also be very well-represented by the unbeaten MGISW Immersive (Nyquist) in the female equivalent. The Aidan O'Brien-trained 'TDN Rising Star' Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) will meet horse-for-course Thought Process (Collected) in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. New Century (GB) (Kameko) is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf and the two-for-two Japanese invader Ecoro Sieg (Twirling Candy) was given the nod at 7-2 in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. Considered by O'Brien as the best horse that he's ever trained–now that's a scary thought, isn't it?–G1 Epsom Derby winner and 'TDN Rising Star' City of Troy (Justify) will make his highly anticipated dirt debut in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Classic. He'll square off versus last year's Juvenile winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light) in the $7-million centerpiece. There's plenty of star power before and after the Classic, too. 'TDN Rising Star' Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) will be heavily favored to add to a magical year for Ken McPeek in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff. Earlier this spring, McPeek became the first trainer since Ben Jones (1952) to pull of the GI Kentucky Oaks-GI Kentucky Derby double. The 'fastest horse in the world' Cogburn (Not This Time) will look to conclude a perfect season in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. A stallion share in the future WinStar Farm resident brought $475,000 from Richard and Connie Snyder at Wednesday evening's inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale. The overflow field also attracted last year's Juvenile Sprint winner Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}). Other Saturday headliners include: 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke) (F/M Sprint); Federal Judge (Army Mule) and Mullikin (Violence) (Sprint); Domestic Product (Practical Joke) (Dirt Mile); Johannes (Nyquist) and Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio) (Mile); 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) (Turf); and Cinderella's Dream (GB) (Shamardal) and War Like Goddess (English Channel) (F/M Turf). The Breeders' Cup will be televised live on NBC, Peacock, USA Network and FanDuel TV. For wall-to-wall coverage of all 14 Championship races, click here for Friday's preview edition and click here for Saturday's preview edition. The post Breeders’ Cup Weekend is Here! appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Muhaarar (GB) will remain at €14,000 next year, as Haras du Petit Tellier released its 2025 roster and fees on Thursday evening, Jour de Galop reported. The son of Oasis Dream (GB), who was standing his first season at the stud, has a pair of Group 1 winners to his credit including French Classic hero Marhaba Ya Sanafi (Ire). After covering 114 mares this year and siring 11 stakes horses worldwide, he is joined once again on the 2025 roster by group sire The Grey Gatsby (Ire) at €12,000 and Recoletos (Fr) at €4,000. The post Haras Du Petit Tellier Releases 2025 Roster 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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Kevin Attard already knows it will be difficult, going back home to his barn at Woodbine and seeing an empty stall where stable star Moira (Ghostzapper) has been a steady presence for the past four years. The Canadian Horse of the Year and millionaire will perform in what will likely be her last dance in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf on Saturday before she goes through the ring on Nov. 4 at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. “This is probably one of the hardest things I've done in my life,” Attard admitted as he looked ahead to next week. “You spend so much time with these horses that you bond with them. When I see her go through that sales ring and know chances are that she's not coming home, I mean I don't even know how to explain it. It's going to be hard.” Attard has always said that one of Moira's best qualities is her ability to put her game face on, so for now Attard plans to do the same. While this weekend at Del Mar will be bittersweet, Attard said he is focusing on looking toward the race at hand and celebrating a horse that has shown up for just about every race of her career. Scouted out by Donato Lanni and purchased for his X-Men Racing syndicate, Moira arrived at Attard's barn in the spring of her 2-year-old year. Right away, Attard saw promise in the daughter of Ghostzapper and was confident enough to send her to the Princess Elizabeth Stakes for her debut that fall. The Ontario-bred won by over four lengths and from there, never raced in anything other than stakes races for the duration of her career. During her sophomore season, Moira reeled off back-to-back wins in the Woodbine Oaks, where she dominated by nearly 11 lengths, and then the Queen's Plate, where she defeated males and established a track record in the mile and quarter contest. On her way to earning Canadian Horse of the Year honors, she capped off the season with a fast-closing fifth in the 2022 GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf. Moira showed consistency throughout her campaign last year when she placed in all six of her graded stakes starts, including a win in the GII Canadian Stakes and a third-place finish back at the Breeders' Cup behind eventual Eclipse Champion Turf Female Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Warm Heart (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). “I'd have to think, quality-wise, that her best race was in last year's Breeders' Cup,” said Attard. “It just speaks volumes to the quality and caliber of horse that she is. She wasn't that far behind two of the best turf fillies in the world.” Moira has again stamped herself as a leader in the division this year at five. Campaigned by Madaket Stables, SF Racing and X-Men Racing, she was second in the GI Diana Stakes behind Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio) and then battled Grade I victress Fed Rover (Ire) (Gutaifan {Ire}) to get the win in the GII Beverley D. Stakes. “I thought her race in the Beverley D. was better than it looks on paper,” explained Attard. “It was a paceless race really and she had to fight a multiple grade one winner down the stretch to prevail.” Moira gets the win in the 2024 GII Beverly D. Stakes | Coady Media Then in the GI E.P. Taylor Stakes, Moira had to settle for a closing second behind stablemate Full Count Felicia (War Front) when the winner opened up by nearly 20 lengths early and never looked back. “It was basically two races in the sense that the winner just opened up on the field and she was in a race of her own and Moira was in that second pack of horses,” Attard reflected. “She tried very determinedly catch the winner, but it just was too much ground to make up.” Next up, Moira will return for her third appearance in the Breeders' Cup. After drawing post ten, Attard has high hopes that the third time can be the charm for his star filly. Moira gives Attard his first Queen's Plate victory | Michael Burns “She's been training really well.” he said. “Everything has kind of gone according to plan this season, so we're very excited to be here at Del Mar with her this year. It's very special to see her [in the Breeders' Cup] for a third time. It speaks volumes to the quality and caliber of horse she is. Her first year she was fifth. Last season she ran third. So hopefully history sort of repeats itself and we can do two better this year and find ourselves in the winner's circle.” Moira's stablemate and rival Full Count Felicia, who is owned by Gold Square LLC, will join her in the starting gate for the Filly and Mare Turf and will also be selling next week at Fasig-Tipton. On the Night of the Stars, Moira will sell as Hip 293 with Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. “Moira's resume is remarkable,” said Fasig-Tipton's Boyd Browning. “She has already accomplished everything in the world that you could ask for a horse with the things that she's been able to achieve on the racetrack to date and hopefully there's one more chapter to be written.” “The thing about Moira that is so intriguing to me is her pedigree,” he continued. “Ghostzapper is a tremendous influence in pedigrees in the United States and around the world. He's the broodmare sire of two remarkable horses in Justify and Up To The Mark. We've seen Ghostzapper's influence as a sire not only with a horse like Moira but with last year's Breeders' Cup heroine and co-[Fasig-Tipton November] sales topper Goodnight Olive. He continues to produce offspring at the very highest level and Moira is out of an Unbridled's Song mare, so it's really the best of the best.” Moira's dam Devine Aida, a Grade II-placed multiple stakes winner, has had three winners from as many to race including stakes victor Jungle Cry (Animal Kingdom). “Moira has just been a model of consistency,” said her consignor, John Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. “She has now made just under $2 million. She's very feminine, mid-sized and looks like the kind of mare that would be an outstanding mother. She's quality all the way. Femininity with grit, determination and ability.” Attard said that in the barn as well as on the racetrack, Moira has been a pleasure to work with. “In the stall she's pretty straightforward,” he explained. “She just kind of minds her own business. But on race day when the bridle goes on, she turns into a different animal. It's almost like she switches gears and she knows it's game time.” “She's a special horse and she definitely holds a very special place in my heart,” he continued. “She's been such a gem of consistency. 14 times in the money out of 16 starts and a multiple graded stakes winner. It takes a very special horse to show up each and every time and be as consistent as she has been. She has never let us down.” The post One Last Breeders’ Cup Dance for Moira, Then on to Fasig-Tipton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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

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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