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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has increased the purses of 10 Aqueduct winter meet stakes by $25,000 as the 49-day schedule features a total of 20 either black-type or graded races worth $3.1 million, the track said in a press release on Wednesday. The meet, which opens Wednesday, Jan. 1 and continues through Sunday, Mar. 30, includes $25,000 purse increases for the Busanda, Ruthless, Damon Runyon (NYB), East View (NYB), Say Florida Sandy (NYB), Broadway (NYB), Correction, Gander (NYB), Maddie May (NYB) and the Jimmy Winkfield will be offered with a purse of $125,000. A trio of races previously offered at the 2024 winter meet–the Haynesfield (NYB), Excelsior, and Biogio's Rose (NYB)–will be run during the 2025 Aqueduct spring meet. The Franklin Square (NYB), Rego Park (NYB), and Cicada, which were previously held during the winter meet, will not be run in 2025. With the exception of Opening Week, live racing will be conducted Thursday-Sunday from the week of Jan. 9 through the week of Feb. 27. Aqueduct will host a Presidents' Day card on Monday, Feb. 17. The winter meet will offer three-day race weeks Friday through Sunday throughout the month of March. The post NYRA Increases 10 Big A Winter Meet Stakes Purses By $25,000 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is proud to announce a multiyear partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the Thoroughbred racing industry.View the full article

The New York Racing Association revealed the stakes schedule for the 49-day winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which will feature 20 stakes worth $3.1 million in total purses.View the full article

Although finding a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner among the victors in the Remsen Stakes (G2) may send you back to 1994, lately the 1 1/8-mile stakes has produced more than its fair share of top-level 3-year-olds.View the full article

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) has formed a multi-year partnership with the Ed Brown Society to assist young people of color pursue careers in the racing industry, the NTRA said via a Wednesday release. “The NTRA is thrilled to partner with the Ed Brown Society to help encourage diversity in the Thoroughbred racing industry,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “We look forward to mentoring the Ed Brown Scholars as they get their start in this amazing industry.” Together with NTRA and its other partners, the Ed Brown Society works to provide exposures, experiences, resources and professional development to talented and focused young people of color who wish to pursue careers in the industry. “We are delighted to embark upon this work with the NTRA,” said L. Clark Williams, President of the Ed Brown Society. “This partnership will undoubtedly afford Ed Brown Scholars and Fellows with remarkable opportunities to gain invaluable industry exposure, by assisting with the critical and wide-ranging initiatives of the NTRA.” The post NTRA Partners With Ed Brown Society To Promote Future Employee Diversity appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. NEW HISA/HIWU STEWARDS RULINGS The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the HIWU “pending” and “resolved” cases portals. Resolved ADMC Violations Date: 12/03/2024 Licensee: Jesus Esquivel, trainer Penalty: For both cases, Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Medication violation for the use or attempted use of a Class C controlled medication on Sassy Walker and Abitibi during the race period. No further information for these violations is currently publicly available. Date: 11/26/2024 Licensee: Angel Quiroz, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the use or attempted use of a Class C controlled medication on Beautiful Astray during the race period. No further information on this violation is currently publicly available. Date: 11/21/2024 Licensee: Eduardo Rodriguez, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Problematica, who won at Fanduel Sportsbook and Horseracing on 10/17/24. Pending ADMC Violations 12/03/2024, Eduardo Caramori, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–a controlled substance (Class B)–in a sample taken from Odorico on 10/29/24. 12/03/2024, Danny Morales, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–a controlled substance (Class B)–in a sample taken from Big Event on 10/25/24. 12/03/2024, Shane Meyers, trainer: Pending Medication violation for the use or attempted use of a Class C controlled medication on Andy Cant during the race period. 12/03/2024, Christophe Clement, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Flunixin–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Gal in a Rush, who finished third in the G2 Presque Isle Downs Masters S. on 9/20/24. 12/03/2024, David Baker, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Mepivacaine–a controlled substance (Class B)–in a sample taken from Mars Magic, who won at Ferndale on 9/7/24. 12/03/2024, Thomas Pierce Jr., trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Clenbuterol–a banned substance except in certain circumstances–in a sample taken from Angel's Shadows, who won at Albuquerque on 9/2/24. 12/02/2024, Timothy Tompkins, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Detomidine–a controlled substance (Class B)–in a sample taken from Sweet Carol James on 10/29/24. 12/02/2024, Librado Barocio, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Canani on 10/27/24. 12/02/2024, Francisco Rodriguez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Wrong Direction, who was third at Pleasanton on 10/19/24. 11/27/2024, Jorge Maravilla, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone and Methocarbamol–both controlled substances (Class C)–in a sample taken from Duplication on 10/27/24. 11/27/2024, Alfredo Marquez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from My Kathryn Rose, who won at Santa Anita on 10/19/24. 11/26/2024, Roderick Rodriguez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Bernardo's Legacy, who won at Gulfstream Park on 10/26/24. 11/22/2024, Moshe Mark, owner: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Chocolate Shake on 10/17/24. 11/21/2024, Juan Aguirre, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole–a controlled substance (Class C)–in a sample taken from Future Flay, who finished sixth at Mahoning Valley on 10/19/24. Violations of Crop Rule The HISA rulings website is currently experiencing technical difficulties, a possible fix for which could come by mid-December, according to a HISA spokesperson. The post Weekly Stewards And Commissions Rulings, Nov. 21-Dec. 4 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

HISA provisionally suspended Paco Lopez from all racing activities under HISA's jurisdiction, effective immediately, after the jockey was captured on video striking his mount National Law in the neck area after the fifth race at Parx Racing Dec. 3.View the full article

On the back of a victory aboard Pour Moi (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) for Coolmore and trainer Andre Fabre in the G1 Investec Epsom Derby in 2011, a then 20-year-old Mickael Barzalona took up a short-term contract to ride in Hong Kong, bringing up a single winner from 42 rides. Now all of 33 years of age, the Frenchman experienced the other end of the spectrum to take out the valuable Longines International Jockeys' Championship (IJC) before a packed house at Happy Valley Racecourse, book-ending the four-race competition with victories en route to amassing 30 points and easily outdistancing 11 other top riders from all over the world. A 30-1 chance pre-post for the IJC, Barzalona was off to the perfect start in the first leg over the 1000 metres, driving fellow roughie Sergeant Pepper (Aus) (I Am Invicible {Aus}) to a victory that was anything but 'lonely,' as Lean Master (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), the mount of William Buick, and Parents' Love (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}), ridden by defending champion Vincent Ho, chimed in late on. In so doing, Barzalona scooped the 12 points for finishing first (video). Barzalona was alloted the mount on Forever Glorious (GB) (Archipenko), who was off at 20-1 in the second leg going 1650 metres, and he looked well on his way to all but sewing up the IJC when he swept in from approaching the final furlong. He was joined shortly thereafter by James McDonald and Prince Alex (Aus) (Animal Kingdom)–a 6-year-old full-brother to US Grade I winner Oleksandra (Aus)–but went down to a battling defeat when the dust had settled (video). Colin Keane and Sure Joyful (NZ) (Tarzino {NZ}) got home well for third. Hollie Doyle rarely leaves empty-handed on IJC night, having finished a joint-third on her maiden appearance in 2020 and a dead-heat second the following season. Her first-ever victory in the IJC came courtesy of trainer David Hayes on a hot favourite in 2020, and the Lindsay Park maestro was responsible for getting her into the thick of things on Wednesday. Assigned the mount on $6.30 (5.30-1) gamble Soleil Fighter ( GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), Doyle was able to settle the 4-year-old on the back of the speed, peeled out and proved narrowly best over Silo (Aus) (National Defense {GB}, Karis Teetan) and Aestheticism (NZ) (Derryn {Aus}), Zac Purton) (video). Five of the 12 IJC contestants were in with a winning chance heading into the final leg at 1200 metres. Barzalona's mount, Aurora Lady (Aus) (Star Witness {Aus}) was the third choice at just below 6-1, but had a potentially tricky draw to deal with in 12 for trainer Pierre Ng. Away alertly and ridden positively, the bay raced three wide and without the benefit of cover in the first third of the field and put the race away in the straight, comfortably holding Kyrus Dragon (Aus) (Safeguard {Aus}, Keane) and Super Joy N Fun (NZ) (What's The Story {NZ}, Ho) (video). McDonald and Doyle were unable to add to their 12 points and shared runner-up honours. “Pierre was quite confident in Aurora Lady's chances after he disappointed at Sha Tin last time when things didn't work out,” said Barzalona. “He's been unlucky a couple of times recently and given we were drawn wide he told me to try and get forward as long as they didn't go mad early on. I trusted my horse and he didn't let me down. “It's a hyper-competitive jockeys challenge and when you see the major names up there on the roll of honour, I'm delighted to have mine alongside,” Barzalona said. Barzalona, who takes home the HK$600,000 first prize, becomes the fourth Frenchman to take out the IJC, joining Olivier Peslier (1998, 2006), Christophe Soumillon (2004, tie with Yutaka Take) and Christophe Lemaire (2012, tie with Ryan Moore and John Murtagh). Barzalona has the call for Fabre aboard Marquisat (Ire) (Zarak {Fr}) in Sunday's G1 Longines Hong Kong Vase. It will be his final Group 1 ride for Godolphin before he takes up a role as first jockey for the French-trained horses of the Aga Khan Studs in 2025. Smashing night! @LONGINES | #IJC | #HKIR pic.twitter.com/xzVIpPMKKA — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) December 4, 2024 The post Barzalona Strikes For France In Longines IJC appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

NEWMARKET, UK — The Wednesday of the December Mares Sale may have become a quieter session than was once the case but there are still plenty of enticing broodmare prospects, not least from the Godolphin draft. It provided five of the day's top ten lots, including the session-topper Bridestones (Ire), a listed-placed filly by Teofilo (Ire) out of the G1 Fillies' Mile winner White Moonstone (Dynaformer). The four-year-old was selected by agent Alex Elliott, who assisted the Amo Racing team in the purchase of the overall sale-topper, the 4.8 million gns You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), and it was the former part-owner of the Irish Oaks winner, Anthony Ramsden's Valmont, in the chair to buy Bridestones. Elliott, was aided in the bidding by Ramsden's nephew Charlie Spencer, the son of former champion jockey Jamie. “She will go back to Whatton Manor [Stud] to be looked after by the Players,” Elliott said. “Teofilo is a very good broodmare sire and he works very well with Lope De Vega, one of Anthony's favourite stallions.” Elliott also signed for Instinction (GB) (Brazen Beau {Aus}), a five-year-old half-sister to the G3 Prix Eclipse winner Eddie's Boy (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), sold from Houghton Bloodstock at 120,000gns. The dual juvenile winner was in foal for the second time to Havana Grey's stud-mate Sergei Prokofiev and is from the strong black-type family of Swiss Lake (Indian Ridge). “She made a lot sense – it's that old Lordship Stud family, a very fast family,” he said Elliott. “She is perfect for Havana Grey and, if we can take a good-looking Sergei out of her, that will go a good way to paying us back for today. She is for myself and a few others.” In keeping with the earlier days of the sale, figures were up year-on-year during this third and penultimate session – notably an improvement in the clearance rate from 79% to 86%. That brought about an uplift in aggregate to 4,6i8,000gns (+25%), while the average was up by 29% at 24,962gns and the median improved to 16,000gns (+14%). With one smaller session still to come on Thursday morning, the December Mares Sale is already in record territory. Turnover from the first three days stands at 83,455,000gns, surpassing the bumper year of 2022. Sands Of Mali Still a Friend to Cool Silk Team Ellaria Sand (GB) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}), winner of the Listed Radley Stakes for Ollie Sangster and owner-breeder The Cool Silk Partnership, was the standout in-training purchase of the day. The two-year-old was bought for 200,000gns by Sam Haggas and will remain with Sangster's team of horses at Manton. She is one of two stakes winners from the first crop of Ballyhane-based Sands Of Mali, along with the Royal Ascot winner Ain't Nobody (Ire). The stallion also raced for Cool Silk and is now the sire of G2 Lowther Stakes runner-up Time For Sandals (Ire) among 19 winners. Matt Coleman, advisor to the Cool Silk Partnership, said, “When Sands Of Mali was going to stud, I bought her dam Ellaria to join a band of broodmares to support the stallion. Ellaria Sand was born and reared at Culworth Grounds and went into training and, fair dues to Peter, Karin and Chris Swann of Cool Silk, they back their own homebreds and put them all in training. It is great to see them get such a great price for her.” He added, “It is a big feather in the cap of the Cool Silk team for a homebred to have won a listed race, and then to sell her for 200,000gns. They raced the stallion and bred this filly so it is a great achievement, hopefully she will go on – Cool Silk has still got the mare and has a full-sister to race.” That's Easy For You To Say 'Barry Lynch for Ballylinch' was the tongue-twisting buying partnership of the day, with the agent stepping in to sign for the G3 Pinnacle Stakes winner Miss Marjurie (Ire) (Marju {Ire}) for the powerhouse Irish stud at 140,000gns. Now 14 and in foal to Darley freshman Triple Time (Ire), the mare, offered by Baroda Stud, is from the family of Group 1 winners Soviet Song (Ire), Marsha (Ire) and Ribbons (GB). Her two-year-old Smoken (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), who was unnamed when the catalogue was published, provided a major update for her page when winning the Listed Montrose Stakes at Newmarket in early November. Lynch said, “Marju mares are very hard to come by, she is in foal to an interesting stallion, and she is a horse who can be mated very easily. It is quite exciting, we are delighted and she is for Ballylinch Stud. could be one for Look De Vega.” Buy of the Day John Bourke of Hyde Park Stud, breeder of 1,000 Guineas winner Cachet (Ire) and Irish 2,000 Guineas runner-up and Jersey Stakes winner Haatem (Ire), picked up what could in time look to be a bargain in lot 1896, Frolova (GB). The unraced mare was bought for 10,000gns from Cheveley Park Stud and is by their emerging broodmare sire Dutch Art (GB). Admittedly, she has not has a straightforward run at stud just yet as she has been barren in two of her five seasons and is yet to produce a winner. There are grounds for hope, however, as she has a yearling filly Korbut (GB), by Study Of Man (Ire), to race for her and was offered in foal to Ulysses (Ire). Frolova is a half-sister to the G1 Prix Jean Prat winner Good Guess (GB), who now stands alongside his sire Zodiac (GB) at Tally-Ho Stud and her second dam is the great Russian Rhythm. The post Valmont Reinvest After Lucrative Sale of You Got To Me appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Lordship Stud's hitherto untested homebred Bowmark (GB) (Kingman {GB}–Bound Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) lined up as a 5-1 chance for division two of Wednesday evening's Unibet More Boosts In More Races EBF Novice Stakes at Kempton and came home with a 'TDN Rising Star' rosette after unleashing a display of raw power in the one-mile heat. The March-foaled bay raced in the front rank early and was steadied to track the leaders in a handy fourth after the initial exchanges. Readied for his bid soon after turning for home, he quickened in style to hit the front just inside the quarter-mile marker and engaged overdrive inside the final furlong to easily outclass Oursin (GB) (Phoenix Of Spain {Ire}) by an impressive 4 1/2 lengths. Very nice from Bowmark Doubles for team Gosden & @KShoemark pic.twitter.com/CuF6GOE1aG — Racing TV (@RacingTV) December 4, 2024 The post Kingman’s Bowmark Powers to TDN Rising Stardom at Kempton appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A 16-strong catalogue for the Tattersalls Cheltenham December Sale, which will be held after racing on Dec. 13, is now available. Featuring a boutique group of point-to-pointers and horses-in-training, the sale will remain open to supplementary entries through Dec. 9. G2 Albert Bartlett Novices' Chase winner Potters Charm (Ire) is an alumni of the 2023 edition of the sale, while other graduates include Grade 1 winners Shishkin (Ire), Sir Gerhard (Ire) and Fayonagh (Ire). Some of the select offerings for the 2024 edition are as follows: Heron In The Park (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}), who is a half-sister to a listed bumper winner, Grade 3 hurdle winner and multiple Grade 1 performer in Glory And Fortune (Ire) (Fame And Glory {GB}); Walk In The Park's winning duo of Delta Blues Belle (Ire) and Frankie John (Ire) who are both from Grade 1 families; and point-to-point winner Sinchi Roca (Ire) (Getaway {Ire}). The post Tattersalls Cheltenham December Catalogue Unveiled appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Professional Jockeys Association said its female members experience "inadequate safeguarding and discriminatory facilities" after only 12 of Britain's racecourses met the original deadline for providing minimum-standard weighing room facilities.View the full article

Classic sire and Group 1 winner Aclaim (Ire) has moved to Batsford Stud where he will stand for £3,000, the stud posted on X. The sire of G1 1000 Guineas heroine Cachet (Ire) retired to The National Stud in 2018, and spent 2023-2024 at Manton Park. The son of Acclamation (GB) is joined by fellow new resident and Classic winner Kew Gardens (Ire), whose first foals will be 3-year-olds next year, at that price. He was previously under the Coolmore banner at Castle Hyde Stud from 2021-2024. Also at £3,000 is Passing Glance (GB), the sire of Grade 1 winners Strong Leader (GB) and Dashel Drasher (GB). The roster is rounded out by Invincible Spirit (Ire)'s Swiss Spirit (GB) at £1,000. The post Aclaim, Kew Gardens On The Move To Batsford Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The British racing industry, in partnership with the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), is using data spanning 14 years to identify and help reduce risk in the sport, via the Racing Risk Models (RRM), the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) and Horse Welfare Board (HWB) announced on Wednesday. Work on the RRM began in 2018 and its development and implementation has been one of the core recommendations of the HWB's 2020 strategy, A Life Well Lived. Academic researchers from the RVC have since been analysing data collected for each race start in Britain, including horse details, racing history, trainer, jockey and racecourse information, combined with details of any adverse outcomes sustained during the race. Potential risk factors identified by the model span five categories–horse, race, course, trainer and jockey. Experts at the RVC apply multivariable statistical modelling to the data to identify areas of increased risk, and the strength of association. This then allows for predictive models to potentially identify how injury and fatality rates might be affected by any individual factors. In 2023, the model was expanded to include Flat racing data, alongside the 400,000 jump records already analysed as part of the project. As new data emerges and future race starts are analysed, the Royal Veterinary College and Equine Safety Group (ESG) will continue to explore risk factors, their associations and potential recommendations for the future. Led by the BHA, the ESG is made up of experts from across British racing including owners, trainers, jockeys, racecourses, veterinary and safety advisors and internal data analysts. James Given, director of equine regulation, safety and welfare at the BHA and member of the Horse Welfare Board, said, “The Royal Veterinary College Epidemiological Team have academic expertise and independence that delivers scientifically rigorous evidence that enables recommendations and actions to be based on indisputable data. “Reduction of risk and injury is one of the core pillars of our welfare strategy and informed, evidence-based decision making is integral to this.” The post Racing Risk Models Being Used to Improve Outcomes for Racehorses in Britain appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Michael Guerin The fact trainer Brendon Hill has never won a Derby might be a surprise. But the fact his good mate Ricky May have never won one is flat out remarkable. The pair head to Addington on Friday to try and remedy that with Renegade in the $300,000 Garrards New Zealand Pacing Derby, a great race won by great horses. It may not actually contain many truly great horses this year with this three-year-old crop struggling to produce a standout star who has open class hero of the future written all over him. But judging by the way he won the lead-up at Addington last week Renegade looks as good as many of his rivals and Hill says he would love to win a Derby with his mate. “I’d love to get one for myself but it is kinda hard to believe Ricky has never driven the Derby winner so to do it together would be magic,” says Hill. “We know it won’t be easy but maybe we are in the right year. There isn’t a standout horse in this crop and I think he is under-rated.” Hill says Renegade had snuck under a few people’s radars before last week’s win and he is spot on for this assignment. “He was really good at Ashburton two starts and had no real luck in the Velocity,” he offers. Renegade has what initially looks a perfect draw at barrier 2 but Hill would prefer he stays there rather than move into the ace if first emergency Next Level inside him comes out. “I’d prefer two, that way he can’t get pushed back on the fence. “It is hard enough to get a Derby chance so want him to get his shot.” Renegade looks up to most tonight after he beat Chase The Dream last Friday although co-trainer Nathan Purdon is expecting the latter to improve. The other and even more dramatic late mover in this crop has been Better Knuckle up, who has been going good races all season but was dominant in the first running of The Velocity. He is versatile, with gate speed, toughness and the ability to swoop so he probably has more ways to win this Derby than his rivals and the perfect draw to try any of those styles. But this is a Derby where any number of them could win, with horses like Jeremiah, We Walk By Faith, Bazooka, Dreams Are Free and Vessem all having shown enough at different stages to suggest they could triumph without stunning. The bookies could barely split them either, with Better Knuckle Up and Chase A Dream $3.20 equal favourites earlier in the week, and Renegade at $8.50. View the full article

Reacting to an incident that took place Tuesday at Parx in which he was caught on video striking the horse National Law (Constitution) in the face with his whip following the fifth race, jockey Paco Lopez has received a provisional suspension from the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA). “In response to the incident yesterday involving jockey Paco Lopez, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has provisionally suspended Paco Lopez from all racing activities under HISA's jurisdiction, effective immediately,” said a HISA spokesperson. “The provisional suspension will proceed under an expedited timeline through HISA's adjudication process.” Parx officials also weighed-in on the incident with a statement of their own. “We are aware of the incident that took place after the fifth race on Dec. 3 and want to express that we aspire to hold the jockey colony and all of the horsemen and women here at Parx to the highest standards,” the release read. “Unsportsmanlike behavior should not and will not be tolerated,” the Parx release said. We will deal with this accordingly. We are cooperating fully with our stewards and with HISA and will support any disciplinary decision they make in the matter.” You have to see this! #8 NATIONAL LAW (4.20) had a huge lead in the stretch before drifting all the way out to the outer rail, just holding on to win race 5 at Parx. The 2yo son of Constitution was ridden by Paco Lopez and is trained by Jorge Duarte, Jr. pic.twitter.com/MR6CSv8VtZ — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) December 3, 2024 The post HISA Provisionally Suspends Paco Lopez After Incident At Parx appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds has added Provocateur (by Into Mischief) for the 2025 breeding season with a stud fee set at $5,000 LFSN, according to a press release from the New York stallion farm on Wednesday. The 5-year-old will stand alongside three-time leading New York sire Central Banker and nationally ranked second crop sire Solomini. The farm will hold their annual holiday stallion show on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET., and all three stallions will be available for inspection. Bred by Kingswood Farm and David Egan, Provocateur was a $600,000 Keeneland September buy for Spendthrift Farm and MyRacehorse. The Todd Pletcher trainee won the Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream Park and finished third in the GI Woody Stephens Stakes. He was purchased for $200,000 by McMahon during 2022 Keeneland November at the Horses of Racing Age Sale. 2025 Fees: Central Banker: $7,500 Solomini: $7,500 Provocateur: $5,000 The post McMahon Of Saratoga Adds Provocateur To 2025 Roster appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Chancheng Glory carries the flag for Iowa breeding in the Longines Hong Kong Mile (G1)View the full article

A breeding right in exciting young stallion Blue Point (Ire) is to be auctioned online on Darley winning bid, the bespoke online auction platform. The auction will take place between the hours of 9am on Tuesday, December 10 and 3pm on Wednesday, December 11. The leading first-season sire by number of winners in 2023, Blue Point covered 161 mares this season. First-crop son Rosallion (Ire) was his flagbearer on the racecourse with a pair of Group 1 wins in the Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes, with the speedy Big Evs (Ire), successful in the G2 King George Stakes, and Kind Of Blue (GB), the winner of the G1 Champions Sprint Stakes, heading a strong supporting cast. Blue Point will command a fee of €100,000 at Kildangan Stud in 2025, a significant increase on the €60,000 he stood for this season. Sam Bullard, Darley's director of stallions, said, “As every aspect of the market continues to polarise, gaining access each season to these popular horses becomes ever more significant to breeders, which is why we are delighted to offer breeders the chance to obtain this breeding right in one of the most successful young stallions on our European roster, securing access to him for many years to come. “I would encourage all potential bidders to register as soon as possible and as ever, the team are on hand to assist with any queries regarding the bidding process.” In order to bid, buyers will need to be registered for a MyDarley account and follow the instructions on how to bid here. The post Breeding Right in Blue Point to be Auctioned Online by Darley appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ten days ago, the Arqana sales company announced the launch of SirePower+, a tailored financing programme which offers breeders the opportunity to have 50% of their 2025 stallion covering fee financed by the Deauville auction house up until the offspring is sold at an Arqana sale. The goal of the programme is to encourage breeders with good mares to reach a little higher to breed to the best French and international stallions, creating more commercially desirable foals. Both French and foreign breeders are invited to participate. The produce will be sold at Arqana's weanling and yearling sales. With the December sale fast approaching, we sat down with Arqana President Olivier Delloye to talk about the new programme. SF: Basically, what you're doing is becoming a bank for breeders. Can you tell me how this idea came about? OD: The idea came very naturally to us after talking with some breeders, particularly Eric Puerari from Haras des Capucines. We are all aware that sire power is a key success driver in any select sale, and we were thinking about how we could help breeders to increase the depth of the top profiles in our yearling sales based on the fact that Deauville attracts the top buyers every year. We're pretty sure that those people would be happy to buy a bit more at home if they find a bit more of the high-profile yearlings they are looking for. SF: I have the impression that sales companies might have done this quietly in the past by extending credit and not asking for payment until the horse actually sells again. Are you the first people to do it formally in this way? OD: That's a good question. I don't know enough about what sales companies did in terms of initiatives of that kind in recent years, but yes, it's quite unusual to market it as a financial product. It's really aimed at letting breeders know that there is something for them, and if they think that they have a really good mare, they can go the extra step in terms of a covering sire to produce one of those really, really sought-after yearlings. And we can help. SF: Just to be clear, this applies to international sires, correct? You could breed to Dubawi, for example. OD: It's open to the best stallions, and of course if we are talking about Europe, you have some in France, but there is obviously a bigger number in the UK and in Ireland. It's open to French breeders or non-French breeders, but we'd rather focus, at least for the first year, on people breeding in France. You can be living in the UK or in Ireland or in the US, but if you have some nice mares standing in France and you really want to offer them the best stallion and maybe a better stallion that you had in mind initially, then that's where SirePower+ comes in. SF: How has it been received by stallion owners? OD: To date, it has been welcomed very positively, both by stallion owners and breeders as well. We already got some nice applications–applications that are really, really in line with what we had in mind when launching this product, That's good news, and we also had a positive response in the way that it triggered a good discussion among the breeders in France about how to enhance the quality of what is produced in France. I think listening to the breeders can only help us collectively to launch other initiatives in the near future to achieve the same objective. “We are wondering within Arqana what a sales company can do to help to make the whole French industry stronger.” –Arqana President Olivier Delloye SF: Do you imagine it mostly being yearlings that are produced under this scheme or could it be weanlings or in-foal mares? OD: It could be weanlings, but I'd say its primarily aimed at producing yearlings because France remains a real market for yearlings more than weanlings. Still, if someone has it in mind to produce top-class weanlings to sell in December here in Arqana, I would definitely support that plan, too. SF: What would have to happen, say by the year after next, for you to say, `wow, this was a big success and we're going to build on it?' What would you like to see happen? OD: I'd like to see an increased number of yearlings by what we know are or will be the stallions most in demand by those buyers that we do very much to attract here in Deauville. SF: Is it becoming more and more competitive for sales companies to attract those very top yearlings, making initiatives like SirePower+ necessary to remain competitive? Will we see more and more of this type of promotion? OD: What we really, really have to improve upon here in France is the depth we can offer at the top end of the catalogue. We need more Classic broodmares going to the best stallions. We need to attract more of those good stallions and keep them in France. The stallion ranks have been improving over the last years, but we have still some progress to make. Everything is linked, so you cannot pretend to have the best stallions in France if you don't have the broodmares and vice versa, so we need to work on both sides. That's why we are wondering within Arqana what a sales company can do to help to make the whole French industry stronger. SF: Do you imagine people buying mares at this sale, thinking,` I'm going to take advantage of this offer?' OD: Yes, very much so. The very last big show of the year in Deauville is this breeding stock sale, which has made huge progress over the last years, and which features a strong catalogue. On a very exciting Saturday, we are featuring a Classic-winning filly in the name of Sparkling Plenty, top-class mares, the dams of Unquestionable, Tamfana, and Metropolitan to name the most recent Group 1 winners, and a good bunch of very exciting racing prospects like Spanish Eyes, Grand Stars and many others. We also have some weanlings by the most exciting sires like Frankel, Sea The Stars, Lope De Vega, Siyouni and many others. It's a strong catalogue and I think we will have a good crowd coming from all over the world including a lot of Japanese, so we're hoping for a successful sale. I do think that what we launched is a good incentive to buy a nice broodmare here, keep her in France and if you can have half of the nomination fee financed until the sale of the yearling, it can only help people be a bit bolder to buy some nice mares and leave them in France. The post SirePower+: Q and A With Olivier Delloye On Eve of Arqana 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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