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With a strong turn of foot late in the game, Watchtower (Demarchelier (GB)–Zloty, by Exchange Rate) won the GIII Autumn Miss Stakes at Santa Anita, and in the process handed her second-crop sire his first black-type score. An 8-1 shot here, the 3-year-old filly waited until the top of the lane to do her best running. Flashing speed after getting clear with a furlong left, Watchtower rolled late and caught favorite Medoro (Honor Code) just before the wire. The final running time was 1:34.35. Demarchelier has 99 foals of racing age. Lifetime Record: 7-3-2-1. Sales History: KEEAPR '24 $310,000. O-Abbondanza Racing, LLC, Aldabbagh, Omar and Iavarone, Michael; B-White Birch Farm; T-Richard Baltas. #10 WATCHTOWER ($19.80) gets her nose down to win the $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes at @santaanitapark. The three-year-old Demarchelier (@ClaiborneFarm) filly gets her first stakes victory for trainer @TeamBaltas under jockey @JockeyHerrera. pic.twitter.com/FI8BsvkHl4 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 27, 2024 The post Watchtower Drops The Hammer Late To Give Sire Demarchelier His First Stakes Winner In GIII Autumn Miss appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Via Sistina could attempt the Cox Plate-Melbourne Cup double. (Photo by Pat Scala/Racing Photos) Cox Plate sensation Via Sistina has soared to the top of Melbourne Cup betting markets, claiming outright favouritism despite her connections yet to confirm her spot in the race that stops the nation. Via Sistina is now paying $5.50 to win the Melbourne Cup after Ladbrokes shaved her in from $22 following the dominant performance in the Cox Plate on Saturday. But connections are yet to confirm whether Via Sistina will contest the 3200m feature, with some queries surrounding whether she can go the distance. Yulong Investments’ general manager Vin Cox, who purchased Via Sistina for $5.5 million last December, said they would “let the dust settle” before making any decisions on a potential Melbourne Cup run. “We’re not going to rule anything out at this stage … we’re just going to enjoy the moment,” Cox said post-race. After the stunning victory at Moonee Valley on Saturday, the Chris Waller-trained mare appears primed for Flemington’s gruelling 3,200m test on November 5. Via Sistina smashed Winx’s race record in the 2,040m Group 1 Cox Plate, crossing the line a remarkable eight lengths ahead of pre-race favourite Prognosis. The seven-year-old, who jumped as the third favourite, could now attempt to emulate the great Makybe Diva, who won the Cox Plate-Melbourne Cup double in 2005. Via Sistina would become just sixth horse in history to achieve the feat, with these including Nightmarch (1929), Phar Lap (1930), Rising Fast (1954), and Saintly (1996). Jockey James McDonald, celebrating his 100th Group 1 victory with this Cox Plate win, was full of admiration for the mare’s dominant performance. “She won like Winx … it was just a phenomenal performance,” McDonald said post-race. This marks McDonald’s third consecutive Cox Plate triumph, following wins with Romantic Warrior last year and Anamoe in 2022. The road to victory wasn’t without drama; just four days prior, Via Sistina threw McDonald during trackwork, putting her Cox Plate run in doubt and forcing Waller to quickly re-evaluate her preparation. Via Sistina sits ahead of Buckaroo ($7.50) and Jan Brueghel ($7.50) in Melbourne Cup betting, while Geelong Cup winner Onesmoothoperator ($8) and Vauban ($10) are also receiving some hype. Horse racing news View the full article

Tuned up for a big first out performance and well-supported at the windows by the betting public, it was Cipriani (Bernardini–Salamera, by Successful Appeal) who burned a trail home to graduate at the 'Great RIP' on Sunday afternoon. The $875,000 OBS March grad was shuffled back after the break, but she got down to business by the time the top of the lane arrived. Running up the score, the filly was home by at least 15 lengths in the end. American Blessing (American Pharoah) was second. The final running time was 1:18.68. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. Sales History: OBSMAR 2yo $875,000. O-Speedway Stables LLC; B-EICO Ventures; T-Bob Baffert. #1 CIPRIANI ($2.60) impresses in her career debut, winning the 6th race at @santaanitapark with ease. @JJHernandezS19 was aboard the two-year-old Bernardini filly for trainer @BobBaffert. pic.twitter.com/OQ9YEOHMzl — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 27, 2024 The post Cipriani Speeds Her Way To ‘TDN Rising Stardom’ After Blowout Debut At Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With Kentucky Derby points up for grabs on Sunday, it was Sovereighty (Into Mischief–Crowned, by Bernardini) who took home 10 points on the road to May by kicking home strongly in the GIII Street Sense Stakes at Churchill Downs on Sunday. The homebred at odds of 7-5 was dead last into the first turn and through the backstretch. However, tipping to the outside around the far turn and coming with a run down the center of the course the juvenile began to gain on the leaders. Looking every bit a winner, Sovereighty scored by five lengths in geared down fashion. Tiztastic (Tiz the Law) was second and garnered five Derby points. The final running time was 1:43.86. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Bill Mott. Sovereignty goes from last to first in the G3 Street Sense and picks up 10 #KentuckyDerby points! pic.twitter.com/gQVsGcm2Uh — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) October 27, 2024 The post Top Derby Points Go To Into Mischief’s Sovereighty In The Street Sense Stakes Under Twin Spires appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With a strong stride down the lane in front of the historic Twin Spires, it was Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro–Wedding Toast, by Street Sense) who took home her first black-type score on Sunday afternoon. A heavy favorite as the gate opened, the juvenile did not have the best of starts, but heading into the first turn she was hardly out of it. Claire's Charm (Violence) continued to set the pace up the backstretch, but Good Cheer started to ramp up the pressure around the far turn. Scampering down the lane, the homebred grabbed the lead and never looked back as she won by four lengths. Good Cheer broke her maiden by 8 1/4 lengths at Horsehoe Indy in early August and then cleared the allowance condition by 17 lengths in Louisville at the end of September. The final running time was 1:44.00. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. O/B-Godolphin (KY); T-Brad Cox. GOOD CHEER ($3.48) earned points towards a start in the 2025 Kentucky Oaks with her win in the $200,000 Rags to Riches Stakes at @ChurchillDowns. @bradcoxracing trained the daughter of @DarleyAmerica's Medaglia d'Oro. @luissaezpty was on board for owners @godolphin. pic.twitter.com/C4ohfCPTab — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 27, 2024 The post Good Cheer Stays Perfect In Rags To Riches Stakes At Churchill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Meanwhile, it took the Joseph O'Brien-trained odds-on favorite a long time to finally get on top of Green Storm, who led from the start and was only just run out of it inside the final furlong. View the full article

Double Major defeated the Cadran runner-up Trueshan and Sevenna's Knight in the group 1 Prix Royal-Oak Oct. 27. View the full article

GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender 'TDN Rising Star' GISW Newgate (Into Mischief), along with three other horses pre-entered in this weekend's championships at Del Mar, worked Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Firing his second bullet in a row going five furlongs, this time in :58.80, the Bob Baffert-trainee shared the top ranking on the morning with John Sadler runner GSP-Arg & GISP Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast). In the Classic, Newgate will be making his second start since returning from a six-month layoff after a ninth-place finish in the G1 Dubai World Cup. He was last seen running third in the GI California Crown Stakes. Full Serrano is an Argentinian import turned Grade I-placed runner in North America after he came within a half-length of winning the GI Pacific Classic Stakes in just his second U.S. start for Hronis Racing. He is pre-entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. MyRacehorse's MGSW Straight No Chaser (Speightster) went to the track for Dan Blacker, working four furlongs in :47.20 (2/62). Pre-entered in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint, he was last seen exiting a stylish 6 1/2-length win in the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship. Rounding out the Breeders' Cup workers was MGSW & GISP Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile), who is an also-eligible for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf but expected to get in. Trained by George Papaprodromou, he worked five furlongs in :59.80, the sixth fastest on the morning. The post-position draw for the Breeders' Cup is Monday, Oct. 28 at 4:00 p.m. PT, and will be broadcast live on FanDuel TV. The post Newgate Among Four Breeders’ Cup Contenders on Santa Anita Tab 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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Champion juvenile and 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Fierceness (City of Light) will join the ranks at Ashford Stud upon his retirement from racing, the farm announced via release Sunday. The champion juvenile from 2023 is a leading GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender and will likely be one of the favorites at post-time. Of the others, Coolmore will have two other rooting interests as well with 'TDN Rising Star' GISW Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and 'TDN Rising Star' MG1SW-Eng City of Troy (Justify) in the race. That group accounts for three of the first four in the wagering. Fierceness was a runaway winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita by 6 1/4 lengths last year, and turned the GI Florida Derby into an exhibition early this spring, winning by 13 1/2 lengths en route to his start in the GI Kentucky Derby. Finishing 15th in America's premier Classic, he returned to the races in late July in the GII Jim Dandy Stakes with redemption in mind, and claimed it by a length over Sierra Leone. He was last seen defeating 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) by a head in the GI Travers Stakes. Out of Nonna Bella (Stay Thirsty), who has also produced the track-record setting full-brother GSW Mentee, Fierceness hails from a female line that has produced GISW Outwork (Uncle Mo) and MGSW Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile). Second dam Nonna Mia (Empire Maker) was a runner-up in the GI Frizette Stakes, and is a half-sister to the latter stallion. “Fierceness hails from a young and hugely exciting family of his owner/breeder Mike Repole,” commented Ashford manager Dermot Ryan. “He is an outstanding physical and has proven himself to be a champion on the dirt at both 2 and 3 years.” “We're tremendously excited to welcome Fierceness to Ashford, be it this year or next. We will discuss his future with Mike, Todd [Pletcher] and the team following what looks to be the race of the year in the Breeders' Cup Classic.” The post Fierceness to Stand at Ashford Stud Upon Retirement appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Cogburn and Next have reached the top of two completely opposite divisions, a testament to the versatility of their sire on racing's biggest stage: the Breeders' Cup at Del Mar Nov. 1-2.View the full article

While her connections passed on an opportunity in the Breeders' Cup next weekend, 'TDN Rising Star' With the Angels (Omaha Beach) kept things rolling in New York with yet another stakes win in Sunday's Maid of the Mist Stakes. Dubbed a 'Rising Star' at Saratoga with an 11 1/2-length romp against New York-breds Aug. 22, she stepped out an additional furlong and put 9 3/4 lengths on the field in the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes Sept. 22. The no-doubt favorite at 1-9 trying the flat mile Sunday, With the Angels didn't miss a beat as she once more jumped to the lead from the middle of the gate and put a length back to eventual runner up Boston's Phinest (Honest Mischief). While never supremely ahead as in her previous starts, With the Angels was never truly challenged here either and responded to stretch urging by Jose Ortiz to come home 3 1/4 lengths clear. “She passes another test,” said winning trainer Linda Rice. “We decided against the [GI] Frizette. We wanted to give her a chance to get a few more races under her belt before she meets open company – that was the plan, and that's what we did today. She's a very good gate horse. He [Jose Ortiz] didn't want to use her too much early in the race and he saved something for the end.” Rice noted that the GII Demoiselle at nine furlongs could be a next start for her filly, saying: “We're considering the Demoiselle. That's our mark if we're going to step into open company. That, or we'll wrap her up for the year and start her up again in the spring. Time will tell.” Ortiz added: “I think today the mile got to her a little. I made her run a little bit from the eighth pole to the wire, but I knew she was home so then I left her alone. I encouraged a little bit, to let her know the race was not over yet. It is 2-year-olds.” From the second crop of Omaha Beach, With the Angels was a $350,000 OBS April grad and is a half to another stakes runner in Maggy's Palace (Palace Malice). Sister Margaret foaled a Twirling Candy colt this spring and went to Street Sense for 2025. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. WITH THE ANGELS, the 2YO daughter of @spendthriftfarm stallion Omaha Beach, is 3 for 3 in her career after dominating the Maid of the Mist Stakes with @jose93_ortiz aboard for @LindaRiceRacing! pic.twitter.com/8OCaCHBhIW — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 27, 2024 MAID OF THE MIST S., $200,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-27, (S), 2yo, f, 1m, 1:36.69, ft. 1–WITH THE ANGELS, 122, f, 2, by Omaha Beach 1st Dam: Sister Margaret, by Pulpit 2nd Dam: Dance Gal Dance, by Disco Rico 3rd Dam: Dr Margaret, by Dr. Blum ($65,000 Ylg '23 SARAUG; $350,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Winning Move Stable, John C. Oxley, Lady Sheila Stable, Rideau Racers LLC and Sanford H. Robbins LLC; B-Joseph DeRico (NY); T-Linda Rice; J-Jose L. Ortiz. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $228,250. 2–Boston's Phinest, 120, f, 2, Honest Mischief–All in Time, by Curlin. ($20,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $25,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $190,000 2yo '24 EASMAY). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-ERJ Racing LLC and Madaket Stables LLC; B-Sequel Thoroughbreds LLC & Cypress Creek Equine LLC (NY); T-Chad C. Brown. $40,000. 3–Carmen's Candy Jar, 120, f, 2, Vino Rosso–No Mo Shopping, by Uncle Mo. ($37,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP). O/B-Repole Stable, Inc. (NY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $24,000. Margins: 3 1/4, 4HF, HD. Odds: 0.15, 8.90, 12.70. Also Ran: Trail of Gold, Valtellina, Playful Lass, Olivia's Wish. Scratched: Another Cleeshay. The post ‘TDN Rising Star’ With The Angels Collects Her Second Stakes Score appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Santa Anita Park is approaching its 90th anniversary Dec. 26 with the opening of the Classic Meet, and the track is calling on the public to vote for the 13 'top moments' in track history, it was announced via presser. Voting on those moments will be open until Friday, Nov. 8 at 5:00 p.m. PT with the top 13 vote-getters being featured in Santa Anita's wall calendar, which is provided to on-track patrons on opening day each year. There are 15 nominations to choose from, which were selected by a panel of horse racing media veterans. In chronological order, they are: Dec. 25, 1934–Santa Anita Park's Opening Day Feb. 23, 1935–Azucar wins the first Santa Anita Handicap Mar. 2, 1940–Seabiscuit wins the Santa Anita Handicap Mar. 8, 1958–Silky Sullivan wins the 1952 Santa Anita Derby in his typical come-from-behind fashion Mar. 11, 1966–John Longden wins the San Juan Capistrano Handicap by a nose in this final ride Mar. 4, 1979–Triple Crown winner Affirmed wins the Santa Anita Handicap in track record time Jan. 5, 1980–Spectacular Bid wins the Malibu Stakes in track record time Mar. 7, 1982–John Henry wins the Santa Anita Handicap via DQ, becoming the first two-time Big 'Cap winner Mar. 14, 1987–Laffit Pincay Jr. wins seven races on nine-race Santa Anita card Mar. 6, 1988–Kentucky Derby winners Alysheba and Ferdinand run 1-2 in the Santa Anita Handicap Apr. 9, 1988–Winning Colors wins the Santa Anita Derby before taking the Kentucky Derby Feb. 3, 1990–Bill Shoemaker retires as the world's winningest rider in “The Legend's Last Ride” Nov. 6, 1993–Arcangues wins the Breeders' Cup Classic at 133-1 Oct. 25, 2003–Trainer Richard Mandella wins a record four Breeders' Cup races Nov. 7, 2009–Zenyatta becomes the first and (to date) only female Breeders' Cup Classic winner To cast your vote for your top moment, please go here. The post Public to Vote for ‘Top Moments’ In Santa Anita’s History as it Nears 90th Anniversary appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A two-horse race in the wagering played out exactly as the public saw it going with Sacrosanct (Honest Mischief) getting the best of his GSW/GISP rival Mo Plex (Complexity) in Sunday's Sleepy Hollow Stakes to kick off the stakes action for Empire Showcase Day at Belmont's Aqueduct meet. A debut winner at Saratoga, Sacrosanct unleashed on the field in the Bertram F. Bongard Stakes last out Sept. 22, wiring an over-matched group by 12 lengths to set up Sunday's showdown in a step up in distance facing Mo Plex who was a last-out third in the GI Champagne Stakes over this course and distance. Content to sit behind that rival early, the 2-5 favorite was eased along to keep pace in second into the far turn past the half in :46.21. In a duel past the quarter pole, the top pair threw down into the final sixteenth with Sacrosanct having the most left late to clear off for the score. “I thought he could get the mile today, but he really had to work for it,” said assistant trainer to Brad Cox, Dustin Dugas. “I was worried about Mo Plex as he already had a mile start under him and I knew he'd be a tough one to beat. Manny [Franco] rode a good head's-up race, and we were fortunate to have the outside advantage on Mo Plex. Our horse had been training really well and I thought he could get the mile, and he did.” One of two stakes winners from his freshman sire (by Into Mischief)'s first crop, Sacrosanct has a yearling half-brother by Instagrand and a weanling full-brother with his dam due back in foal to Honest Mischief for 2025. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. SACROSANCT stays undefeated winning the Sleepy Hollow Stakes with @jockeyfranco up for @bradcoxracing! pic.twitter.com/15L45jtkhq — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 27, 2024 SLEEPY HOLLOW S., $200,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-27, (S), 2yo, 1m, 1:36.30, ft. 1–SACROSANCT, 122, c, 2, by Honest Mischief 1st Dam: Vibrato, by Unbridled's Song 2nd Dam: Cuff Me, by Officer 3rd Dam: She'sgotgoldfever, by Gold Fever ($260,000 2yo '24 EASMAY). O-Lady Sheila Stable, Net Birdie, LLC and Schwing Thoroughbreds; B-Burleson Farms, Mckenzie Bloodstock, & Sequel Thoroughbreds (NY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Manuel Franco. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $228,250. 2–Mo Plex, 122, c, 2, Complexity–Mo Joy, by Uncle Mo. ($27,000 RNA Ylg '23 SARAUG; $45,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-R and H Stable; B-Everythings Cricket Racing (NY); T-Jeremiah C. Englehart. $40,000. 3–Soontobeking, 120, c, 2, King for a Day–Swayed, by Freud. ($80,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR). O-Our Blue Streaks Stable, SGV Thoroughbreds and George Weaver; B-Our Blue Streaks Stable & SGV Thoroughbreds (NY); T-George Weaver. $24,000. Margins: 1HF, 3HF, HD. Odds: 0.45, 2.20, 13.70. Also Ran: Smilensaycheese, Pay the Juice, Scheduling Dude. The post Sacrosanct Outlasts Mo Plex To Stay Perfect In Sleepy Hollow appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Do Deuce and Tastiera, the 2022 and 2023 Japanese Derby winners, emerged from deep slumps to finish 1-2 in the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) Oct. 27 at Tokyo Racecourse.View the full article

With over 100 horses boasting Timeform ratings of 100 or greater in a catalogue that includes high-quality drafts from Coolmore, Juddmonte and Shadwell, is it any wonder that buyers flock from all over the world to get in on the action at the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-In-Training Sale? If there is one jurisdiction that has flexed its buying power more than any other at this sale in recent years it's Australia. And it's easy to see why. In the past decade alone, 13 Group 1 races have been won Down Under by horses who were sourced directly at this sale. Just Fine (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is one of those. Sold for 300,000gns by Sir Michael Stoute's Freemason Lodge Stables on behalf of the Queen in 2022, he landed the Group 1 Metropolitan for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott. Bigger things could yet be to come for Just Fine, who is on course to run in next Tuesday's Melbourne Cup, and the stable will be busy trying to unearth the next quality import at Tattersalls this week. Speaking about the appeal of the sale, Rob Waterhouse, giant of the bookmaking industry in Australia and husband to the legendary trainer, said, “The reality is that Europe–in particular Britain and Ireland–is much better at producing stayers than we are here in Australia. That's the long and the short of it. I am sure that it is all to do with climate–it's easier to produce sprinters in a hotter climate. Europe produces great stayers and we're dreadful at it!” Neither Rob nor Gai will be in attendance at Tattersalls but the team will be in safe hands in the shape of Claudia Fitzgerald, bloodstock manager for the stable, and leading bloodstock agent Johnny McKeever. “We're lucky to have Claudia Fitzgerald who goes over there on my wife's behalf,” Waterhouse said. “She does a great job at inspecting the horses and is assisted by a good Irishman in Johnny McKeever. They do a great job for us. We're lucky enough to keep a significant database of British, Irish and French form, which is a bit different to Timeform and Racing Post, but similar. We go through that database and try to find the ones that are of a certain standard. From there, we target the ones we like on type.” Using Just Fine as an example, that horse arrived at the sales off the back of three wins for Stoute, in races that carried winning purses of £5,175.20, £6,442.50 and £7,851. The winning cheque for the Metropolitan came to a cool £245,762.71 while the same horse provided his connections with another major payday when winning a Group 3 that carried winning prize-money of £160,427.81 earlier this month. That is far from an isolated example of a horse providing its owners with a return on investment in Australia. Fellow sale graduates Fawkner Park (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), Herman Hesse (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Royal Patronage (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Future History (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) and more have done similarly well for their connections this year alone. With such riches on offer, it would be easy to forgive the Waterhouse and Bott team for stretching the budget every now and again. So how will the outfit be approaching bidding on prospective stars this week? Claudia Fitzgerald | Tattersalls “Very sensibly,” comes the reply from Waterhouse. “Gai tries to be conservative in what she spends at the sales. Unfortunately, she is beaten far more often than she is successful and we try not to get involved in bidding wars. By the same token, she can be very inventive. We knew of a particular horse who was very much in demand a few years ago and we loved this horse. Our competitors also loved this horse. We knew the vendors wanted 300,000gns for the horse and we surprised the auctioneers on the day because, when they called for an opening bid of 20,000gns, we bid the 300,000gns. They were a little flummoxed by these unusual tactics and initially refused to take the bid. They said, 'we're only asking for 20,000gns'. But we bought it for 300,000gns and, after the sale, our competitors told us that they were going to go to the 300,000gns mark so it had the potential to make a lot more. Gai is very audacious in what she does.” He added, “We're looking forward to running Just Fine, who came from this sale, in the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday week. There are a lot of valuable races in Australia but there has to be a limit on what you spend at the sales if you want to get your money back. The way we approach it is, we'd rather buy more horses at a lower average than less horses for a greater sum. There are 104 races with prize-money of a million Australian dollars or more every year. That is a huge number. “I'm not sure what the figures are for this year, but last season there were 724 horses imported from Britain, Ireland, France and more. That number will definitely be over 800 this year so there are a lot of horses being bought to continue their careers in Australia. The majority of those would be mile-plus horses, too.” This week's sale will take place off the back a record-breaking October Yearling Sale and, while it's hard to draw too many parallels between the that and the H-I-T market, Waterhouse says it can only be a positive that so many wealthy people have had their interests piqued by the game in recent times. He said, “It's not apples and apples but, by the same token, the rich people in today's world are spending a lot of money on horses in recent years. There is a lot of money about. But Gai normally has no orders. She will hopefully buy half a dozen horses at Tattersalls and then offer them to clients. That's the way it works. But we love shopping at Tattersalls and I must say Jason Singh is always a great help to us.” Waterhouse concluded, “Claudia and Johnny know the types of horses that Gai likes to buy. She likes horses who are a bit taller and leaner than average. Of course, they have to be sound. They have had great success buying that model and hopefully they can find some more this week.” The post ‘Gai Is Very Audacious – She Will Hopefully Buy A Half Dozen At Tattersalls’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nobody should have been to surprised when Tarifa (Bernardini) won Saturday's GII Mother Goose S. at the Belmont at the Big A meet, turning the tables on the favored Gun Song (Gun Runner). The same goes for Saturday's GII Fayette S. at Keeneland, won by the Cox-trained Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}). Starting one month ago, on Sept. 27, he's been on a tear, winning 12 of the 17 (70 % percent) stakes races he has entered in. Overall, Cox is 20-for-63 (32%) for the month of October. He ran away with the fall meet training title at Keeneland with14 wins from 37 starters. At Belmont at the Big A meet he's won 11 of 28 starts (39%) “You get a feel for when things are right and the horses are doing well and the entries are good,” Cox said. “I always try to have a good Keeneland fall. Obviously, the horses are doing well, but a lot of them really figured. Idiomatic was 1-5 in the Spinster. (Mother Goose winner) Tarifa is a really good filly who always tries hard. But remember, she was 2-1. There are lots of times where you run horses in graded stakes level that are 2-1 or less. You run six or seven of them and only one wins. That happens all the time. Right now, everything is lining up just right.” Cox, knowing the cyclical nature of the sport, says he tries not to get too high when he goes through a good streak. “I just know you won't always get head bobs like we got in the Mother Goose,” he said. “When things don't go well I don't get down, but I also try not to get too high when we win. I try to stay as even as I can. And it's hard for me. I am a very competitive person. I try to take it all in and I always say play the next play. Something doesn't go well, I always say get in the huddle, call the next play and try to execute the next play.” Idiomatic en route to winning the Spinster | Coady Media In the midst of his run of good fortune on the track, his stable suffered a serious setback when it was announced that Idiomatic (Curlin), the winner of the 2023 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff was injured and had been retired. Set to go in this year's Distaff, she appeared to be Cox's best chance to win a Breeders' Cup race. “I felt like she had never been as good,” Cox said. “It's easy to say it now, but I felt like she was going to be very hard to beat. She breezed great last week. I thought she's moving better than she's ever moved. But by Tuesday there were some question marks with how she was moving. It was easy for us to do what we did. We took the x-rays to make sure she was in good shape. We saw more on the x-rays than we needed to see. It was an easy decision. We are very fortunate to have horses like this and I have to thank Juddmonte for giving us the opportunity with her. It was an easy decision once we saw the x-rays. I just loaded her up a few minutes ago, gave her a couple of peppermints and sent her home. It's easy to be excited about her as a broodmare.” Ironically, and especially after the Idiomatic injury, Cox doesn't appear to have a particularly strong hand for the Breeders' Cup. He has pre-entered five horse, but has said that one, Destino d'Oro (Bolt d'Oro) will not compete in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. That leaves him with Immersive (Nyquist) in the GI Juvenile Fillies; Highland Falls (Curlin) in GI Breeders' Cup Classic; Federal Judge (Army Mule) in the Sprint; and Saudi Crown (Always Dreaming). He has been pre-entered in the Classic and the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. When asked which of his horses is going to outrun its odds, he quickly came up with Highland Falls. Owned by Godolphin, he turned a major corner when winning the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup in his most recent start. “I am really excited about Highland Falls,” Cox said. “I think he is set up for a very big effort. His figures stack up. If he's close early and if he gets the trip he'll be right there at the wire.” Immersive also looks like a major threat. The leader of her division, she's undefeated in three starts and has won back-to-back Grade I's in the GI Spinaway S. and the GI Alcibiades S. Cox will have to cool off eventually. No one can win with 70% of their stakes runners long term. He only needs to keep the mojo going for another week. “I'm just hoping our racing luck doesn't run out before the Breeders' Cup,” he said. “I hate to use the word 'luck' but with the racing Gods there is such a thing.” Next Move? The Classic In a sport where too many people are afraid to take chances, you have to applaud trainer Chief Stipe Cowans and owner Michael Foster for entering Next (Not This Time) in the Classic. The thing is, no one knows quite what to make of him as there has never been a horses like him entered in the Breeders' Cup. For the last 14 months he has been running in nothing but dirt stakes, with the distances ranging from a-mile-and-three-eighths in the GII Brooklyn S. to a mile-and-three-quarters in the Birdstone S. He won one race (the 2023 GIII Greenwood Cup) by 25 lengths and another (the 2024 Birdstone) by 22 1/4 lengths. He has been nearly unbeatable, but obviously against horses that are inferior to what he will face in the Classic. That's one concern and the other is that he won't get the kind of slow pace he gets in his marathon races, where he can lope along at his own pace. Where will he be and what will happen if they go the opening half in :46? So, he may not win. In fact, the odds are against him, but there is absolutely no harm in running him in the Classic. There's not a single dirt “marathon” race left on the 2024 calendar, so it's not like he's missing out on something. And what if he does win or run a good second or third? That will open up so many new avenues for him to chase in 2025, races with far bigger purses than the races he's been running in. His career earnings are $1,336,361. Just by finishing second in the Classic, which is worth $3 million, he will have smashed that number in one race. The post Week In Review: The Sport’s Hottest Trainer, Brad Cox, Takes Aim At The Breeders’ Cup appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Sports Boulevard Riyadh Dirt Sprint and Longines Red Sea Turf Handicap will be run as Group 2 contests for the first time in 2025, it was announced by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA) on Sunday. Both races take place during the Saudi Cup meeting, which is scheduled for Saturday, February 22 as part of the 2024/25 Riyadh season. The Riyadh Dirt Sprint, won this year by Japanese raider Remake (Jpn) (Lani), will see its prize-money boosted by $500,000 to $2 million, while the Red Sea Turf Handicap, which went to the Aidan O'Brien-trained Tower Of London (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), will once again be worth $2.5 million. Several race upgrades have also been announced for the domestic Riyadh season, which began at King Abdulaziz Racecourse on Thursday, October 17. These include what will be the first international Thoroughbred Group race staged outside of the Saudi Cup meeting, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, which is set to be run as a Group 3 for the first time on Saturday, January 25. The race serves as a qualifier for the Saudi Cup and was won last season by Power In Numbers (Girvin) when run as a Listed contest. Another qualifying event for the Saudi Cup meeting has also been upgraded in the form of the Prince Khalid Abdullah Cup, a qualifier for the Group 2 Howden Neom Turf Cup. Scheduled for Friday, January 24, the race has been promoted to Listed status. Meanwhile, the newly-promoted Listed King Abdulaziz Racetrack Championship Cup on Saturday, March 15 will bring the curtain down on the 2024/25 Riyadh season, which includes 710 races, run across 62 racedays, more than ever before. Prize-money across the season has also hit a new high with a total of SAR84,628,000 (around $22.5 million/€20.8 million) on offer, excluding the Saudi Cup meeting. HRH Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Alfaisal, chairman of the JCSA, said, “We are delighted to announce further race upgrades both to the 2025 Saudi Cup meeting and across the domestic Riyadh programme this season, which will further strengthen racing both within The Kingdom and internationally. “The two additional international Group 2 contests now on the Saudi Cup card underlines our continued investment in international racing and our aim to welcome the greatest horses from around the world to our premier meeting. Saudi horses tasted success in both the Obaiyah and Al Mneefah Cups at last year's meeting and with the further strengthening of the domestic programme, through upgrades to races such as the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup, we look forward to once again taking on the best international competitors. “We extend a warm welcome to all racegoers to come and enjoy the exciting Riyadh racing season ahead, as we build up to the Saudi Cup which promises to be another incredible two days of international competition.” The post Race Upgrades Announced Ahead of 2025 Saudi Cup Meeting appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Merlin faces an old threat and a new one in the Ashburton Flying Stakes today but co-trainer Scott Phelan isn’t worried about either. The northern star has been New Zealand’s best pacer this year and looks the biggest local threat to Aussie champion Leap To Fame in the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington in 15 days. The latter confirmed his NZ trip with an effortless win at Menangle on Saturday night and now he is coming to the Cup it looks like only Merlin or arch rival Don’t Stop Dreaming could realistically defend New Zealand’s pacing honour. They go head to head in today’s $60,000 Group 2 NZB Airfreight Ashburton Flying Stakes and it is a rare standing start test for both of them as while they have had five standing start attempts between them and handled them well, neither has started on a full front line in a stand before. Don’t Stop Dreaming’s three career standing starts have been off 15m and then twice off 20m handicaps while Merlin’s two career standing starts have both been off 20m handicaps. Horses will usually handle being off a handicap in a standing start, with more room to move and horses to follow out, better than the more claustrophobic environment of being in a full front line of horses like both stars face today. But Phelan, who trains Merlin with legend Barry Purdon, isn’t concerned. “He is such a good pacer and so clean-gaited we are really confident he will be fine at the start,” says Phelan. “And he is drawn out a little wider so hopefully won’t have to stand for too long. “He is working great and we are really confident.” While Team Merlin have huge respect for Don’t Stop Dreaming they have had the better of him this year, with Merlin looking to have strengthened more. Don’t Stop Dreaming will have benefitted from his winter spell as he has a very busy start to 2024 and even if there is a length between them either way on ability the deciding factor could well be who steps better and gains tactical advantage. The stable also have Cold Chisel and Mach Shard in the Flying Stakes, both being place chances but it would be a surprise to see them overturn the favourites, even though Mach Shard did it twice in the autumn. The Purdon/Phelan team unleashed all sort of weapons at today’s huge meeting including what could be a very special juvenile filly in Youretheonethatiwant (R5, No.14) in the Dunstan Horsefeeds Sires’ Stakes Heat. She has been sizzling in the north but has a second line draw in a capacity field and Phelan warns he would prefer to drive her with one run, which means southern favourite Captains Mistress could get a fair way in front of her. “I think she will kick home hard but I don’t want to be circumnavigating them in the middle stages. But she can still win,” he offers. The stable also has Jeremiah (R7, No.7) and Better Knuckle Up (9) in the three-year-old Garrard’s Sires’ Stakes Sophomore Pace with Phelan unable to choose between the pair while earlier Confederate and Ultimate Racy Girl have at least place chances drawn to get good trailing runs. View the full article

Three-time Grade I winner Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) will miss an intended engagement in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar, according to the organization's social media post on X Sunday. Bred by Machmer Hall and campaigned by Peter Brant, the $1.025 million Keeneland September purchase repeated on the GI First Lady Stakes at Keeneland in her most recent start on Oct. 5. Earlier this season, the Chad Brown trainee finished runner-up in Saratoga's GII Ballston Spa Stakes and third at that venue in the GI Diana Stakes. She is also responsible for a victory in last season's GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. According to the Breeders' Cup Sunday, MGSW Kirstenbosch (Midnight Lute) (Filly & Mare Sprint), MGISP McKinzie Street (McKinzie) (Juvenile) and GISP So There She Was (Munnings) will also miss their Breeders' Cup starts next weekend. The post MGISW Gina Romantica to Miss Breeders’ Cup Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Already an elite-level winner at 1600, 2400 and 2500 metres, Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) jumped out of the ground in the Tokyo straight and rattled home down the outside to add Sunday's G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn) over the metric mile and a quarter. Fellow G1 Tokyo Yushun hero Tastiera (Jpn) (Satono Crown {Jpn}) could not resist the winner's flying finish and settled for second, while pacesetting Ho O Biscuits (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits) was a valiant third. Ho O Biscuits won the break from gate nine and set modest sectional times of :24.3 for the opening 400m and :47.9 for the first 800m as Do Deuce was settled one from the tail by the legendary Yutaka Take. Liberty Island (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}), favored in her first start since a third in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in March, was handy enough to the pace, though deep on the course, beneath Yuga Kawada, while third choice Lebensstil (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) provided some cover for Do Deuce down the back of the track. Ho O Biscuits was still enjoying a fairly leisurely time of things on the pointy end and was first to face the judge, with Liberty Island poised about four off the inside and Tastiera close enough if good enough. The pacesetter carried the Tenno Sho field into the final furlong, but by this time, Take had peeled Do Deuce off the heels of Lebensstil and covered his final 600 metres in an other-worldly :32.5, outfinishing Tastiera for the victory. Ho O Biscuits held for third ahead of a closing Justin Palace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), racing at a distance short of optimal. Liberty Island remained in contention into the final 250 metres, but dropped away to beat just two home. Do Deuce becomes the seventh horse to win Group 1 contests in four consecutive seasons, having taken out the Asahi Hai Futurity in 2021, the Tokyo Yushun the following season and last year's fan-voted Arima Kinen. It was a 20th JRA Group 1 for trainer Yasuo Tomomichi and an 82nd for Take, his first since the aforementioned Arima Kinen. “I wanted to show the true ability and strength of Do Deuce today, so I was really happy when he was able to display his usual powerful kick in the last stretch and crossed the wire first,” said Take, winning the Autumn Tenno Sho for the seventh time overall and for the first time since piloting Kitasan Black (Jpn) in 2017. “The pace was not very fast and I was relying on his strong finishing speed, so I didn't want to make any unnecessary moves in the first half of the race and settled him second from last.” Seventh to Kitasan Black's Equinox (Jpn) in last year's event and fourth to that Horse of the Year in the G1 Japan Cup, Do Deuce ran on strongly for fifth in this year's G1 Dubai Turf where he was hampered by fallen rival at a crucial stage. In his lone appearance since, Do Deuce may have struggled with easy underfoot conditions when sixth as the favourite in the G1 Takarazuka Kinen at Kyoto June 23. Pedigree Notes: Do Deuce is one of a dozen Group 1 winners for Heart's Cry, who was lost to the Japanese breeding industry in March 2023. Two of the stallion's sons–Suave Richard (Jpn) and Cheval Grand (Jpn)–count the Japan Cup among their top-level conquests, a race that figures the next landing spot for Do Deuce. A Grade III winner for Satish Sanan's Padua Stable in September 2012, Dust and Diamonds was runner-up in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and was acquired days after for $900,000 by Borges Torrealba Holdings at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale. For her new owner, she added the GIII Sugar Swirl Stakes prior to her retirement. The mare was subsequently sold to Katsumi Yoshida for $1 million in foal to the late Pioneerof the Nile at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale and her stock increased when her foal of 2016, Much Better (Pioneerof the Nile), was placed twice at Grade III level as a 3-year-old in 2019. Dust and Diamonds is also the dam of a 2-year-old colt by Real Steel (Jpn) that was purchased by Do Deuce's owner for a sales-topping ¥94.6 million as a foal at the 2022 Northern Farm Mixed Sale. She produced a filly by Silver State (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in 2023 and her colt by Triple Crown winner Contrail (Jpn) was fetched ¥286 million from owner Ozora Kikaku at the Northern Farm Sale on Oct. 22. Sunday, Tokyo, Japan TENNO SHO (AUTUMN)-G1, ¥422,620,000 (£2,140,148/€2,569,952/US$2,774,923), Tokyo, 10-27, 3yo/up, 2000mT, 1:57.30, gd/fm. 1–DO DEUCE (JPN), 128, h, 5, by Heart's Cry (Jpn) 1st Dam: Dust and Diamonds (MGSW & GISP, $496,260), by Vindication 2nd Dam: Majestically, by Gone West 3rd Dam: Darling Dame, by Lyphard O-Kieffers Inc; B-Northern Farm; T-Yasuo Tomomichi; J-Yutaka Take; ¥223,234,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt-Jpn, 15-7-1-1, $9,288,963. *1/2 to Much Better (Pioneerof the Nile), MGSP, $350,454. Werk Nick Rating: C+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Tastiera (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Satono Crown (Jpn)–Partitura (Jpn), by Manhattan Cafe (Jpn). O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; T-Noriyuki Hori; J-Kohei Matsuyama; ¥88,924,000. 3–Ho O Biscuits (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Mind Your Biscuits–Ho O Sabrina (Jpn), by Rulership (Jpn). O-Yoshihisa Ozasa; B-Okada Stud; T-Takeshi Okumura; J-Mirai Iwata; ¥55,462,000 Margins: 1 1/4, HF, NK. Odds: 2.80, 52.80, 47.10. Also Ran: Justin Palace (Jpn), Matenro Sky (Jpn), Bellagio Opera (Jpn), Sol Oriens (Jpn), Lebensstil (Jpn), Stella Veloce (Jpn), Nishino Revenant (Jpn), North Bridge (Jpn), King's Palace (Jpn), Liberty Island (Jpn), Danon Beluga (Jpn), Schilthorn (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart. The post Do Deuce Aces Test in Tenno Sho appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The two-year-old Square D'Alboni (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), an impressive winner of the Listed Prix Isonomy at Chantilly on Saturday, has been given a wildcard entry to the Tattersalls Autumn Horses in Training Sale. Consigned by Imperium Sales, he will be offered as lot 1129G on Wednesday, October 30, with the full catalogue for the five-day sale available to view here. The Ralph Beckett trainee is unbeaten in three starts since finishing ninth on his debut at Doncaster in July, having been gelded before his first run. He opened his account in a maiden at Epsom in August, before following up with a five-length victory in a novice at Salisbury. His Listed success at Chantilly was achieved in similarly dominant fashion, making all to beat the hitherto unbeaten Lord Wootton Cen (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) by four lengths. Square D'Alboni, who was purchased by Alex Elliott for €40,000 at the BBAG September Yearling Sale, is out of the winning Australia (GB) mare Polonia Lady (Fr), the dam of two winners from as many runners. His unraced second dam is a half-sister to the Group 1 winners and sires Guignol (Ger) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Guilani (Ire) (Tertullian), while his third dam is the Oaks d'Italia heroine Guadalupe (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), a full-sister to the multiple Group 1 scorer and National Hunt sire Getaway (Ger). This is also the family of this year's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Goliath (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). The post Listed Winner Square D’Alboni Added to Tattersalls Autumn HIT Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Relishing the heavy ground at Saint-Cloud on Sunday, the Wertheimers' Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}–Dancequest {Ire}, by Dansili {GB}) successfully defended his crown in the feature G1 Prix Royal-Oak. Tracking the leader Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) from the break, the Christophe Ferland-trained 13-2 shot was committed by Maxime Guyon with 300 metres remaining and stayed on strongly to deny the 23-10 favourite Sevenna's Knight (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) by 1 1/4 lengths, with Trueshan a head away in third. Back-to-back victories for Double Major in the Group 1 Prix Royal-Oak at Saint-Cloud for @maximeguyon_off and @teamchferland! #ダイワメジャー pic.twitter.com/iNC2ctPnMV — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 27, 2024 Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France PRIX ROYAL-OAK-G1, €350,000, Saint-Cloud, 10-27, 3yo/up, 15 1/2fT, 3:33.16, hy. 1–DOUBLE MAJOR (IRE), 130, g, 4, by Daiwa Major (Jpn) 1st Dam: Dancequest (Ire) (SP-Fr), by Dansili (GB) 2nd Dam: Featherquest (GB), by Rainbow Quest 3rd Dam: Featherhill (Fr), by Lyphard O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (IRE); T-Christophe Ferland; J-Maxime Guyon. €199,990. Lifetime Record: 15-7-4-2, €768,110. *1/2 to Flop Shot (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), GSW-Fr, $266,711; and Veritas (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Sevenna's Knight (Ire), 130, c, 4, Camelot (GB)–Sevenna (Fr), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-OTI Management Pty Ltd; B-Gestut Ammerland (IRE); T-Andre Fabre. €80,010. 3–Trueshan (Fr), 130, g, 8, Planteur (Ire)–Shao Line (Fr), by General Holme. (€8,000 Ylg '17 OSLATE; 31,000gns 2yo '18 TATHIT). O-Singula Partnership; B-Didier Blot (FR); T-Alan King. €40,005. Margins: 1 1/4, HD, 5. Odds: 6.50, 2.30, 2.70. Also Ran: Al Qareem (Ire), Grosvenor Square (Ire), Shakti (Fr), Presage Nocturne (Ire), Align The Stars (Ire). The post Double Major Doubles Up In The Royal Oak appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In the kind of fascinating group 1 encounter that the preceding Criterium de Saint-Cloud definitely was not, Ballydoyle and Wootton Bassett (GB) were the main stories again at the culmination of Sunday's Criterium International. Ryan Moore had picked last Saturday's impressive Leopardstown maiden-winning TDN Rising Star Twain (Ire) over the stable's Arqana Series Criterium d'Automne winner Mount Kilimanjaro (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and his judgement was proven spot-on once more as the son of Wading (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) emerged with the Rosegreen bragging rights to stamp himself as a genuine Classic candidate for 2025. As expected, the unbeaten 3-5 favourite Maranoa Charlie (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) set off in isolation as he had previously when winning the course-and-distance G3 Prix Thomas Bryon but it was soon evident that he was tanking in the hands of Aurelien Lemaitre and merely setting it up for the closers. With the leader's goose cooked two out, it was left to the Irish colts to come to the fore and the 53-10 shot Twain had more gears than his stablemate from 300 metres out. At the line, Twain held a 1 1/4-length margin over Mount Kilimanjaro, with the Joseph O'Brien-trained Goffs Million scorer Apples And Bananas (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) 4 1/2 lengths away in third and Maranoa Charlie a further five lengths back in fourth. “He must be very good horse,” Moore said of the descendant of Urban Sea (Miswaki), linking him to some of the Turf's recent greats. “He was a bit inexperienced and got to the front a long way from home and was a bit green still. He's a beautiful-looking horse by a sire who is doing unbelievable things with his 2-year-olds.” Aidan O'Brien added, “He's obviously a very good horse. We thought we were running him too early at Leopardstown, but we decided to run him with this in mind just in case he was as good as we thought he was. Ryan had to teach him and give him a chance there and we think he's very special. He's a legitimate Guineas horse.” Two from two! Twain remains unbeaten in the Group 1 Criterium International for Ryan Moore and Aidan O'Brien… pic.twitter.com/hC4MblB8hL — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 27, 2024 Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France CRITERIUM INTERNATIONAL-G1, €250,000, Saint-Cloud, 10-27, 2yo, c/f, 8fT, 1:46.31, hy. 1–TWAIN (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Wootton Bassett (GB) 1st Dam: Wading (Ire) (GSW-Eng), by Montjeu (Ire) 2nd Dam: Cherry Hinton (GB), by Green Desert 3rd Dam: Urban Sea, by Miswaki TDN Rising Star. 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN; 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €142,850. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, €153,470. *1/2 to Just Wonderful (Dansili {GB}), GSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW-Eng, GISP-US, $462,744; and Lost Treasure (Ire) (War Front), GSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Mount Kilimanjaro (Fr), 126, c, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Decorating, by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€420,000 Ylg '23 ARQOCT). O-Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Glen Hill Farm LLC (FR); T-Aidan O'Brien. €57,150. 3–Apples And Bananas (Ire), 126, c, 2, Wootton Bassett (GB)–Simannka (Ire), by Mastercraftsman (Ire). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (€130,000 Ylg '23 GOFOR). O-MacLennan, Shanahan & Magnier; B-Phoenix Thoroughbred Ltd (IRE); T-Joseph O'Brien. €28,575. Margins: 1 1/4, 4HF, 5. Odds: 5.30, 4.70, 10.00. Also Ran: Maranoa Charlie (Fr), Spirit Of Summer (GB), Matauri Bay (Ire). The post Ballydoyle’s Twain Brings Up Group 1 Double For Wootton Bassett appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article