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Byerley Turk-line stallion Pearl Secret (GB) has been sold to stand at Arrow Stud in Japan beginning next year. The 2025 Arrow Stud roster and fees were released by JS Company on Friday. The son of Compton Place (GB) will stand for ¥500,000 (€3,155). With his eldest foals 6-year-olds, the chestnut has sired 35 winners from small crops, with the stakes horse Tears Of A Clown (GB) the best of the bunch. The 2015 G2 Temple Stakes hero and G1 King's Stand Stakes third stood for £2,000 at Norton Grove Stud this year. Topping the roster is dirt specialist Sinister Minister at ¥8,000,000. The Seattle Slew-line horse has sired 16 stakes winners, with the best of them, T O Keynes (Jpn) standing for ¥2,500,000 alongside his sire. A pair of stallions have had their fees set at ¥3,000,000–Panthalassa (Jpn), who will be standing his second season, and Big Arthur (Jpn). Two-time American Horse of the Year California Chrome is priced at ¥2,000,000, while Café Pharaoh will stand for ¥1,800,000. For the full roster and fees, please click here. The post Pearl Secret Joins Arrow Stud, As 2025 Roster Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

4th-TAM, $53K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f , 2:13 p.m. ET. FLIGHT OF FANCY (Into Mischief) is set for her unveiling under the care of Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. Summer Wind Equine bred the filly, who is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Flightline (Tapit). Both are out of GSW Feathered (Indian Charlie). This dam was acquired by Jane Lyon for $2.35 million at the 2016 Keeneland November Sale while Good On Paper (War Front) was in-utero. Flight of Fancy's third dam is MGISW Finder's Fee (Storm Cat). TJCIS PPS The post Saturday’s Racing Insight: Flightline’s Lil Sis Debuts At Tampa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Normally held at Hanshin, the G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies has moved to Kyoto this year as the former track is being renovated, and a full field of 18 vie for top-level honours on Sunday. Leading Team Japan is Brown Ratchet (Jpn), a Kizuna (Jpn) half-sister to GI Kentucky Derby and GI Breeders' Cup Classic third Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}). Two-for-two in her young career, the daughter of Forever Darling (Congrats) won a Nakayama affair in her bow on Sept. 16 over 200 metres farther than Sunday's distance, and captured the G3 Artemis Stakes going this trip in Tokyo, defeating runner-up Mistress (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) and third-placed Shonan Xanadu (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) among others on Oct. 26. Trainer Takahisa Tezuka said, “She got regular work at the farm and came back to Miho last week in good condition. Her body condition and her breathing are both at almost 100%, so this week I just breezed her alongside another horse on the woodchip course to check her rhythm. Everything looked good. “She's very mature and easy to handle. Christophe Lemaire commented that her maneuverability was good. For now, there's nothing that needs to improve. She's a top-class filly and you don't find horses like her often. She's not that big, but she has a whole lot of power.” Although not undefeated, having finished sixth at Nakayama in her debut, Run For Vow (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) graduated at Kyoto in October, and was last seen taking the G2 Daily Hai Nisai Stakes there on Nov. 9. Kohei Matsuyama has the call from gate 14. Trainer Yuichi Fukunaga said, “She won a Group 2 amid colts with a good performance and is maturing nicely. She is a bit difficult but not as far as her ability to maneuver goes. Her times and the quality of her footwork have been good. This week we just did a final check, but she got a better time than expected. And she did that easily, so I think we may see improvement from her last start. “I never thought I'd be winning graded races and aiming for a Group 1 the very year I opened my stable. To have met a horse like this was a great good fortune. Her win over the same course is a strong point and I'm hoping to finish in the top spots.” American challenger May Day Ready (Tapit) is three-for-four in her native land and looms a talented challenger for the local brigade to overcome. A winner of a maiden at Saratoga in August, she added the Listed Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes over that quirky Franklin turf course. Sent to Keeneland in October, she won again, this time by a nose in the GII Jessamine Stakes. Facing Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Lake Victoria (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, the granddaughter of More Than Ready was not disgraced when taking second by 1 1/2 lengths after a less-than easy passage and will be the first international challenger in the race. Trainer Joseph Lee, who met his wife Suzuyo in Japan, spent a decade working for his father-in-law Takemi Kaga, a Japanese Hall of Fame jockey turned trainer. “With my father-in-law being a Hall of Fame jockey and trainer when he retired, and then having myself went to Japan for multiple international races from '94 to 2000, I went to Japan just about every year,” Lee told the NYRA notes team. “Japan racing has everything: the facilities are big, clean, you've got restaurants, noodle shops, multiple places to eat and sit down.” Of his charge who will be reunited with Frankie Dettori and leave from stall 17, he said, “She got into a little bit of trouble there in the first turn and then Frankie got her into a great spot following the eventual winner, Lake Victoria. It was like trying to follow a car on the highway. I'd like to see for fun with a clean trip–not saying we would have beat her–I'd just like to see. I'm extremely pleased, even in defeat.” The one-two finishers from the G3 Fantasy Stakes also return in Dantsu Elan (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}) and Mozu Nana Star (Jpn) (Moz Ascot). The field also boasts a pair of fillies who are undefeated in two starts each: Vip Daisy (Jpn) (Satono Diamond {Jpn}) and Kurino Mei (Jpn) (Orfevre {Jpn}), who break from stalls one and 11, respectively. The post Brown Ratchet Faces May Day Ready In Hanshin Juvenile Test appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Adam Hamilton Jason Lee thought he had the Garrards NZ Trotting Derby won when he saw the look on his mother’s face the day before the race. “When Mum (Marg Lee) first saw her (Keayang Zahara) when she got back across, she said she looked like a different filly,” Lee said. “Antti (Ruokonen, travelling foreman) said the thing and then when you throw-in hearing back from the team at stables that Mark (Purdon) thought she worked really well in her last hit out and it can’t help but give you a lot of confidence.” They were all right with Keayang Zahara humiliating her rivals by eight lengths – the same margin she won The Ascent by – and stretching her unbeaten record to 14 races in last night’s Derby. It was also her seventh Group 1 win. “I’d say it was a week of two halves,” Lee admitted. “We were deliberately very easy on her, maybe a bit too easy, between the slot race and the Oaks, but we always had this Derby in mind. “The Oaks was the first time she didn’t feel invincible in the run, so we knew we had to do things differently before the Derby. “We put a lot more work into her. It’s the most we’ve had her screwed down, but it was her Grand Final. “I was a bit anxious early in the week, but as every day went on and I saw how she was thriving, I felt more confident. “By race day, I really thought we had her better than ever and went there expecting she would win. “Yes, there was some relief because I really think she deserved to go through this three-year-old season unbeaten, but there was excitement, too.” After a midrace challenge from outsider Countless Questions, Lee decided to cut Keayang Zahara loose at the 600m. “She was getting a bit keen because the other horse had been at her, but she was also travelling super well, so I just let her go a bit,” Lee said. Keayang Zahara blasted down the back in 27.7sec and instantly had key rivals Father Time and Empire City struggling. She then coasted clear with little urging from Lee to run a 28.7sec last quarter (making is a 56.4sec last half) and won as she liked. “It’s like it was meant to be tonight,” Lee said. “Glen (Craven, cousin) and his wife, Erin, welcome their little boy Hugh in the world in the early hours of Friday … it just felt right she came out and won like that. “She means the world to me, to all of us. It’s cool so many of the family, Mum and Dad and the uncles were here for it. “We’re just lads from the bush given an incredible opportunity by our family to train some great horses and succeed. “It also started with Nan and Pop and to see the happiness on the face on all the family who were here is what it’s all about. “The messages I’ve received, the people I’d never met coming up to me over here to talk about her … it’s nine months I’ll never forget in my life.” Keayang Zahara heads home now for a spell, but it’s unclear yet how long that will be. What seems most likely is a decent break, which would rule out races like the Great Southern Star and TAB Trot at Cambridge, Logically, the Brisbane Inter Dominion in July could be Keayang Zahara’s first major target next year. View the full article

Jamaica has a long history in the sport and has been making a strong push to improve its place in the global Thoroughbred landscape. The next step comes Dec. 7 with the $250,000 Mouttet Mile. View the full article

Juveniles will be in the spotlight Dec. 7 at Tampa Bay Downs with nine races comprised entirely of 2-year-olds, including the Inaugural Stakes and Sandpiper Stakes, a pair of six-furlong contests worth $125,000 apiece.View the full article

With the road to the 2025 GI Kentucky Oaks officially underway, Brad Cox already trains arguably the top two juvenile fillies in the country. After this weekend, he may even have the third. 'TDN Rising Star' Muhimma (Munnings), a press-and-pounce winner of her first two starts by a combined margin of 13 jaw-dropping lengths at Churchill Downs, will make her two-turn and stakes debut for Cox in Saturday's GII Demoiselle Stakes going 1 1/8 miles at Aqueduct. A $700,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Shadwell Stable, the rail-drawn gray has been tabbed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite in a field of 10. “I felt like this race, if she's gonna be able to handle two turns and 1 1/8 miles moving forward, this is a great introduction to that opportunity of two turns,” Cox said from the Big A Friday. The very successful Coolmore stallion Munnings, a son of champion sprinter and leading sire Speightstown, is responsible for 28 graded/group winners worldwide, including the Cox-trained trio of Bonny South, Warrior's Charge and Zozos. Bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm, Muhimma is the second foal out of Princesa Carolina (Tapit), a winner of the Dueling Grounds Oaks going 1 5/16 miles over the lawn at Kentucky Downs. Muhimma's very talented and versatile second dam Pure Clan (Pure Prize) won the GI American Oaks and GI Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, both on grass. She also won a pair of graded races on dirt and was third in the 2008 Kentucky Oaks. Like Muhimma, the aforementioned Bonny South, a two-time graded winner and multiple Grade I-placed runner around two turns, is also out of a Tapit mare. The Munnings x Tapit cross has also yielded GII Golden Rod Stakes and Rachel Alexandra Stakes winner Finite. “There's a lot of power there, and a lot of Tapit influence that gives me the confidence that she can get the distance,” Cox said. “She's smart and she's forward enough, but not like over the top that would make you think that she'd want to pull too much. We're hopeful that she does it. She's giving me a lot of confidence to think that she'll be able to handle the 1 1/8 miles.” Muhimma earned a field-best 83 Beyer Speed Figure as the 4-5 chalk on debut Sept. 20, then defeated the re-opposing GSP Liam in the Dust (Liam's Map) by a geared-down 5 1/2 lengths going seven furlongs in an optional claimer beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 1. She tuned up for the Demoiselle with a five- furlong breeze in 1:01 1/5 (2/15) at Churchill Downs Nov. 29. “A filly with a future…” ICYMI: A dazzling win by #3 MUHIMMA at @ChurchillDowns today. @flothejock up for @bradcoxracing on the daughter of @coolmoreamerica Munnings. pic.twitter.com/blaCbT4DNS — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 2, 2024 “It's hard to say how good she could be,” Cox said. “She's been very good from the start. She came to us from Ocala and they thought a lot of her. As soon as she started breezing, you could tell there was talent there. It's up to us to manage and develop her properly and bring her along at the right pace.” Cox has certainly done just that with the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner and soon-to-be crowned champion 2-year-old filly Immersive (Nyquist) as well as last weekend's GII Golden Rod Stakes winner Good Cheer (Medaglia d'Oro). The unbeaten Godolphin homebreds are currently in first and second place on the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard with 40 and 20 points, respectively. Cox has won the Oaks twice with Monomoy Girl (2018) and Shedaresthedevil (2020). “Look, they've been great 2-year-old fillies and now it's our job to transfer that form over to three,” Cox said. “Haven't come up with a plan yet on how we'll try to attempt to get to the Kentucky Oaks. They're both four-for-four in 2024 and we'll start planning out a 2025 campaign in the next month or so.” He continued, “We gave Immersive a little break there after the Breeders' Cup. She went to Jonabell for a few weeks and just relaxed for a little bit. She shipped down to the Fair Grounds and has been tack-walking the last couple of days. Good Cheer shipped to Payson–we're gonna give her the opportunity to be turned out and backed off of a little bit through the month of December.” Cox added, “Very proud of what they've accomplished and excited about what lies ahead.” Brad Cox | Sarah Andrew For good measure, Cox also unveiled Juddmonte homebred Chasten (Into Mischief), a 2-year-old half-sister to his recently retired champion Idiomatic (Curlin), to a 'TDN Rising Star' performance on debut going seven furlongs at Churchill Downs on the Golden Rod undercard. “I think we're gonna see the best of her around two turns,” Cox said. “She showed up in her first race and really didn't kick it into gear until the last eighth of a mile. I'd like a first-level allowance at the Fair Grounds or Oaklawn to continue to develop her. I do think she has a big future. She does remind me a good bit of Idiomatic, and, look, if she's half as good, we'll be fine.” The post Loaded With Leading Kentucky Oaks Candidates, Promising Muhimma Up Next for Cox in Demoiselle appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Ella Clarke and jockey Aaron Sweeney combined to get Wild Beau over the line at Darwin on Friday, with the four-year-old gelding also breaking the 1100m track record at Fannie Bay. Picture: Caroline Camilleri (Fotofinish Racepix) Setting the pace in races paid dividends at Darwin on Friday, with four of the five winners leading from start to finish. Trainer Gary Clarke and jockey Jarrod Todd combined for two wins, but Ella Clarke’s Wild Beau grabbed the headlines after breaking the 1100m track record. Facing 0-64 opposition, Wild Beau pinged the outside gate in the six-horse field and led by the 1000m despite Victorian apprentice Hannah Le Blanc holding the fence aboard Chris Pollard’s Disco Donut. Disco Donut applied pressure at the 800m, but Wild Beau then skipped two lengths clear and only extended his lead in the home straight before prevailing by 7.8 lengths in 1:01.60. Gary Clarke’s Patriotic King set the previous mark in September 2023 with 1:01.84 after decimating his BM54 rivals by 9.8 lengths. Wild Beau, a four-year-old gelding, was a last start fourth behind Patriotic King over 1000m at 0-64 level on October 26. The son of Brazen Beau was returning from a three-month spell after winning his first two starts at Fannie Bay in June and July before finishing seventh against quality three-year-olds over 1200m during the Darwin Cup Carnival in late July. Formerly trained by Bjorn Baker at Warwick Farm, Wild Beau – starting at $6 on Friday with horse racing bookmakers – handed jockey Aaron Sweeney a winner on his return from suspension. Ella Clarke’s dad Gary won the first two races with $4.20 equal favourite American Jazz over 1300m in BM54 ranks and $2.50 favourite Pharoah Magic over 1200m in 0-70 grade. American Jazz, who starred in the Top End last year, had gone eight races without a win since returning to Darwin, while Pharoah Magic recovered after a last start sixth over 1200m (0-70) in October. Le Blanc never relinquished the lead on Pollard’s $5.50 chance Kiss Kiss Kiss in the 1000m maiden and Queensland’s Wanderson D’Avila caught Pollard’s Lucky Dog, who led from the outset, right on the line aboard Phil Cole’s $6.50 contender Ny Kee in Heat 3 of the Lightning Wet Season Series (1000m) at 0-58 level. Cole deserved a slice of good fortune after three seconds the previous Friday. Horse racing news View the full article

The Saturday graded stakes action across North America offers several options, but the Big A earns the spotlight as the venerable NYRA track plays host to some strong races. Even though the Cigar Mile Handicap was downgraded a tick from its top level status by the American Graded Stakes Committee in 2023, connections still consider the race to possess a certain cache and the rigor in this year's edition is evident. “It [Cigar Mile] came up pretty salty,” said Book'em Danno's trainer Derek Ryan. “It is a Grade II now and used to be a Grade I, but it is tougher now than when it was a Grade I. Over the years, you always get good horses coming into it. This is his [Book'em Danno] first time going against older horses, but we are dropping a little weight, so that's got to help.” Speaking of the 3-year-old gelding who will carry 120 pounds for Atlantic Six Racing, Book'em Danno (Bucchero) will break from the inside gate with multiple Eclipse winning rider Irad Ortiz aboard. It has been a statement year for the dark bay who just missed in the G3 Saudi Derby back in February, then won the GI Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard at Saratoga. Book'em Danno was last seen as the close runner-up in the GIII Perryville Stakes at Keeneland Oct. 19. Senor Buscador (outside) wins the Saudi Cup | Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia A fellow shipper to the Middle East who won the signature event on the card that evening when he rolled late to scoop up the G1 Saudi Cup, if Senor Buscador (Mineshaft) can stay in the mix up the backstretch the well-known closer could be a win candidate. The Todd Fincher trainee, who awaits the pending call for stud duty from owner Joey Peacock, was fifth in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar last month. “Our path for [Senor] Buscador last year from Breeders Cup to Cigar Mile to Pegasus World Cup worked so well that it has been in the back of our minds depending, of course, on how the horse was performing and training,” said Peacock, when he was reached by phone. “The post-Middle East plan was to rest Buscador and then target Breeders Cup. “We had some minor setbacks prepping him for Del Mar this year, including a disappointing performance in the California Crown, but his run in the Classic was credible and he earned a 103 Beyer for his effort,” the owner said. “That, plus the way he has trained since, gives us the confidence to fly him to New York and try the Cigar Mile again. Plus, it sets him up well to take another shot at the Pegasus World Cup, if all goes well.” Adding some tang to this Cigar field is Mullikin (Violence), who trainer Rodolphe Brisset had primed when he won the GI Forego Stakes at the Spa last summer–the conditioner's first Grade I score. Without a one-turn mile available at the Breeder's Cup, Brisset opted for the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint, where the 4-year-old rallied for third. Going a touch longer, despite carrying a top weight of 124 pounds, should be something Mullikin wants to do. Also signed on, when compared to the rest of this bunch, is the lightly-raced GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity hero Locked (Gun Runner). The juvenile colt showed plenty of poise second out when he broke his maiden by 7 1/4 lengths at the Spa, which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star' badge. Making his 3-year-old debut for Todd Pletcher, Locked lived up to his short price of 40 cents on the dollar when he won by 7 1/2 lengths facing optional claimers during the Belmont At The Big A meet Oct. 19. Though he does not currently have a Grade I trophy in his case, Post Time (Frosted) boasts a solid graded resume, which is why he will be carrying the same weight as Mullikin. Trained by Brittany Russell, the 4-year-old Maryland-bred acquitted himself well as the runner-up last time out in the GI Big Ass Fans Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar. The Aqueduct graded undercard holds its own as the GII Remsen Stakes and GII Demoiselle Stakes offer points on the Road to the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks, respectively. Lest we forget, the 2023 Remsen produced major talent in winner Dornoch (Good Magic), runner-up Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), Copper Tax (Copper Bullet) and newly-minted sire Domestic Product (Practical Joke). Keewaydin | Susie Raisher Out of the boys assembled this year, look for morning-line favorite Keewaydin (Instagrand) to take money. In his second attempt to break his maiden, the Chad Brown trainee posted a 91 Beyer after getting his picture taken at the Big A Oct. 12. The previous weekend at Churchill Downs was a blockbuster one for 2-year-old Godolphin homebreds. They will try to do it again with Poster (Munnings), who will be making his first start on dirt for trainer Eoin Harty. As for the fillies in the Demoiselle, trainer Brad Cox has another budding stable star ready for action in Muhimma (Munnings). The gray is perfect after two starts and sparkled against optional claimers under the Twin Spires Nov. 1. Finally, the GIII Go for Wand Stakes pits from Brown's shedrow MGISP Occult (Into Mischief) and GSW Shidabhuti (Practical Joke) against the runner-up from last year's race in Todd Pletcher trainee Tizzy in the Sky (Sky Kingdom). On Saturday, the opportunities to collect Oaks points include the renewal of the GII Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course. As expected, trainer Bob Baffert holds the edge with a trio of entries. Among them, Nooni (Win Win Win) was a named 'TDN Rising Star' after she made her debut a winning one at Santa Anita over the summer, while Tenma (Nyquist) captured the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes in early September. Look Forward (Bolt d'Oro) was trained by Ben Cecil, who sadly passed away recently. Cecil's one-time protégé Michael McCarthy will be the bay filly's new conditioner. The post Top Level Starpower Shines In Grade I-Quality Cigar Mile On Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For the second time this autumn, the Kentucky stewards have sanctioned jockey Luan Machado for failing to compete to the wire.View the full article

By Mike Love Scratchings have massively changed the complexion of today’s Placemakers Timaru/Twizel/Oamaru Geraldine Cup on the grass at Orari. First it was the in-form Wild Willow who was taken out, followed by $2.10 favourite Mo’unga this morning. It’s believed he has an abscess issue. That leaves the Cran and Chrissie Dalgety-trained Hey Bartender the top pick, with latest markets having him at $2.60. Ashburton trainers Brent and Tim White line up two runners in the event, Got You Covered and American Me. The latter was a contender in the New Zealand Cup, and then ran a credible fifth in last week’s Green Mile at Methven. Co-trainer Tim White is happy with where his two runners are at heading into today’s race. “Both seem really good. Got You Covered can go a good race from his draw and American Me seems very well and is a top four player,” said White. Got You Covered will be driven by Kimberly Butt and American Me will be piloted by Gerard O’Reilly. Ashburton trainer Laurence Hanrahan lines up two runners – Tanzania with John Morrison to drive – and Woodbine Rocks with Jim Curtin. Hanrahan will be looking for a pick me up after suffering a kick from a horse at Methven races last week which left him with broken ribs and other injuries. Tanzania should land into a handy position from his draw closer to the rails, while Woodbine Rocks will need to get the start right to play a part. Tanzania is one of two runners, the other being Buckskin, who were in last year’s Cup won by Here’s Herbie while Homebush Lad is back after winning the Cup two years ago. The first of the day’s 12 races will go at 12:05pm with the Geraldine Cup at 3.43pm. View the full article

Rodney Jenkins, who made the switch to training Thoroughbreds after a Hall of Fame show career, passed away the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80. A native of Middleburgh, Virginia, Jenkins was the son of the famous horseman and huntsman Enis Jenkins and dominated the show ring in this country in parts of three decades, retiring in 1989 as the winningest rider in the history of the sport. Jenkins won a pair of silver medals at the 1987 Pan American games as a member of the U.S. Equestrian Team and was elected to the Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 1999. “I grew up under him going back to the show horse days. Basically, all my life I've known his family,” Jenkins' best friend and fellow trainer Curtis Beale 'Woody' Payne said. “He had a natural relationship with horses. It was instinct. The whole family has it. He was very modest for all the success he had, and he was a very caring and giving person, as well. Just all the kind acts and attitudes over a lifetime is remarkable.” Jenkins transitioned to Thoroughbreds in 1991 and his horses won a total of 941 for earnings of over $24.8 million. His two best horses were millionaire Cordmaker and Bandbox, both of whom he conditioned for Ellen Charles's Hillwood Stable. “We had a wonderful time together,” Charles said. “I learned a lot from Rodney. Even though I had grown up around horses, I hadn't grown up as far as breeding them and going to sales and things like that. He was a really fun person to be with. It was great, great experience.” Hillwood's best horse at present is GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Post Time (Frosted), who runs in Saturday's GII Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct. “I probably wouldn't have had Post Time if I hadn't looked at horses with him,” Charles said. “I was very fond of him. It's sad, very sad, but time goes on.” Jenkins' son, Patrick, often traveled with his father's horses when they ran out of town and won 60 races as a trainer himself between 2006 and 2021. He now works as an assistant for Woody Payne based in Charlottesville, Virginia. “Patrick's doing OK. I just sent him up the road to Maryland here a little while ago. Rodney's health had been declining so he was mentally prepared for it, as well. He was just up there about a week ago visiting with his dad,” Payne said. “He's got a lot on him right now. Patrick would ship around like he would go to Keeneland with stakes horses for his dad and he broke horses. Mrs. Charles was one of his good customers,” he added. “Patrick is still in the horse business and carrying on the family legacy.” Jenkins's last starter, 3-year-old gelding The Band Runs On, finished fourth in Laurel's Star de Naskra Stakes June 29. His last winner came with 3-year-old filly Lilly Lightning Apr. 19 at Laurel. Both horses were bred in Maryland and owned by Hillwood Stable. The post Maryland Trainer Rodney Jenkins Dies appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Italian Cristian Demuro will ride all of Sumbe's French-trained horses beginning on New Year's Day, after an agreement was reached between Nurlan Bizakov and the Italian. Bizakov's operation announced the news on X on Friday. The 31-year-old began his career in Italy, achieving a career-best 264 wins in 2012, before moving to France. He has amassed 236 stakes wins globally since the move and is a two-time winner of the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Sottsass {Fr}, 2020 & Ace Impact {Ire}, 2023). Besides his eight victories in the French Classics, Demuro has also won five Group 1 races in Japan. “It is with great pleasure that we announce an agreement between Sumbe's owner, Nurlan Bizakov, and Italian-born, French-based jockey Cristian Demuro,” Sumbe said in a statement. “Effective from 1 January 2025, Demuro will partner with French-trained horses in Bizakov's racing operation… “As this new and exciting chapter begins, Nurlan Bizakov extends his heartfelt gratitude to the French jockeys who have ridden for him in recent years. Their skill and dedication have delivered extraordinary success throughout the 2024 racing season. “The collaboration with Cristian Demuro promises to build on this success and marks a step forward for Sumbe's racing ambitions.” The post Cristian Demuro Named First Jockey For Sumbe’s French-Trained Horses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It used to be that your options around this time of year were limited when you went to sell a broodmare at auction. There was Fasig-Tipton November, Keeneland November and Keeneland January, all industry staples that had been around for decades before anyone had ever heard of the internet or digital horse sales. “I never would have believed it and I hadn't been a proponent of digital sales because I'm old school and I like to go and see and look and poke and prod,” said Hume Wornall, who operates Beech Spring Farm. “But these sales seem to work. People are getting more and more comfortable with these sales.” So when Wornall decided to sell his 11-year-old mare Believe in Bertie (Langfuhr), he picked Fasig-Tipton's December Digital Sale. With 670 horses catalogued, it will be the biggest digital sale ever worldwide. Bidding has begun and will end on Dec. 10th for hips 1-305 and on Dec. 11 for hips 306-670. This sale was a perfect fit for Wornall. The timing was right. On Oct. 26, Believe in Bertie's 3-year-old son Brilliant Berti (Noble Mission {GB}) won the GIII Bryan Station S., driving up his dam's value. Keeneland January wasn't going to work because that sale comes too close to Believe in Bertie's foaling date. She is foal to Goldencents. “Things have changed, the whole game has changed,” Wornall said. “There was a time when I would have bet against this digital deal. Now, it looks like it's going to be the thing to do. I don't expect to make hundreds of thousands of dollars, but I would like a nice return. I am presenting a nice product. Goldencents may not be a big seller but he will give you a horse that shows up on race day and is competitive. With Mystik Dan (who is also by Goldencents) having won the Derby this was the time to try it. All the stars have aligned and I decided I'd take a shot. I wanted to strike while the iron was hot.” Racing might have been slow to give digital sales a chance, but now they have become biggest area of growth within the sales industry. “We've already seen it between this year and last year, just the volume of horses we've sold online, said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “It's like any other industry, homes, cars, things that in the early 90s you never thought you'd buy on line that you do now. “It's only natural that the horse business got in line. It is even more conducive to breeding stock sales because there is no stress put on the horses. Any time you do something in the horse business that is better for the buyers, better for the horses, better for the sellers, it's going to work.” Aaron believes the numbers will only continue to grow as more and more breeders and consignors realize there is very little downside to selling a horse online, particularly broodmares. Fasig-Tipton will offer 10 digital sales in 2025. “In the October digital sale we had 850 registered bidders,” Aaron said. “That's enough registered bidders to fill the entire pavilion along with people in the back. It would be a similar atmosphere to our November sale, which is wild.” Aaron said that traditional and well-known consignors are starting to sell at digital sales, which is something that can only help. “If you are comparing this to a bricks-and-mortar sale, we have book 1 through book 5 all the way through,” Aaron said. “It's a very similar cast of sellers. This year is the first year that we have had a really strong turnout by the traditional consignor. They are really starting to adapt to these sales. I think the sellers are better represented with the traditional consignors since they know the ins and outs of horse sales. Traditional consignors do a great job selling those horses.” This is not a sale where you will find horses going for seven-figures or ones whose pedigrees jump off the page. Those are the types of horses sold at Fasig-Tipton November. But with 650 horses in this sale, there's probably something for everyone. As of noon ET the high bid on Believe in Bertie was $22,000. The sale topper may be Allez Marie (Unbridled's Song). Though Kentucky-bred, she raced in Brazil where she finished second in a Group 2 race. Back home, she's had eight foals, six winners and two black-type winners. By Friday afternoon, the bidding on her had reached $200,000. She is in foal to Elite Power (Curlin). “Our November sale is always going to be a very important sale,” Aaron said. “It's the best horses in the world. It's an event. It's the Breeders' Cup afterparty. What you're going to see more and more of over the next 10 years will be horses that wouldn't fit in our November catalogue. I think you'll see a lot more of those being sold online. It's already proved to be wildly popular amongst buyers and sellers.” The post Why ‘Old School’ Breeder Will Be Selling at Fasig-Tipton Digital December 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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Richard Papiese, who, along with his wife Karen, owned horses as Midwest Thoroughbreds, the leading owner in North America annually by victories from 2010-15, died Dec. 4. He was 65.View the full article

Longtime Maryland horseman Rodney Jenkins, who successfully transitioned from a Hall of Fame show career to a Thoroughbred trainer of such horses as millionaire Cordmaker, died the evening of Dec. 5 at the age of 80. View the full article

Wagering on U.S. races was higher, and both available and paid purses saw increases when compared to a year ago in November, while the number of race days and races themselves saw an uptick during the month, according to information released by Equibase on Friday. Total wagering of $921,122,693 on races during the month represented a 1.18% increase over the same period from 2023, while available purses of almost $128 million were up by 3.93%. The figure of over $121 million for paid purses in November was up 3.94%. As for the total number of race days, they went from 263 to 275 (+4.56%) and the number of U.S. races was up from 2,268 in November 2023 to last month's tally of 2,316 (+2.12%). Average field size in November was slightly lower from over a year ago when it was 7.80, and checked in at an average of 7.77 runners, a decrease of .41%. Average daily wagering decreased by 3.23% to $3,349,537 and the average available purse number per race day was down .60% to $465,423 from the figure of $468,234 in 2023. When it comes to the year-to-date figures, through November of 2023 wagering on U.S. races came in at $10.858 billion, while this year the amount is $10.583 billion (-2.54%). Those numbers include worldwide commingled wagering on U.S. races. The post November Economic Indicators, Wagering And Purses Rise appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ten Sovereigns (Ire) will stand at Turkey's Celikoglu Stud beginning in 2025. The 8-year-old son of No Nay Never was purchased by bloodstock agent Cem Ozbelge on behalf of Turkish owner/breeder Ali Celikoglu. Ozbelge also purchased Broome (Ire) last year. A winner of the G1 Middle Park Stakes at two and the G1 July Cup at three, Ten Sovereigns has sired 81 winners from 177 runners with six stakes winners. The GII Pilgrim Stakes and GIII With Anticipation Stakes hero Zulu Kingdom (Ire) and G3 Cornwallis Stakes hero Inquisitively (GB) (Fast Responder in Hong Kong) are his best runners to date. The stallion is currently in quarantine and will travel to Turkey in mid-December. He covered 72 mares at a fee of €17,500 in 2024. A fee for Ten Sovereigns will be announced later. The post Ten Sovereigns To Stand In Turkey Next Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The traditional $2 Pick Six and a diverse set of wagers highlight the betting menu on offer for Santa Anita's 90th year, which begins with the Classic Meet on Thursday, Dec. 26, 1/ST Racing & Gaming said in a press release on Friday. Santa Anita made several changes to its wagering menu including raising the minimum bet for the Pick Six and adding what they describe as low-takeout wagers prior to the most recent Santa Anita Autumn Meet. Each will remain in place for both the Classic Meet, which ends Apr. 6, and the Hollywood Meet which runs from Apr. 18 to June 15. If there are no tickets with the half dozen winners necessary for the $2 Pick Six, 70 percent of the pool will then carry over to the next race day with the remainder paid out in consolations. 'The Great RIP' will again offer a $5 minimum late Daily Double, $3 late Pick 3 and $3 All-Turf Pick 3, each of which sports a 15 percent takeout rate. The Late and Early Pick 5 ay 50 cents returns, while the $1 Coast-to-Coast Pick 5 is also back with a 15 percent takeout rate. The Coast-to-Coast Pick 5, which combines races from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park, is offered every Saturday and Sunday through the end of the Hollywood Meet. Santa Anita also has a $1 Super High 5 on the final race each day. If there are no perfect tickets, 100 percent of the pool will carryover to the following day's Super High 5. The 10-cent superfecta will be offered on all races with a minimum of six runners, along with $1 exactas, and 50-cent Early and Late Pick 4's. The post Santa Anita Wagering Menu Out For Classic And Hollywood Meets appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The G1 Derby win of City Of Troy (Justify) at Epsom in the spring was voted the World Pool Moment of the Year by the public. A total of 48% votes were received for the moment. The £4,000 prize goes to City Of Troy's groom, David Hickey, who has received–along with three friends–a VIP trip to Hong Kong in 2025. Hickey said, “Winning the £4,000 World Pool Moment of the Day was a huge reward, so to be named Moment of the Year is even more special and I'm now looking forward to a trip to Hong Kong. I think I'll head out there in March for the Derby, so it should be great fun.” Added Hickey of his charge's Blue Riband score, “A fantastic day that I'll never forget. He's the most genuine horse that you could ever have anything to do with. I'm mad about him and it's been a pleasure looking after him.” Said trainer Aidan O'Brien of Hickey, “David is a special fella, always has been. The line of horses he's looked after and led up is incredible; Yeats (Ire), Galileo (Ire), many more, and if course City Of Troy, who we think is the best we've ever had. “David is big, relaxed and has a great understanding of a horse. Things don't upset him, he's very calm and he's unique in the way that he can influence horses. Not only that, he's a leading trainer of greyhounds in our area. He gets up early and trains them before starting his work on the horses, so that tells you something about his work ethic.” In total, there were 24 World Pool Moment of the Day prizes awarded this year, with each winning groom receiving a cheque for £4,000, meaning World Pool has returned a total of £96,000 grooms and racing stables this season. Michael Fitzsimons, executive director, wagering products at the HKJC, said, “We're proud to have highlighted 24 outstanding equine performances this year, not only that but also the tireless work and achievement of grooms that are the unsung heroes of thoroughbred racing. “The Hong Kong Jockey Club takes pride in giving back to the community, so we're delighted to have contributed nearly £100,000 over the course of this year to grooms from South Africa, Great Britain, Ireland, Dubai and Australia in the form of our World Pool Moment of the Day initiative. “Choosing between the four finalists can't have been an easy task, but City Of Troy's Derby win is clearly one that resonated most with many people, and goes down as a very worthy Moment of the Year winner. We now look forward to welcoming David Hickey and friends to Hong Kong next year.” The post Derby Victory Of City Of Troy Named World Pool’s Moment Of The Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The stars will come out as the curtain opens up on the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale. The first session begins on Saturday at 10 a.m. with 254 mares, fillies and foals catalouged. Among those selling during the opening session, here are three fillies and mares to watch. 1. Sparkling Plenty (FR) (Kingman {GB} – Speralita (Fr), by Frankel {GB}). Selling as lot 200 with Haras de Bouquetot. A filly that needs no introduction, G1 Prix de Diane victress Sparkling Plenty was added to the December Sale as a wildcard entry two weeks ago. Bred and initially campaigned by Jean-Pierre Dubois, the daughter of Kingman was undefeated in both starts at two and this year she claimed the G2 Prix de Sandringham before earning her Classic victory. Sparkling Plenty is a full-sister to G3 Jersey Stakes winner Noble Truth (Fr) and her dam is a half-sister to multiple Group 1 victress Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}). Now a successful broodmare in Japan, Stacelita is responsible for dual Grade I winner Soul Stirring (Jpn) (Frankel). The family also includes last year's G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp victress Sauterne (Fr) (Kingman). “It's very rare to sell a filly of this caliber,” said Haras de Bouquetot's Benoit Jeffroy. “I think it's the first time the Prix de Diane winner has been sold in training at the Arqana sale and with such a great pedigree. The family is fantastic. Stacelita won the Prix de Diane and now with this filly there are two winners in the family. Out of a Frankel mare, she's a blue blood.” The day after her Prix de Diane victory, Sparkling Plenty was offered at the Goffs London Sale and after being bought back for an eye-watering figure of £8,100,000, a private sale of £5,000,000 was arranged with Al Shaqab Racing taking a 50% ownership share. Since then, Sparkling Plenty placed in the G1 Nassau Stakes and the G1 Prix de l'Opera. When asked what result the Sparkling Plenty connections would consider a 'win' after the filly goes through the ring on Saturday, Jeffroy said, “I don't know. I think we will discuss that maybe later, but she is dissolving a partnership so we will see. She can go into training or she could be a great broodmare so right now the options are open. The people that have been visiting her are for different purposes. Some are to race, some are to breed. I don't know where she will end up but anybody that buys her will have a great asset.” Jeffroy noted that the decision to send Sparkling Plenty to the December Sale was based in part on the vendor's past success at the auction. “It was really a last-minute decision from Sheikh Joaann,” he said. “Last year at Arqana we sold Place du Carrousel (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). She was the top-priced filly in Europe (selling for €4,025,000), so we have always done well here. Spanish Eyes | Katie Petrunyak 2. Spanish Eyes (Ger) (Zarak {Fr} – Sortilege {Ire}, by Tiger Hill {Ire}). Selling as lot 180 with Ecurie des Monceaux. Spanish Eyes's credentials include an active pedigree and the potential to boost her resume on the racetrack next year at four. This year's G1 Preis der Diana runner-up is a daughter of Sortilege, a Group 1 winner for Gestut Karlshof who went on to also produce stakes winner Sirjan (Zarak) and the dam of Group 2 winner Straight (Zarak). The pedigree also features Group 1 winner Sosie (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), who claimed the 2024 G1 Grand Prix de Paris, and the promising 2-year-old Santagada (GB) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), a winner on debut this year. Ecurie des Monceaux's Henri Bozo spoke of the quality behind Spanish Eyes's pedigree. “It's all a credit to Holga Faust and his father (Gestut Karlshof founder Bruno Faust) because they have really made this family,” he said. “It's a family that not only is Classic type, but they can produce all different sort of horses. They're now in a few different hands including the Wertheimers, who have been successful with it, so I think it's a rare mare on offer.” After winning on debut going nine furlongs in June, Spanish Eyes made four more starts this year highlighted by her runner-up performance in the German Oaks. “She's a very good-looking filly and she's very tempting for racing and breeding,” Bozo explained. “She's lightly raced and when you see her, you can see there is plenty of race filly left. I can see her improving a good bit from three to four so I'd be very hopeful that she could be lucky for the buyer, either racing or for a long-term breeding plan.” Alianza | Katie Petrunyak 3. Alianza (GB) (Halling (U.S.)- Cercle d'Amour (U.S.), by Storm Cat(U.S.). Selling as lot 179 with Haras de Clairefontaine. The dam of this year's French 2,000 Guineas hero Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak) will go through the ring on Saturday carrying a foal from the first crop of Erevann. Lincolnshire-based breeder Stuart McPhee (profiled here) landed on the Darley-bred Alianza, who was then a 3-year-old maiden mare, at the 2015 Tattersalls February Sale and purchased her for just 800gns. “I liked the fact that the damsire was Storm Cat,” recalled McPhee. “Godolphin had bought Alianza's dam Cercle d'Amour for over a million dollars. So I was getting her offspring for less than a thousand pounds? That felt like a good bit of business.” Flash forward to 2020 and McPhee sent Alianza to Zarak when the young sire was standing for just €12,000. The resulting foal was Metropolitan. Along with his Guineas score this year, he also placed in G1 St James's Palace Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques le Marois. In 2025, Metropolitan will launch his stud career at Haras d'Etreham. “It has just been like a dream,” McPhee said as he reminisced on the past year. “I still pinch myself some mornings and now of course he's a stallion so that will be a whole new exciting phase. McPhee currently has Alianza's yearling colt by Romanised and a filly by Goken, which he said he will retain. While McPhee admitted that selling Alianza will be bittersweet, he said that he is excited for the 12-year-old mare's future. “I have to sell her now for all sorts of reasons,” he explained. “Obviously, I'm hoping for some nice money from the sale, but I can't afford to insure her any more. I don't feel sad about it because someone else will be able to afford the stallions that she deserves now.” Of the future buyer McPhee noted, “They will be getting genes that have the capability to produce a Classic winner.” The post Three to Watch During Saturday’s Opening Session at Arqana appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

On Wednesday, Dec. 4 at the age of 65, the owner of Midwest Thoroughbreds, Richard J. Papiese, passed away after a battle with Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), according to the Elmwood Chapel & Crematory website. The co-owner of Midwest Custom Case, Inc., a store fixture manufacturing company in Monee, Illinois, Papiese started Midwest Thoroughbreds with his wife Karen in 2003. Over the next 18 years across numerous tracks, the stable earned almost $53 million. In 2012, Midwest established a new single-season record which still stands with 542 wins. Top horses included beloved Illinois-breds like The Pizza Man (English Channel), who brilliantly captured the 2015 GI Arlington Million, and Work All Week (City Zip), the 19-1 longshot winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita in 2014. Both were trained by the late Roger Brueggemann. The Elwood post says, “It is comforting to think of him in a place of peace, surrounded by joy, and reunited with others who have passed. We are sure Rich would want everyone to remember the magic and miracles he brought into everyone's life, even as you mourn.” MSA is a rare and progressive neurological disorder whose symptoms can be similar to Parkinson's disease. Papiese is survived by his wife, Karen (nee Garbarczyk), and his cousin and devoted care giver Justin Shimkus; children: Jeanine (Dan) Zajeski, Frank (Andrea) Opiola, and Alan (Jenn) Opiola; grandchildren: Tayler, Katelyn, Mason, Skylar, Gianna, Noelle, Julia, Josh, Eddie, and Emma; siblings: Cathy (Paul) Levy, Debbie (Bob) Cruz, Sue (Willie) Gutierrez, Lara (Shaun) Fricke, Bill Papiese, the late Paul Papiese, and Mona (Scott) Davis; in laws: Mary Ellen (Gary) Rassel and John (Jackie) Garbarczyk, as well as many nieces and nephews. Arrangements are as follows: Visitation, Thursday, Dec. 12 from 3:00-8:00 p.m. CT., Elmwood Funeral Chapel, 11300 W. 97th Ln., St. John, IN 46373. Funeral Services, Friday, Dec. 13, St. John the Evangelist Church, 10701 Olcott Ave., St. John, IN 46373 with a Mass of Christian Burial scheduled for 10:00 a.m. CT. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Old Friends, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program, or your local police, fire and ambulance services. The post Midwest Thoroughbreds Owner Of The Pizza Man and Work All Week Passes Away appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features a relative of Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). 17.30 Wolverhampton, Nov, £6,300, 2yo, 9f 104y (AWT) Jaber Abdullah's hitherto unraced ZABEEL RAIN (FR) (Masar {Ire}), a 55,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase, is a half-sister to four stakes performers headed by GI Jamaica Handicap-winning sire Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley) and GII Goldikova Stakes victrix Zindaya (More Than Ready). Zindaya, in turn, is the dam of this year's dual Grade I winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and G3 Prix des Reservoirs runner-up and 'TDN Rising Star' Sandtrap (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}). The Charlie Johnston nominee, one of just two fillies in a 12-strong field, encounters Flaxman Stables Ireland's homebred once-raced winner Edge Ofthe Unknown (Quality Road), who is a George Boughey-conditioned grandson of multiple Group 1-winning dual European champion and 'TDN Rising Star' Divine Proportions (Kingmambo); and Ollie Sangster's Kentucky River (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), who is a half-brother to G1 Melbourne Cup and G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin-winning sire Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) coming back off a debut fifth over 10 furlongs at Chelmsford last month. The post Relative Of Carl Spackler In Line For Wolverhampton Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Remington Park will conclude its 2024 season with an exclamation mark Dec. 13 when it stages the $300,000 Remington Springboard Mile as the closing 12th race on the Friday evening program, the meet's final race.View the full article