Wandering Eyes

A matchup between 3-year-old fillies and older females takes place Oct. 13 in the $350,000 Franklin Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf. Three-year-old Star of Mystery and 5-year-old Roses for Debra lead an overflow field.View the full article

Sir Mark Prescott will take charge of the yearling full-sister to his former stable star Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}) who sold for 2,500,000gns to Amo Racing on Tuesday at Tattersalls. The filly will race in the purple and white silks of Kia Joorabchian's operation, which was the leading buyer on the first day of the sale, with an outlay in excess of £12 million for 14 yearlings, some of which were bought in partnership. As well as Alpinista, Prescott also trained the filly's Listed-winning dam Alwilda (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) and Group 1-winning granddam Albanova (GB) (Alzao) at Heath House Stables for their owner-breeder Kirsten Rausing. Joorabchian said, “Sir Mark has done a wonderful job curating this family. We never had any doubt in our minds when he said he would like to train her. There is no one better to train this filly than the man who has masterminded so many wonderful moments for this family over the last 30 years.” The post Alpinista’s Yearling Sister to be Trained by Sir Mark Prescott appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance will be on site at Laurel Park for the Jim McKay Maryland Million Day card Saturday. The organization will have a race on the card named in its honor and will host the winners of the 2024 VIP Maryland Million experience from the “Off to the Races” online benefit auction. Generously donated by 1/ST RACING and the Hotel at Arundel Preserve, the experience will include a clubhouse table for four at the track and a two-night stay at the Hotel at Arundel Preserve. “The Maryland Jockey Club is excited to once again welcome Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance on Maryland Million Day,” said Maryland Jockey Club vice president of development Georganne Hale. “We are deeply committed to supporting Thoroughbreds beyond their racing careers, and we're thrilled to promote accredited aftercare together.” Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that accredits, inspects, and awards grants to approved aftercare organizations to retrain, retire, and rehome Thoroughbreds using industry-wide funding. The post TAA On Site for Maryland Million Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thieves made away with at least three watches at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28 and an investigation is underway, according to a press release issued by the Arcadia Police Department Oct. 8. According to the report, one of the victims was surrounded by the suspects and were able to remove the victim's watch after creating confusion. In a second incident, the victim had their watch removed after moving through a large crowd of patrons and only realized it several hours later. Police also identified a third incident, three suspects approached the victim, one of whom attempted to hug the victim. A second thief began to remove their watch, but the victim noticed. “The victim felt his watch being removed and confronted the suspects who immediately left the area,” read the police release. “The victim alerted Santa Anita Park security and Arcadia Police officers who were in the area were able to locate one of the suspects involved in the attempted theft and take him into custody.” The suspect was later identified as Camilo Nino-Hernandez, a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles. According to police, Nino-Hernandez was charged with Grand Theft and was also charged with being in possession of a fraudulent social security card. Based on the initial investigation, it appears all three victims were targeted by different organized groups of people. Arcadia Police Department stated it will not release the victim's information, although according to published reports one of the victims is confirmed as Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler. A Lexington, Kentucky native, Buehler, the 30-year-old is a longtime horse racing fan who owned a micro-share in 2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic. As first reported by ABC 7 Eyewitness News in Los Angeles, Buehler was at Santa Anita with his wife, McKenzie Marcinek, when they were surrounded by a group of people, one of whom unbuttoned his shirtsleeve and took his watch, said to be worth $100,000. For the complete Arcadia Police Dept. press release on X, click here. Anyone with information on this incident may contact Arcadia Police Department at (626) 574-5151. Or to provide information anonymously, call 'Crime Stoppers' at (800) 222-8477. The post Police Investigate Thefts at Santa Anita Park, Dodgers Pitcher Walker Buehler Among Victims appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Charlie Appleby is confident that Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) has all the attributes to thrive at Del Mar when the G1 2,000 Guineas and G1 Sussex Stakes hero attempts to become his trainer's fourth straight winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Mile. Appleby certainly knows what is required to win the $2 million-prize, having struck with Space Blues (Ire) in 2021, Modern Games (Ire) in 2022 and Master Of The Seas (Ire) in 2023. Notable Speech will need to bounce back from a below-par effort in last month's G1 Prix du Moulin at Longchamp if he is to continue that winning sequence, but Appleby is taking the positives from his trip to the French capital, with the return to a sounder surface at Del Mar expected to be in his favour, too. “America is still the aim and he's in good order,” said the trainer. “We're just going through the motions at the minute, but we'll start to wind him up over the coming weeks. “Until you have actually been on one of those trips, you don't really know, but we were pleased at Longchamp by the way he conducted himself on the travelling side of it. We had to try the ground to know whether we were going to go to Ascot [for the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes] or not, but the one box he did tick is he travelled well. “Going to America, you would say he is tailor-made for the mile. He will be going a couple of turns and he travels well. All we do need on the day is a good draw.” The post Appleby Aiming to Continue Breeders’ Cup Winning Run with Notable Speech appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

NEWMARKET, UK — As a statement of intent it was a pretty serious one. Ten yearlings bought and 11,045,000gns spent by Amo Racing while many at Park Paddocks were still finishing their lunch. Amo principal Kia Joorabchian, amid an entourage which included Nottingham Forest FC owner Evangelos Marinakis and bloodstock agent Alex Elliott, would not be beaten on the day's leading lady, Newsells Park Stud's Frankel (GB) filly out of Aljazzi (GB) (Shamardal). The hammer eventually fell at 4,400,000gns – the second-highest price ever paid for a Book 1 yearling. Joorabchian faced determined opposition from Mitsu Nakauchida, but the Japanese trainer ultimately had to play the role of underbidder for lot 68, the second foal of her Group 2-winning dam. And Amo still had plenty of ammo in reserve, for just four lots later Joorabchian was back, this time taking aim at another prized daughter of Frankel: Staffordstown's full-sister to the six-time Group 1 winner and Arc heroine Alpinista (GB). He made just one bid, at 2,500,000gns, but that was enough to add the bay filly to an increasingly tantalising list of future broodmare prospects. The football agent and prominent racehorse owner initially referred journalists' enquiries to Elliott, but he was eventually cajoled into a few words on his explosive spending spree at Tattersalls. “I don't do interviews,” he said with a grin. “We need strong-pedigreed fillies. We have a lot of horses going to stud in the next year. Bucanero Fuerte will end up at stud, I don't know this year or next year, and King of Steel will go to stud, I don't know this year or next year yet. Soon we will have to make a decision. We have Persian Force at stud and we just need to back them, otherwise we are just going to get left behind. The kind of investment we have made in the last few years, we are going to have to change a little bit and we have to back our stallions to have a chance at winning. It's very hard to buy those mares because the Juddmontes, Coolmores, Shadwells, all the big guys own all the big mares, so we have to come out here and hope that what we are buying in terms of pedigrees, like we did with the fillies in Keeneland. We went after fillies with strong pedigrees – and that's what we are trying to do.” He continued, “It's very hard to buy them afterwards. Once they've won a Group 1 you're up in the eights, nines, tens of millions, so you've got to try to get them earlier and hope that in the next few years that these fillies will do well.” Just for a little variety, the Amo team later added a colt by Frankel to the list of the day's purchases. Lot 85, a half-brother to the Group 3-placed Redressed (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}), whose dam Atone (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) is a sister to Juddmonte's multiple Group 1 winner Midday (GB), was bought from the draft of Baroda Stud for 1,100,000gns. “Frankel has had huge success and he just keeps on coming through,” Joorabchian added. “The Champion Stakes in Ireland was a real eye-opener when you looked at the card. There were five Frankels and one Too Darn Hot. You look at all the Frankels and what they're doing, and you just have to back him.” Recounting the bidding duel for the top lot, Elliott said, “Kia and partners wanted the filly very badly – a Frankel filly from that family and with that physique, she was always going to be a collectors' item. “But she is part of Team Amo now – wow. She is a spectacular filly, it is a spectacular price, a spectacular bunch of horses here. I'd like to say I was a cool customer when all that was taking place, but that would be a fib. I have never been in that rarified atmosphere before.” He added, “It is great that she is staying here, it is great for British racing. To have two men say they are going to keep her here, it is huge kudos to them. Kia knows you have got to buy them at the top level to compete at the top level. All the teams select the best horse and it is who blinks first, and Kia did not blink – I think I did.” Marinakis, who had also attended the Goffs London Sale with Joorabchian back in June, when asked if he was one of the partners behind Amo Racing's major outlay, replied, “No, I'm just here to enjoy the day.” Amo Racing, the outright leading buyer so far during Book 1, accounted for almost a quarter of the day's turnover, which was in excess of 42 million gns. They also bought three yearlings in partnership with Al Shaqab Racing, while Kia's son Maxi Joorabchian co-signed with trainer George Scott for a colt by first-crop sire Lucky Vega (Ire) at 180,000gns. Park Paddocks Abuzz It is hard to recall a stronger start to a sale than that witnessed at Tattersalls on Tuesday. The signs were there over the weekend, with plenty of consignors reporting strong footfall during inspections, despite the clash with the Arc meeting in Paris. A huge crowd doesn't always translate to bumper returns, however, but there was no sign of first-day jitters here. Those buying teams that have become the stalwarts of the scene: Godolphin, Juddmonte, Shadwell and Al Shaqab, have been joined in recent years by the dominant forces of Yulong and Amo Racing, who in turn have been met by emerging operations from Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, such as Victorious Racing, Wathnan Racing and Salhia Stud. New money and old was in play at Book 1 – to an almost dizzying degree. This diverse participation coupled with a tightening of numbers to around 450 yearlings has contrived to send the Book 1 statistics through the roof. As an elite event, it is routinely a strong sale but the day 1 figures were up across the board. A clearance rate of 90% was derived from the sale of 117 yearlings for a total of 42,680,000gns, which was up by 36% on last year's opening day. The average rose by 48% to a record 364,786gns and the median by 27% to 260,000gns. Eight individual buyers made an outlay into seven figures on Tuesday. American expenditure was also notable, with 12 different entities from the US signing for 15 yearlings, including Klaravich Stables, Mike Repole, David Ingordo and WinStar Farm. Newsells Park Blazes a Trail He is used to being in the top spot at this sale, but Newsells Park Stud's managing director Julian Dollar admitted that even he was taken aback at the price tag for Aljazzi's Frankel filly. Trained by Marco Botti to win the G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes, G3 Atalanta and two Listed contests, the mare was offered by her breeders Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar at the Horses-in-Training Sale six years ago, where she was picked up by Newsells Park for 1,000,000gns. Tuesday's result has certainly repaid that investment, despite several visits to Frankel and his sire Galileo (Ire). Dollar, casting his mind back to that purchase, said, “We'd had a good sale a few weeks before and I said to [former Newsells Park Stud owner] Andreas Jacobs that there's a filly in this sale that might just get missed because she should be in December. He was brave enough to let me go to a million for her, which was our absolute limit.” He continued, “Her first [foal] by Galileo didn't quite meet expectations but this was always a stunning filly. I dreamt that if we were really lucky she might make a million and that would have been great, but that was unbelievable. It just shows that if you have two people who really want a filly what can happen. I've never had a horse vetted as much – she had 20 vets. Hopefully she's a good filly for Team Amo and I'm very grateful to Mitsu too.” With seven yearlings sold for 6,895,000gns through the first day, Newsells Park Stud is leading the consignors' list. Godolphin Lands Top-Priced Colt Godolphin picked up the top-priced colt on the day, a No Nay Never half-brother to G2 Champagne Stakes winner Iberian (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who was described by Ballylinch Stud's John O'Connor as the nicest horses the operation has ever brought to the sales. That big opinion was backed up by the price tag, with Anthony Stroud holding off stiff opposition from the Coolmore team to secure the colt on behalf of Godolphin for 2,200,000gns. “He was the one horse we really wanted today,” Stroud said, before commenting on the market. “There are a lot of people from all around the world here. It's good. It [the market] needs it.” The No Nay Never colt is very much a Ballylinch Stud-nurtured family through and through. The grand dam, Uncharted Haven (GB) (Turtle Island {Ire}), was bought by O'Connor for 320,000gns at the December Mares Sale in 2001 while the colt's dam, Bella Estrella (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), carried the green and orange silks to Listed success when trained by Dermot Weld. O'Connor commented, “You never know quite what they will reach but I did expect that he would make a big price. I bought the granddam at the December Sale as a filly out of training. She comes from one of the original Ballylinch families from during the McCalmont times, so I was keen to get one back. It's been a very successful family for us and he [lot 92] was very typical of that family. I don't think I've ever brought a nicer colt to the sales. That is confirmed by our yearling manager at home, Ronan Wade, who gave him the highest mark I have ever seen him give a horse. So we expected him to do really well and the top judges all had him on their lists.” Salhia Stud Laying Foundations Representing Saudi Arabia's Salhia Stud, Richard Knight signed for four yearlings throughout the first session for a total of 2,190,000gns. At the head of the list was another Newsells Park Stud filly, this one by Dubawi (Ire) out of the G2 Prix de Malleret winner Waldlied (GB) (New Approach {GB}). A family that has served Newsells Park well over the years, the yearling's dam is a half-sister to the Arc winner and Ballylinch Stud stallion Waldgeist (GB) and it is hoped that the youngster could eventually form one of the cornerstones of the burgeoning Salhia Stud operation, which has plans to establish a broodmare band in Britain. “I absolutely adored her when I saw her. Newsells Park have a fantastic group of horses and she has been beautifully prepared,” Knight said of lot 39. “We're lucky to be able to add her to the racing band, who we will breed from at the end of the day. Mohammed Saleh Bin Laden's Salhia Stud, which has been represented on the track this season by the winners Bintjeddah (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) and Binadham (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), currently has 10 fillies and two colts in training in Newmarket with William Haggas, Roger Varian, William Knight and Kevin Philippart de Foy. Knight later bought lot 44, Furnace Mill Stud's Kingman (GB) half-sister to three black-type winners including Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}), for 420,000gns. Book 1 Talking Points By Brian Sheerin Tattersalls couldn't have wished for a better start to the opening Book 1 session. No less than 18 horses cleared 500,000gns, which speaks to the international appeal of top-notch bloodstock. The level of American interest in Book 1 continues to grow. Along with the usual suspects like Mike Ryan/Klaravich Stables, Mike Repole and Stonestreet, there was a broad depth of US interest on day one. Alex and Shane Power of Tradewinds Stud have been enjoying a decent time of it with their pinhooks this year and in lot 37, a Mayson (GB) colt that was sourced by the pair for 38,000gns, they secured more profit with a 100,000gns sale to agent Richard Ryan. Another power-packed performance from the brothers. It must be an auctioneer's dream to have everyone in the auditorium eating out of the palm of their hand. Well, for John O'Kelly, one of the best in the business, that happened not once but twice in the space of just a few minutes when he sold the Frankel fillies for 4.4 million gns and 2.5 million gns respectively. Not a bad afternoon's work! Both of those fillies were snapped up by Amo Racing, who emerged as the surprisingly-dominant force on day one with 10 yearlings sourced for 11,045,000gns, along with several more in partnership with Al Shaqab Racing. Coolmore continued its support of young gun St Mark's Basilica (Fr) by snapping up a filly and a colt by the stallion for 300,000gns and 220,000gns respectively. All told, St Mark's Basilica enjoyed a respectable day's trade with four yearlings averaging 297,500gns. It would appear as though the tighter book really hit the mark on Tuesday. Despite offering 24 fewer horses compared to this day 12 months ago, the opening session concluded with a major rise in all of the key figures. Golden touch One of the most encouraging aspects of the day's trade was the amount of successful pinhooks. Michael Fitzpatrick was once again turning water into wine with lot 6, a Blue Point (Ire) colt that he sourced for €85,000, who went the way of Sumbe for 400,000gns. But perhaps it is worth acknowledging the feat achieved by Gerry Burke of Glidawn Stud, who sold a Ulysses (Ire) colt out of Listed winner Zuhoor Baynoona (Ire) (Elnadim) for 85,000gns. The colt had been sourced for just 13,500gns by BBA Ireland at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which makes him the cheapest pinhook prospect to have walked through the ring on the opening day of Book 1. Let's face it, these have been a trying few months for pinhookers in Europe. Burke's result, and the overall state of play on Tuesday, will have provided some encouragement for operators big and small. The post ‘Kia Did Not Blink’: Amo Racing’s £12 Million Spree appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jairo Rendon was enjoying one of the best years of his career. He finished the Monmouth meet with 66 winners, just 10 winners behind perennial Monmouth riding champion Paco Lopez. He stuck around a few more days to ride some at the all-turf meet at the Meadowlands, but after riding there Sept. 21, he was ready to go home. After the short Meadowlands meet ended, Rendon would have no problem heading to Aqueduct or maybe Gulfstream Park, two places where he could make a lot of money and ride a lot of winners. But Rendon, when he says “it's not about the money,” he means it. That's why every year after the New Jersey racing season is over, Rendon soon heads back to his native country, Colombia. It is there that he and his family own a 210-acre cattle ranch. It's a much different lifestyle than the racetrack, but Rendon has stood firm in his decision not to ride in the U.S. for almost half the year. He'd just rather spend that time with his family. “The wintertime is coming and if I were to stay in America I'd have to move from Monmouth to another track and start business all over again,” Rendon said. “I have my family here in Colombia, and my house. It's easier to come home rather than going to another track and starting all over and not have my family here. When I go back to Colombia, I see my father, mother, brothers, everybody is there.” Rendon, 41, began his career in his native country, but there is no longer any racing in Colombia as the track there closed in 2008. Two years earlier, he made the switch to Panama and was leading rider there in 2007. Then it was on to Saudi Arabia, where he spent eight years. In 2016, he came to the U.S. He started off slowly, winning just 12 races the first two years he was here. It all came together for him in 2019, when he won 139 races while riding nearly the entire meet at Gulfstream. Then Covid hit and he rode sparingly in 2020 and took all of 2021 off. He had found out that he could lead two lives, professional jockey and gentlemen rancher. By 2022, he was making enough riding in the U.S. that he could afford to come home and take half of the year off. In 2022, he stayed until Nov. 13 and didn't leave the country in 2023 until Nov. 5. This year was his earliest exit ever. He said things would be different if his family members were to agree to stay with him while he is riding in the U.S. He has a 17-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter. “They never were interested in staying with me in the U.S.,” Rendon said. “They don't want to change their lifestyle. I asked them a few times if they wanted to come over and they said no.” The time he spends in Colombia is not a vacation. He keeps busy and fit working on the ranch. “And it's not like I go home to my country and sleep for five months,” he said. “I have things to do there. I work the farm every day I am there. That helps keep me in shape.” He is considering riding at the Keeneland spring meet next year. Whether he does or not, he'll be ready to go for opening day at Monmouth. About three weeks beforehand, he starts to get racing fit by galloping horses for trainer and friend Jorge Duarte, Jr. “The thing is that Jairo has built a good relationship with the Monmouth Park horsemen,” said Duarte, who trains exclusively for Colts Neck Stable. Rendon got off to such a fast start this year, that he topped the standings through the first two weeks of the meet. Was he ready to dethrone Paco? “Everyone said this year, 'You're going to beat Paco Lopez, you're going to beat Paco Lopez.' I wasn't looking for that,” he said “I'm looking to win some races, do good. I'm not looking to be the leading rider.” This probably wouldn't work for many jockeys. Stay away from the track for six months and you're bound to have a tough time getting going again. But trainers have learned to trust him and know he can make this rather odd schedule work. “They kind of expect what he does now,” Duarte said. “They know he will be back right before Monmouth Park starts and they know he will be ready because of his work ethic. They know horses run for him, too.” The post Racing’s Part-Time Jockey, Jairo Rendon is Making it Work appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Middleham Park Racing's Shouldvebeenaring (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) will take up a stallion career at the Irish National Stud next year, Middleham Park Racing's Tom Palin confirmed on Tuesday. Entered in the G2 Challenge Stakes at Newmarket on Friday, the colt is eyeing the G1 QIPCO Champions Sprint Stakes as a likely finale. The French Group 3 winner was second in the 2023 G1 Sprint Cup Stakes and third in the G1 Prix de la Foret last year. He's also placed third in both the G2 City Of York Stakes and G2 Park Stakes in August and September, respectively. “I think we will probably role the dice in the Champions Sprint,” said Middleham Park Racing's Tom Palin to At The Races. “It's a not so secret, secret, that he is going to stand at the Irish National Stud and after speaking to them, we are more than likely going to try to get that Group 1 that he more than deserves. “I don't think he's got a Breeders' Cup in him. It would either be a two-turn mile or the sprint would have him stood on his head, so Ascot will likely be his last day. “He more than deserves his swansong and has been a joy of a horse who gives his all. He will probably not get his ground there and it might be miraculous if he was to, but it's a great game and strange things can happen.” Bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud where his sire stands, Peter and Ross Doyle picked up the grey on behalf of Middleham Park Racing for £40,000 out of the Goffs UK Premier and Silver Yearling Sale. His dam, the winning Lady Estella (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}), is a half-sister to Group 3 scorer Rosso Corsa (GB) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}). Shouldvebeenaring has six wins and 10 placings from 28 starts and over $680,000 in earnings. The post Shouldvebeenaring Bound For Irish National Stud After 2024 Campaign appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 171 horses have been catalogued for the Goffs October HIT & Yearling Sale at Doncaster on Tuesday, Oct. 22 beginning at 10 a.m. Consisting of both Flat and NH stock with an emphasis on horses-in-training, the sale will also feature a 30-lot partial dispersal of trainer John Hanlon, among them unraced stock, pointers and horses to have raced under rules. Some of the sires represented in the yearling portion of the sale include Ardad (Ire), Iffraaj (GB), Invincible Army (Ire), Mohaather (GB), Sergei Prokofiev, Showcasing (GB), Starman (GB), and Supremacy (Ire). Goffs UK Managing Director Tim Kent said, “The October Sale offers buyers their last chance to secure a Donny yearling in 2024 and with some yearlings eligible for the Great British Bonus and Harry's Half Million by Goffs, buyers can purchase in the hope of picking up their share of significant prize money on the track. The catalogue also features some attractive young NH stock, as well as horses from many of the leading trainers, so there is plenty of quality to capture the attention of buyers.” The post Goffs October HIT & Yearling Catalogue To Feature Partial Dispersal Of John Hanlon appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Race Track Chaplaincy of America (RTCA) will host “RTCA Night of Faith, Hope & Love” during Breeders' Cup week at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The evening will include food, music, the premier of this year's RTCA White Horse Award video, and a celebrity panel interview moderated by FanDuel's Scott Hazelton with scheduled guests Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey Ramon Dominguez, horseman and racing executive Janet VanBebber and multiple graded stakes winning jockey Kyle Frey discussing what Faith, Hope & Love means to them, both in their racing careers and personal lives. Ticket and sponsorship information can be found at www.rtcanational.org/events. The post ‘RTCA Night of Faith, Hope and Love’ Kicks Off Breeders’ Cup Week Festivities appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The catalogue for the four-day Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale is now online. Featuring 887 lots from Nov. 10-13, the sale will begin at 10 a.m. daily. The first day's trade will feature NH-bred yearlings, followed by foals with the final day devoted to mares. Each day will start alphabetically from the letter “T”. Over 80 sires will be represented in the catalogue, including 35 foals from the 2023-2024 leading NH sire Walk In The Park (Ire). There are also progeny of Poet's Word (Ire), Order Of St George (Ire), No Risk At All (Fr), Doctor Dino (Fr), Blue Bresil (Fr), Goliath Du Berlais (Fr) and Jeu St Eloi (Fr). The post Tattersalls Ireland November NH Catalogue Revealed appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin's Irish homebred Bold Act returns from the bench Oct. 11 as he looks to win the $300,000 Sycamore Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland for the second consecutive year.View the full article

Idiomatic climbed her way back up the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred poll, ranking third after her victory in the Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 6.View the full article

The Bloodstock PA, a new, remote full racing and breeding secretarial service, was launched by Holly Roeder on Oct. 1. This service, which will handle the paperwork associated with all racing and bloodstock ownership, BHA registrations with Weatherbys, including VAT and banking, plus keeping on top of all bloodstock records, is intended to assist owners and bloodstock agents. In addition, the Bloodstock PA will also offer to manage any race day requirements such as tickets, hospitality or corporate boxes, along with branding and decor as necessary. Roeder, who has over 15 years of experience in the industry, will continue as racing secretary to Sean Woods Racing in Newmarket. She will be available through The Bloodstock PA in the afternoons and evenings and strictly after 2:30 p.m. on weekdays. “Being someone who is totally immersed in this industry and using my natural organisation and attention to detail, I feel that there is a gap in the market for this service,” said Roeder. “I am delighted to be able to offer clients the opportunity to divest themselves of the rigours of administration which can sometimes be daunting, and so leaving them to enjoy the pleasures of their bloodstock interests.” To learn more, please visit The Bloodstock PA website, or contact Holly at +44 7872 559 432 or holly@thebloodstockpa.com. The post The Bloodstock PA Launched By Holly Roeder appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 2025 edition of La Route des Etalons, an opportunity to view some of the best stallions and stud farms in France, will be held on Jan. 17-18. In a change from previous editions, it will be on a Friday and a Saturday, instead of the weekend proper. For more information on the French stallions available for viewing and which stud farms will be opening their doors, please visit la Route des Etalons website. The post La Route Des Etalons Set For Jan. 17-18 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A stallion share in Horse of the Year and sire Flightline (Tapit–Feathered, by Indian Charlie), whose first foals are weanlings of 2024, has been catalogued for the inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale, to be held the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 30 in the Paddock at Del Mar, site of the 2024 Breeders' Cup World Championships on Nov. 1-2. The share is offered by an original owner of Flightline who retains multiple shares in the stallion. Flightline won a trio of Grade I events in 2022–the Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan by six lengths; the TVG Pacific Classic by 19 1/4 lengths; and the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland by 8 1/4 lengths. The colt's accomplishments on the track earned him Eclipse Awards as Horse of the Year and champion older male of 2022. He was undefeated in two seasons of racing, with earnings of more than $4.5 million. Flightline retired to Lane's End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. On Day 1 of Keeneland's November Breeding Stock Sale, just days after his romp in the Breeders' Cup Classic, a 2.5% ownership interest in Flightline sold for $4.6 million. “Offering this share in Flightline in Keeneland's Championship Sale gives breeders a truly special chance to invest in one of the most exciting young stallions in our industry,” said Bill Farish of Lane's End Farm. “The class and quality he possesses is readily evident in his progeny–Flightline is represented by an outstanding first crop of foals which have already received tremendous support in the commercial market abroad, with a top selection of weanlings cataloged to sell in November. Now, Keeneland provides buyers the option to invest in him from every possible angle.” Flightline is responsible for a full book of 152 mares in each of his first two seasons (2023 and 2024). In 2023, Flightline's book included more than 50 Grade I-winning or Grade I-producing mares. In 2024, Flightline's first crop of weanlings sold in Japan for an average of $974,057. His top-priced weanling brought $1,305,651. Six weanlings by Flightline are cataloged to Keeneland's upcoming November Breeding Stock Sale. “Flightline's brilliance on the race track made him a global superstar, and now fans around the world are excited by his offspring coming of age,” Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said. “Keeneland is honored to offer this uniquely special opportunity to purchase a share in Flightline at the Championship Sale.” The post Flightline Share to be Offered at Inaugural Keeneland Championship Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges was re-elected as chair of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) by the IFHA Executive Council during the International Conference of Horseracing Authorities in Paris, France. Jim Gagliano, Masayuki Goto and Horacio Esposito were also re-elected as vice-chairs, with Henri Pouret a new vice-chair. He fills a vacancy created when Brian Kavanagh stepped down. Engelbrecht-Bresges, who has served as chair of the IFHA since 2021, said, “I look forward to continue working with my valued colleagues and members of the IFHA to further enhance our sport at an international level. I would like to thank the Executive Council which has entrusted me to continue to lead the Federation into what is an exciting, but challenging, time for racing globally.” After congratulating Pouret on his appointment, Engelbrecht-Bresges added, “Brian's tireless dedication and unwavering commitment to the Federation and international racing have been vital to its sustained success. We are most grateful for his many years of leadership, wise counsel and friendship.” Pouret said, “I am honoured and very thankful to the Executive Council for placing its trust and confidence in me to fulfil the role of vice-chair. I am eager to support the IFHA's efforts to further strengthen global collaboration on key issues impacting racing and breeding.” The terms for chair and vice-chairs will run for three years until October of 2027. The post Engelbrecht-Bresges Re-Elected Chair Of The IFHA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

New Vocations has launched its 15th annual Breeders' Cup Pledge, in which connections of Breeders' Cup contenders have the opportunity to pledge a percentage of their Championship earnings to support the charity's mission to rehabilitate, retrain, and rehome retired racehorses. The Pledge has raised over $1.1 million towards aftercare since starting in 2009. “We are thrilled to have had so many owners and trainers involved in our Breeders' Cup Pledge over the years,” said Anna Ford, New Vocations' Thoroughbred Program Director. “The Pledge offers an easy way for owners and trainers to give back to the horses and support their transition into new careers. The funds raised are greatly needed to ensure we are able to continue serving over 600 retired racehorses annually.” Last year's pledge raised over $100,000, and over 50 Championship contenders had owners and/or trainers who pledged a percentage of their Breeders' Cup earnings. Last year's total was driven by four horses with pledge connections–Fierceness, Unquestionable (Fr), Goodnight Olive, and Auguste Rodin (Ire)–winning their races on Future Stars Friday and Championship Saturday. New Vocations will seek pledges from owners and trainers until Oct. 31st, in advance of the Nov. 1-2nd Championship races at Del Mar. All Pledge information is available at www.newvocations.org/events or by contacting anna@horseadoption.com or carey@horseadoption.com. The post New Vocations Launches 15th Annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

His Highness The Aga Khan's homebred Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) is progressing well toward a start in the G1 QIPCO Champion Stakes at Ascot on Oct. 19, according to trainer Francis-Henri Graffard. The gelding, a winner of the G2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot and a strong second in the G1 International Stakes behind City Of Troy (Justify) at York, is fresh and well ahead of his QIPCO British Champions Day assignment. He will likely face William Haggas trainee Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) the winner of the G1 Irish Champion Stakes in mid-September. Graffard said, “Everything is well with Calandagan and he looks in very good shape. He has had a bit of time since York and, provided all goes well between now and Champions Day, he will be spot on for the Champion Stakes. “The main difference between York and Champions Day will likely be the ground, but he has form on soft ground earlier in the year. “We have already met City Of Troy and now we take on another very strong opponent in Economics. It will be interesting to see how it pans out, and ground conditions could be a factor, but we know that Calandagan is a very good horse and look forward to the race.” Trainer Jean-Pierre Gauvin also had an update on 2022 G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero Iresine (Fr) (Manduro {Ger}), who is eyeing a start in the Champion Stakes. Seen in action only three times this year, the 7-year-old gelding enters on the back of a narrow win in the G2 Prix Foy at ParisLongchamp on Sept. 15. “We could have stayed in France for the Prix du Conseil de Paris or the Prix Royal-Oak, but the Royal-Oak has moved to Saint-Cloud, a track where Iresine performs worse than at Longchamp,' said Gauvin. “The horse deserves to run in Group 1 races and we all collectively really want to experience this English adventure with the different co-owners, including my children. Personally, I have never had a runner in England. The distance may be short for him, but he has already won a group race, the La Coupe, over 2,000m.With Iresine, the key is the ground. We hope it will be as soft as possible. “The horse is better than ever after the Prix Foy. His last outing did him a lot of good, and I think he is in top form now. I am a bit concerned about the journey, although it will be simpler than when he went to Japan.” Milers Take Aim At Queen Elizabeth II Stakes The one-mile G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes sponsored by QIPCO is the target of a French trio, with Classic winner Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) entered alongside last year's first and second Big Rock (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) and Facteur Cheval (Ire) (Ribchester {Ire}). The G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero was last seen finishing runner-up to Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois. Trainer Mario Baratti said, “Metropolitan has improved again since the Jacques le Marois. He is getting stronger all the time and I have been very happy with his preparation for Champions Day. “The plan is to go for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. We would like to try him over further at some stage, which is why he has an entry in the Champion Stakes, but I think it makes sense to stick to a mile for this race. “I believe we can get closer to Charyn this time. Charyn was very impressive at Deauville but, in my opinion, he is better on good ground, whereas I think our horse is better on soft ground. Ascot is usually on the soft side in October and that will help our chance.” Jerome Reynier said of Facteur Cheval who ran third in the G1 Sussex Stakes in July, “Facteur Cheval is in good shape. We have been thinking about the Breeders' Cup, but I think it makes sense to follow the same plan as last year and go back to Ascot for the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. “Given how he looks and the way he is training, I think we have him in better shape now than before the Sussex Stakes. His latest gallop on Saturday was very good, and I am really pleased with where we are.” The post French Brigade Preparing For QIPCO British Champions Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Though one or two made a more blatant impact-above all Juddmonte, either side of the water, while McKinzie will be receiving due attention from colleague Jill Williams in her Saturday Sires series-let's start by celebrating a less obvious contribution to a fabulous weekend of racing. It is now 30 years since the birth in Florida of a filly by Medieval Man, a sprinting son of Noholme II (the Australian sire recalled principally for his hard-knocking son, Nodouble). She was out of a hardy campaigner by Never Bend's son Distinctive, and would also prove pretty robust once reaching the racetrack, winning four of 30 starts including a Del Mar juvenile stakes under Shoemaker in 1:09.6. Her name was Evil Elaine and she would win far wider fame in her second career through her 1995 foal by Phone Trick, Favorite Trick, the first 2-year-old Horse of the Year since Secretariat. Favorite Trick's stud career began in disappointment and ended in horror, already reduced to New Mexico mares when lost to a barn fire at the age of 11. But that tragedy by no means extinguished Evil Elaine's legacy. On the eve of Favorite Trick's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, his breeders had sold his dam privately to Jane Lyon and her late husband Frank, then laying the foundations of Summer Wind Farm. The Grindstone filly she was carrying at the time would bring $450,000 as a yearling, managing a Grade III placing before later producing an elite sprinter in Favorite Tale (Tale of the Cat). While neither of the consecutive Storm Cat foals Evil Elaine then produced for her new owners ever made the racetrack, a subsequent daughter by Unbridled did make $2.4 million to go to Ballydoyle. A final foal, a filly by Unbridled's Song, required a nurse mare after Evil Elaine died little more than a month after delivery. Unsurprisingly, in the circumstances, Summer Wind elected to retain the filly ($475,000 RNA) and named her Unenchantedevening. While she mustered only a maiden success from seven starts, she has certainly paid her way in her second career, for both Summer Wind and its customers. Her 2015 foal, a filly by Malibu Moon, made $650,000 but proved good value for her purchasers as Moonshine Memories, winner of the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes and GI Chandelier Stakes at two. She was later cashed out for $3.4 million. Unenchantedevening's next foal, another filly, also sold well as a $750,000 yearling. By Distorted Humor, she was named No Joke and for a time that seemed prescient on the part of owners Robert and Lawana Low, as she never made the gate herself and her first two foals proved limited. But her third, a colt by Into Mischief, made $675,000 as a Keeneland September yearling and, having won on debut for Bob Baffert as Citizen Bull, on Saturday erased a defeat as favorite next time by winning the GI American Pharoah Stakes. Nor was Citizen Bull the only one to extend the Evil Elaine legacy last weekend. For even before she was sold to Summer Wind, she had produced a daughter by Crafty Prospector named Crafty and Evil. The family precocity was well to the fore in this one, who won on debut over 4.5 furlongs at Keeneland in April and returned for the fall meet to be stakes-placed. Her one and only foal, a daughter by Go For Gin, conversely did not win her maiden until she was four; and later produced two graded stakes winners by another slower-burning influence in Tiznow: Fury Kapcori was a Grade I-placed stakes winner at two, but maintained his form at four to win the GII Precisionist Stakes by half a dozen lengths; while Tizfiz won her Grade II on turf as a 5-year-old. And Tizfiz, of course, is the dam of Tiz The Law-who responded to McKinzie's sensational weekend by coming up with two graded stakes winners of his own. Those keep him clear in the race for the freshman title, his first crop earnings now up to $1,935,683 from McKinzie on $1,662,468. Nobody, including in the Vekoma and Complexity camps, will be calling this one ahead of the Breeders' Cup. However that plays out, it's edifying to see Tiz The Law renew his stature after arguably being cost the Derby by its rescheduling during Covid. He had seemed disproportionately indebted to the Kentucky Downs earnings of Tiztastic, but can now actually argue that he is spreading his genetic wares more evenly than his rival. For one thing, he has more winners (15/12) from fewer starters (38/48). McKinzie, moreover, has managed his headlines exceptionally well: he only has two stakes winners to date, but both have of course hit the Grade I bull's eye. Tiz The Law is now up to four black-type scorers, having raised his bar steeply when Non Compliant won the GII Oak Leaf Stakes on Saturday and another filly, Scythian, took the GII Miss Grillo Stakes next day. It is not just Evil Elaine, however, who ties together the emerging stars of the juvenile crop. The farm that bought her, and started the trail that has now led to Citizen Bull, is also the one that bred McKinzie. In other words, of four Grade I prizes won by 2-year-olds last weekend, we owed three-at some point in the chain-to Summer Wind. Sometimes Blood Does Tell If we're honest, much pedigree analysis becomes little more than an exercise in post-rationalization. Certainly there doesn't seem much point in delving into the remote background of a mare like Evil Elaine in an attempt to explain her emergence as a producer. At this stage, it is perhaps enough to note that her genetic make-up (beyond her leftfield parentage) is strikingly cosmopolitan, combining strains from both North and South America, as well as Europe. Every November you see broodmares changing hands for millions by stallions that would never get anywhere near the filly shortlists of elite programs scouting the yearling sales. It's reassuring for conventional market values, then, when aristocratic bloodlines do stand up. One Magic Philly wins the Chillingworth Stakes | Horsephotos And that certainly happened over the weekend, too. One Magic Philly (Good Magic), for instance, comforts us in her continued rise-after winning her maiden and allowance, she has now added the GIII Chillingworth Stakes-by extending a line tracing to the great Rough Shod via her daughter Moccasin. One Magic Philly's fourth dam is Hail Atlantis (Seattle Slew) (the GI Santa Anita Oaks-winning mother of Stormy Atlantic), who was herself out of Moccasin's daughter Flippers. It's a branch of this great dynasty that remains vigorous: One Magic Philly's mother My Philly Girl (Empire Maker) shares a granddam with recent European moneyspinner Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Owner-breeder John Gallegos must be congratulated, then, for persevering with My Philly Girl-he had raced her with partners to win a couple of times in a light career-at just $40,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale. She was not in foal that day, and Gallegos needed patience before she resumed production, but she has meanwhile already produced stakes winner My Philly Twirl (Hard Spun) and now this still more eligible breeding prospect. Though made to work for her GII Beldame Stakes, meanwhile, Raging Sea (Curlin) continues to vindicate another owner-breeder for recruiting her dam from another regal line at the preceding November Sale. The unraced Stormy Welcome (Storm Cat) admittedly cost rather more than My Philly Girl, at $600,000, but don't forget that she had changed hands for $1.6 million as a yearling, her granddam being none other than Weekend Surprise (Secretariat). And meanwhile the biggest prize in Europe now decorates a Juddmonte family that has already produced a Kentucky Derby winner in Mandaloun. So while the breed preserves enough mystery to give the rest of us a chance, it feels equally important that this kind of thing works out often enough for the rich to keep investing, too. A Gentrified Avenue That said, even the elite families blow hot and cold. If you go back far enough, the runaway GI Breeders' Futurity winner East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro) actually traces to the ubiquitous La Troienne (Fr). But it was a fairly pedestrian page that supported the breeze of his granddam Dance Card when John Ferguson bought her for $750,000 on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed at the Gulfstream Sale of 2011. True, her sire Tapit had begun his emergence to stardom since her dam Tempting Note (Editor's Note) had been covered at just $12,500, her older brother Tempted to Tapit having done his bit when running second in the GII Risen Star Stakes. And their third dam had won a couple of Grade IIIs. But the page as it stood can be measured by Dance Card's pinhook price of $67,000, and Tempting Note's own yearling tag of $15,000. Ferguson was soon vindicated, on the track, when Dance Card won the GI Gazelle Stakes; and of course she has quickly proved exceptionally effective in replicating her athletic prowess. Her second foal Endorsed (Medaglia d'Oro) fell a few cents shy of millionaire status, and her fourth is 2023 Horse of the Year Cody's Wish (Curlin). In between came East Avenue's unraced dam, Dance Music, whose sire Ghostzapper is already a coveted distaff influence. In this day and age, a dominating juvenile success like the one East Avenue produced last weekend already guarantees commercial demand at stud-and he throws into mix one of the hottest pedigrees around. Much to Recollect Behind Collected For better or worse, somehow it often seems that different intakes of stallions turn out to share an overall caliber. There's no doubt that Collected found himself in a vintage group, and maybe that is why he remains relatively overlooked. But there really can't be many better options around at $10,000. Collected | Sarah Andrew Another pair of graded stakes winners at Santa Anita on Sunday, both juveniles from his third crop, leave Collected in his class behind only six-figure shooters Justify and Good Magic in terms of cumulative black-type scorers-and at a better rate than a number of more expensive covers. We shouldn't be surprised: only Gun Runner could beat him at his peak, and European breeders need to wake up to the fact that he drew on some classy turf flavors (inbred to the dam of Blushing Groom {Fr}) when starting his career on grass. But then his is a farm that routinely punches above weight. Both his winners on Sunday, Thought Process and Iron Man Cal, were bred by its late founder Brereton C. Jones-whose legacy, happily in the very best of hands, is aptly measured by his posthumous standing as the leading breeder of black-type winners in 2024. And don't forget that we owe Collected himself to another remarkable figure to have lately departed. For he was co-bred by Runnymede Farm, where a large and loving family bade farewell to its patriarch Catesby W. Clay last week. They, too, could comfort themselves that here is another farm where the next generation is maintaining the very highest of standards. Books That Tell a Story The values of the modern bloodstock market tend to be self-fulfilling and that is certainly true of its obsession with unproven stallions. In nearly every case, their first books will turn out to be much the biggest and best they ever receive. As a result, the very least they should do is produce a couple of headline acts after the manner of McKinzie and Tiz The Law last weekend. By the same token, if a horse doesn't seize that brief window of opportunity, he can very soon expect his business to enter freefall. But the latest covering statistics, published last week, did disclose a couple of subtle shifts within that familiar situation. After the defeat of the mare cap, a number of the more restrained farms seem to have decided that pragmatism must erode principle, at least to a degree, with the brakes being quietly eased on book sizes. At the same time, while one of the most industrial operations of recent years duly accounts for the four biggest books of last spring, it looks as though the other may be moderating a little. Be all that as it may, it remains depressingly apparent that the average commercial mating owes very little to any eccentric interest in actually producing a runner. As I've often said, you can't blame the breeders: they are only responding to ringside demand. And it would be unfair to cite specific stallions. Suffice to say that some of the smaller books are nearly as embarrassing as some of the very biggest ones. The post Breeding Digest: Evil Legacy is All to the Good appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godolphin made their first purchase at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday when Anthony Stroud struck the winning bid of 2,200,000gns on their behalf for a colt by No Nay Never offered by Ballylinch Stud. Lot 92 is out of the Listed winner Bella Estrella (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and a half-brother to last year's G2 Champagne Stakes scorer Iberian (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). Bella Estrella is in turn a full-sister to the G3 St. Simon Stakes winner and G1 Oaks third High Heeled (Ire). Their dam is the GII San Clemente Handicap and GII San Gorgonio Handicap victrix Uncharted Haven (GB) (Turtle Island {Ire}). Godolphin have entered the buyers list at the #TattsOctober Book 1 Sale. They have bought lot 92, a colt by No Nay Never who was consigned by Ballylinch Stud. pic.twitter.com/cYXYHcS5ac — TDN (@theTDN) October 8, 2024 The post Godolphin Strike at Tattersalls Book 1 for No Nay Never Colt at 2,200,000gns appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple Group 1-winning miler Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will retire at the end of the year and stand his first season for Sumbe at Haras de Montfort et Preaux in 2025. A fee for the Roger Varian trainee will be announced later. “I am delighted to announce that Charyn, the leading miler in Europe and impressive winner of this year's G1 Queen Anne Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, will retire at the end of the racing season to become the fifth Group 1 winner on Sumbe's stallion roster,” said Sumbe's Nurlan Bizakov. “A powerful individual with a textbook conformation, Charyn looks set to suit the demands of an increasingly selective market.” Bred by Grangemore Stud, Charyn was a 250,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling when offered by his breeder and picked up by Sumbe. A winner of the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, he placed in the G3 Greenham Stakes, G1 St James's Palace Stakes, G1 Sussex Stakes, and G2 Celebration Mile Stakes at three. However, Charyn has really come into his own as a 4-year-old, running first or second in all six starts. After a tally in the G2 Bet365 Mile, he ran second in the G1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in the spring, and then added both the Queen Anne and Prix Jacques le Marois in succession in June and August, respectively. He was a good second in soft going in the G1 Prix du Moulin in September. His current record stands at 17-6-4-4 and $1,928,756 in earnings. Varian said of the full-brother to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Wings Of War (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), “Charyn has proved to be an exceptional racehorse, showing both durability and class. He was precocious enough to win on his racecourse debut in August as a 2-year-old, and went on to become a Group 2 winning juvenile in the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte. Charyn has raced consistently throughout his 3- and 4-year-old seasons, showing exceptional soundness of both body and mind, achieving his very best level of form as a 4-year-old and posting some scintillating performances this year.” Added Bizakov on future targets for the grey, “Charyn's immense talent will be on display again Oct. 19 at Ascot in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, followed by possible tilts at either the GI Breeder's Cup Mile Nov. 2 or Japan's G1 Mile Championship Nov. 17, before his final, one-way trip to France to take up stud duties at Haras de Montfort et Préaux. Although he has become a familiar name on the European stage and beyond these past seasons, I cannot wait to unveil Charyn in his new role, and I am already thankful for the incredible hype and growing momentum arising about him.” The son of the multiple stakes placed Futoon (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is kin to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Galeota (Ire) (Mujadil), G3 Sirenia Stakes hero Burnt Sugar (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), multiple group winner Brown Sugar (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), and three-time group winner Oscula (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}). His full-sister sells via Grangemore Stud as lot 183 during the second day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 on Wednesday. The post Charyn Will Stand Under The Sumbe Banner Next Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars I CAN - R7 (12) Has started the season in strong form and finally draws a gate Jay Rooney I CAN - R7 (12) Gets his best chance to win again with an overdue good barrier Jack Dawling AURORA LADY - R4 (3) Been thereabouts this season and may get his own way in front Phillip Woo KING ECCELLENTE - R4 (1) Gets a golden chance down in Class Four after two progressive runs this term Shannon (Vincent Wong) HIGH PERCENTAGE - R5 (1) Strong performances last season and looks a huge winning chance Racing Post Online ACE TALENT - R2 (3) Good showing at C&D last start and he looks ready to score tonight Tom Wood REWARD SMILE - R8 (1) Produced slick sectionals storming home on his last run, can go one betterView the full article

It was a familiar story when Baroda Stud's Frankel (GB) colt entered the ring during Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday, with Amo Racing coming out on top with a bid of 1,100,000gns. Lot 85 was the third yearling of the session to be sold to the team led by Kia Joorabchian for a seven-figure sum, all by Frankel. This colt is out of the winning Oasis Dream (GB) mare Atone (GB), already the dam of the G3 Park Express Stakes runner-up Redressed (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}). Atone is also a full-sister to Juddmonte's multiple Group 1 heroine Midday (GB)–herself the dam of three black-type winners–and a half to the G3 Hoppings Stakes winner Sun Maiden (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and the G3 Nell Gwyn Stakes scorer Hot Snap (GB) (Pivotal {GB}). Amo Racing have been very busy and are responsible for purchasing the three millionaire yearlings so far at #TattsOctober Book 1 Sale. This time they bought a colt by Frankel from Baroda Stud. pic.twitter.com/yJCERUqCJf — TDN (@theTDN) October 8, 2024 The post Amo Racing make it a Hat-Trick of Seven-Figure Frankels at Tattersalls Book 1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Old Friends will host a Family Day: Meet & Read to Old Friends Retirees event Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. The event will highlight the book 'Jockey & Her Horse' by Cheryl White, the first black woman jockey to ride and win a professional race in the United States. The Family Day is part of The Heart of the Turf: Racing's Black Pioneers, a traveling exhibit sponsored by the Keeneland Association and developed and shared by the Keeneland Library, which is open to the public in the Josephine Abercrombie Center at Old Friends' Dream Chase Farm through Oct. 31. “Old Friends is excited to host this unique gathering offering an innovative way to learn about the life of the trail-blazing black woman jockey, Cheryl White,” said John Nicholson, President and CEO of Old Friends. “We hope Bluegrass families and children will join us on Saturday to celebrate a key part of the horse industry's history, while at the same time meeting and interacting with some of our legendary retirees. We are so grateful to Keeneland and honored to be hosting this important event.” Keeneland Library is donating one copy of Cheryl White's book per family during the event while supplies last. The event is free and open to the general public. “Old Friends hosting The Heart of the Turf provides a perfect backdrop to bring the stories of the exhibit to life with children in our joint Meet & Read–a unique opportunity for a child to meet horses while promoting literacy, industry awareness, and appreciation of past and present pioneers,” said Roda Ferraro, Keeneland Library Director and Exhibit Curator. “It will be a special morning at Old Friends, and Keeneland Library is grateful to be a part.” To RSVP, call 502-863-1775 or Email: alyssa@oldfriendsequine.org The post Old Friends Hosts Family Day Oct. 12 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article