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Imagination (Into Mischief) showed an electric turn-of-foot in the lane to overhaul the defending champion and claim his automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup by way of the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship Stakes. Back at the six furlong distance for the first time since his debut two years ago at Del Mar, the Bob Baffert trainee had predominantly been a two-turn horse in his career and had two elite-level placings last year to his credit–once in the spring in the GI Santa Anita Derby when he came a neck shy of winning the Kentucky Derby prep, and a third placing in the GI Malibu Moon Stakes to end his 2024. He raced once this year, way back in late January, and faded to fourth in the GII San Pasqual Stakes at this venue. Gone since then, this was his first race off an almost eight-month layoff, and the betting public gave Imagination a 5-1 shot to get it done over his in-form competition. Breaking inwardly and brushing with his neighbor, he recovered to track up the backstretch from fifth and was almost six wide when he went into the turn. Slowly angled in to save some ground, he was closing the gap on defending champion, 3-5 favorite Straight No Chaser (Speightster) but still had work to do as the field came into the homestretch. Taking contact from Awesome Rhythm (First Samurai) as that one faded through the stretch after pushing the issue earlier, Imagination continued his march to the front with Dr. Venkman (Ghostzapper) looming a danger as well on the inside. Finally collaring the longtime leader at the sixteenth pole, he drove clear of his pursuers to win by 1 3/4 lengths. Dr. Venkman got the best of Straight No Chaser late to claim second and last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint hero ran third. “We freshened him up. He needed a freshening,” said Baffert. “We gave him a lot of time. He looks beautiful, he has filled out and his work was just sensational the other day. I just thought, 'you know what, I am just going to run him in the Sprint'. There is not a race for him for another three weeks, but this will set him up. He's always been a good horse. He's a little quirky but that is his thing.” Regarding his other entry, who finished last, Baffert said, “Speed Boat Beach, I don't know what happened to him. He didn't want to run today, but Juan came to pick up the pieces and [Imagination] ran huge. It's a great win for the team.” Regarding the third place finish of Straight No Chaser, who had not raced since early April after his trip out to the Middle East, it was explained as a case of being slightly rusty. “I thought [Straight No Chaser] ran good,” said jockey John Velazquez. “It had been a long time. Hopefully he'll be ready for the Breeders' Cup.” #8 IMAGINATION ran past Straight No Chaser to take the $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2), a @BreedersCup Win and You're In event. @Spendthriftfarm's Into Mischief the sire of this now-dual stakes winner. @JJHernandezS19 up. Dr. Venkman 2nd, Straight No Chaser 3rd. pic.twitter.com/Vin5aQ3a9s — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 29, 2025 Pedigree Notes: Imagination is the fourth runner in his family to garner black-type and the second in a row to claim it at the elite-level behind his full-sister MGISP Occult. The eldest siblings of the foursome were a pair of stakes winners named Exulting (Tapit) and his full-sister Magical. Their dam Magical Feeling was also placed at the Grade I level as a third-place finisher in the GI Humana Distaff during her time on the track. The mare has a juvenile colt named Make My Day (Gun Runner) as her last registered foal after she aborted her 2024 Flightline. She did not produce offspring in 2025 and was bred to National Treasure for 2026. This is the extended female family of GISW Dream Tree (Uncle Mo) as well as the immediate one of GISW Golden Ticket (Speightstown). Further down is the multiple Group 1-placed Tomahawk. Sunday, Santa Anita SANTA ANITA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP S. PRESENTED BY ESTRELLA JALISCO-GII, $201,500, Santa Anita, 9-28, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:09.00, ft. 1–IMAGINATION, 122, c, 4, by Into Mischief 1st Dam: Magical Feeling (GSW & GISP, $554,532), by Empire Maker 2nd Dam: Magical Mood (GB), by Forestry 3rd Dam: Good Mood, by Devil's Bag ($1,050,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Dianne Bashor, Masterson, Robert E., Waves Edge Capital LLC, C Donovan and T Ryan.; B-Peter E. Blum Tbreds, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan Hernandez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 13-3-5-2, $603,700. *1/2 to Magical (Tapit), SW, $164,550; 1/2 to Exulting (Tapit), MSW, $687,370; Full to Occult, GSW & MGISP, $721,006. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*** Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Dr. Venkman, 126, g, 5, Ghostzapper–Theory of Change, by Archarcharch. ($105,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Alipony Racing, Agnew, Dan J., Bunch, Clint and Hailey, James; B-Ghostzapper Syndicate & Hidden Brook Farm (KY); T-Mark Glatt. $40,000. 3–Straight No Chaser, 124, h, 6, Speightster–Margarita Friday, by Johannesburg. ($110,000 2yo '21 EASMAY). O-MyRacehorse; B-John Eaton & Steve Laymon (KY); T-Dan Blacker. $24,000. Margins: 1 3/4, HF, 2 3/4. Odds: 5.60, 4.20, 0.70. Also Ran: Smooth Cruisein, Awesome Rhythm, Wound Up, Mbagnick (Chi), Speed Boat Beach. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. 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Rancho San Miguel's first-crop sire Mo Forza, a grade 1-winning son of the late Uncle Mo, got his first winner Sept. 28 when his 2-year-old son Mo Holland Drive won a maiden special weight at Santa Anita Park. Read more: View the full article

Cavalieri, Richi, and Howin ran one-two-three for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, as Cavalieri posted her fifth win in as many starts.View the full article

Much like the diva the race was named in honor of, Cavalieri (Nyquist) gave the fans on hand a moment's worry at the start, but rolled home the easiest of winners to stamp her ticket to the Breeders' Cup via the 'WAYI' GII Zenyatta Stakes at Santa Anita. Unbeaten in her career, the Speedway Stables colorbearer entered the race off a stalk and pounce performance which saw her claim the GI Beholder Mile by three-quarters of a length over stablemate Richi (Chi) (Practical Joke) back in March–who returned here for a second shot at turning the tables. She started her 2025 with a stylish victory in the GIII La Canada Stakes Jan. 19 to mark her first graded victory in her career. Made the 3-5 betting choice here, Cavalieri missed the break entirely after she tossed her head around and hopped as the gates opened. She had to move quickly to secure her stalking position behind the anticipated pacesetter, and was never far behind the opening splits of :23.67, :48 flat, and six panels in 1:11.60. Pushed to come onto even terms with Richi, Cavalieri had a slim advantage as they hit the top of the stretch but was slowly increasing the margin with every stride. With ears pricked, she sailed in under a confident ride through the final yards to win by 1 3/4 lengths. Richi gamely hung on to second as their third stablemate MGSP Howin (Gun Runner) claimed third. With the win in the Zenyatta, Cavalieri has earned an automatic berth in the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar in November. After hopping at the start CAVALIERI ($3.40) digs in under @JJHernandezS19 to win the $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes (G2) at @santaanitapark. The undefeated 4YO Nyquist (@DarleyAmerica) filly is trained by @BobBaffert and owned by Speedway Stables. #BC25 @BreedersCup @LanesEndFarms pic.twitter.com/PKbr8CGtT1 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 28, 2025 Pedigree Notes: The victress is the most recent to the races for her dam, who does have a juvenile to her credit named Miss Disconnect (Connect). Her elder half-sister, Affirmative Lady (Arrogate), also claimed graded black-type during her career when she took home the hardware in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. Cavalieri is the first in the family to claim Grade I black-type, however, and is the most accomplished for the dam thus far. Stiffed has a yearling colt by Mandaloun in the wings and unfortunately delivered a stillborn Elite Power foal this season. The dam is herself a half-sibling to accomplished racehorses-namely MSW Speaking (Mr Speaker) and MSW Sea Streak (Sea Wizard) on track while her half-sisters produced the likes of MSW & MGSP Great Navigator (Sea Wizard) and MSW & GSP Riding Pretty (Jack Milton). Sunday, Santa Anita ZENYATTA S.-GII, $200,000, Santa Anita, 9-28, 3yo/up, f/m,1 1/16m, 1:42.64, ft. 1–CAVALIERI, 124, f, 4, by Nyquist 1st Dam: Stiffed (MSW & MGSP, $256,559), by Stephen Got Even 2nd Dam: High Noon Nellie, by Silver Deputy 3rd Dam: Full and Fancy, by Marfa ($170,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $900,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-Speedway Stables LLC; B-Alastar Thoroughbred Co, LLC (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0, $438,000. *1/2 to Affirmative Lady (Arrogate), GSW, $284,435. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*** Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Richi (Chi), 126, m, 5, Practical Joke–Rich Baby (Chi), by Scat Daddy. O-Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings, Inc. (J. G. Sikura) and Stud Vendaval, Inc.; B-Haras Paso Nevado (CHI); T-Bob Baffert. $40,000. 3–Howin, 118, f, 3, Gun Runner–Flora Dora, by First Dude. ($550,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Baoma Corp; B-Coffee Pot Stables (KY); T-Bob Baffert. $24,000. Margins: 1 3/4, 2 1/4, 4 1/4. Odds: 0.70, 1.30, 18.50. Also Ran: Sugar Fish, La Kika (Per). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Perfect Is as Perfect Does: Cavalieri Strolls Home to Win Zenyatta, Stamps Ticket to Breeders’ Cup Distaff appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In her third start for Ribble Farms and Front Page Equestrian, Regaled made a return on their investment with a dominant victory in the $392,000 Delaware Handicap (G3) at Delaware Park Sept. 28.View the full article

Tom's Magic, a hard-charging second in The King's Plate, went one better in the CA$400,000 Breeders' Stakes, the final jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown, Sept. 28 at Woodbine.View the full article

G2 Queen Mary-placed Lennilu (Leinster) has emerged from her Leinster Hollywood Beach Stakes victory in good order and is now on target for a tilt at the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint. With her lone career loss coming at the Royal Ascot meeting when she ran third in the aforementioned Group 3, the grey has already defeated the boys–in the Hollywood Beach–and will take them on again at the World Championships as confirmed by trainer Patrick Biancone Sunday morning. “She's doing great. Perfect,” said Biancone from Palm Meadows, confirming his preference for the Turf Sprint against males over going a mile against fillies in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf the same day. “After the Queen Mary, I said we would give her some time to recover and get her ready for the Breeders' Cup [Juvenile Turf] Sprint–and here we are.” Lennilu qualified for the Queen Mary by way of her victory in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies Turf at Gulfstream Park. The filly who beat her that day, True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never), won the G1 Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions Cheveley Park Stakes in Newmarket on Saturday and is described by trainer Aidan O'Brien as a 'powerhouse'. A potential trip to the Breeders' Cup is being floated for her as well. The post Lennilu to Take on Boys in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint 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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Trainer John Sadler said Full Serrano will "probably" try and defend his title in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) rather than try the added distance of the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1).View the full article

7th-Belmont The Big A, $85,000, Msw, 9-28, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:37.28, ft, nose. BELIEVABLE (f, 2, Curlin–Temptress, by Tapit), an $800,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling sale grad, may not have made the front in her debut race as an 8-1 shot here, but she certainly remedied that by the time the field exited the chute and hit the main track. The 2-year-old held sway up the backstretch and around the far turn, but entering the lane she was challenged by a bid to the outside from Concurrently (Amercian Pharoah). Duking it out past the sixteenth marker it looked as though her rival was going to get paid, but Believable proved stout by a nose. The winner is full-brother to Tenfold, MGSW & MGISP, $1,285,365, and a half-sister to filly in-training Seraphia (Gun Runner), who went to Jackpot/Whispering Oaks/Rick Ortyl for a cool million at the 2023 Saratoga Select Yearling sale. A half-sister to GSW Donegal Moon (Malibu Moon) and out of an extended female family which includes champion grass mare Possibly Perfect (Northern Baby), Temptress handed Believable a full-brother last year, but was not reported as bred since. Sales History: $800,000 Ylg '24 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $46,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Repole Stable; B-Newstead Corp (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. Unbelievably close photo finish win by BELIEVABLE and @KendrickCarmou1 for trainer @PletcherRacing! pic.twitter.com/DTISBsK6PC — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) September 28, 2025 The post Slugfest! Curlin’s Believable Stern Late At The Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

If it all works out over the next five weeks, the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) will serve as Round 3 in the epic rivalry between the 3-year-old stars Sovereignty and Journalism. But will it be their last meeting? View the full article

Goodwood Stakes (G1) winner Nevada Beach was bred by Paul Tackett, who co-owned the dam with his late son, Philip.View the full article

The weekend stakes featured plenty of outcomes with Breeders' Cup implications. But while top-level races in California, Kentucky and New York yielded headline horses bound for the big Saturday of championship weekend, an ungraded $125,000 grass route for 2-year-old fillies in Maryland produced one of the more intriguing, under-the-radar candidates for Future Stars Friday. Ultimate Love is now 3-for-3 after her stylish, four-length, going-away score in the Selima Stakes at Laurel Park, and the chestnut daughter of Curlin could be bound for the GI Juvenile Fillies Turf. A homebred from Charlotte Weber's Live Oak Plantation and Stud in Florida, Ultimate Love has won her three starts by a combined 13 1/4 lengths. She rallied from fifth and last to dismantle a one-mile maiden special weight field by 2 3/4 lengths at Colonial Downs July 24, then stalked and pounced to blow open a first-level allowance by 6 ¾ lengths at Laurel Sept. 5. She was the third- and second-favorite in those respective starts, and got bet down to 3-2 favoritism for the nine-runner Selima on Sept. 27. Stretching out to 1 1/16 miles, Ultimate Love broke running but willingly settled outside in fourth by the time the field cornered onto the backstretch. Moving at a confident clip, jockey Jorge Ruiz nudged Ultimate Love to take closer aim at the leaders on the far turn, and she incrementally closed the gap, always in control of the cadence while ratcheting up the pressure. Ultimate Love came over the top in mid-stretch, requiring only token left-handed encouragement before Ruiz switched back to a hand ride. After building momentum for the better part of two furlongs, the filly quickened with a nice flash of foot through a final sixteenth clocked in :6.01 over ground rated firm. Her final time of 1:43.58 was .85 seconds faster than 2-year-old males ran in the same-distance Laurel Futurity Stakes a half-hour earlier (also won by Ruiz). “She might be a good one,” trainer Michael Trombetta told the Laurel notes team as Ultimate Love cooled out on her way back to the barn. Ultimate Love's pedigree backs up her conditioner's assessment: Her second dam is My Typhoon (Ire), a GISW grass mare in North America who is a half-sister to champions Galileo (Ire) and Sea The Stars (Ire). Live Oak paid a sales-topping (more than triple the price of the next most expensive offering) $2.9 million for her at the 2002 Tattersalls December Foal Sale, and My Typhoon earned back $1.3 million in purses, much of it on an eight-race tear in 2006-07 during which she racked up triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures in eight consecutive stakes. “Very laid back,” Trombetta described his filly, who is the sixth foal but first stakes winner out of the 0-for-1 Bernardini mare Tsunami of Love. “I told [Ruiz] in the paddock today that you have a good post. Hopefully, you can find a good spot that you like, and he did a good job of it. I was a little concerned when [the Todd Pletcher-trained second favorite] got loose [on the lead].” Ultimate Love wouldn't be the first recent victress of the Selima to go on to win the Juvenile Fillies Turf. The Graham Motion-trained Sharing upset the 2019 edition of that Breeders' Cup stakes at Santa Anita. She was 13-1 in the betting after winning at Laurel as the 1-2 favorite. “Those thoughts crossed my mind as she crossed the finish line,” Trombetta said of the Oct. 31 Juvenile Fillies Turf at Del Mar. But a go in the Breeders' Cup would necessitate a cutback in distance to a flat mile for Ultimate Love, who looked very much in her comfort zone stretching out to 1 1/16 miles. “Curlin will get you dirt. The dam side is more turf,” Trombetta said. “What I like about this filly is that I think she's going to be a mile-and-an-eighth, mile-and-a-quarter type of filly.” Dan Delivers The bust-through-traffic stretch rally by 2024 GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents) in the GII D. Wayne Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs put a tactical exclamation point on a race that was additionally dramatic because it honored the recently deceased Hall-of-Fame trainer and played out against the backdrop of Mystik Dan's regular rider, Brian Hernandez Jr., being hospitalized last week after a Churchill spill broke seven ribs and punctured a lung. Mystik Dan (rail) | Coady Media Trainer Ken McPeek said that he's leaning toward the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile for Mystik Dan, but he's not entirely ruling out the GI Classic. He also believes jockey Francisco Arrieta did well subbing for the stable's go-to rider, but he's still not sure who will be aboard Mystik Dan in his next start because there's a possibility Hernandez could be cleared to resume riding by the Breeders' Cup. “It's tough. Brian helped this horse get here,” McPeek said in a video interview posted by the Kentucky Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association. “He really deserved to be on him today, and he deserves to be on him next time, too. But, you know, in the meantime, Francisco Arrieta did a fantastic job, and we'll probably sit down and discuss whether Francisco rides him back. I think what he did [Saturday], he deserves to ride him back. Of course, that's all assuming that Brian could be back in that quick of a time, but that's out of my control. “He had every reason to get beat,” McPeek said of Mystik Dan. “It got tight. He got locked in there. It looked like he wasn't going to get through. But that shows the kind of turn of foot he's got. He can turn it over hard and fast. Like Francisco said, he's like a Maserati. You press the pedal, and he goes.” On aiming for the Dirt Mile, a stakes that was won by Mystik Dan's sire in both 2013 and 2014, McPeek said, “I think this race probably points him toward the [Dirt] Mile, as a stallion prospect, I think the [Dirt] Mile's a really good spot for him.” With his victory on Saturday, four months after his score in the GIII Blame Stakes, Mystik Dan accomplished something no other Derby winner has done in more than two decades: Win at least two races at age four. Funny Cide, the 2003 Derby winner, was 3-2-3 in 10 starts during his 4-year-old season of 2004. Oddly enough, another Derby-winning gelding whose career extended long past the Triple Crown, California Chrome in 2014, did not win a race at age 4 (0-for-2) even though he rebounded to win seven races at age 5. Prior to Funny Cide, the most recent Derby winners to win more than once during their 4-year-old seasons were Real Quiet (2-for-5) and Silver Charm (6-for-9), the 1998 and 1997 Derby champs. Beyer Roundup Mystik Dan's tally in the nine-furlong Lukas Classic came back as a 100 on the Beyer scale, one point higher than his victory in the Blame, but one point lower than his subsequent fourth in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes. Since the Foster, he also once tried the turf, registering a 94 when fourth in the GI Arlington Million. At Aqueduct, 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Locked (Gun Runner) was assigned a 98 Beyer for his win in the three-horse GII Woodward Stakes. Locked was disadvantaged in having to chase down loose-on-the-lead favorite Phileas Fogg (Astern {Aus}) over nine furlongs. But that pacemaker was shortening stride late in the lane when Locked mounted his late-race bid, switching off the inside to collar him by three-quarters of a length. Still, the victory firmed up a launch pad for Locked to take aim at the Breeders' Cup Classic. At Santa Anita, both 1 1/2-length winner Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach) and runner-up Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast) appear Breeders' Cup-bound, but they will point toward separate races after their respective finishes at 8-1 and 1-2 odds in the nine-furlong GI Goodwood Stakes. Their Beyers came back 101 and 98. Nevada Beach will target the Classic. Full Serrano appears destined for a return engagement in the Dirt Mile. Read more from their trainers here. The post Week In Review: 3-for-3 Filly Flies Under the Radar, but ‘Ultimately’ Not for Long appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The connections of Johannes (Nyquist), Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach), and GI Goodwood Stakes runner-up Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast) have confirmed their charges as Breeders' Cup bound in November after their stellar performances Saturday. One-two finishers Nevada Beach and Full Serrano were both doing well Sunday morning after the Goodwood, and barring any hiccups between now and the Breeders' Cup, will both be targeting respective Breeders' Cup races–the former having earned an automatic berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Classic with his victory. A 3-year-old making just his fourth start, Bob Baffert-trained Nevada Beach pulled the upset after a prolonged battle on the front end earned a 101 Beyer for his efforts. “Unless I see something I don't like between now and then, as of now we'll definitely run in the Breeders' Cup,” Baffert said of the winner. “He'll like the distance. He was just getting going there at the end.” John Sadler, trainer of Full Serrano, has set his sights on a potential defense of his charge's crown in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile rather than trying the Classic at added distance. “[Full Serrano] ran a good race. We're not hanging our heads,” Sadler said. “The other horse ran a big race [too] and beat him.” Emerging from his 'Win and You're In' in fine form as well, trainer Tim Yakteen reports Johannes will be back for another crack at the GI Breeders' Cup Mile after winning the GII City of Hope Stakes on Saturday for the second year in a row. The son of Nyquist also earned a triple digit Beyer (100 even) for his 1 1/4-length victory. “I thought he ran tremendous,” Yakteen said. “It was a great prep for the Breeders' Cup.” The post Santa Anita Updates: Confirmations for Breeders’ Cup from Saturday’s Big Winners appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fiona Carmichael's Carmers (Wootton Bassett) will not be seen again this season, trainer Paddy Twomey revealed. Undefeated in his first three starts including the Listed Yeats Stakes at Navan in May and the G2 Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot, the colt ran second in the G2 Great Voltigeur Stakes in August. Tried in the G1 St Leger, Carmers was fifth to Scandinavia (Justify) at Doncaster this month. “He's in good form and came out of it well, but won't do anything else this year,” said Twomey. “He's an exciting horse for staying races in the future.” The trainer also had an update on two of his Arc weekend team in Wathnan Racing's One Look (Gleneagles), who is headed for the G1 Prix de l'Opera, and La Isla Mujeres (Lope De Vega). The former won the G3 Meadow Court Stakes in July and was second in the G2 Blandford Stakes this month. The latter, owned by Moyglare Stud, is coming off a win in the Listed Oyster Stakes at Galway. She is bound for the G1 Prix de Royallieu on October 4. Twomey added, “One Look will go for the Prix de l'Opera next Sunday. She's in great form and came out of her last run at the Curragh very well. La Isla Mujeres is going to go for the Royallieu next Saturday, so we are taking two to France.” The post Carmers To Return At Four; Twomey Reveals Arc Weekend Assignments appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 1 winner Giavellotto will be ridden by Andrea Atzeni in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on October 5. The son of Mastercraftsman, who is trained by fellow Italian Marco Botti, won the G2 Yorkshire Cup under Atzeni in 2023. Successful in the G1 Hong Kong Vase in December, the six-year-old entire ran with credit to be fifth in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in April. Third in the G1 Coronation Cup in June, the Scuderia la Tesa and Vaibhav Shah-owned chestnut defeated likely Arc favourite Kalpana (Study Of Man) in the G3 September Stakes earlier this month. “He is a horse I've known from back home and I won a Group 2 on him,” Atzeni told the South China Morning Post. “I've ridden him a few times and it looks like he's going to race on good ground, which is why they've taken the chance. “By chance we race on the Saturday [in Hong Kong], so I'm able to be there for the Sunday, so it has worked out perfectly. “It's a quick turnaround but it's fine, we're all used to it. I'll ride here Saturday, get on the plane and arrive in Paris really early in the morning on Sunday, so it really is perfect. “He is a good horse, he was very impressive here in the [Hong Kong] Vase and he won the September Stakes the other day at Kempton, beating Kalpana, who is well fancied for the Arc. “It's a pretty open Arc and it's nice to hopefully be there. I think the declarations are on Tuesday, so getting spare rides will be tough, but I'd have gone there for Giavellotto alone, so that doesn't bother me.” The post Atzeni Booked On Giavellotto In The Arc appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group winner Revival Power will not contest the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye on Sunday week, according to owner King Power Racing's racing manager Alastair Donald. The G3 Cornwallis Stakes on October 10 is a possibility for the full-sister to G1 Nunthorpe heroine Winter Power. The daughter of Bungle Inthejungle broke her maiden at Thirsk in May and learned plenty when 11th in the G2 Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot. Second in a conditions race at Goodwood in July, the King Power Racing runner won the Listed Roses Stakes at York in August and doubled down with a 1 1/2-length tally in the G2 Flying Childers Stakes at Doncaster earlier this month. “She's not going to go for the Abbaye, but there is a possibility we'll run her in the Cornwallis under a penalty,” said Donald of the Tim Easterby-trained filly. “The programme is quite obvious for her next year working back from a Nunthorpe and she could run in races like the Palace House and King Charles III Stakes etc. “She's got lots of size and scope and we're hopeful she will be a better three-year-old than two.” The post No Abbaye For Revival Power, Cornwallis A Possibility appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The connections of GIII Vosburgh Stakes winner Patriot Spirit (Constitution) are not quite ready to commit their 'Win and You're In' victor to the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint, though a trip to Del Mar is in the cards no matter what they decide. Trainer Michael Campbell has provided a good prognosis for this son of Constitution in the post-race follow-up Sunday morning, and admitted that he's got his eyes on the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile as well when asked about using his guaranteed berth into the Sprint. “He's [come out] perfect. I told him that he's got to get a plane ride to Del Mar, so he's excited about it. We are all going,” Campbell said. “I don't want to go that far yet,” he replied when asked about confirmation for the Sprint. “I'm going to take a look at the [Dirt] Mile as well. I just need to get my arms around this a little bit. If you notice the way he galloped out yesterday, I think that was a telltale sign, too. It depends on many factors. I haven't talked to the owner yet.” Patriot Spirit earned a 96 Beyer for his Vosburgh win, which matches his career-best from his prior close seconds in the Knicks Go Stakes at Churchill Downs this past spring and in the Fifth Season Stakes at Oaklawn Park back in January. “The important thing is, this performance wasn't an isolated incident–he brings his 'A' game.” The post Patriot Spirit’s Connections Weighing Breeders’ Cup Options appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Monday, Bordeaux-Le Bouscat, France, post time: 15:57, GRAND CRITERIUM DE BORDEAUX – PRIX DU HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB-Listed, €54,900, 2yo, 8fT Field: Nebur (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Siciliano (Fr) (Time Test {GB}), Arlong Fal (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), Suspended Sentence (Fr) (Without Parole {GB}), Mefie Toi (Fr) (De Treville {GB}), Agiota (Fr) (Birchwood {Ire}), Centauri (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Zambezi (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Royal Chapel (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Swiss Moon (Fr) (Fantastic Moon {GB}), Zelzara (Fr) (Zelzal {Fr}), Waiting For You (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). TDN Analysis: Edouard Monfort annexed the penultimate renewal of this test and is represented here by recent Listed Criterium de l'Ouest third Waiting For You, who has won one of five starts and placed in the other four. Her rivals include the Joel Boisnard-trained Listed Criterium du Bequet fourth Arlong Fal, who was last seen taking care of Centauri and Nebur over course and distance earlier in the month. All twelve contenders have winning form and others of note in a wide open edition include Criterium de l'Ouest runner-up Zambezi, Criterium du Bequet second Agiota, British raider Suspended Sentence and the hitherto unbeaten Swiss Moon. Patrice Cottier's yard is double-handed, with dual winners Siciliano and Mefie Toi on deck, while Royal Chapel and Zelzara complete the line-up. [Sean Cronin]. Tuesday, Cork, post time: 16:15, IRISH STALLION FARMS EBF NAVIGATION STAKES-Listed, €27,000, 3yo, 10f 90yT Field: Cadogan (GB) (Farhh {GB}), Eastwatch (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), Isambard Brunel (Justify), Purview (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Reyenzi (Fr) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Tangapour (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Iowa City (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), Sharpen (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). TDN Analysis: Juddmonte's Purview boasts the best form, having finished runner-up in Leopardstown's Derby Trial and Meld Stakes, but there are some lurkers in here. They include the Leopardstown maiden winner Cadogan and Ballydoyle's Isambard Brunel who hasn't been seen since disappointing in Chester's Dee Stakes in May. [Tom Frary]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Dozen Aim For Grand Criterium Glory At Bordeaux appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Sept. 28 Sprinters Stakes (G1) at Nakayama Racecourse featured some accomplished Japanese runners and a star from Hong Kong, but an 8-year-old, first-time Grade 1 winner took the prize.View the full article

One of Henry Beeby's favourite sales pitches is that, if you supply Goffs with the horses, his team will do the rest. Well, Denis Brosnan took the Goffs chief at his word last year and, what do you know, Croom House Stud's Frankel colt became the most expensive horse ever sold at the Orby Sale in 2024 at €2 million to Godolphin. Croom House Stud is to Irish breeding what Rolex is to watches or Gucci to handbags. The County Limerick operation keeps a small but select broodmare band and has produced quality horses like this year's Prix Jacques le Marois winner Diego Velazquez and fellow top-level scorers Dynamic Pricing, Broome, Zoffany, Maybe and many more. You're talking high-end stuff here. So, when Brosnan, the former Horse Racing Ireland chairman who built up the internationally-renowned brand Kerry Group from scratch, backed the Orby Sale with some of his best horses, it represented a vote of confidence that prompted others to take notice. Brosnan said, “It's horses for courses. What we like to do is place our yearlings where we think they will be in the top 10 of that sale. So, whether it's an ordinary sale or a premier sale, we try to be in the top bracket. Going back to last year's Orby, we thought all day long that the Frankel would make €1 million and that he should leave us in the top four or five at Goffs. Obviously he made €2 million so he was out on his own in first spot. So we were very happy. We try to place our horses in sales that we think will suit the buyers who will turn up.” The record-breaking colt, who went on to be named Treanmor, made a sparkling start to his career with victory on debut for Charlie Appleby at Newmarket before posting a mid-field finish in the Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. He is a grandson of Ashley Hall, one of the most expensive broodmares that Brosnan has ever purchased at $825,000 from Keeneland back in 2007. And while he has a bit to go to be mentioned in the same breath as some of those previously-mentioned luminaries that Croom House Stud has produced, his topping of last year's Orby Sale represented a very proud moment indeed for his 81-year-old breeder. “There are lots of them,” when asked to sum up his proudest moment in the bloodstock business. “I suppose we followed Broome everywhere he went and he was an amazing horse. He won an awful lot of money – over €2 million – all over the world. What's interesting about Broome, and I suppose what was bad luck for us was, we had him at the Orby Sale back in 2017 with a reserve of €150,000 but we couldn't get a bid. Now, John O'Kelly [Tattersalls auctioneer] loved him and pleaded with us to send him to Newmarket for the December Yearling Sale. We sent him over there with the same reserve and MV Magnier bought one horse that day and it was Broome. Had we not listened to John O'Kelly and decided to keep Broome, we'd be a bit richer! So that was Broome.” He added, “We also sold Point Lonsdale, who, again was by Australia, and it was hard to get money for Australias at that time but he made 575,000gns one year [2020] at Book 1. After that, we sent Sweepstake to Frankel and came up with Diego Velazquez. So they were three Group 1/Group 2 horses out of that mare. What was interesting with Sweepstake was she was due to go back to Frankel after Diego Velazquez was born but we had to remove one of her ovaries and she actually missed three years of covering after that. But we got her in foal late last year and she has a St Mark's Basilica foal on the ground now. Sweepstake is now 20, so she has missed those valuable years of breeding. So that's the lows of breeding but we have had plenty of highs; for example, three in a row of 575,000gns, 475,000gns and 2.4 million gns for her progeny at the sales. But, probably last year was our most successful year because of the good luck and the bad luck involved.” Things came full circle for Brosnan last year. With Sweepstake unable to be covered, a slot became available to visit Frankel, which had been earmarked for the farm's blue hen. Up stepped Loch Lein and, the rest, they say, is history. Continuing the story, Brosnan said, “I bought Ashley Hall in America back in 2007. She was bred in the purple and was certainly the most expensive mare that we had bought. Anyway, we brought her back to Ireland and she had produced winners but no black-type winners. We sent her to Invincible Spirit and she produced a very nice filly who we couldn't sell at Book 1 in Newmarket. So we took her home and named her Loch Lein, after one of the lakes in Killarney, and she raced in my wife's [Joan] name. She won her Listed race and placed a number of times at Group level so we were delighted with ourselves.” He added, “We were going to keep her in training as a four-year-old but I had booked a covering to Frankel. That was the time when Sweepstake was out of action so we took Loch Lein out of training and sent her to Frankel instead. Of course, that Frankel yearling went on to make €2 million at the Orby last year to Godolphin. So it all came good. Not only that, but she has a Saxon Warrior filly on the ground. We were going to go to the sales with her but we have decided to put her into training next year instead so my wife will have a racehorse to look forward to now! We won't decide on who she goes to but we send horses to Jessica Harrington here in Ireland and we go to Richard Hannon in England. My son is very much a fan of Donnacha O'Brien so we have lots of choices. The death announcement of Wootton Bassett is particularly poignant as Loch Lein has a very good colt foal by him on the ground. She is back in foal to Lope De Vega. I would have gone back to either Wootton Bassett or Frankel next year with her.” In many ways, Treanmor took the attention away from the fact that Croom House Stud had an excellent Orby Sale on the whole last year, with five yearlings selling for a combined sum of €2.93 million. In amongst that figure was a €600,000 Wootton Bassett colt, who also went the way of Anthony Stroud on behalf of Godolphin. After that colt – who was named Rising Power and is unbeaten in both of his starts for Appleby – was sold, his breeder labelled the stallion as one of the best in the world. Brosnan remains in little doubt that Wootton Bassett, who died unexpectedly at the relatively young age of 17 in Australia last week, was the heir apparent to Galileo, making his passing all the more poignant. Reflecting on the prowess of the superstar stallion, he said, “He was outstanding – he was the replacement to Galileo. He stood at €300,000 this year and there was no way you were going to get him for €300,000 next year. He was going the Galileo route and probably would have been standing for €400,000 or €500,000 next year because he is the leading stallion on just about every statistic, whether that be two-year-old winners or overall winners. It was awful to get that news last week. It was worse than when Danehill suffered a similar fate in Australia actually. Danehill was just getting into his prime whereas Wootton Bassett had made it. I think he was the leading sire in the world, not just Europe.” Brosnan is widely regarded as one of Ireland's most accomplished businessmen. A true visionary, he transformed Kerry Group from a small regional dairy cooperative into a global leader within the food industry. Under his leadership as CEO between 1986 and 2002, the company expanded rapidly with Brosnan living by the philosophy that he would never ask anyone to work harder than he did himself. That sharp business acumen and relentless drive for excellence in his career in business has been carried over to life on the farm. Speaking about his philosophy to breeding, Brosnan said, “If they [the mares] haven't produced a black-type horse in their first three or four runners, we can go very hard on them. We may downgrade them with regards to coverings but we don't stay at that for long because we are trying to keep mares that produce black-type horses. We have a lot of young mares on the farm. A lot of our famous mares are getting old or are retired so now the next band of mares, led by Loch Lein, are coming through. Certainly Isle Of White (Siyouni) would be another one. I have spent most of my lifetime studying pedigrees going back over a number of generations and I can remember the great Vincent O'Brien telling me once, 'look, a pedigree might skip a generation but it will come back again.' I will always remember that. Even when I was in college, where I studied food science, I was far more interested in going to the library to study the books on pedigrees. So I have always been studying pedigrees and, probably, that is one of the things that has stood to Croom House. Vincent would always say that, 'if the pedigree is there, look past the few physical faults you might see with a mare.' So if the front legs weren't perfect or whatever or maybe the mare could have a curb or something, these are things I would have forgiven if they had a pedigree. That brings us to one of our very good mares, Shemda (Dutch Art), who is the dam of Dynamic Pricing. We bought her very cheaply [110,000gns] in England and her second foal was Dynamic Pricing. She came from an outstanding Aga Khan family and that's why we liked her.” He added, “There are two other things [that has helped Croom House thrive]. I can remember John Ferguson, when he was working for Darley, telling me he loved the Croom House horses because they were tough. It wasn't that we made them tough but they have all been brought up to live outdoors because the land is superb – it's probably only a surface of 10 inches with pure limestone rock underneath. Mares, foals or yearlings, we try to keep them outside for as long as we can. One factor beyond that is that we have excellent staff, many of whom have been with us for a long, long time. It is their life. You've Joe [Hartigan, manager], Peter [O'Riordan, yearling farm manager], my son Cathal and more. Nobody needs to tell anyone what to do. There's a system and it works well.” Likewise, nobody needs to tell anyone that if the horses are at the Orby Sale, the buyers will be there as well. Brosnan, one of the most successful businessmen Ireland has ever produced, took the sales company's word last year and was rewarded ten-fold. And that support was far from a one-off, either, with Brosnan excited by the six yearlings Croom House Stud will offer at this year's sale, which gets underway at 10am on Monday. “We had a very good sale last year,” Brosnan concluded. “Two of them sold to Godolphin and another went to Hong Kong so we were well-rewarded last year and we have sent some very good horses for this year's Orby Sale as well. We have a mixture, but certainly two of them stand out. One is a Wootton Bassett filly [lot 187] out of a very young mare and the other is a Dark Angel colt [438].” The post Record-Breaking Croom House Stud Continues Support Of Goffs Orby Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The G1 Sprinters Stakes went to 27-1 longshot Win Carnelian at Nakayama on Sunday. His trainer Yuichi Shikato also trained his sire, Screen Hero. Booked widest of all in the car park in stall 16, the chestnut won the break and soon perched just off June Blair (American Pharoah) to his inside. That rival was in a beautiful rhythm through fractions of :22.70 for the quarter-mile and :44.90 for the half-mile. Win Carnelian moved up to the filly's throat leaving the bend and the duo were in lockstep throughout the lane, with the eventual winner wearing down his ultra game foe by a head on the line. The admirably consistent Namura Clair (Mikkie Isle) was third, 1 1/2 lengths back, in her third consecutive Sprinters Stakes. She has also filled that spot in the spring's G1 Takamatsunomiya Kinen three years in a row, as well (2023-2025). G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes second and race favourite Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) was a nose back in fourth. Lucky Sweynesse (Sweynesse) was aiming to become the third Hong Kong raider to take the Sprinters Stakes after Silent Witness (El Moxie) in 2005 and Ultra Fantasy (Encosta De Lago) in 2010, but he got going too late and finished 11th. “I've been riding this horse for a long time, so regardless of the [widest] draw, I was confident in knowing how he could find his best and most comfortable rhythm, which was the top priority for us today,” said winning rider Kosei Miura of only the second 8-year-old to take the Sprinters Stakes. “During the dead-heat to the wire, the history between us and the strong desire to give one more big victory to my eight-year-old partner ran through my mind. It's also a big joy for me to mark my first Group 1 win with the horse of my mentor [and trainer], Yuichi Shikato.” A group winner in 2022 and 2023, Win Carnelian ran second in the G3 Keihan Hai last November and resumed with a third in the G3 Silk Road Stakes in February. Sent to the UAE, he acquitted himself well with a second in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint to Believing (Mehmas) in April and was last seen running fifth in the G3 Keeneland Cup in late August. Pedigree Notes Win Carnelian is the fourth Group 1 winner and one of 19 stakes winners for the pensioned Lex Stud stallion Screen Hero. The son of the late Grass Wonder was named the 2008 Japanese Champion Older Horse and won that year's G1 Japan Cup as well as running second in the G1 Tenno Sho (Autumn). Screen Hero is best known as the sire of the “Beast From the East” in 2015 Japanese Horse of the Year and six-time top-level winner Maurice, who stands at Shadai Stallion Station and has sired 32 stakes winners worldwide and six Group 1 scorers. Out of the four-time winner Cosmo Crystal by the Seeking The Gold horse Meiner Love, the winner is one of seven foals and six winners for his dam. Although his granddam was only third in a Japanese listed race, she was a half-sister to a pair of stakes horses, one of them G1 Racing Post Trophy second Mudeer (Warning). The fourth dam of Win Carnelian is the blue hen Reprocolor (Jimmy Reppin), who has left a slew of stakes winners on the world stage. Sunday, Nakayama, Japan SPRINTERS STAKES-G1, ¥328,800,000, Nakayama, 9-28, 3yo/up, 1200mT, 1:06.90, fm. 1–WIN CARNELIAN (JPN), 128, h, 8, Screen Hero (Jpn) 1st Dam: Cosmo Crystal (Jpn), by Meiner Love 2nd Dam: Christian Name (GB), by Cadeaux Genereux (GB) 3rd Dam: Colorvista (GB), by Shirley Heights (GB) 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Win Inc.; B-Cosmo View Farm (Jpn); T-Yuichi Shikato; J-Kosei Miura; ¥173,360,000. Lifetime Record: G1SP-UAE, 33-9-6-1, ¥517,851,710. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: D+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. 2–June Blair, 123, f, 4, American Pharoah–Lap of Luxury (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. ($275,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-Jun Yoshikawa; B-Diamond Creek Farm (KY); ¥68,960,000. 3–Namura Clair (Jpn), 123, m, 6, Mikki Isle (Jpn)–Sun Queen, by Storm Cat. O-Mutsuhiro Namura; B-Tanikawa Farm (Jpn); ¥43,480,000. Margins: HD, 1HF, NS. Odds: 27.50, 8.60, 7.20. Also Ran: Satono Reve (Jpn), Yoshino Easter (Jpn), Danon McKinley (Jpn) Dead Heat; Mama Cocha (Jpn), Puro Maic (Jpn), Kangchenjunga (Jpn), Toshin Macau (Jpn), Lucky Sweynesse (NZ), Lugal (Jpn), Pair Pollu (Jpn), Drop of Light (Jpn), Yamanin al Rihla (Jpn), Ka Pilina (Jpn). Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Win Carnelian Edges Game June Blair In Sprinters Stakes appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One of Francis-Henri Graffard's clutch of top-class geldings, Sibayan (Blame) delivered more Group 1 glory to the stable in Sunday's Preis von Europa at Cologne. Sent off the 2-5 favourite for the 12-furlong feature, having mastered a pair of Group 2 tests in ParisLongchamp's Prix Maurice de Nieuil and the Grand Prix de Deauville, the Aga Khan Studs homebred was made to wait patiently by Mickael Barzalona throughout the early stages. Swooping powerfully inside the final furlong, he surged to the line to record a 2 1/2-length success from the seasonal debutante Tiffany (Farhh), with the home team's Columbus (Oasis Dream) a nose behind in third. 63. Preis von Europa Cologne – Groupe 1 – 3 ans et plus – 2400m – 7 Pts – 155 000 € Sibayan (h) (Fr) Mickael Barzalona @mickaelbarzalon Tiffany Columbus (Blame (Usa) – Sirrin (Ire) par Sea The Stars (Ire)) Francis-Henri Graffard… pic.twitter.com/o6pGkYkY6l — French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) September 28, 2025 The post Graffard’s Group 1 Haul Grows As Sibayan Wins The Preis Von Europa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coming off an authoritative Cork maiden success, Bond Thoroughbred's Black Caviar Gold (Havana Grey) carried that momentum into Sunday's G3 Weld Park Stakes at The Curragh. Sent off the 4-1 joint-second favourite for the seven-furlong feature for two-year-old fillies, the Paddy Twomey-trained grey arrived under Billy Lee to overpower her peers a furlong from home and register a 2 3/4-length success from Pivotal Attack (Pinatubo). “I loved the way she put the race to bed well at Cork the last day and had come forward,” Twomey said. “She was very smooth through the race today and looks like she's learned how to race.” “She's a exciting filly going forward,” he added. “I'd imagine we'll wait now until next year–she looks like she'll stay a mile, the way she went through the line there and the Guineas is a logical plan. We can dream a bit through the winter.” Black Caviar Gold (Havana Grey) strikes on her first start in Group company, landing the Weld Park Stakes in good style in a best-ever season for @ptwomeyracing pic.twitter.com/Ao2pjRLfYY — Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 28, 2025 The post Guineas Prospect Black Caviar Gold In Command In Curragh Feature appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

What Wagga Races Where Murrumbidgee Turf Club – Travers St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650 When Monday, September 29, 2025 First Race 1:15pm AEST Visit Dabble Racing heads to Wagga in New South Wales on Monday afternoon with a competitive eight-race meeting set down for decision. Clear skies are the theme of the day and despite the track being a Soft 5 at the time of acceptances, the program should be held on at least a Good 4. The rail comes out 9m from the 1400m to the winning post and true the remainder. Keep reading for HorseBetting’s Wagga racing tips for Monday, September 29, with the first race set to jump at 1:15pm AEST. Best Bet at Wagga: Jackpot Star Jackpot Star brings the strongest recent figure into a deep CG&E BM66 over 1200m and maps to stalk the speed from barrier three. He was well held last time out chasing home Esecutore, which followed a smart all the way win at Nowra. His on-pace versatility is tailor-made for Wagga’s 1200m. With John Kissick sticking and a handy draw to hold leaders’ back or lead, Jackpot Star looks too good for this lot. Best Bet Race 6 – #1 Jackpot Star (3) 4yo Gelding | T: Matthew Dale | J: John Kissick (58.5kg) Next Best at Wagga: Divine Conclusion Divine Conclusion is flying and can land the hat-trick stepping to 1800m. The five-year-old draws to enjoy a perfect run from gate five with 2kg off for Glenn Cahill. He’s relaxing better, finishing his races with purpose, and now hits a BM58 Stayers Series heat where several rivals are either up in trip or searching for form. If he can lead this field up, his current platform suggests he can sustain a winning run to the line again. Next Best Race 5 – #2 Divine Conclusion (5) 5yo Gelding | T: Darrell Burnet | J: Glenn Cahill (a2) (61.5kg) Best Value at Wagga: Big Day Out Big Day Out is a tough old pro who thrives at Wagga and looks over the odds with horse racing bookmakers first-up in a fast 1000m BM66. He is allocated 66kg but gets a crucial 4kg claim, maps to hold a perfect stalking spot from barrier two, and owns closing splits that can see him previal if they overdo it up front. Recent jump-outs were sharp enough, and this grade is well within range when he turns up. An each-way appeals with the claim bringing him right into it late. Best Value Race 7 – #1 Big Day Out (2) 8yo Gelding | T: Craig Weeding | J: Cassidy Hill (a4) (66kg) Wagga quaddie tips – 29/9/2025 Wagga quadrella selections Monday, September 29, 2025 2-3-5 1-7 1-5-6-8-10-11 Field Horse racing tips View the full article