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WinStar Farm homebred Impulse Buy (f, 2, Speightstown–Jojo Warrior, by Pioneerof the Nile), a debut second behind her Rodolphe Brisset-trained stablemate Liam in the Dust (Liam's Map) at Ellis Park Aug. 11, graduated in style with a 'TDN Rising Star' performance at second asking at Keeneland Saturday. The 5-2 chance shot out to the front and sped through an opening quarter in :22.11. She traveled nicely around the far turn, kicked for home as the one to catch and dropped the hammer from there to win by an eye-catching 11 lengths. The final time for seven furlongs was 1:23.05. Impulse Buy becomes the 26th 'Rising Star' for the late leading sire Speightstown, who was euthanized late last year. Jojo Warrior had a colt by Nashville this year and was bred back to Americanrevolution. 3rd-Keeneland, $100,000, Msw, 10-5, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.05, ft, 11 lengths. IMPULSE BUY, f, 2, by Speightstown 1st Dam: Jojo Warrior (MGSW & GISP, $396,231), by Pioneerof the Nile 2nd Dam: Carson Jen, by Carson City 3rd Dam: Calamitous Jen, by Deputy Minister Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $73,580. . Click for the Equibase.com chart and VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. Click for the free Equineline.com catalog-style pedigree. O/B-WinStar Farm, LLC (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. (4) Impulse Buy and jockey @Tyler_Gaff much the best in the third at Keeneland. (8) Quantum Burst checks in second, (7) Bee Bluff takes third. pic.twitter.com/FKm6cQL1VW — Keeneland Racing (@keenelandracing) October 5, 2024 The post Speightstown’s Impulse Buy Romps to ‘Rising Star’ Honors at Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Continuing an important weekend as next month's Breeders' Cup World Championships rapidly approach, Keeneland's GI Juddmonte Spinster Stakes headlines Sunday's graded stakes action spanning from coast to coast. A 'Win and You're In' for the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff, the Spinster has six contenders signed on, including last season's champion older mare Idiomatic (Curlin), who draws the rail under regular pilot Florent Geroux. The winner of a trio of Grade I stakes in 2023–capped off by the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Santa Anita–the Juddmonte homebred has proven consistent at five, while showing a couple of chinks in the armor. An impressive 3 3/4-length winner in a sloppy renewal of Churchill's GI La Troienne Stakes May 3, the bay found Randomized (Nyquist) a head too good in the GI Ogden Phipps Stakes at Saratoga June 8. Earning a hard-fought win over Soul of an Angel (Atreides) in Monmouth's GIII Matchmaker Stakes July 20, the Brad Cox trainee again had to play second fiddle– this time to the closing Raging Sea (Curlin)–after enduring a contested early pace in the nine-furlong GI Personal Ensign Stakes at the Spa Aug. 23. The only other top-level winner in the field is Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners' Candied (Candy Ride {Arg}). Trained by Todd Pletcher, the 3-year-old is reunited with Luis Saez, who was aboard for her victory in last season's GI Alcibiades Stakes over this track. Fourth in the GI Ashland Stakes in April, the bay took Monmouth's Lady's Secret Stakes June 8 before finishing second to GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the July 20 GI CCA Oaks over nine furlongs. Favored in the 1 1/4-mile GI Alabama at the Spa Aug. 17, she finished a head second behind Power Squeeze (Union Rags). Also tabbed for fillies and mares, three and up, the Big A's GII Beldame Stakes is headed by returning Grade I winner Raging Sea, who is three for four this season, having also annexed the nine-furlong GII Shuvee Stakes at the Spa July 21 and the 1 1/16-mile GIII Doubledogdare at Keeneland in April. The Alpha Delta hombred will be ridden by her regular partner Flavien Prat. Several key juveniles races also highlight Sunday's graded action, led by the GII Miss Grillo Stakes, a 'Win and You're In' for the Breeders' Cup John Deere Juvenile Fillies Turf. Pushed back a week due to excessive rainfall, the 1 1/16-mile turf event features several of the continent's most recognizable trainers, headed by Chad Brown, who is represented by a trio here. Leading the fray is first out winners Lavender Disaster (Into Mischief), victorious at the Big A Sept. 15 and Marvelous Madison (Caravaggio), who closed from off the pace to score at the Spa Sept. 2. Brown also saddles Virgin Colada (More Than Ready), who took her Spa debut July 21 before finishing a close-up second as the favorite in the Aug. 28 P.G. Johnson Stakes. Trainer Mark Casse offers up a pair–D J Stables Shifty (Medaglia d'Oro) and Gary Barber's She's Got Will (War of Will). The former was a last-out winner of Woodbine's 6 1/2-furlong Catch a Glimpse Stakes Aug. 23, while the latter took her Aug. 15 bow at Saratoga before finishing third most recently in the Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Kentucky Downs Sept. 8. Also lining up off a last-out victory, Calumet Farm's Correto (English Channel), winner at Kentucky Downs Sept. 1 for trainer by Graham Motion and Lawrence Goichman's Scythian (Tiz the Law). Trained by Bill Mott, the New York bred took her route and turf debut at Saratoga Aug. 30. Also highlighting the supporting juvenile graded stakes action Sunday, Keeneland features the 1 1 1/16-mile GII Castle & Key Bourbon Stakes, while Belmont at the Big A hosts the six-furlong GIII Matron Stakes. On the West Coast, Santa Anita offers the Surfer Girl Stakes and the Zuma Beach Stakes, both contested over a mile on the turf course. The post Idiomatic Seeks Redemption on Sunday’s Tasty Graded Menu appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The scratching of morning-line favorite Legend of Time (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) deprived Saturday's GIII Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes of some of its luster, and CARSON'S RUN (c, 3, Cupid–Hot N Hectic, by Henny Hughes)–who was a strong winning chance Legend of Time or not–continued in his rich vein of form, rallying from sixth and last to lead home a 1-2 finish for the Christophe Clement stable over 'TDN Rising Star' Deterministic (Liam's Map). Favored at 3-2 when all was said and done, the $170,000 OBS April breezer was taken back to the tail of the field by the in-form Dylan Davis and raced a fraction keen into the stretch for the first time as a headstrong Yo Daddy (Yoshida {Jpn}) was asked for speed by Jose Lezcano and opened up passing under the wire with a circuit to travel. Positions remained largely unchanged down the backstretch as Yo Daddy continued to bowl along while better settled. Asked for his best with about 2 1/2 furlongs to race, Carson's Run was produced widest into the stretch, overtook El Rezeen (English Channel) and outbattled stablemate Deterministic to the line. Sales history: $35,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $67,000 Ylg '23 FTKJUL; $170,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 9-5-2-0. O-West Point Thoroughbreds & Steven Bouchey; B-Frankfort Park Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement. CARSON'S RUN gets it done in the Grade 3 Jockey Club Derby Invitational with @DavisJockey aboard for trainer @clementstable and owners @westpointtbred & @StevenBouchey! pic.twitter.com/4uXPc3Vw06 — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 5, 2024 Saturday, Belmont The Big A JOCKEY CLUB DERBY INVITATIONAL S.-GIII, $500,000, Belmont The Big A, 10-5, 3yo, 1 3/8mT, 2:14.22, fm. 1–CARSON'S RUN, 122, c, 3, by Cupid 1st Dam: Hot N Hectic, by Henny Hughes 2nd Dam: Wicked Wish, by Gold Case 3rd Dam: Holy Wish, by Lord At War (Arg) ($35,000 Ylg '22 KEEJAN; $67,000 Ylg '22 FTKJUL; $170,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR). O-West Point Thoroughbreds and Steven Bouchey; B-Frankfort Park Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-Dylan Davis. $275,000. Lifetime Record: MGISW, 9-5-2-0, $1,574,629. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Deterministic, 122, c, 3, Liam's Map–Giulio's Jewel, by Speightstown. 'TDN Rising Star'. ($625,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP). O-St. Elias Stable, Ken Langone, C. Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Christophe Clement. $100,000. 3–El Rezeen, 122, c, 3, English Channel–Karama, by Kitten's Joy. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O/B-Shadwell Farm, LLC (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher. $60,000. Margins: 3/4, HD, 1. Odds: 1.50, 3.00, 2.55. Also Ran: Dashman, Desvio, Yo Daddy. Scratched: Legend of Time (GB). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Carson’s Run Outsprints Deterministic In Jockey Club Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Arqana Arc Sale saw a third seven-figure lot on the evening and a new top lot when Saturday's G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein hero Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) went the way of Lion Rock Bloodstock for €1.5 million at Saint-Cloud. Consigned by Christopher Head, the bay son of Raushan (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) (lot 41) and half-brother to G3 Hoppings Stakes second Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) is a homebred for Nurlan Bizakov's Sumbe. Besides the Daniel Wildenstein, Ramadan has also accrued victories in the G3 Prix Daphnis, G3 Prix de Fontainebleau and Listed Prix Omnium II throughout the year. Winner of the Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr.2) at @paris_longchamp this afternoon, RAMADAN (lot 4️⃣1️⃣) was purchased for €1,500,000 by Lion Rock Bloodstock from @CHeadRacing at #TheArcSale tonight. pic.twitter.com/2vetIHcnvf — ARQANA (@InfoArqana) October 5, 2024 The post New Arqana Arc Topper, As Lion Rock Bloodstock Strikes For Le Havre’s Ramadan For €1.5 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tamfana denied champion Inspiral her second straight Sun Chariot Stakes (G1) win in the Oct. 5 group 1 at Newmarket. View the full article

Just four lots after the €1.4-million sale of G1 German Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) at the Arqana Arc Sale, the Aga Khan Studs' Zarir (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) stepped into the Saint-Cloud ring. Offered by his breeder, lot 38 caught the eye of Paulins Racing to the tune of €1.3 million. From the same female family as Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), the 4-year-old gelding has been placed in the G1 Prix Ganay, G3 La Coupe and G2 Prix Foy this season. He has been entered in the G2 Bahrain International Trophy in mid-November. The post Paulins Racing Acquires Group 1-Placed Zarir For €1.3 Million At The Arc Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Always a boutique affaire, Arqana's Arc Sale was just over halfway through when Highflyer Bloodstock signed the ticket at €1.4 million for G1 Deutsches Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) (lot 34). Part of the OH Consignment, the 3-year-old son of stakes winner and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio second Path Wind (Fr) (Anabaa) is a half-brother to Panjari (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), a stakes winner in both France and Germany. Bred by Gestut Fahrhof, Palladium originally made €80,000 as a BBAG September yearling on the bid of Liberty Racing. He holds an entry in the G2 Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Milan next weekend. The post Highflyer Bloodstock Gives €1.4 Million For German Derby Winner Palladium At Arqana Arc Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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Kyprios underlined his domination of the European staying scene with a second Prix du Cadran (G1) success Oct. 5 to become Aidan O'Brien's first trainee on the flat to win eight times at group 1 level.View the full article

KatieRich Stables LLC's May Day Ready (Tapit), who proved narrowly best in a three-way photo in Friday's 'Win and You're In' GII Jessamine Stakes at Keeneland, will return to the Belmont Park base of trainer Joe Lee to prepare for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. “I guess we will go back to New York; she trains well over that track,” Lee said. “Probably ship in the next few days. She lost the right front shoe, so we are going to take a good look at it here. She seems fine–the shoe came off cleanly. Not sure when it happened.” Lee said he hopes he can find the missing shoe as a keepsake. “I know my kids would want a set of four instead of three,” he joked. Lee trains fewer than 10 horses out of his barn at Belmont and has a long history of galloping and assisting with top-class gallopers. After working for D. Wayne Lukas for a time, Lee in 1993 began a long association with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum with several trainers, including Kiaran McLaughlin. Lee, his wife Susie and his four children celebrated Friday's victory at Don Jockey restaurant in nearby Midway, Kentucky, with KatieRich principles Larry and Karen Doyle. Doyle also brought the traditional box of donuts to the barn Saturday morning. May Day Ready is now perfect in three starts, having won her maiden at first asking at Saratoga Aug. 4 and the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies' Stakes on Sept. 8. The post May Day Ready To Prep For Breeders’ Cup In New York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

There was a time when projecting the winner of the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was simple. Just look for the Andre Fabre-trained colt perfectly tuned for the ParisLongchamp monument and voila. Times change, of course, and the master of Chantilly no longer enjoys the same dominion over the great race he conquered on five occasions between his inaugural victory with Trempolino in 1987 and Sagamix (Fr) in 1998. Just a trio have managed to extend that tally subsequently, which interestingly features only two older horses. This year, he enjoys the perfect scenario with an elite 3-year-old colt in the form of Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who has steadily morphed into an ideal candidate for this autumnal overture. Those who witnessed his heavy defeat at the hands of the filly War Chimes (Fr) (Summer Front) as a fledgling in Chantilly's Listed Prix Isonomy would not have predicted he would be heading to post as near-favourite for the Arc, but this is a cast-in-stone mile-and-a-half specialist who has needed time and distance to thrive. Third behind Look De Vega (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) when looking to find the 10 1/2-furlong trip of the G1 Prix du Jockey Club too sharp in June, the Wertheimer homebred came into his own when overpowering his peers in the course-and-distance G1 Grand Prix de Paris and G2 Prix Niel. The former saw him close out the last three furlongs of this track in 33.66, which he didn't need to repeat in this race's traditional 3-year-old prep three weeks ago. While she was racing beyond her optimum, the Grand Prix de Paris third Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) did her bit for the form in the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday. Alain and Gerard Wertheimer understand the significance of this event, a qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf next month, more than most and with the sharp filly Aventure (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in as able understudy, 2024 is a big year for the operation. “Not all horses are used to Longchamp, but he knows the track and it is definitely a plus for him,” their racing manager Pierre-Yves Bureau said. “In my mind he [Sosie] is the best 3-year-old French colt at this distance at the moment, so it will be very interesting to see if he can be competitive and be the best on Sunday. He's being called one of the favourites, but in my mind five or six horses could be favourite.” LA Dreaming… Where Fabre was once the undisputed King of Europe, Aidan O'Brien now holds that unofficial title but this ultimate prize has been hard to conquer even though he saddled a remarkable one-two-three in 2016. In many ways, Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) fits the “Fabre mould” as an already high-class 3-year-old colt seemingly honed for the demands of this race. After an effort in the Derby that can be upgraded, he appeared to coast through a G1 Irish Derby and a G2 Great Voltigeur under a maximum penalty before putting up an eye-catching display over a trip short of his best in the G1 Irish Champion Stakes. “We've yet to see the best of him,” warned Aidan O'Brien, who enjoyed such a stellar Saturday at the track. “He's a very big horse, is making progress and has a very imposing physique. The trip suits him perfectly. He acts well on right-handed courses and this has been the plan since his victory in the Irish Derby.” Worth A Second Look? Having lost his unbeaten record in the Niel, Al Shaqab Racing and Ballylinch Stud's G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero Look De Vega (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) faces the ultimate test of his stamina which is unproven beyond 10 1/2 furlongs. From the family of the fellow Chantilly Classic winners Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}) and Lawman (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), there is a genuine doubt as to whether he can stretch out sufficiently to prove a force to be reckoned with in this company. His tame finishing effort up the ligne droite here last time has been put down to being off his ideal racing weight, but equally it could hint at a fault line in his staying power. Defeat in the Niel is not the end, however, and his many supporters can take solace in the memory of both Peintre Celebre and Bago (Fr) (Nashwan) being overturned in it prior to making the leap forward the following month. “I think it's a wide-open race and it is nice to see he has a nice draw in eight which means Ronan [Thomas] will have options and will be able to see where the pace is early,” Al Shaqab's French racing consultant Rupert Pritchard-Gordon said. “The most important thing is Yann and Carlos are very pleased with him, I spoke to Yann a couple of days ago and he feels he has got the horse in a good place now and ready to do himself justice in the big one.” The Supporting Cast… Whether Shin Emperor (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) will end the long period of hurt for Japan in this race remains to be seen, but as a full-brother to the 2019 winner Sottsass (Fr) he has better pedigree credentials than many of his compatriots who have tried and failed before. His full-sibling was a 4-year-old when succeeding, having come up short a year previously and it could be that Susumu Fujita's big hope is a touch on the tender side encountering such fierce competition. That doesn't apply to Juddmonte's hardened filly Bluestocking (GB) (Camelot {GB}) and Baron Edouard De Rothschild's admirable Mqse De Sevigne (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), but where the former needs this trip and has an ideal draw the latter faces the double whammy of unproven stamina and the outside post. The grand talents in their different spheres Joseph O'Brien and Yutaka Take covet a first Arc and there is more than an outside chance that it could come via the Japanese-owned G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin winner Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). He still has untapped potential despite being towards the end of his 4-year-old career and has been specifically targeted at this even before his gallant second to City Of Troy (Justify) in the G1 Eclipse. Coolmore's G3 Prix du Lys winner Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}) was even faster than Sosie when finishing the Grand Prix de Paris in :33.57 and has the look of a colt whose aim this has always been. He could thrive off a stronger pace which is also the case for Aventure whose finishing kick has to be employed at the precise moment, while Guy Pariente Holding and Qatar Racing Ltd's Irish Derby runner-up Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) is one of the live outsiders due to his blue-collar aptitude. Trainer David Menuisier thinks his temperament will take him a long way. “We've been mulling over with Guy Pariente whether to go for the Arc and it seems to be a case of now or never,” he explained. “The horse is flying at the moment, having been in good form all year so there's no reason not to go for it. He's had no luck this year and we're waiting for the day it will turn. He is one of the toughest horses that I've ever trained and he never stops giving of his best.” “We've learned to understand him better over time,” he added. “He can handle all types of ground, but the key with him is pace. He needs a strong pace and all the more so because he's endowed with genuine stamina.” The New Zarkava? Sunday's ParisLongchamp card opens with something potentially very special, as it did in 2007 when Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) first served notice of her supreme athleticism in the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac. So when her granddaughter Zarigana (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) lit up the G3 Prix d'Aumale over this course and mile trip last month it was inevitable that the Aga Khan homebred would spurn comparison with her esteemed ancestress in this “Win and You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. If Ballydoyle's fellow TDN Rising Star Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) is on her A-game, this renewal could be one of the very best in its history but her latest performance in the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes suggests she is in danger of going the wrong way having looked such a world-beater in the Listed Chesham Stakes. Francis-Henri Graffard is hoping that Zarigana can extend the stable's year-long purple patch. “She is very well, everything has gone smoothly and we're looking forward to Sunday,” he said. “She won nicely in her two races and it's big step up in class now, hopefully she can show she is competitive against group 1 fillies. She won on soft ground the other day so we're not worried about that, she's a good-looking, well-bred filly with a lot of talent.” Aidan O'Brien said of Bedtime Story, “She just jumped smart and was then a little bit keen in the Moyglare and we think that was the reason for her little bit of a disappointing run.” He also has the progressive Moyglare third Exactly (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who has to reverse a narrow margin with Simmering (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) from that contest, and who will be forcing the pace from the outset as Ryan Moore tries to get Bedtime Story back on an even keel. The Gold Standard? John and Thady Gosden are convinced that Juddmonte's Field Of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) is capable of more than he showed when winning Sandown's G3 Solario Stakes in August and we may well find out in an ultra-competitive edition of the G1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere, a “Win and You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. Ballydoyle's G2 Futurity Stakes winner and G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes runner-up Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Manton Thoroughbreds' G2 Coventry Stakes winner and G1 Prix Morny runner-up Rashabar (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Al Shaqab Racing, Haras d'Etreham and Mustapha Bekhti's G3 Prix des Chenes winner Misunderstood (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}) are sure to test him and they are just three of the cast of classy colts lining up. “He's in good form and he's a very promising colt,” Juddmonte's European racing manager Barry Mahon said of Field Of Gold. “I thought he did it very well in the Solario and the form of the race seems to be working out with Royal Playwright running so well in the Royal Lodge. John and Thady seem happy with him and it is all systems go.” Sam Sangster said of Rashabar, “I kind of felt that if the draw had been a little less biased towards the winner then we would have been a lot closer in the Morny. He's out of a Camelot mare and after looking at his pedigree and chatting to Billy [Loughnane] and Sean [Levey], neither were concerned about whatever the ground was going to turn up like on Sunday. We're coming into the race with a lot of confidence and he is working very well and whatever he does this weekend, he has a really big future next year ahead of him.” The Fast And The Furious… Hard-luck stories are familiar in the five-furlong G1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines, so it is fortunate for Victorious Racing's Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) that he has such an uncomplicated style drawn out from the rail in nine. Better than ever after his serious injury when taking the G1 Nunthorpe Stakes and G1 Flying Five, the Archie Watson-trained TDN Rising Star may only have to repeat his defeats of compatriot Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) to bring up a significant treble. “It would have been better to have been two or three closer to the rail, but there are no excuses,” Victorious Racing's racing manager Oliver St Lawrence said of this qualifier for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. “Him and Believing have emerged as the top two around, the only other is Lazzat who won the Maurice de Gheest and he's heading for the Golden Eagle in Australia, I believe. Hopefully all will be revealed and the rain stays away. I think next year will depend on how he runs over the next short while, but I think he will probably retire. Archie and the team have done an amazing job to get him back and it is testament to the horse himself.” New Territory For Fallen Angel… Of those engaged in the G1 Prix de l'Opera Longines, Wathnan Racing's Fallen Angel (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) is one who may have the most upside if the move to a mile and a quarter suits as much as connections believe. Having done all her best work overseas, the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas and G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes winner was no match for the crack miler Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio) in Leopardstown's G1 Matron Stakes last month, prompting this change in ploy. “Going up in trip is going to be the big question, but everyone in the team feels that will really suit her,” Wathnan's racing adviser Richard Brown said. “It was a great comeback run in the Matron and we were delighted with that having been off a fair while and we're looking forward to seeing her up in trip. The ground will be on the soft side and she will enjoy that. James [Doyle] said you can do what you want with her, put her where you want in a race, she's just a complete pro and that is going to stand her in good stead for a big day.” Interestingly, Ryan Moore has opted to ride the Matron fourth Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}) over the G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Content (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), whose main priority is the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, with the Opera a “Win and You're In” for the Del Mar feature. The G1 Fillies' Mile winner has yet to truly fire this season, but may be a fresher filly than the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) who went to the energy-sapping G1 Prix Vermeille last month. George Strawbridge's G2 Prix Alec Head and G3 Valiant Stakes winner Friendly Soul (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is in deeper waters, but as a half-sister to the 2014 Opera heroine We Are (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) she has the pedigree to fit. Can Kinross Do It Again? Successful in the 2022 G1 Qatar Prix de la Foret, Marc Chan's Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}) returns with an ideal low draw in a swollen edition taken on by the likes of Godolphin's G1 Prix du Moulin hero Tribalist (GB) (Farhh {GB}) and Yeguada Centurion's 2023 G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes hero Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}). With so many runners, the Ralph Beckett-trained stalwart should be able to tuck in and conserve energy and wait for the gaps to appear in the straight, which is his style. Christopher Head puts Ramatuelle (Justify) back into action off a lengthy break having failed to truly stay the mile of the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot and this seven-furlong trip could prove to be her forte. “Ramatuelle is really nice and she's had a lot of advantage missing the summer, it's really done her well,” he said. “She is really doing her job every morning and I am really happy with her. She is still as good as she was at the beginning of the season.” The post Will It Be Arc Number Nine For Fabre? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Iraj Parvizi's Arqana October graduate Jayarebe (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}–Alakhana {Fr}, by Dalakhani {Ire}), who annexed Royal Ascot's Hampton Court Stakes in his penultimate start, was rewarded for his consistency with a pillar-to-post triumph in Saturday's G2 Qatar Prix Dollar at ParisLongchamp. The April-foaled bay, a last-out second to subsequent G1 Irish Champion Stakes victor Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) in Deauville's Aug. 15 G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, was let go as the 29-10 second choice and broke well to seize an immediate advantage here. Untroubled on the lead until bustled along when threatened at the top of the straight, he came under stern urging inside the final quarter-mile and was driven out to just hold the late rattle of Almaqam (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) by a head. The pair were four lengths clear of the remainder, headed by Birr Castle (Fr) (Cloth Of Stars {Ire}). Pedigree Notes Jayarebe is the fourth of six foals and one of three scorers from as many runners produced by Listed Prix Joubert victrix and G3 Grand Prix des Provinces third Alakhana (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), herself the leading performer out of Listed Henkel Trial third Dubai (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Dubai, in turn, is a half-sister to G2 Preis des Bankhaus Salem Oppenheim winner Denaro (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}), G3 Dr Busch-Memorial victor Davidoff (Ger) (Montjeu {Ire}) and multiple Group-placed Listed Mulheim Derby Trial winner Duellant (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}). The April-foaled bay, whose third dam is stakes-winning G2 German 1000 Guineas runner-up Dapprima (Ger) (Shareef Dancer), is kin to the unraced 2-year-old colt Persian Warrior (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}) and a yearling colt by Victor Ludorum (GB). Qatar Prix Dollar @paris_longchamp #Arc Longchamp – Groupe 2 – 3 ans et plus – 1950m – 7 Pts – Souple (3.6) – 200 000 € Jayarebe (Fr) Sean Levey @LeveySean (Zoffany (Ire) – Alakhana (Fr) par Dalakhani (Ire)) Brian-J. Meehan… pic.twitter.com/CeESzAZrqA — French and International Horse Racing (@Vincenzo0612) October 5, 2024 Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France QATAR PRIX DOLLAR-G2, €200,000, ParisLongcamp, 10-5, 3yo/up, 9 3/4fT, 2:04.63, sf. 1–JAYAREBE (FR), 125, c, 3, by Zoffany (Ire) 1st Dam: Alakhana (Fr) (SW & GSP-Fr, $111,686), by Dalakhani (Ire) 2nd Dam: Dubai (Ire), by Galileo (Ire) 3rd Dam: Dapprima (Ger), by Shareef Dancer (€180,000 Ylg '22 ARQDOY). O-Iraj Parvizi; B-Oliver John Pawle (FR); T-Brian Meehan; J-Sean Levey. €114,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Eng, 7-4-1-1, €352,934. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Almaqam (GB), 125, c, 3, Lope De Vega (Ire)–Talmada, by Cape Cross (Ire). O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Godolphin; T-Ed Walker. €44,000. 3–Birr Castle (Fr), 128, c, 4, Cloth Of Stars (Ire)–Baki (Fr), by Turtle Bowl (Ire). (€170,000 Ylg '21 ARQOCT). O-Godolphin; B-Francois Rohaut (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €21,000. Margins: HD, 4, HD. Odds: 2.90, 14.00, 11.00. Also Ran: Calif (Ger), Anmaat (Ire), First Look (Ire), My Prospero (Ire). The post Zoffany’s Jayarebe Makes All for Prix Dollar Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coolmore and Westerberg's G3 Stanerra Stakes victrix Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}–Tepin, by Bernstein), who hit the board in last month's G2 Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster, made the necessary transition under an inspired ride from Christophe Soumillon to secure a career high in Saturday's G1 Qatar Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp. She became the fourth winner on the card for a dominant Aidan O'Brien. Employing patiently tactics and settled off the tempo for most of this 14-furlong marathon, the 207-10 chance made relenteless headway out wide in the straight to join the front rank with 100 metres and had enough left in the tank to outlast River Of Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) by 3/4-of-a-length. Grateful (C.Soumillon – A.O'Brien) remporte le #Qatar Prix de Royallieu (Gr.1) ! Le jockey n'avait plus gagné un Groupe 1 à ParisLongchamp depuis le 14 mai 2023 (Prix Saint-Alary avec Jannah Rose) C'est un coup de 4⃣ pour Aidan O'Brien (@Ballydoyle) pic.twitter.com/M88CqS38WH — Equidia (@equidia) October 5, 2024 Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France QATAR PRIX DE ROYALLIEU-G1, €300,000, ParisLongcamp, 10-5, 3yo/up, f/m, 14fT, 3:03.43, sf. 1–GRATEFUL (IRE), 123, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Tepin (MGISW-US, GISW-Can & G1SW-Eng, $4,437,918), by Bernstein 2nd Dam: Life Happened, by Stravinsky 3rd Dam: Round It Off, by Apalachee 1ST GROUP 1 WIN. O-Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Westerberg; B-Tepin Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Christophe Soumillon. €171,420. Lifetime Record: GSW-Ire & GSP-Eng, 7-3-0-1, €249,177. *1/2 to Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), GSP-Ire. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–River Of Stars (Ire), 130, m, 5, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Amazone (Ger), by Adlerflug (Ger). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. (400,000gns Wlg '19 TATFOA). O-Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Dr Klaus Schulte (IRE); T-Ralph Beckett. €68,580. 3–Mistral Star (GB), 130, f, 4, Frankel (GB)–Shirocco Star (GB), by Shirocco (Ger). 1ST GROUP 1 BLACK TYPE. O-Helena Springfield Ltd; B-Meon Valley Stud (GB); T-Hughie Morrison. €34,290. Margins: 3/4, HF, NK. Odds: 20.70, 17.00, 6.90. Also Ran: Thunder Roll (Ire), Rouge Sellier (Ire), Sea Theme (Ire), Term Of Endearment (GB), One Evening (GB), Ottery (GB), Caius Chorister (Fr), Lily Hart (Ire), Amneris (Ire), Mosaique (Fr), War Of Dance (Ire), Port Fairy (Ire). Scratched: Rue Boissonade (Fr). The post Grateful Becomes Galileo’s 103rd Group 1 Winner in the Royallieu appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Providing the perfect follow-up for the reintroduction of his half-sister Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) in the feature G1 Sun Chariot Stakes, Imad Al Sagar's newcomer Nebras (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}–Princess Loulou {Ire}, by Pivotal {GB}) lit up Newmarket's Saturday card by becoming his sire's 45th TDN Rising Star in the mile maiden. Purchased for 725,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1, the John and Thady Gosden-trained chestnut was switched off in rear early by Hollie Doyle whose body language spoke volumes preparing for the downhill slide into the dip. Picking up with an impressive flourish towards the far side, the 100-30 shot was in front a furlong out and only needed to be kept up to his work to secure a cosy half-length verdict over the experienced Wild Nature (GB) (Kingman {GB}), with the Shadwell newcomer Nakeeb (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) three lengths behind in third. “That was a taking performance,” Doyle said. “He could have won that in the paddock. He went to sleep early and then really surprised me how quickly he put the race to bed. He has a great mind, but is big and raw and burly.” The post Nashwa’s Half-Brother Nebras A 45th TDN Rising Star For Dubawi appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nurlan Bizakov's G3 Prix de Fontainebleau and G3 Prix Daphnis victor Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}–Raushan {Ire}, by Dalakhani {Ire}), who trailed all six rivals home in last month's G1 Prix du Moulin, bounced back to form in style with a determined win in Saturday's G2 Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein at ParisLongchamp. The 68-5 chance was positioned within range of the leaders in fourth through halfway in this one-mile test. Making headway once into the home straight, he inched ahead of Alcantor (Fr) (New Bay {GB}) with 300 metres remaining and was ridden out to hold the late bid of Andromede (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) by an ultimately snug 3/4-of-a-length for a career high. 'TDN Rising Star' Alcantor kept on well once headed to finish the same margin adrift in third. Pedigree Notes Ramadan is the sixth of seven foals and one of two scorers out of a winning full-sister to G1 Pretty Polly Stakes heroine Chinese White (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) and G3 Royal Whip Stakes third Highly Toxic (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}). The March-foaled homebred bay is kin to Listed Fleur de Lys Stakes victrix and G3 Hoppings Stakes runner-up Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) and the unraced 2-year-old filly Raouza (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}). His G3 Blandford Stakes-winning second dam Chiang Mai (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) is a half-sister to G1 Prix de Diane-winning matriarch Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}). #Qatar @Q_REC Prix Daniel Wildenstein (Gr2, 3ans et +, 1600m) #parislongchamp @Longines Ramadan (Le Havre) @HeadRacing1 renoue avec la victoire au prix d'une belle accélération. Andromède (Sea The Stars) termine bien pour s'assurer la deuxième place devant un tenace Alcantor… pic.twitter.com/HF4mTPu58L — France Galop (@francegalop) October 5, 2024 Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France QATAR PRIX DANIEL WILDENSTEIN-G2, €200,000, ParisLongcamp, 10-5, 3yo/up, 8fT, 1:39.52, sf. 1–RAMADAN (FR), 125, c, 3, by Le Havre (Ire) 1st Dam: Raushan (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire) 2nd Dam: Chiang Mai (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 3rd Dam: Eljazzi (Ire), by Artaius O-Nurlan Bizakov; B-Sumbe (FR); T-Christopher Head; J-Aurelien Lemaitre. €114,000. Lifetime Record: 10-5-0-0, €272,365. *1/2 to Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}), SW & GSP-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Andromede (Fr), 125, m, 5, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Honor Bound (GB), by Authorized (Ire). O-Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani; B-Al Shahania Stud (FR); T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €44,000. 3–Alcantor (Fr), 125, c, 3, New Bay (GB)–Bianca De Medici (GB), by Medicean (GB). TDN Rising Star. (€180,000 Wlg '21 ARQDEC). O-Baron Edouard de Rothschild; B-SCEA du Grand Chene (FR); T-Andre Fabre. €21,000. Margins: 3/4, 3/4, 1. Odds: 13.60, 10.00, 3.70. Also Ran: Marhaba Ya Sanafi (Ire), Caramelito (Fr), Babakool (GB), Make Me King (Fr), Cicero's Gift (GB), Mountain Song (Ire), Penalty (Ger), Glady Tiger (Ger). The post Nurlan Bizakov’s Ramadan Bounces Back to Form in the Daniel Wildenstein appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

LEXINGTON, KY–International owner and breeder Bobby Flay has re-purchased his homebred Breeders' Cup champion Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus})-White Hot {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) from Resolute Bloodstock's John Stewart. Flay and Stewart finalized the private sale of Pizza Bianca and her first foal by Into Mischief on Saturday morning at Resolute Farm. Pizza Bianca claimed the 2021 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Also a stakes winner at three, she was offered at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars Sale, but Flay ultimately decided to retain her. She made one start at four before she retired and was bred to Into Mischief. At last year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, she sold for $3 million to John Stewart. Pizza Bianca's Into Mischief filly arrived on April 8 at Resolute Farm and the mare was bred back to Justify. Flay said the conversation about potentially buying back his star homebred started earlier this year at the Keeneland September Sale. Flay greets Pizza Bianca at Resolute Farm | Katie Petrunyak “I certainly had some seller's remorse after I sold her in terms of just emotionally, you don't breed Breeders' Cup winners every single day,” he explained. “I'd been thinking about Pizza Bianca for the past year and then when John said that he might be interested in selling her back to me, I started having conversations with him.” Flay acquired Pizza Bianca's dam White Hot for 1,250,000 guineas at the 2014 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. The daughter of Galileo is out of Gwynn (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), also the dam of 2011 Epsom Derby winner Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and other graded stakes winners. While White Hot never raced, her first foal was Pizza Bianca. At last year's Keeneland November Sale, Flay sold White Hot to BBA Ireland for $2.1 million. Also at last year's fall breeding stock sales, he sold many of his other top broodmares like graded stakes winner and producer Dame Dorothy (Bernardini); Veronique (Mizzen Mast), the dam of stakes winner and sire Nashville (Speightstown); and Ruby Lips (Hard Spun), the dam of MGSWs Lone Rock (Majestic Warrior) and Gerrymander (Into Mischief), sparking rumors that the celebrity chef and restaurateur was getting out of the horse business. Flay acknowledged that he did take a temporary step back from racing in 2023, but was quick to note that he was still active as an owner and breeder both in the U.S. and abroad. “I was in a place in my horse business life where I wasn't sure what I was going to do in terms of the future,” Flay explained. “I wanted to take a pause in racing in the U.S. because I wanted to see how the industry was going to react to some of the not-so-great news and events that we had. I have to say that the industry, with HISA at the helm, has done a lot of great work in a very short period of time. As somebody who cares about the horses first and foremost, I want to have the confidence that we're doing everything we can to ensure the best possible results that we can get. Nothing is 100% and never will be, but I want everybody on the same page.” Flay said that he did not know Stewart prior to their conversations surrounding Pizza Bianca. Flay and Pizza Bianca's Into Mischief filly | Katie Petrunyak “I don't know what his business plan is in terms of the horse business–obviously he's making a lot of noise buying all kinds of horses– but my sense of it is that his desire to sell her back to me is not all business. It's more like a 'I think Bobby should have her' kind of thing and I really appreciate that. From where I sit, I feel like he thinks it's a good thing to do for everybody involved.” Prior to Saturday's sale of an undisclosed sum, Pizza Bianca was slated to go through the ring at Fasig-Tipton's upcoming Night of the Stars Sale on Nov. 4. “I can totally understand Bobby's point of view,” said John Stewart. “She was a Breeders' Cup winner for him and you sell them and get a good price but then you're having reservations, especially when the foals come out looking like this. So when we were approached about this opportunity I thought this was the right thing to do at the end of the day. I'd want someone to do that for me if I made that decision. It was the right thing to do.” Flay said that Pizza Bianca's Into Mischief filly will likely join his racing stable in the future. “In my conventional business model, which there is really no such thing when it comes to this business but especially with these big pedigrees that I own, it's to sell the colts and race the fillies,” he said. “If you ask me today what I'm going to do with the Into Mischief, it's to race her. It's the first foal and she's beautiful. If she does something good, she could really solidify the mare's place in the world.” The post Bobby Flay Purchases Pizza Bianca from Resolute Bloodstock appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Atoning for a luckless defeat in the G1 1,000 Guineas, Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}–Tres Magnifique {Fr}, by (Zoffany {Ire}) returned to Newmarket's Rowley Mile to conquer a strong renewal of the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes on Saturday. Tried over different trips by David Menuisier following that Classic effort, she had proven that this trip is what she needs when winning Sandown's G3 Atalanta Stakes in August and faced an easier task from the break as Inspiral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) again surrendered ground. Positioned close to the leader by Colin Keane, the 2-1 favourite had total control three out and despite the effort of Cheveley Park Stud's stellar homebred was never going to surrender her advantage. At the line, she had two lengths to spare over Inspiral, with a further length to See The Fire (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in third. Tamfana triumphs in the @VirginBet Sun Chariot Stakes! The three-year-old gets her deserved Group 1 breakthrough under @ctkjockey on a red-letter day for @DavidMenuisier @NewmarketRace pic.twitter.com/K60VbHTquP — Racing TV (@RacingTV) October 5, 2024 The post Tamfana Strikes In The Sun Chariot appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars MAJESTIC EXPRESS - R5 (2) Big run last start and can break through stepping up to 1,200m Jay Rooney DIVANO - R9 (5) Showed plenty last season and has trialled up well ahead of his return Jack Dawling SOLID WIN - R6 (5) Improving youngster looks poised to go one better than last start Phillip Woo METRO WARRIOR - R4 (1) Has had two pleasing runs and can salute in a depthless race Shannon (Vincent Wong) SUPER CHARIZZARD - R2 (5) Raced well last start and can deliver the goods down in grade here Racing Post Online SKY TRUST - R8 (5) Trialled well in Conghua with Hugh Bowman aboard and should win today Tom Wood LUCKY EIGHT - R5 (1) Looks to have trialled well for this run down in grade and goes well freshView the full article

“This business is a great leveller,” says Emma Banks, who is preparing for the sales debut of the first foal of her star mare Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) at Tattersalls next week. The Dubawi (Ire) colt is being consigned by Fittocks Stud, where he was born, and is lot 242 on Wednesday. “It's getting nerve-wracking. He's going to be the second horse I've sold this year. I had a yearling in the Somerville Sale, which didn't sell. I'd have happily raced him but Tim Easterby bought him outside the ring for 1,000gns, which is great because Tim will do a great job and if there's any racehorse in there, he will find it. But [selling for] 1,000gns ends up with you being sent £82 by Tattersalls. So all hope rests on Lady Bowthorpe and, really, he's a nice yearling.” She adds, “But they're horses, aren't they? And you can't wrap them in cotton wool, and they're in a field with their mates for the first 18 months of their lives, and something might happen, and that's what you have to accept. And I think I'm quite good at accepting stuff. It'll happen or it won't happen.” So far, in Banks's association with the eight-year-old Lady Bowthorpe, much has happened. The winner of five of her races, three at group level, the mare brought the house down at Goodwood when winning the Nassau Stakes – an emotional final Group 1 winner for popular Newmarket trainer William Jarvis. “She wasn't the easiest as a racehorse,” Banks recalls. “She was obviously really good, but she was tricky and had her own way about her, and was a terrible traveller. William did a brilliant job getting out of her what he did, and Claire, who always looked after her – I sound like Aidan O'Brien – but Claire looked after her for so long and had such a bond with her.” Banks now has five broodmares, including the dual Listed-winning sprinter Mrs Gallagher (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and two for National Hunt. Both Lady Bowthorpe and Mrs Gallagher were bought for her at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by former trainer James Toller. Banks continues, “I've always wanted to breed and I figured out, for me, I need to breed from the best horses, because when you're boarding them as well, it's too expensive and it doesn't work. The first filly that I bought as a yearling was Mrs Gallagher. So she's very current now. I called her Mrs Gallagher because I got obsessed with Mrs Danvers who was the season before, and she was by Oasis Dream, so that's where the Gallagher thing came from.” The reference to the Oasis reunion of the Gallagher brothers is of course a telltale sign of Banks's day job as one of the most powerful agents in the music business. The co-head of global touring at the Creative Artists Agency, she draws parallels with that business and the imbalance in returns to racehorse owners. “I look at the music business because, while they're very different, they're actually really similar, to me,” she says. “My clients are the musicians, the bands, and I'm here to plot and plan with them and their teams a career strategy for them, which is what I think I do with my trainers for my horses. “Nobody goes to Wembley Arena or Wembley Stadium or the Shepherd's Bush Empire or wherever, if there's no one playing there. So why are people going? They're going because of the musicians, the actors or the opera singers that are performing. So the right way to look at it is that if there is money coming in, they should get most of the money, because otherwise, like Maine Road, Old Trafford, they're empty if footballers aren't playing. People complain about how much footballers earn, but they generate so much money, and people go because they want to see Ronaldo. In the same way, people went to Southwell to see City Of Troy do a gallop. If ever there was proof that if you have horses that have become celebrities, people go, that was it. That was a very special moment. I went to see Enable run at Kempton in the September Stakes. I didn't go because I wanted to go racing. I was obsessed with Enable.” She continues, “I sometimes wonder whether the owners get enough good stuff, given that, if there aren't any horses, there's nothing else. The racecourses can go whistle if there are no horses. The bookmakers, they might say they don't really care about horseracing any more, but of course they do. “So, to me, there has to be a bit of an acceptance that without the horses, there isn't Newmarket, there isn't ARC [Arena Racing Company], there isn't any of this stuff. I struggle with that a little bit. The way that the music business works is that, if Shepherd's Bush Empire is the equivalent to a racecourse, Shepherd's Bush Empire get paid a fee for their facility. And you take that and any other costs off the net income, and then the artist gets probably 85% or 90% of the money, because they're the ones that have earned the money, and everyone that's putting it together gets less money than that. That's not how racing works. I've only been doing this 10 years, so I'm still an amateur, but to me, it's a very interesting thing that the feeling is apparently that owners don't deserve as much of the money. “I'm not trying to be particularly tricky about it, but I just think that we've lost who's putting what into this and the balance is wrong. No racecourse would invest as much as an owner does for no return. They are service providers, [owners] are talent providers. Talent should earn more than service.” As regards her own breeding operation, Banks is building a promising base of talent with her stakes-winning daughters of Nathaniel and Oasis Dream. She is also selling a Pinatubo (Ire) filly out of Mrs Gallagher through New England Stud in Book 2. “Mrs Gallagher was my first filly. I bought two fillies that year, the other one wasn't quite so good, but Mrs G did great,” she says. “And so when it came to retiring her, I had decided that I wanted to breed, and I thought to myself that it's rare you get a horse as good as this. So that's where it started, and I sent her back to New England Stud, where she'd come from.” No sooner had Mrs Gallagher departed for stud than Lady Bowthorpe, who missed her two-year-old season with a fracture, started to hint that she might be decent by winning a novice race at Lingfield. Far better was to come however, namely the G3 Valiant Stakes during her four-year-old season, and the G2 Dahlia and G1 Nassau Stakes at five, as well as finishing runner-up to Palace Pier (GB) in the G1 Lockinge and third in her swansong behind Baaeed (GB) in the G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Qipco British Champions Day. And in the breeding equivalent of excellence, at least in the early days of a broodmare's career, she has delivered Banks two consecutive colts by Dubawi. “She's in foal to Too Darn Hot with another colt,” says Banks, who admits that she is eager to keep a filly from the mare. Lady Bowthorpe lives alongside her own dam Maglietta Fina (Ire) (Verglas {Ire}), a long-term resident at Fittocks for her owners Paolo and Emma Agostini of Scuderia Archi Romani, who bred Lady Bowthorpe and her multiple group-winning half-brother Speak In Colours (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}). “I love listening to people like Kirsten Rausing talking,” she continues. “She's put so much time and money and effort into it, and the fact that you can have families that go back three, four, five generations – I find it fascinating, and I'm still learning so much. I learned so much from talking to Peter Stanley and Luca and Sara Cumani, and I'm really lucky to have all those people in my life that are so kind and give me info and advice and opinions, which most of the time I take, because I know what I know and I know what I don't know.” Though Banks is a relative newcomer to Thoroughbred breeding, horses have been a theme of her life since her early years, and she often races in partnership with her father, Richard. “My dad's now much more into horses than he was, but his father [Sidney] had bred, raced, trained for himself, and my uncle, dad's brother, Michael, was a steward, a Jockey Club member, chairman of Huntingdon, and bred a bit, raced, trained. So there have always been horses around,” she says. “I had ponies when I was growing up and loved it, and then when I got my job, that was sort of the end of it. Living in London and having a job where you're out late wasn't conducive to it.” Since buying her first horse, Lackaday (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), 10 years ago she says she soon got over the feeling that it was a bit flash to be a racehorse owner and realised that she “needed to have as many as I could possibly afford”. Banks adds, “I introduce as many of my friends to racing as possible, and there's the odd person that doesn't like it and that's fine. And there are probably more people that are uncomfortable about jump racing than Flat racing. But now I look at some of my counterparts who play golf and hold meetings at the golf course for eight hours. So I have been known to have meetings with my team at a racecourse. They love it. I'm very proud of [my involvement] and happy to share it with people. “I want to be able to race some that I've bred, because I think that's just the ultimate thrill. But I also do have to be realistic about selling. Emotionally, I'm obviously incredibly attached to Lady Bowthorpe, but you also have an obligation when you keep her to give her the very best chance. And the very best chance is the most expensive chance.” The mare's two assignations with Dubawi to date have not been on foal-share agreements, and after her first visit the Darley veteran's fee rose from £250,000 to £350,000. The stakes certainly remain high when retaining a Group 1 winner for broodmare duties. Banks says, “She went off to Fittocks and I was having the conversation in the kitchen, all enthusiastic, and saying, “What about this stallion?” And Luca is so good at just killing you with a look, in a brilliant, loving way. And he said, 'Well, no. She really has to go to Dubawi.' “So I'm £600,000 in, and it's a lot of money for anyone, but it's an investment in her future, it's investment in my future. And if it pays off, that will be brilliant. And I know that I will have done the very best I can for her.” From the lows of that early setback and a near miss in the G1 Falmouth Stakes, Lady Bowthorpe also played her part in giving her owner her most memorable days in racing. “When she came second to Palace Pier, that was one of my most special moments,” she recalls. “The fact that we were so far ahead of everyone else and no one had expected it, that was a really special day. “And then the Falmouth all went wrong for her but Goodwood was just incredible and so special. So special for William – his first Group 1 for so many years, and it was Kieran Shoemark's first Group 1. I still relive it all the time.” Banks adds, “And I really hope for whoever buys her colt that he's a great racehorse because I can't tell you how much I want her to have a legacy.” . The post Banks Bringing the Talent to Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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Ballydoyle's star stayer Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}–Polished Gem {Ire}, by Danehill) went unbeaten through six contests in 2022 and completed an exact replica of that campaign with a pillar-to-post triumph in Saturday's G1 Qatar Prix du Cadran at ParisLongchamp. That 2002 season included an extravagant win in this marathon event, but it was a more straightforward affair this time around. The 1-5 favourite, fresh off a second success in the G1 Irish St Leger, went straight to the front and sent an even tempo for the most part. Gearing up with three furlongs remaining, he was threatened by old foe Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) at the top of the straight and stayed on powerfully under continued urging inside the final quarter-mile to easily account for that rival by two lengths. The runner-up's fellow British challenger Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) stayed on to good effect and finished neck back in third. Pedigree Notes Kyprios is the latest of 10 foals, all winners, produced by dual Broodmare of the Year Polished Gem (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), herself out of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Trusted Partner (Affirmed). Trusted Partner is the third dam of this term's G2 Queen Mary victrix Leovanni (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}). Kyprios, one of his sire's 101 elite-level winners, is kin to seven stakes winners headed by dual G1 Irish St Leger heroine Search For A Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes-winning sire Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and G2 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes victrix Sapphire (Ire) (Medicean {GB}). Descendants of Polished Gem, a full-sister to GI Matriarch Stakes heroine Dress To Thrill (Ire), also include G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes hero Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). Kyprios's third dam, the GI Matron Stakes and GI Spinaway Stakes-winning US champion Talking Picture (Speak John), is the ancestress of G1 Grand Prix de Paris and G1 Sydney Cup hero Gallante (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}). Kyprios, le meilleur cheval “longues distances” d'Europe 8⃣ Groupes 1 Ascot Gold Cup 2022-2024 Goodwood Cup 2022-2024 Irish St Leger 2022-2024 Qatar Prix du Cadran 2022-2024 @Ballydoyle @aobrienfansite pic.twitter.com/pj0L55endV — Equidia (@equidia) October 5, 2024 Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France QATAR PRIX DU CADRAN-G1, €300,000, ParisLongcamp, 10-5, 4yo/up, 20fT, 4:25.36, sf. 1–KYPRIOS (IRE), 128, h, 6, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Polished Gem (Ire) (2x Broodmare Of The Year-Ire), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Trusted Partner, by Affirmed 3rd Dam: Talking Picture, by Speak John O-Moyglare/Magnier/Tabor/Smith/Westerberg; B-Moyglare Stud Farm Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €171,420. Lifetime Record: MG1SW-Eng & Ire, 18-14-2-0, €2,785,182. *Full to Search For A Song (Ire), MG1SW-Ire, SW & GSP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $1,086,486; Falcon Eight (Ire), GSW-Ire & SW-Eng, $392,764; Amma Grace (Ire), SW & GSP-Ire; and 1/2 to Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), G1SW-Eng, GSW & G1SP-Ire, $926,416; Sapphire (Ire) (Medicean {GB}), MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW-Eng, $518,947; Custom Cut (Ire) (Notnowcato {GB}), MGSW-Eng & Ire, $951,925; and Valac (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), GSW-Aus, $448,653. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Trueshan (Fr), 128, g, 8, Planteur (Ire)–Shao Line (Fr), by General Holme. (€8,000 Ylg '17 OSLATE; 31,000gns 2yo '18 TATHIT). O-Singula Partnership; B-Didier Blot (FR); T-Alan King. €68,580. 3–Coltrane (Ire), 128, g, 7, Mastercraftsman (Ire)–Promise Me (Ire), by Montjeu (Ire). (50,000gns Ylg '18 TATOCT). O-Mick & Janice Mariscotti; B-Rockfield Farm (IRE); T-Andrew Balding. €34,290. Margins: 2, NK, 9. Odds: 0.20, 6.50, 23.00. Also Ran: Miss Cynthia (GB), Double Major (Ire). The post Kyprios Makes All for Second Prix du Cadran Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Second choice Arte Veloce (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}) led home paternal half-brother Taisei Current (Jpn) (Maurice {Jpn}) en route to breaking his black-type duck in the G3 Saudi Arabia Royal Cup at Tokyo on Saturday. The Teruo Ono-raced colt was trying 1600 metres for the first time and remained unbeaten. A July 27 maiden winner over 1500 metres at Sapporo at first asking, Saturday's 5-2 shot was not hindered by the rain and was taken under a firm hold when too eager down the backstretch by pilot Naosuke Sugai. Shin Forever (Complexity) loped along on the front end while shadowed by Food Man (Kingman {GB}), and Meinter Ticket (Jpn) (Danon Ballade {Jpn}) and favoured Arlecchino (Jpn) (Bricks And Mortar) maintained a close watch on the leading pair on the bend. Switched to the outside for his bid, Arte Veloce was given his cue, and he began his trek toward the vanguard as the field entered the home straight. Sugai delivered an animated ride on his charge, and any one of five had a decent shot at the furlong grounds. The eventual winner kept gaining, eventually bursting past his rivals with five strides to spare and kept going to win by a length. It was a half-length between Taisei Current and Meiner Ticket in second and third. Pacesetter Shin Forever held on for fourth, another half-length back. Pedigree Notes Shadai Stallion Station resident Maurice now has 29 stakes winners and 20 group winners. Arte Veloce is his fifth stakes winner out of a Deep Impact (Jpn) mare after G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup heroine Geraldina (Jpn), and fellow group winners Divina (Jpn), Al Naseem (Jpn) and Rooks Nest (Jpn). The first foal out of Culminate (Jpn), the winner has a yearling half-brother by Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) and a half-sister by Poetic Flare (Ire) born this year. His granddam Cursora (Arg) (Candy Stripes) was a champion in Argentina with a pair of Group 1 victories to her name. Besides Culminate, she has stakes winner and G3 Sirius Stakes second Pionero (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}), the group-placed Seleccion (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) and the G1 Japanese 1000 Guineas/G1 Japanese Oaks-placed Culminar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) to her credit. Saturday, Tokyo, Japan SAUDI ARABIA ROYAL CUP-G3, ¥62,960,000, Tokyo, 10-5, 2yo, 1600mT, 1:33.00, gd. 1–ARTE VELOCE (JPN), 123, c, 2, by Maurice (Jpn) 1st Dam: Culminate (Jpn), by Deep Impact (Jpn) 2nd Dam: Cursora (Arg), by Candy Stripes 3rd Dam: Calorica (Arg), by Ahmad (Arg) 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. 1ST GROUP WIN. (¥90,000,000 Wlg '22 JRHAJUL). O-Teruo Ono; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); T-Naosuke Sugai; J-Daisuke Sasaki; ¥33,252,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, ¥40,452,000. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Taisei Current (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Maurice (Jpn)–Irish Sea (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Seiho Tanaka; B-Northern Farm (Jpn); ¥13,072,000. 3–Meiner Ticket (Jpn), 123, c, 2, Danon Ballade (Jpn)–Entry Ticket (Jpn) by Matsurida Gogh (Jpn). 1ST BLACK TYPE. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O-Thoroughbred Club Ruffian; B-Big Red Farm (Jpn); ¥8,336,000. Margins: 1, HF, HD. Odds: 2.50, 11.90, 12.80. Also Ran: Shin Forever, Arlecchino (Jpn), Nishino Lua Nova (Jpn), Food Man. Click for the JRA chart & video. The post Maurice Colts One-Two In Tokyo appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coolmore's G1 St Leger runner-up Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}–Danedrop {Ire}), by Danehill), winner of Royal Ascot's G2 Queen's Vase back in June, fired the opening salvo of ParisLongchamp's Arc weekend and delivered a battling performance to prevail in the 15-furlong G2 Qatar Prix Chaudenay. The 2-5 favourite, who had also placed in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and G1 Grand Prix de Paris, went straight to the lead and held sway until turning for home. Under pressure when headed briefly by Trafalgar Square (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) with 300 metres remaining, he regained control entering the final furlong and kept on strongly to defeat that rival by an ultimately comfortable two lengths. Last month's Listed Prix Turenne victrix Strassia (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) fared best of the remainder and finished 3 1/2 lengths back in third. Illinois (R.Moore – A.O'Brien – @Ballydoyle) décroche le premier groupe du grand week-end de “l'Arc”, le #Qatar Prix Chaudenay (Gr.2) Il succède au palmarès à Double Major, en lice dans le Qatar Prix du Cadran (3e course à 14h33) pic.twitter.com/JUXYCrvq2v — Equidia (@equidia) October 5, 2024 Pedigree Notes Illinois, one of his sire's 258 pattern-race winners, is the 16th of 17 foals and one of eight scorers out of German Broodmare Of The Year Danedrop (Ire) (Danehill), whose leading performer is five-time Group 1-winning G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes heroine Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}). Danedrop has also produced G3 Chester Vase winner and G1 Grand Prix de Paris third Venice Beach (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Stakes victrix Broadway (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the dual stakes-placed Debutante (Fr) (Gold Away {Ire}). The latter is the dam of this term's G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Dare To Dream (Fr) (Camelot {GB}). Danedrop also has a 2-year-old colt by Churchill (Ire) to come. Saturday, ParisLongchamp, France QATAR PRIX CHAUDENAY-G2, €200,000, ParisLongcamp, 10-5, 3yo, 15fT, 3:16.80, sf. 1–ILLINOIS (IRE), 128, c, 3, by Galileo (Ire) 1st Dam: Danedrop (Ire) (Broodmare Of The Year-Ger), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Rose Bonbon (Fr), by High Top (Ire) 3rd Dam: Lady Berry (Fr), by Violon d'Ingres (Fr) O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Coolmore (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €114,000. Lifetime Record: GSW & G1SP-Eng, MG1SP-Fr, GSP-Ire, 9-3-4-2, €731,948. *Full to Venice Beach (Ire), GSW-Eng & G1SP-Fr, $216,579; and Broadway (Ire), GSW-Ire; and 1/2 to Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}), MG1SW-Ger, G1SW-Eng & Fr, GSW-Ity, $5,044,792; and Debutante (Fr) (Gold Away {Ire}), MSP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Trafalgar Square (Fr), 128, g, 3, Kendargent (Fr)–See You Always (GB), by Siyouni (Fr). (€80,000 Ylg '22 ARQAUG). O-Ecurie Hugo et Pierre Pilarski & Gousserie Racing; B-Ecurie X (FR); T-Patrice Cottier. €44,000. 3–Strassia (Fr), 125, f, 3, Kendargent (Fr)–Stracy (Fr), by Motivator (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€33,000 Ylg '22 ARQSEP). O-Guy Pariente Holding & Ecurie Bernd & Torsten Raber; B-Guy Pariente Holding (FR); T-Ludovic Gadbin. €21,000. Margins: 2, 3HF, 3/4. Odds: 0.40, 9.00, 38.00. Also Ran: Columbus (Ger), Vigatata (Fr), Dollar Index (Fr), Ragnar City (Fr), Shamarkand (Fr). The post Galileo’s St Leger Second Illinois Annexes Arc Weekend Opener appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A two-time second placegetter at the elite level last autumn, Ceolwulf put the spotlight firmly on himself with a stunning coming-of-age performance in Saturday’s Gr.1 TAB Epsom Handicap (1600m) at Randwick. The Tavistock gelding was bridesmaid behind Australia’s standout three-year-old of last season, Riff Rocket, in the Rosehill Guineas (2000m) and Australian Derby (2400m). The stamina he showed in those two races may have made Saturday’s Gr.1 Metropolitan Handicap (2400m) appear a more likely spring target than the time-honoured Randwick mile. But trainer Joe Pride saw something a bit sharper in Ceolwulf in the spring of his four-year-old season, which started with a sixth in the Spring Preview (1400m) on August 17 and a highly impressive Benchmark 100 handicap win over 1500m at Rosehill two weeks later. Ceolwulf returned to black-type company with a second placing in the Gr.3 Kingston Town Stakes (2000m) on September 21, after which Pride decided to step back down in trip for a shot at the A$1.5 million Epsom Handicap. Ceolwulf has won over legions of supporters with his ever-improving performances, and he was sent out as a $4 favourite on Saturday against a form-filled field of 20. Those prospects appeared to take a hit in the first half of the race, however, as he was slow to leave the starting gates and settled near the back of a strung-out field. But jockey Chad Schofield never panicked, biding his time and then pulling Ceolwulf to the outside at the top of the home straight and sending him into overdrive. Ceolwulf produced an explosive turn of foot and stormed home down the outside, blasting past more than half of the field in the final 300m and soaring to victory by more than a length. “It’s a good thrill,” Schofield said. “I was very confident today, but an Epsom is a really hard race to win. You need everything to go right. “I didn’t feel everything quite went perfectly, I wasn’t in a great spot. I thought I’d be much closer than where I was and the pace was quite muddling, but one good aspect of that was that I was a bit wide and able to flow. “I was really blown away by his turn of foot. I know he had 54kg, but he put the race away very quickly. As soon as I clicked him up, I was confident I was the winner immediately. He had a blistering turn of foot. “I thought in the parade ring he looked a million dollars. I’m a bit surprised how immature he is still – he’s still quite a young, boisterous horse. But, wow, he’s got a serious engine.” Ceolwulf’s 13-start career has now produced three wins, five placings and more than A$1.69 million in stakes for an ownership syndicate that includes New Zealander Leighton Howl. “That was fantastic,” Pride said. “We knew he had the right sort of profile coming into it, and to see him let down like that, it’s very, very satisfying. He’s just a good horse on the rise. He’s going to keep getting better with age and he’s so exciting. That was a real buzz. “He’s got a great engine. I see it every time he runs, the way he recovers from races and gallops on the training track. He’s an amazing athlete, and as I say, the best is yet to come. “We’re yet to discover what his best distance is. He could well back up in the Hill Stakes (Gr.2, 1900m) next week, but I haven’t ruled out coming back here for the King Charles (Gr.1, 1600m). There’s a lot of options. Let’s just sit on it for now and enjoy this win.” Ceolwulf was bred by Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay and is a son of the Shamardal mare Las Brisas. Ceolwulf is a graduate of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, with Pride going to $170,000 to secure him from Riversley Park’s 2022 draft. View the full article

Trainers Ben and Ryan Foote collected an early winning double at Tauranga on Saturday with a pair of gallopers that look destined for bigger things. While he may have only had two rivals in the opening event on the card, two-year-old colt Vega For Luck put on a confident front-running display to take the victory on debut, backing up an impressive win at the Te Rapa trials last month. Ben Foote had noted before the race that he had opted to start his charge primarily to capitalise on an opportunity to put enough prizemoney in the bin to secure a start in the Karaka Million 2YO (1200m) at Ellerslie in February. It was quickly mission accomplished as rider Vinnie Colgan dictated proceedings from the Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-prepared Dare To Proisir throughout in the 950m contest before easing clear at the 150m to capture the $14,375 winning stake. “He is a true little professional and his trials had been good,” Foote said. “I did expect him to show a bit today and the reason we were lining him up today was to try and win which would put us a long way ahead in terms of getting him to the Karaka Million. “I think he is going to improve a bit with some racing and maybe a set of blinkers on what he showed. “He will learn from this and now we have the money in the bank we can relax a little bit and do the right thing by the horse.” Two races later the stable made it two wins for the day with impressive three-year-old filly Myakkabelle, who holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Barnswood Farm New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month, winning stylishly over 1400m. The daughter of Inglewood Stud-based stallion War Decree had finished runner-up at her last two starts but made no mistake this time as she took full advantage of a perfect run in the trail before bursting through an inside gap at the 300m to race to a clear-cut victory. “She is a real improving filly and it was a good ride by Jasmine (Fawcett) as we had talked about maybe getting off the fence but she stuck there and Plan B worked,” Foote said. “I think she has a good future and I have always thought she might be an Oaks (Gr.1, 2400m) filly so once she gets over ground she will grow another leg. “We will see how she comes through this and map out a plan. “She’s not as sharp as those top fillies over 1400m but once she goes over further she will measure up.” The victory saw Myakkabelle shorten to $18 on the TAB Fixed Odds market for the 1000 Guineas where Alabama Lass and Captured By Love sit at the head of affairs at a quote of $3. View the full article

The exciting Joe Pride-trained four-year-old gelding Ceolwulf stamped his potential as a horse to watch this spring with a charging win for the punters in Saturday’s Epsom Handicap 2024. Saluting over the famous Randwick mile in the day’s $1.5 million Group 1 feature, Ceolwulf overcame a tardy start and wide alley to salute for the […] The post Ceolwulf Soars to 2024 Epsom Handicap Win, Promising Spring Campaign Ahead appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article