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Irish star Jan Brueghel is out of the Melbourne Cup after failing a mandatory veterinary inspection. View the full article

Seven days out from the race that stops the nation, and the 2024 Melbourne Cup field is taking shape. View the full article

Bella Nipotina can create a unique slice of history when she contests the Russell Balding Stakes on Saturday. Photo: bradleyphotos.com.au The Everest winner Bella Nipotina is the favourite for the $3million Russell Balding Stakes (1300m), as she attempts to secure the lucrative Sydney Sprint Series million dollar prize. Bella Nipotina ($2.80) is ahead of Sunshine In Paris ($4.50) and Private Eye ($5) in Russell Balding Stakes betting, with these two, along with I Am Me, also eligible for the Sydney Sprint Series, having competed in the Everest. Listed as the favorite with online bookmakers, Bella Nipotina is primed to become the first horse to pull off The Everest-Russell Balding Stakes double. Since the Russell Balding Stakes introduction in 2019, Think About It remains the only Everest winner to return for this race, claiming third behind Bella Nipotina and Private Eye last year. Notably absent from this lineup, however, is Giga Kick, the 2022 Everest winner who narrowly lost to Bella Nipotina in his quest for a repeat win in the world’s richest turf race, denying fans a rematch between the two champions at Rosehill. The Russell Balding Stakes, which is a special conditions race, secures runners double points in the Sydney Sprint Series, which finishes on Saturday. For each race points are allocated 5,4,3,2,1 for finishing first to fifth. Bella Nipotina is part-owned by former Collingwood and AFL figure Michael Christian. How does the Sydney Sprint Series bonus work? The Sydney Sprint Series has three seperate rewards up for grabs, with these being: Bet With Mates Bonus: A $2 million bonus pool spread across six sprint races in the Sportsbet Sydney Sprint Series awards points to top-five finishers, with a $1 million prize for the highest-scoring horse and a requirement to compete in at least three races. Multi Bonus: The top three finishers in the Russell Balding Stakes on November 2 who previously raced in The Everest, Sydney Stakes, or The Kosciuszko at Randwick will split a $1 million bonus. Emerald Mile Bonus: The $1.5 million Emerald Mile Bonus awards shares to the top four point-earners across the Epsom Handicap and King Charles III Stakes, with eligibility requiring participation in both races. What are/were the races in the Sydney Sprint Series? Concorde Stakes – 07/09/24 The Shorts – 21/09/24 Premiere Stakes – 05/10/24 Epsom Handicap – 05/10/24 The Everest – 19/10/24 King Charles III Stakes – 19/10/24 Sydney Stakes – 19/10/24 Russell Balding Stakes – 02/11/24 Horse racing news View the full article

Magnificent horsemanship was on display by Masakazu Fukami at Del Mar Oct. 28 as his skills in (and out) of the saddle kept Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Ushba Tesoro out of a dangerous situation while training.View the full article

Santa Anita's 16-day Autumn Meet concluded Sunday, Oct. 27 with Juan Hernandez on top of the jockey's standings, Bob Baffert winning the trainer's title and Harris Farms leading all owners in wins. For Hernandez, a 32-year-old native of Veracruz, Mexico, this was his seventh riding title at Santa Anita. He finished the meet with 25 wins from 103 mounts (24%), which was 10 more victories than runner-up Umberto Rispoli. Hernandez also led all jockeys in purse earnings with $1,566,410. His biggest wins came in the GII Oak Leaf Stakes aboard Non Compliant for Baffert, the Anoakia Stakes on Silent Law for Baffert and the Swingtime Stakes with Queen of the Mud for trainer Graham Motion. Hernandez previously was the leading rider at the 2024 Hollywood Meet, 2023-24 Classic Meet, 2023 Autumn Meet, 2023 Hollywood Meet, 2022-23 Classic Meet and 2021-22 Winter-Spring Meet. Baffert narrowly won the trainer's title by a single win over Phil D'Amato. On closing day, Baffert got the deciding victory when promising 2-year-old filly Cipriani won her debut in a maiden special weight going six furlongs. Baffert finished the meet with 14 wins from 44 starters (32 percent). He also led all trainers in purse earnings with $1,313,146. This was Baffert's first trainer's title at Santa Anita since the 2020 Autumn Meet. His biggest wins came in the GI American Pharoah Stakes with Citizen Bull, the Oak Leaf with Non Compliant and the Anoakia with Silent Law. Harris Farms, a longtime presence in California racing and breeding, claimed its first owner's title at Santa Anita meet. Headed by John Harris, Harris Farms won four races from 11 starters to top the standings. The post Hernandez, Baffert, Harris Farms Lead Standings at Santa Anita’s Autumn Meet appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Outwork (Uncle Mo–Nonna Mia by Empire Maker), has been purchased to continue his stud career in Saudi Arabia through a deal brokered by Chad Schumer. The GI Wood Memorial winner won three of five career starts before retiring to WinStar Farm in 2017 with $701,800 in earnings. He's gone on to sire two Grade I winners, Leave No Trace and Brightwork. Another top performer includes millionaire Outadore, who won the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Turf Sprint in 2020 before running in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf at Keeneland, making a gallant effort to finish third behind Fire at Will and Battleground. In his five crops of racing age he has sired two graded stakes winners, 13 black type winners and additional seventeen black type placers. At two, Outwork won first time out at the Keeneland spring meet before taking an allowance going six furlongs at Tampa. Runner-up in the GII Tampa Bay Derby, he later added a victory in the Wood Memorial before finishing off-the-board in that season's GI Kentucky Derby. Bred and raced by Repole Stable and trained by Todd Pletcher, Outwork is out of Nonna Mia, an impressive winner at Belmont in her second start as a 2-year-old. Subsequently third in the GI Frizette Stakes and the GIII Tempted Stakes, she also finished second in the Loudonville Stakes at Saratoga. Nonna Mia is also the dam of Nonna Bella who won her first two starts before finishing fourth in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. Nonna Bella is the dam of 2-year-old champion, and one of the nation's leading 3-year-olds, Fierceness (City of Light) as well as Outwork's full-sibling, 2-year-old Mentee. The post GISW Outwork to Stand in Saudi Arabia appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Involved in a spill Friday at Woodbine, veteran rider Emma-Jayne Wilson suffered neck and pelvic fractures. The news was announced on X by Wilson's wife, Laura Trotter. “Emma-Jayne is in the ICU at Sunnybrook Hospital-resting comfortably with pain management,” Trotter wrote. “Her mount in the second race on Friday appeared to have a cardiac event. Emma hit the rail as they went down. “Scans confirmed neck and pelvic fractures. She has undergone orthopaedic surgery to stabilize areas in her sacrum and pelvis. Internal bleeding remains a concern, and she is under careful observation by both the trauma and neuro teams as they monitor the upper cervical fracture. “Thankfully, there were no other serious musculoskeletal injuries–arms and legs are strong , sensation is intact and bilateral. There was no loss of consciousness. Emma is alert, aware and amazingly positive. “She is receiving the very best care. We are incredibly grateful for all the support. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.” Wilson, 43, is tied for fifth place in the jockey standings with 55 winners on the meet. Riding since 2004, she has 1,930 career wins, most of them coming at Woodbine. She won an Eclipse Award in 2005 as North America's top apprentice and was twice named champion apprentice in Canada, in 2005 and 2006. On July 11, 2024, she won the fourth race at Woodbine, to become the highest-earning female jockey in history. She surpassed the record of $90,126,584 previously held by HOF rider Julie Krone. The post Emma-Jayne Wilson in ICU With Neck and Pelvic Fractures appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

McCutchen purchased Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) contender Vodka With a Twist for just $2,500 last year in the Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale.View the full article

Australian trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace will be hoping to have unearthed the latest Group 1 scorer to go Down Under from the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale after spending 490,000gns on two highly-rated runners through the stable's head of bloodstock Will Bourne and bloodstock agent Billy Jackson-Stops. That opening session outlay was headed by German St Leger third Go Daddy (Ire) (Smooth Daddy) at 350,000gns. Maher and Eustace also struck earlier in the session for Jareth (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), a wide-margin winner of a Thurles maiden on just his second start for trainer John O'Donoghue. Speaking about Go Daddy, the most expensive horse through the ring at Tattersalls on Monday, Bourne said, “He profiles perfectly for Australia and I was chatting to Ciaron and he loved him and how consistent he was. The plan is to keep him in work here with Harry [Eustace, David's brother] then he'll go down on the horses-in-training flight and we'll target the Manion Cup, which William Haggas has done really well in with Favourite Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) and Post Impressionist (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}). We'll aim to run him off the plane during the Sydney Carnival.” He added, “We usually buy in our spring and then bring them out, but Harry has prepared horses like Sir Dragonet (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) for us to win a Cox Plate, so Ciaron has full faith in Harry and they work very well together. Our max was 400,000gns and I'd have been thrilled to get him for 250,000gns, so anywhere between is pretty much bang on. He has that perfect profile for Australia so I don't think he was missed by anyone.” Go Daddy highlighted a memorable day for Muir and Grassick, who also sold the 88-rated juvenile Fearless Freddy (GB) (Territories {Ire}) for 280,000gns to Busuttin Racing and JP Bloodstock. Muir said, “Go Daddy and Freddy will go on, and Spaceport was cheap at 100,000gns-he has got so much to come. All three of those horses do. They are really nice horses with big potential.” Muir, who will forever be associated with dual Group 1-winning star Pyledriver (GB), went on to explain that selling eight horses for a grand total of 802,000gns on Monday was necessary to clear the way for some of the younger talent coming through at Linkslade Stables. He added, “I bought 12 yearlings last week so we did get around and picked up a few. Hopefully the clients who sold today will reinvest.” The 9,168,700gns turnover, up 2,895,200 on last year, represented a record-breaking trade for the opening session of the Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale. The median was up 19% at 19,000gns while the average climbed a massive 46% to 39,016gns. As for the clearance rate, it settled at 80%, which was down 5% on last year. Talking points Few horses arrived at Park Paddocks in better form than Rebel Diamond (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), a winner of his past three starts for Natalia Lupini, most recently in the Listed Blenheim Stakes. His talent didn't go underrated by Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown, who secured the colt for 300,000gns. That wasn't the only big result for the Lupini stable on the day as recent Curragh maiden scorer Thebelmontgangster (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}) was similarly well-received when selling to Badgers Bloodstock and Freedman Racing for 200,000gns. Thebelmontgangster is very much a triumph of perseverance for his owner Eoin McDonagh. The prominent breeze-up handler, who trades under Shanaville Stables, failed to sell the colt at 10,000gns at the Somerville Sale last year. Not only that, but the colt was not accepted for any breeze-up sale, which is why McDonagh had to get the silks out. He said, “It's a brilliant result for us and a great day for Natalia and her partner Craig [Bryson], who sold two horses for 500,000gns combined. Somebody said to me that I should consider racing everything but I wouldn't go that far! Breezing is our game but this lad was probably a bit too big and backward for that job. That's why we sent him to Natalia and Craig. They're brilliant at what they do.” Richard Brown is building up quite the relationship with classy sprinter Garfield Shadow (Ire) (James Garfield {Ire}). The agent sourced the 96-rated three-year-old on behalf of Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze-Up Sale for €155,000. Fast forward a-year-and-a-half, nine starts, four wins and close to £80,000 in prize-money, Brown went to 310,000gns to secure the Richard Fahey-trained runner on behalf of a different client. While Coolmore failed to find a buyer for Group 3 winner Hans Anderson (GB) (Frankel {GB}), who was bought back at 425,000gns, it proved to be a successful afternoon for the outfit with 12 horses selling for 914,500gns. The clearout was headed by the 109-rated Kingman (GB) colt Monumental (Ire), a winner and placed in Group 2 and Group 3 company, who was knocked down to Omar Esmail Ghrhar for 325,000gns. Libyan-based Ghrghar said, “He will be trained either in France or Dubai–plans are open at the moment. He was a standout for us today and has been Group 2-placed and trained by Aidan O'Brien. He is a perfect fit for us and if he goes to Dubai he will be trained by Bhupat Seemar.” A quick scan at the top five horses through the ring on Monday serves to remind that a good horse can come from anywhere. Go Daddy's sire Smooth Daddy is now in Italy, James Garfield, the sire of Garfield Shadow, stands in India while Captain Gerrard, sire of Desperate Hero, ended his stud career in Iran. Meanwhile, the sixth most expensive horse through the ring on Monday, Fearless Freddy, is by Territories, who was recently sold to continue his career in India. Dubai Beckons For Desperate Hero Stuart Boman had to fight off a persistent Jack Channon as he fought desperately hard to keep progressive Group-class sprinter Desperate Hero (GB) (Captain Gerrard {Ire}) who went the way of the Blandford Bloodstock agent at 300,000gns. A campaign in Dubai beckons for the four-year-old, who was last seen finishing just under three lengths behind Markova (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) in the Prix de l'Abbaye at ParisLongchamp. Boman said, “He is one of those horses who, when I went through the replays and form, is hard not to like. He has great action, a powerful stride, he has roared through the handicap and turned into a Group 1 horse. I just wanted to get him and loved him from the moment I started researching him and following him.” Channon was visibly dejected after trying hard and failing to keep Desperate Hero. After his last bid of 290,000gns was quickly met with a 300,000gns bid from Boman, the handler dropped his head in defeat. Alas, an even stronger tussle would have been in vain, according to Boman, who admitted to valuing Desperate Hero a little more than the 300,000gns he parted with to secure him. “He is going to Dubai for the Carnival. Godolphin mainly has horses in the mile and over distance range, so there is a good series for sprinters and, hopefully, he is one for the Al Quoz Sprint and will be there on World Cup night,” Boman explained. “I thought he might have made a bit more with his rating-he has been fourth in a Group 1 and was not beaten far in the Flying Five before that. He is a horse who keeps showing up, runs his race, is an enthusiastic horse, and he has a clean vetting.” Buy of the day Bravo Zulu (Ire) (National Defense {GB}) might not jump off the page as being the best value buy of day one given he's a 65-rated three-year-old on a losing run that extends almost a year, but this is a horse who looked initially promising and, at 12,000gns, Dave Loughnane can do little wrong. A very good-looking horse, Bravo Zulu was picked up by Dan and Claire Kubler for €28,000 at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale a couple of years ago. That outlay looked very shrewd when he won second time up at Kempton before making it two from three in a 7f Southwell novice at odds of 4-7. Okay, the wheels have fallen off since and the Kublers are up there with the best in the game when it comes with maximising the potential of their horses, but if a change of scenery happens to get Bravo Zulu back on track, he could have a very well-handicapped horse on his hands. Best case scenario, Bravo Zulu could be the type to aim back at something like the AW Championship Final at Lingfield. At the very least, he should win races off his current mark for his new connections. Thought for the day With the yearling sales fresh in the memory, it seems a good time to remind vendors that all is not lost when a horse doesn't sell in the ring. Take Fearless Freddy (GB) (Territories {Ire}) as an example. He was led out unsold at 8,000gns during Book 3 almost exactly a year ago. His owner-breeders, Mondial Racing, had little choice but to put the colt in training and the decision to stick by the horse that nobody else wanted paid off in spades when he rattled up three wins from six starts and achieved a rating of 88 in training with William Muir and Chris Grassick. The cherry on top of that brave piece of campaigning came when the juvenile sold for 280,000gns. We all know that this is a game of reality and pipedreams do not pay the bills but Fearless Freddy should be put forward as an example that the market does not always get it right at the yearling and foal sales. There is always another way. The post Record Turnover Headed By Australian-Bound Go Daddy On Day One At Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The E J Won the Cup Flash Sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital closed just after 2 p.m. ET on Monday and at its conclusion, multiple stakes winner E J Won the Cup (Omaha Beach-Firsthand Report, by Blame) brought $870,000 from Narvick International, acting agent for NAJD Stud. The single-horse digital sale began on Thursday, Oct. 24. The 3-year-old colt was consigned by trainer Chief Stipe O'Neill, agent. “It was a lot of fun watching 'E J' sell on Fasig-Tipton Digital,” said O'Neill. “It's bittersweet to lose a horse like that out of my barn, but it was a fantastic result for our partnership and I wish the new connections the best of luck with him.” E J Won the Cup was a runaway victory in the $250,000 St. Louis S. in August before adding the Turf Paradise Derby and Texas Derby to his resume. He is twice graded stakes placed this year, including a second in the GIII Oklahoma Derby last time out and third in the GI Santa Anita Derby earlier this spring. In his last two starts, he recorded Beyers of 101 and 98 as well as back-to-back 8 1/4 Ragozins. “The E J Won the Cup Flash Sale was truly an international event,” stated a Fasig-Tipton release. “This horse was inspected by 1,521 individuals who looked at him 14,320 times, so those people were watching with sustained interest throughout the sale. There was very strong domestic participation and a very large middle eastern and European contingent.” “This was a great result and we are grateful to the buyer and seller, and all those who participated. We are looking forward to our December Digital sale which we anticipate will be our largest yet.” The next sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital will be the December Digital Sale, scheduled for Dec. 5-10. Nominations are now open and entries close on Nov. 20. Visit www.digital.fasigtipton.com to nominate. The post MSW E J Won the Cup Brings $870K on Fasig-Tipton Digital appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

An unusual harness racing week kicks off with the customary Cambridge meeting tonight, with the seven race programme starting at 5.10pm. Winton will then swing into action on Thursday before Methven and Auckland replaces the normal Auckland-Addington double act on Friday. The meeting at Mt Harding will start at 3pm. Included in the races at Alexandra Park will be the latest $16,000 Northern Metro Trotters and Pacers heats before the $35,000 Finals on November 8. The latest Finals last Friday night saw a Crystal Hackett double with Magic Dash and Invisible. Then attention will turn to Kaikoura for their two-day meeting. It will start with a Fast 10 meeting on Sunday and then the big Kaikoura Cup meeting on Monday, featuring the Group 2 Alabar Kaikoura Cup, the White Morph South Bay Trotters Cup and the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sale Series Handicap Pace. Running alongside Kaikoura’s meeting on Monday will be Manawatu’s first November meeting, starting at 2pm. Josh Dickie with many chances at Cambridge tonight By Brigette Solomon Auckland based driver Josh Dickie has a tidy book of drives at Cambridge Raceway tonight, and potentially a number of winning chances. “My drives all look to be well placed in tonight’s fields and their form reads pretty well on paper,” says Dickie. Four of those drives are for his employers Steve and Amanda Telfer and include talented trotters Joca’s Hill and Elizabeth Hill, the latter a tidy winner here last week. “She really deserved that win last week,” says Dickie, “she’s a real sweetheart of a mare, she’s perfect to drive and doesn’t require any extra gear, and her manners are great.” This week the four-year-old mare by What The Hill starts off a 10 metre handicap in Race 4, the IRT. Your Horse. Our Passion. Handicap Trot over 2700 metres. While she’s yet to win over the 2700 metre journey, she has placed over the trip on two occasions indicating the longer trip will be no issue. “It’s a similar enough field this week and she should go a good race again tonight, the 10 metre handicap isn’t likely to be an issue over the longer trip either.” Joca’s Hill lines up in Race seven, the Christmas at the Raceway Handicap Trot over 2700 metres. The four-year-old gelding has had just two starts this campaign earning a second placing when fresh up here on September 17. On that occasion he was run down in the final stages to be beaten a length, and no doubt would have improved in fitness for the run. The following week when back at Cambridge he broke on more than one occasion losing all chance. A winner of three races to date, Joca’s Hill has displayed moments of brilliance however his manners have let him down on several occasions. “He’s not the punters friend but he does have a lot of ability and could easily go through the grades, but it will take some time to get him to that stage and he’s definitely worth giving the time,” says Dickie, “on his day he’s a great chance in this field but it just depends which version of him we get tonight.” Dickie also partners two pacers for the Telfer partnership, the first of those being Carbon who starts in Race 3, the Melbourne Cup at The Clubhouse Mobile Pace. Although the Bettor’s Delight gelding is still a maiden after 15 starts, he has placed on eight occasions and earnt some $17,000 in stakes. He starts tonight’s race from barrier seven and looks to meet somewhat easier company than he has in previous assignments. “He’s due to win a race and this looks a winnable race for him tonight,” says Dickie, “he’s gone some good races but has been unlucky that he has run into a few good fields with standout maiden winners like Kings Watch who he finished fourth behind at one of his last Cambridge starts.” In Race 6, the Off The Track Food And Bev Mobile Pace, Dickie drives Delightful Chic who he considers one of his better drives of the night. “She’s been going really well but has had bad luck, twice she’s copped a flat tyre in races, and on more than one occasion she’s been held up in the run home,” says Dickie, “she was good at Alexandra Park a few weeks back, where although she finished last, she ran on really well in behind some smart fillies in a Nevele R Fillies Heat which was won by Duchess Megxit.” “She’s got some high speed and is really knocking on the door for a win and is well placed tonight,” says Dickie “I think she’s a great chance.” Tonight is the last of Cambridge Raceway’s Trot into Tuesday meetings for the year, with the clubs next meeting on November 15 including the Thames Trotters and Pacers Country Cups. View the full article

Flightline (Tapit–Feathered, by Indian Charlie) and Quality Road (Elusive Quality–Kobla, by Strawberry Road {Aus})) lead Lane's End Farm's stallion roster with the pair each standing for $150,000 for the 2025 season. Horse of the Year Flightline, who is represented by his first crop of weanlings this year, stood for the same amount in 2024, while Quality Road, who lists MGISW National Treasure among this season's standouts, stood for $200,000 this year. “The much-anticipated Flightline weanlings will be on display in the upcoming November sales, and we've already seen the international demand for his first crop based on his seven figure sales results in Japan,” said Lane's End's Bill Farish. Lane's End also announced that last year's Champion 3-year-old Arcangelo (Arrogate-Modeling, by Tapit), winner of last year's GI Bemont Stakes, will stand for $35,000, while 2023 Champion Turf Male Up to the Mark (Not This Time-Belle's Finale, by Ghostzapper) will stand for $25,000 in 2025. “We're looking forward to our Eclipse Champions Arcangelo and Up to the Mark's first foals arriving in 2025,” added Farish. STALLION 2025 ARCANGELO $35,000 CANDY RIDE $75,000 CITY OF LIGHT $35,000 CONNECT $10,000 DAREDEVIL $15,000 FLIGHTLINE $150,000 GAME WINNER $20,000 GIFT BOX $5,000 HONOR A.P. $10,000 LIAM'S MAP $40,000 MINESHAFT $10,000 QUALITY ROAD $150,000 THE FACTOR $7,500 TONALIST $10,000 TWIRLING CANDY $60,000 UNION RAGS $10,000 UP TO THE MARK $25,000 All fees LFSN The post Lane’s End Releases 2025 Stud Fees: Flightline, Quality Road Head Roster at $150K appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jockey Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired.View the full article

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The breeding rights to MGISW Muth have been acquired by Gainesway and the son of Good Magic and out of Hoppa (Uncle Mo) will stand at the Lexington farm upon his retirement from racing. Bred by Don Alberto Corp., Muth was a $2-million OBS March 2-year-old purchase by Donato Lanni on behalf of Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. Muth, who earned TDN Rising Star status when breaking his maiden with a front-running 8 3/4-length victory in his debut at Santa Anita, returned to post a 3 3/4-length score in the GI American Pharoah Stakes, finishing with a time of 1:42.45–the fastest time since American Pharoah himself won the race (formerly the Frontrunner S.). The Bob Baffert trainee rounded out the season with a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. At three, Muth won the first three starts of the season, including 2 3/4-length win in the GII San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita followed by Oaklawn's GI Arkansas Derby by two lengths over a field that included future GI 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. “The natural speed shown by Muth as a Grade I-winning 2-year-old, and his ability to carry that speed to a Grade I victory over 1 1/8 miles at three is very impressive,” said Gainesway General Manager, Brian Graves. “Muth's looks are exactly what you would expect of a $2-million purchase by Bob [Baffert] and Donato [Lanni].” In total, Muth has won five of eight starts for earnings of more than $1.5 million. Muth is currently being pointed towards a start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. A stud fee will be announced upon his retirement. The post MGISW Muth to Stand at Gainesway Upon Retirement appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just a few years into its existence and Stable Recovery-the innovative program that helps people recover from addiction and continues to support them through their recovery with jobs in the racing industry-is flying. The organization recently published statistics that show that have been through the program who have sustained their sobriety between 30 and 90 days, that they have conducted over 56,000 AA meetings, and that their graduates had found full-time work in 13 different Kentucky farms and businesses. The program's success is clear to see in those numbers, but it's what those numbers represent that shows where its true success lies. Taylor estimates that as a result of the program, they have reunited over 1,000 family members with their loved ones-ties that had been broken due to the pain that comes from watching a love one suffer from addiction. This week at the Breeders' Cup, the program will showcase one of its biggest success stories when Minaret Station represents the Will Walden barn. Walden, himself a graduate of the program, employs several other graduates who will head with him to watch their colt compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. (Read Sara Gordon's story on Tyler Maxwell in today's TDN.) This year, the program will graduate 80 trainees from the Taylor Made School of Horsemanship, where men in recovery receive 90 days of intense horsemanship training before they go on to work in careers in the industry. “Stable could not be going any better, in my opinion,” said Frank Taylor, who started the School of Horsemanship four and a half years ago, and Stable Recovery, which provides a safe and stable living environment for men in recovery–two years later, in partnership with Christian Countzler, who serves as its CEO. The two programs work hand in hand. The men live, work, and recover together, while attending the School of Horsemanship to prepare for a new career. WinStar Farm has recently added a Stable Recovery house on their farm, and Keeneland has pledged to do the same in conjunction with the program at their Manchester Farm. Frank Taylor | Sue Finley photo “We can handle over 50 guys at a time,” said Taylor. Just a year ago, that number was 32. “And, we have all these strategic partners where we're sending people,” he said. Those partners include Taylor Made, WinStar, Godolphin, Spy Coast Farm, Brook Ledge, Hallway Feeds, Rood & Riddle, Coolmore, Lane's End, Old Friends and two partners outside the industry, Amteck, an electric technology company, and Clark, an industrial solutions company. “As they graduate out of the program, we can send them out to these strategic partners.” It is very hard for people to overcome addiction if they leave their rehab program and head right back to where they were before, circulating in their old haunts with their old crowd. The power of this program is in the group model, which breaks that cycle, Taylor said. “You stay in that safe community, where if you're going out to a farm just by yourself, or with one other guy, it's not as good as going out there and being able to stay there with six or eight or 10 other guys.” Hard work, AA meetings, and the power of the horse complete the `secret sauce,' as Taylor likes to call it. Taylor said that managed growth was another key to its success. “One of our biggest threats, I think, is us growing too big, too fast,” he said. “We need to develop our people faster than we're developing our growth.” Some of those people come from within the program itself, with graduates going on to work for Stable Recovery helping others. “We've had a lot of interest from other states wanting to start programs, but we're a little reluctant just now. We may do that in the future, but right now we're just focusing getting it really right here, and managing it here, before we spread out too far.” Taylor said that the program would cost $1.3 million to operate in 2024, and an estimated $1.5 million in 2025. Since the inception of the program, around 90% of the money has been raised on private donations, including a substantial investment from the Taylor family themselves. They also received $300,000 in the form of an Opioid Abatement Grant from the State of Kentucky last year. “The program is really, really working,” he said. “We have beefed up our training at Taylor Made in the School of Horsemanship. We have now two full-time trainers who are training the guys, and then I'm taking about 50% of my time and training them myself.” Will Walden isn't the only success story. “Mike Lowery just got another promotion at Taylor Made,” said Taylor. “And then we've got Josh Frank. So there are two guys who are divisional managers at Taylor Made. It's upwardly mobile. We're not looking to just try to produce a bunch of grooms who make $15-$17 an hour forever. If that's what they're capable of and that's what they want to do, that's fine. But Blane Servis (who works at Godolphin), for example, is an up-and-coming guy who I think will be out on his own training some day soon. And he's got a very bright future. And you're going to see more and more of them in the industry.” Taylor said that the organization's strategic partners come to them looking for employees rather than the other way around. “We really haven't reached out to any of these strategic partners to come to us. They have reached out to us, which is nice. And I think more will come naturally, as people watch the program and need the help.” Taylor said that their current goal was to raise the $1.5 million the program will need to operate next year, when it expects to turn out 100 graduates. That works out to $15,000 to save a life, rebuild a family, and create a stable worker for the industry. Seems like an incredible investment. To learn more or to donate to Stable Recovery, visit https://stablerecovery.net/. The post What Is a Life Worth? Stable Recovery Looks to Raise Funds for 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired.View the full article

Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired to stud.View the full article

Fans will have their first of six chances to bet on the 151st running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) when Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Oct. 30 at 12 p.m. ET.View the full article

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday granted a stay that will prevent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from issuing a mandate stemming from a recent Fifth Circuit opinion that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA)'s enforcement mechanism is unconstitutional. The stay is to be in effect pending a decision by the Supreme Court as to whether it will take up the larger issue of whether those enforcement provisions are unconstitutional under the private nondelegation doctrine, which is a basic principle of constitutional law that states that the powers the Constitution vests in the federal government cannot be delegated outside the government. The request for the stay had been made by the HISA Authority back on Sept. 19. The Authority then followed up by submitting a petition for a writ of certiorari on Oct. 15, which is the means by which the Authority asked the Supreme Court to intervene in what is a now a 3 ½-year legal odyssey spearheaded by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) and 12 of its affiliates in an attempt to get HISA declared unconstitutional and illegal. A HISA Authority spokesperson responded to a TDN request for comment on the Supreme Court's order with the following emailed statement: “Today, the Supreme Court granted the Authority's emergency application for relief and took the rare step of staying (or pausing) the Fifth Circuit's outlier judgment declaring the Act unconstitutional. That means the Authority can continue to enforce the Act and its rules in every racing jurisdiction where HISA is currently operative. In other words, the status quo will remain until the Supreme Court issues a final decision sometime before the end of its term in June 2025. The Authority is pleased to continue its mission of improving the safety and integrity of horseracing without interruption (or further intervening litigation).” Eric Hamelback, the chief executive officer of the NHBPA, explained his organization's reaction to the Supreme Court's issuance of the stay with this emailed response: “The National HBPA Full Board remains steadfast on exercising its due diligence to protect horsemen and women within horse racing. The goal has not changed, the National HBPA intends to obtain a ruling from the Supreme Court by the end of this term. Such a ruling will add clarity, restore constitutional rights and finally resolve whether HISA is unconstitutional nationwide. We remain on track for that result.” Up until Oct. 28, the Fifth Circuit's unconstitutionality mandate had been prevented from being issued by what is known as an “administrative stay” ordered by the Supreme Court. An administrative stay is used to freeze legal proceedings until a court can more fully consider and then rule on a party's request for expedited relief. Monday's order by the Supreme Court established the new ground rules for staying the issuance of the Fifth Circuit mandate: “The mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is stayed pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the judgment of this Court.” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from her colleagues in issuing the stay, explaining her reasoning in the order: “Applicants ask this Court to stay the Fifth Circuit's mandate, thereby preventing the entry of a future injunction by the District Court. In my view, their application fails to demonstrate any exigency that would warrant such emergency relief. Indeed, applicants have also filed an unopposed petition for certiorari in this Court, and it is reasonably likely that the lower courts would not do anything to change the status quo if this Court granted the petition. Thus, whatever the stay factors might portend, I see no reason for us to intervene in an emergency posture. I would therefore deny the application and promptly proceed to consider the pending petition for certiorari.” Although the NHBPA and the HISA Authority are at odds over whether the federal law that regulates the sport is constitutional, both organizations have stated for months now in court filings and media interviews that the Supreme Court needs to be the entity that resolves the current “circuit split” in which different U.S. appeals courts have issued conflicting opinions about whether or not HISA is constitutional. But the HBPA vs. the HISA Authority case is just one of three currently active lawsuits vying for the attention of the Supreme Court of the United States. How the Supreme Court will handle the multiple cases filed by different petitioners is a huge unknown at this point in the legal process. The Supreme Court could choose to individually hear (or deny hearing) any of the HISA constitutionality cases. Or, if it deems the questions of law are similar, the Supreme Court could decide to combine or consolidate them into one larger case and come up with one common judgment that addresses all of the issues that have been raised. A Fifth Circuit appeals court panel opined July 5, 2024, that even though HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional, HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. A Sixth Circuit appeals court panel opined in a different case Mar. 3, 2023, that Congressional changes to the law in 2022 made all of HISA completely constitutional. The plaintiffs in that case, led by the states of led by the states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana, already once asked the Supreme Court to hear the case, but were denied on June 24, 2024. Then, when the Fifth Circuit opinion was issued 12 days later, creating a circuit split of differing opinions at the appeals court level, the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to reconsider hearing the case. According to the Supreme Court docket for that case out of the Sixth Circuit, the next step is for the defendants-the United States of America, the HISA Authority, and six individuals acting in their official capacities for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-to file a response regarding the rehearing request by Nov. 6. Separately, a group of plaintiffs led by Bill Walmsley, the president of the Arkansas HBPA, and Jon Moss, the executive director of the Iowa HBPA, on Oct. 15, 2024, filed a writ of certiorari in a different case asking the Supreme Court to review judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. That Eighth Circuit opinion had affirmed a ruling out of a lower federal court in Arkansas denying a preliminary injunction the horsemen had sought to halt HISA and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) program. The HISA Authority and FTC defendants in that case must file a legal response with the Supreme Court by Nov. 14. So in sum, the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuit appeals courts have all agreed that HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional. Only the Fifth Circuit has disagreed, in part, by opining that HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. The post SCOTUS Grants Stay of Fifth Circuit Unconstitutionality Mandate As Nation’s Highest Court Mulls Three Separate HISA Cases appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Having created history at the Breeders' Cup with a pair of winners the last time the championships were held at Del Mar back in 2021, Japan comes into this year's event with an even stronger hand. Some 19 horses based in Japan have made the trip over, headed by GI Kentucky Derby third Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}, the third ante-post betting favorite for the $7-million GI Breeders' Cup Classic. It is no secret that for many years, Japanese breeders have shopped the U.S. bloodstock market, acquiring some of our most accomplished racemares and stallion prospects toward the goal of fortifying their burgeoning industry. Indeed, a handful of the Japanese-based gallopers that will face the starter this Saturday are by sires or out of mares who made appearances of their own at the Breeders' Cup. Shahryar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})–Turf Forgetting altogether about the presence of 1989 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sunday Silence on the top side of his pedigree (one of several in the race), last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf third is out of Dubai Majesty (Essence of Dubai), once offered for $25,000 claiming who closed out her 34-race career with a 43-5 upset of the 2010 GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs en route to an Eclipse Award. A $1.1-million purchase at that year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Dubai Majesty is also the dam of Shahryar's Classic-winning full-brother Al Ain (Jpn). Geoglyph (Jpn) (Drefong)–Mile Geoglyph is winless in a dozen starts since besting none other than Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) in the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in 2022. His sire, a 1 1/4-length winner of the 2016 Sprint at Santa Anita before winding up midfield in his title defense at this venue in 2017, has punched well above his weight with his Japanese offspring, on dirt and turf alike. Otomena Shacho (Speightstown)–Juvenile Fillies The late Speightstown also saved his best for last, capping off his career with a 1 1/4-length victory in the 2004 Sprint at Lone Star Park. Otomena Shacho was second to fellow entrant American Bikini (Jpn) (American Pharoah) two back and won her maiden going six furlong last time. Interestingly, the sire's two winners at the Breeders' Cup have come around two turns– Tamarkuz in the 2016 Dirt Mile and 'TDN Rising Star' Sharing in the 2019 Juvenile Fillies Turf. Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn})–Classic The G2 UAE Derby and G3 Saudi Derby winner is a son of Forever Darling (Congrats), a maiden winner at second asking and down the field behind champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) in the 2015 Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland. The Yoshito Yahagi trainee shares second dam Darling My Darling (Deputy Minister) with Classic hopeful and 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner). Forever Young's year-younger half-sister Brown Ratchet (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) remained perfect in two starts in the G3 Artemis Stakes over the past weekend. Forever Young winning the Japan Dirt Classic | Horsephotos/Tomoya Moriuchi Derma Sotogake (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits)–Classic A cracking runner-up in last year's main event, the handsome chestnut comes into this year's contest with the benefit of a prep and should not be completely dismissed despite failing to hit the board in his three starts this term. His dose of Sunday Silence comes on the bottom of his pedigree, while his underrated sire made no fewer than three Breeders' Cup starts, crossing the line third in the Sprint in 2016 and 2017 and unplaced in the 2018 Classic. Don Frankie (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn})–Sprint There is unlikely to be a bigger horse on the grounds this week than this world traveler, who tipped the scales at 1338 pounds when winning the Listed Cluster Cup at Morioka last time. The G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen runner-up was produced by the California-trained Weemissfrankie (Sunriver), winner of this track's GI Debutante Stakes and the GI Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita ahead of a third in the 2011 Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs. Ecoro Azel (Shancelot)–Juvenile This colt is bred by Crawford Farms who raced this first-crop sire–a son of Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and champion Shanghai Bobby–to a breathtaking 12 1/2-length victory in the 2019 GII Amsterdam Stakes and narrow defeats in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes and GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship. Shancelot made his final career appearance in that year's Sprint, setting a sharp pace before settling for second. The post Japanese Pedigrees Replete With Breeders’ Cup Performances appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Horse racing media and marketing professional Kelsey Riley has launched a business to offer branding and marketing services to the horse industry. Riley will offer services ranging from brand guideline development to communications and marketing plans, copywriting and creative execution. Learn more by clicking here. An editor at the TDN for 10 years, Riley was most recently with Cornett, a full-service marketing agency, where she worked on campaigns for Keeneland, Lane's End Farm and the National Reining Horse Association. She was involved with all aspects of marketing including strategy, communications and media planning, creative development, video production and social media strategy and execution. She is a Godolphin Flying Start graduate. “During my time at Cornett, I saw the positive effect that strategy-driven marketing and impactful creative had on some of the biggest brands in our business,” Riley said. “Working with Keeneland and Lane's End was a wonderful way to build on my journalism and editorial experience at the TDN and I can't wait to partner with businesses in the horse industry on their branding and marketing needs.” The post Riley Launches Marketing Services Business appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bucchero (Kantharos), who is represented this year by GI Woody Stephens Stakes winner Book'em Danno, will stand the 2025 breeding season at Ironhorse Stallions which will be based out of Questroyal North, the former Sez Who Farm. Bucchero will be the first stallion to stand under the Ironhorse Stallions banner, a full-circle moment as it was the syndicate of Ironhorse Racing Stable who first purchased him as a 2-year-old and campaigned him through his 31-race career. After five seasons in Florida where he covered 471 mares, Bucchero stood last season at McMahon of Saratoga under a one-year agreement. “We have tremendous respect for the McMahon family and their history in New York and both parties wanted to see how Bucchero would fit with McMahon's in-house stallions.” said Bucchero's managing partner Harlan Malter. “With Bucchero, Central Banker and Solomini the top three stallions in New York in 2024, it made sense to let the McMahons focus on their homegrown stallions and our group focus exclusively on Bucchero.” “All of the partners involved in Bucchero have been his biggest supporters from day one and it has been a privilege to be so heavily involved in both his racing and stallion career,” commented Malter. “It is the logical next step to see where Bucchero can take us. As I said when he ran at Royal Ascot, 'Everytime we have asked him to step up to the next level, he has delivered,' and now he has done it in the breeding shed.” The leading sire by earnings in New York in 2024, Bucchero has accomplished this feat without a single New York-bred runner. Bucchero is currently the top stallion in America on synthetic with over $1.2 million of his $4.5 million in 2024 earnings coming across the increasingly relevant surface. “With the lucrative breeder awards offered in New York, the combination of Bucchero's ITM stats, surface versatility and ability to produce open-company horses, we firmly believe that breeders will be richly rewarded by breeding to Bucchero,” stated Malter. “We are all in on New York, both breeding and racing” said Malter. “Starting Ironhorse Stallions will give us the ability to not only support New York breeders as a partner in producing the best possible NY-bred and -sired runners, but from a selfish side, we will be big buyers of NY-sired Buccheros and expect Ironhorse Racing Stable to focus the majority of its stable in New York.” Ironhorse Stallions will take up residence in the established stallion facilities of Questroyal North in Stillwater, New York. “We have put together a great team and will be hitting the ground running working hand in hand with New York breeders as partners in the success of New York-bred racing.” John Dowd will join Ironhorse Stallions as head of operations and bloodstock to go along with a growing team of experienced professionals in both New York and Florida. Malter addressed the question of why Ironhorse Stallions and why now? “Our mantra is 'we want to make racehorses to sell, not sales horses to race.' We feel that Bucchero is a perfect foundation stallion for this philosophy and we hope New York breeders will join us in this goal. My sports background was as a baseball player and the classic Field of Dreams quote comes to mind in this endeavor: 'If you build it, he will come.' With the rich breeders program in New York, the huge commitment to a new Belmont and the amazing energy that Saratoga has rekindled, 'they have built it, and we have come!'” Bucchero will stand for $10,000 in 2025 with a “New York, New York” discount of $2,500 to any mare who will have a 2025 foal in New York or any prior breeder to Bucchero. A limited amount of lifetime breeding rights will be available along with co-breeds to specifically approved mares. The post Bucchero To Stand At New York’s Ironhorse Stallions For 2025 Season appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When Minaret Station (Instilled Regard) jogged back after his stunning upset victory in the GII Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 6, one of the first people to greet him was trainer Will Walden, followed immediately by Tyler Maxwell. The victory was not only poignant in what it represented, with the 2-year-old colt earning an automatic berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, but also in how it brought things full circle for Maxwell who, at one time, was seemingly a lost soul until he was saved by the power of purpose and horses. A native of the town of Richardsville in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Maxwell's life on the straight and narrow gave way to an addiction to pain medication when he was just 12 years old. “I had a normal childhood, everything was good, I loved being a kid. And then one day that kid woke up and I didn't love being me,” explained Maxwell. “A few other things happened, some close deaths in the family, and then my appendix ruptured at the age of 12 and I got prescribed pain pills. At the time I didn't know what pain pills were, but I knew when I took the pills that I was given, it didn't just take the pain away. I felt a lot better.” It was in February of 2020, after nearly a decade wrapped up in a clouded haze fueled by pain medication and alcohol, that Maxwell got behind the wheel while intoxicated and rolled his truck at 70 mph, getting ejected in the process. His memories of that night are few and far between, though he does remember waking up in the hospital, then blacking out because of the pain, and finally waking up again, that time on the floor of Warren County Regional Jail. Tyler Maxwell | Sara Gordon “I wasn't mad that I was in jail. I wasn't mad that I had totaled my truck. I was more so mad that I was still alive at that point,” said Maxwell. In the six months leading up to his court date, Maxwell failed every monthly drug test he was given. And it wasn't until he stood before the judge, who offered him the choice between entering a treatment program or going back to jail, that Maxwell accepted that he needed to make a change. That October, he entered the Stepworks of London program before moving on to the Shepherd's House in Lexington, Kentucky. “In your first week at the Shepherd's House they have a treatment team on Mondays and this team individually assesses everybody. You have to go in and sit there in front of them while they ask you a bunch of questions. When they asked me what I wanted to do, and I don't know why I started off with this, but I said 'I want to ride horses for a living,'” said Maxwell. “I'd lived in Kentucky my whole life but this was the first time I had ever been to Lexington. I had never watched the Kentucky Derby, never seen a horse race, but I told them I wanted to ride horses.” Christian Countzler, a Shepherd's House graduate who returned as a team member to oversee daily operations of the housing programs, replied, “We can make that happen.” It was during Maxwell's time at the Shepherd's House that he met Walden and Michael Lowery, both also going through the treatment program. The trio of young men were members of the very first group to join the School of Horsemanship at Taylor Made, part of the Stable Recovery program created by Taylor Made's Frank Taylor and Countzler, now the CEO. Nearly a year later, Walden was ready to branch out on his own, starting a new chapter as a trainer, and wanted Maxwell and Lowery by his side as he did. It was at that point that the trio packed everything up and followed a van of yearlings down to Ocala, Florida. “I didn't know how to ride. It was miserable. I was scared, and once I got there, I felt lost. That was the most terrifying thing that I had ever been through in my sobriety [journey], being down there and feeling like you're so far away from home. For a few months, Mike and Will were the closest thing that I had to God,” said Maxwell. “One day I woke up and it all just started to click. I guess it really worked out because these babies didn't know anything, and I didn't know anything, so as they were learning, we were learning together. Will taught me how to ride. If it wasn't for Will, I would not be where I am today.” Maxwell was there as the Walden stable set up stalls for the first time at Keeneland, in the March of 2022, and later sent out their first starter at Keeneland that April. He eventually received his assistant trainer's license as he took on a bigger role in the barn. But he was always looking for something more, something different and in his search for that, Walden gave Maxwell the number of Neil McLaughlin, the trainer at the helm of WinStar Farm's private training center. Tyler Maxwell and Neil McLaughlin | Sara Gordon “I tried the whole assistant trainer thing for a little bit and for me, it was just too much. It was more involvement with people, less involvement with horses. Not that I'm not capable of doing any of that, because I am, but I just wasn't happy. And I didn't get sober to not be happy,” said Maxwell. “I called Neil and set up an interview. I was nervous, because I didn't know whether or not I would be good enough since I had only been at the track for not even two years, but I got here.” In the span of just over a year, Maxwell has established himself as an integral member of the team of exercise riders at WinStar's training center. “Tyler, first and foremost, he's here at WinStar because he's a great horseman, a great rider and a great member of my team. These guys are here on our team because they're really skilled horseman, number one, and the fact that we can help another human being is part of the WinStar pledge of trying to be caring, loving, and to help support our community whenever we can,” said McLaughlin, whose admiration for Maxwell is apparent as he speaks about the 28-year-old. “I think a lot of these guys [in Stable Recovery] grew up and they had relationship problems, people problems, and they really have to learn to trust and love in a new and healthy way. These animals give them the chance to do that.” McLaughlin made it clear that the opportunity he offered Maxwell was not one made out of pity, but one stemming from a belief in the young man, who had completely turned his life around, standing in front of him. “Neil has told me a few times that he wasn't doing anybody any favors. When I came here, it was either I can ride and stay here or I was going to go somewhere else. And I'm still here, which means a lot. I've only been here a year and I've already been on horses like [Grade I winner] Mullikin and [King's Plate winner] Caitlinhergrtness,” said Maxwell. “It means a lot but I try not to think too much about it. Will taught me early on that if you're not good without it, you'll never be good with it. So, I try to be the same, regardless of whatever horse I'm on.” For Maxwell, whose only previous experience with horses before Stable Recovery came from occasional visits to his extended family's ranch in Tucson, Arizona, the horses are now the one unwavering constant in his life. Along with the two-legged support system that has grown around him over the years, it's those on four legs who have kept him going. “Earlier this year, right before the [Kentucky] Derby, I got a phone call from my stepdad saying that my youngest sister had committed suicide. She had shot and killed herself. I heard that and I was paralyzed. I couldn't drive, couldn't move, and the only thing I needed to do was to call Christian. He immediately came and got me,” said Maxwell. “When I went home [for the funeral], I was there for a week, and I just wanted to get back to these horses because they got me this far. If they could get me through what they got me through, they can get me through anything.” And when it came to Walden's shining moment with Minaret Station, it was only fitting that Maxwell, who had been by his side from the very beginning, would return to the track and lead his friend's star colt into the winner's circle. Walden is now in his third year of training and heading out to Del Mar soon with his first Breeders' Cup contender. Lowery found his place at Taylor Made and is now the divisional broodmare manager at the farm. And Maxwell has not only excelled while riding at WinStar, but has also gone one step further by taking on a role at Stable Recovery, where he works in the afternoon. In a sport where all eyes focus on the odds, one could argue that Maxwell was destined to be the longshot. But to see him in the saddle, his hands quiet on the reins, it is clear he has not only defied the odds, but gone above and beyond to win his own kind of Grade I. “It means a lot to not fall back on what I would have previously, to know that all I had to do was just come back home to this. Where the horses are is my home. It's always going to be like that.” The post The Road Back: In The Company Of Horses, Tyler Maxwell Is Home appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article