Wandering Eyes

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

Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is now the joint highest-rated 3-year-old filly in training in Great Britain and Ireland by Timeform ratings after her commanding win in the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket, the company announced on Tuesday. Now rated 121 from 115, she is equal to multiple Group 1 winner Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio). Although it was the smallest Sun Chariot field since 2006 it was high on quality with John and Thady Gosden stablemates and multiple Group 1 winners Nashwa (GB) and Inspiral (GB)–both by Frankel (GB)–present. Classic winner Elmalka (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Darnation (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) were also in the lineup. Tamfana is now firmly on course for the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on QIPCO British Champions Day. The David Menuisier trainee is only four pounds behind current favourite Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who is rated 125. Timeform's reporter said, “It was a very taking performance from Tamfana, given an uncomplicated ride under Colin Keane for the first time and impressing with how well she moved through her race, well in command entering the final furlong and just pushed out to beat Inspiral by two lengths. “Tamfana produced a performance which is right up there with the best from a filly over a mile so far this season and she will have serious claims of completing a hat-trick if taking up her engagement in the QEII at Ascot next month. She is already proven in testing conditions if the ground does worsen and she would be right in the mix on form terms also once her sex and weight allowance are taken into account. Tamfana will also be a filly to follow in her 4-year-old campaign.” The post Tamfana Moves Timeform Rating Up To 121 After Sun Chariot Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Amo Racing purchased their second seven-figure lot of the afternoon at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday when going to 2,500,000gns for Staffordstown's Frankel (GB) full-sister to Alpinista (GB), who counted the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe among her six Group 1 victories. Evangelos Marinakis, the owner of Nottingham Forest football club, has been standing alongside Amo's Kia Joorabchian all day. Lot 72 is out of the Listed-winning mare Alwilda (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) which also makes her a half-sister to the Listed winner Alpenblume (GB) (Kendargent {Fr}). The filly's granddam is the champion and Group 1 winner Albanova (GB) (Alzao), herself the dam of four Group/Listed winners, one of which, All At Sea (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), foaled G1 St Leger winner Eldar Eldarov (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Amo Racing have gone in again but this time it is for the full sister to Arc winner Alpinista. Another daughter of Frankel who is certainly leading the way at this year's sales. #TattsOctober pic.twitter.com/qhPGwHeFil — TDN (@theTDN) October 8, 2024 The post Full-Sister to Alpinista Sells to Amo Racing for 2,500,000gns 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

The seven-figure mark was breached in some style at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale on Tuesday as a filly by Frankel (GB) sold for 4,400,000gns to Amo Racing. Offered by breeders Newsells Park Stud, lot 68 is the second foal out of the G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes winner Aljazzi (GB) (Shamardal) who won five of her 16 starts for Marco Botti, with her other victories including the G3 Atalanta Stakes. She in turn is a daughter of the Listed-winning Danehill Dancer (Ire) mare Nouriya (GB). Evangelos Marinakis, the owner of Nottingham Forest football club, has been standing alongside Amo's Kia Joorabchian all day. We've broken into the millions at the #TattsOctober Book 1 Sale. Lot 68, a daughter of Frankel, was on a lot of people's shortlists including Mitsu Nakauchida who was the direct underbidder. She will wear the silks of Amo Racing next year. pic.twitter.com/8dOi6zQ3Sl — TDN (@theTDN) October 8, 2024 The post Amo Racing Secure Frankel Filly for 4,400,000gns 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

A winner of his last three races, Father Time is the latest trotter to be confirmed for THE ASCENT at Addington Raceway on Show Day. The Father Patrick three-year-old has been snapped up by Hope Racing (Greg and Nine Hope) who bought a slot in the $500,000 race. The Woodend-based couple have had enormous success, especially with trotters over the years, headlined by multiple Group 1 winners Muscle Mountain and Monbet. Trained by Kevin Townley and bred by Townley’s Tavistock Breeding Ltd, Father Time has had four wins in 15 starts including a more than four length victory at Addington last Thursday. Father Time joins the likes of Empire City, Keayang Zahara and Cyclone Zion W who have already been confirmed for THE ASCENT. The inaugural running of THE ASCENT (for the 3YO trotters) and THE VELOCITY (for the 3YO pacers) will be part of a new look Twilight Show Day meeting at Addington on Friday, November 15. View the full article

In-form trotter Mighty Logan has been the most significant mover in this week’s IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and Renwick Farms Dominion Trot rankings. The Robert and Jenna Dunn-trained son of Creatine secured his third win in four starts when taking out the Breckon Farms Handicap Trot at Addington last Thursday. He goes from 17th to 12th, and most importantly inside the 15-horse cut-off for the $400,000 Group 1 Dominion Trot at Addington Tuesday, November 12. Mr Love has also improved, up two places to 13th after finishing third in the same race while Castana has gone from 37th to 29 after his win at Alexandra Park last Friday. The top 11 remain the same from last week while in the rankings for the $1m IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup the top 26 places are unchanged. Further down the leaderboard Here’s Herbie has gone from 38th to 28th after his second behind Mighty Looee in Sunday’s Group 3 Lazarus Methven Cup while the third-placed Got You Covered goes from 33rd to 29th. The final rankings for both the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup and the Renwick Farms Dominion Trot will be released following the Kaikoura Cup meeting on Monday, November 4. View the Rankings here View the full article

Racing South Australia boss provides positive update on young jockey’s condition after she was injured at Gawler racecourse.View the full article

Mauritian takes a book of seven rides to Wednesday’s programme at the city circuit.View the full article