Wandering Eyes

Bregman Family Racing's daughter of Justify comes into the Jessamine Stakes (G2T) off a victory in the P. G. Johnson Stakes in New York. The Jessamine is a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series event for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).View the full article

As recently as 2015, it looked like Dylan Davis's career was stuck in neutral. He won just 57 races that year with earnings of $1,859,318. He was, at best, a middle-of-the-pack rider on the NYRA circuit. Fast forward to 2024 and a new Davis has emerged. With three months to go on the year he's already won 147 races and earned $11,318,656 and is on schedule to have the best year of his career. His win aboard Todd Pletcher trainee Tapit Trice (Tapit) in last Saturday's GII Woodward Stakes was hardly a surprise as he is now riding for many of the top trainers on the circuit and he proved himself at the toughest meet possible, Saratoga, finishing with 36 wins. That was good for a tie for third in the standings behind only Irad Ortiz, Jr. and Flavien Prat. What has changed his fortunes? That was among the questions Davis, the Guest of the Week, answered on the TDN Writers' Room Podcast, which is presented by Keeneland. “I think it was a matter lot of hard work and grinding it out throughout the years on the NYRA circuit and just building my business up with my agent Mike Migliore,” Davis said. “He was a big believer in me in the beginning. I have been improving as a rider and Mike has improved as an agent. We work together and I think communication has been a big factor for us. We try to build on our success every year and look toward the future. I'm really happy with it and am just trying to continue to capitalize on all the opportunities that are given to me.” Davis said that at one point he was ready to leave New York for a lesser circuit. “I was at a point where I was going to leave New York because I wasn't doing well enough throughout the wintertime,” Davis said. “I thought that I would have to go somewhere again and then come back again and try the next winter. I was working with Rudy Rodriguez in the morning, 5:30, with no agent and trying to see what opportunities were available to me. Mike Migliore, he was there every morning, at 5:15, trying to get my book. “I really didn't pay no mind to him because he had no experience in New York and didn't know many people,” said Davis. “But because he wanted me so badly and he didn't have many established relationships, I thought we could both start fresh. I saw that he had the passion and he had the drive that I was looking for in an agent that was willing to put in the hard work and lay it down just as badly as I did. I gave him the opportunity and I put a lot of trust into him and that's what we see today, that all that hard work is paying off.” Davis has even caught the eye of Charlie Appleby, who has given him three mounts this year, including Beautiful Love (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}). Davis teamed up with that filly to win the GIII Fasig-Tipton Jockey Club Oaks Invitational. “It actually started when I beat Silver Knott (GB) with Carson's Run at Saratoga [in the GI Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes]. So Flavien [Prat] wasn't available and I heard that he said, 'I want that jockey that beat me in that race.' That's how he got me,” Davis said. “They must have liked what they saw from my riding abilities and my performance for them. I'm just trying to do my best out there for whoever I ride for and I'm happy to ride for new clients, especially someone like Mr. Appleby.” In our breeding spotlight section we looked at the WinStar stallion Life Is Good. Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders' Association, West Point Thoroughbreds, WinStar and XBTV.com, the team of Randy Moss, Zoe Cadman and Bill Finley reviewed the California Crown races at Santa Anita and the concept behind the redesign. Is it the type of event that will create new racing fans? Moss and Cadman, who were both at the event, gave it favorable reviews. They also looked ahead to the big races that will be run this weekend at Keeneland, Aqueduct and Santa Anita. To watch the Writers' Room, click here. To listen to the show as a podcast, click here. The post Dylan Davis Joins TDN Writers’ Room Podcast appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Race 4 CRAIGS INVESTMENT PARTNERS 2100m EYEGEEGEE (K Myers) – Co-trainer Ms. L Zydenbos advised Stewards, the stable was satisfied with the post-race condition of the gelding, however, EYEGEEGEE has now been retired from racing. The post Waikato Thoroughbred Racing @ Te Rapa, Friday 27 September 2024 appeared first on RIB. View the full article

The CJC AGM started out really well tonight with questions and discussions around increased revenue from Entain and new initiatives to improve the raceday experience until we got to the subject of polytrack and grass surfaces which have been a major problem here at Riccarton, our premier track. I left the meeting shaking my head after hearing Tim Mills adamantly claiming that there was 150mm of poly cover (not the 50mm confirmed during my investigation) and then having to ask 3 times what the club was hoping to do this summer to provide a genuine Good 4 surface in the home straight. Mills couldn’t answer the question other than trying to convince us that the world record times on the flint hard front straight were because of a miserable 4m fall in the track for the 1200m run. He even tried to blame the penontrometer readings as not being accurate. Refused to accept that the track around the back and around the bend was non problematic compared to the front straight and that the penontrometer was taken as an average, not indicative (or exposing) of the rock hard straight. I explained the multiple phone calls I received of horses that pulled up like crabs after Mondays trials. But not one person in that room other than a trainer beside me cared. The icing on the cake was when retired vet Corin Murfitt (committee member) stood up and told those who dared to listen that jarred up horses were the fault of the trainer … not those presenting the tracks!!! Source: Facebook

Turfway Park's 2024-25 stakes schedule features 24 races worth $4.9 million in purses, highlighted by the $700,000 Jeff Ruby Steaks (G3) March 22 and the debut of the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, featuring $1 million in purse money Dec. 14.View the full article

Mentee, the full bother to champion Fierceness who set a track record in his debut, changes course Oct. 4 when he tries the turf for the first time in the $175,000 Futurity Stakes (G3T) at the Belmont at the Big A fall meeting.View the full article

The nation's racetracks appear primed for compliance with the first set of uniform receiving barn cleanliness, maintenance and security regulations. Just how stringent these rules will be remains up in the air. Back in August, the TDN took a dive into the issues that stakeholders frequently raise about the nation's fleet of receiving barns. This included the potential for unclean stalls, or receiving barns in poor overall physical condition, to cause environmental contamination through left behind trace drug residues. Last month, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) issued for public comment a set of draft receiving barn regulations, along with draft rules for the number and location of restrooms on the backside, disclosure of consumption of prohibited substances, and entering a horse on the vets' list while awaiting the results of a blood test. Though the public comment period on these draft rules closed Monday, stakeholders can still submit recommended changes–via email at feedback@hisaus.org–for the remainder of the time the Authority will continue shaping the rules before sending them onto the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to HISA's assistant general counsel, Samuel Reinhardt, this could take up to a month or so. Furthermore, stakeholders will get another chance to comment when the FTC puts the draft language out for another public comment period, before formally adopting the rules. What's currently in the proposed rules? They're broken into several areas that include the following key points: 1 – Receiving barns will be maintained in a “clean and sanitary condition,” each stall “thoroughly disinfected” after each occupancy. “After stalls are cleaned and sanitized, the empty stalls shall be secured by closing the stall doors and securing them with a serialized tamper evident security tag.” 2 – Receiving barns will be fitted with “high-resolution security cameras” to monitor the activities, including all “entry and exit points,” and “interior areas” where horses are stabled and handled. “Beginning two weeks prior to the Race Meet and continuing for the duration of the Race Meet, security cameras shall record continuously for 24 hours per day and all recordings shall be stored securely for a minimum period of 90 days.” 3 – While the physical makeup of existing receiving barns isn't addressed, it prohibits the use of wood as a surface material “in all new or renovated Receiving Barns.” The term “renovation” refers to the “refinishing, replacing, bracing, strengthening, upgrading, or extensive repair of the foundation, walls, floors, or roof systems of an existing Receiving Barn.” 4 – Receiving barns will be equipped with adequate stable room and facilities, “including hot and cold running water, and ample stall bedding.” 5 – Receiving barn access points will be controlled by racetrack security to bar unauthorized entry. As currently drafted, if a racetrack fails to comply with the new rules, this lapse can't be considered supporting evidence of environmental contamination, “and therefore shall not on its own provide a basis for a finding of No Fault or Negligence or No Significant Fault or Negligence under the Protocol.” If tracks violate the draft rules, they'll face possible sanctions. It's currently unclear what those sanctions will be, but they afford the Authority a “broad range of options” in terms of possible penalties. In comparison to other leading jurisdictions–like the British Horseracing Authority which has four pages of detailed “racecourse stabling” hygiene, cleaning and use requirements–HISA's draft rules leave the requirements over what's considered “clean and sanitary” open-ended. Alan Foreman | courtesy of Alan Foreman “My sense is, what they are doing is the most practical under the circumstances. And it may just be a starting point,” said Alan Foreman, chairman and chief executive officer of the Thoroughbred Horsemen's Associations (THA), and ombudsman on behalf of HISA's licensees, when asked about the draft rules. Foreman described the comparison between the U.S. system with somewhere like the UK–where all runners ship into racetrack stables mostly for just one day of racing–as apples to oranges. “I think the more complex question is the extent to which the positive tests that are being called are the result of contamination in the receiving barns themselves. Even if there is residue of drugs in a receiving barn, is there sufficient residue that would generate a positive test?” said Foreman. He raised the spectre of metformin, the common human diabetes drug that has been caught in the crosshairs of HISA's drug and medication control program. Indeed, as part of a study conducted at Charles Town racetrack several years ago, two receiving barn stalls swabbed positive for metformin. Among the datapoints in the TDN's August report, of the 11 HISA-related metformin positives identified at that time, six were from ship-ins. Though in two of those 11 cases, media reports suggested that the findings were probably the result of contamination from staff hygiene lapses. The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium's (RMTC) Scientific Advisory Committee is still in the process of conducting a review of the available science relating to metformin, including administration studies. “If the argument being made, a defense argument that [a positive metformin test] could be coming from contamination in the receiving barn, there is now scientific work being done to establish whether or not that is a possibility. And HISA will be guided by that,” said Foreman. “It's an extremely complex issue,” Foreman added, of the contamination debate. “But if the horsemen are going to be held to an extraordinarily high standard with respect to the operation of their stables and their barns to prevent anti-doping violations, there should be an expectation that if their horses are being placed in spaces that are not under their control, similarly stringent steps are big taken to protect them from the possibility of contamination.” The post Receiving Barn Draft Reg’s: Door Still Open On Stakeholder Input appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The $600,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1), offering the winner a spot in the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) thanks to the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, features a rematch of the top finishers in Saratoga Race Course's Spinaway Stakes (G1).View the full article

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Bluestocking will lead Britain's challenge in the Oct. 6 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) after Juddmonte paid her €120,000 supplemental fee, and jockey Rossa Ryan believes the filly can justify the decision to run her in the Longchamp showpiece.View the full article

Trainer Chad Brown brings three grade 1 winners and a grade 1-placed, grade 2 winner to the First Lady Stakes (G1T) at Keeneland. They will face three accomplished runners by top 10 sire Twirling Candy.View the full article

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is scheduled to arrive at Keeneland Oct. 2 to continue training for his first start since finishing eighth in the Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 8.View the full article

Turfway Park Racing & Gaming has unveiled its 2024-25 stakes schedule, with $4.9 million in purses across 24 races and includes the debut of the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, according to a release from the track on Wednesday afternoon. “We're really excited to unveil the stakes calendar for the winter season at Turfway Park, which not only features our marquee Jeff Ruby Steaks Day but also introduces the new Turfway Park Synthetic Championships,” said Gary Palmisano Jr., vice president of racing for Churchill Downs Incorporated. “By adding the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships, we're bringing together four stakes races, worth a combined $1 million, for one premiere night of racing.” Set for Dec. 14, the Turfway Park Synthetic Championships will feature four $250,000 stakes races: the Prairie Bayou, Holiday Cheer, Holiday Inaugural and My Charmer. These races, which were previously run across four separate weekends, have been combined into one card. The GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks, part of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Championship Series, will award qualifying points to the top five finishers on a 100-50-25-15-10 scale. In total, Jeff Ruby Steaks Day will feature six stakes contests, while the undercard includes the Bourbonette Oaks–a championship series race on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The other stakes include the GIII TwinSpires Kentucky Cup Classic, Animal Kingdom Stakes, the Latonia Stakes and the Rushaway Stakes. Turfway Park's season runs from Wednesday, Nov. 27 through Saturday, Mar. 29. The condition book for the Holiday Meet, which spans Nov. 27-Dec. 29, will be available in the coming weeks. The post Turfway Unveils $4.9 Million Stakes Schedule And Debuts Synthetic Championships appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Croom House Stud boss Denis Brosnan opened up on how a gamble to back Goffs with some of the farm's best yearlings this year paid off when the County Limerick-based operation's Frankel (GB) colt out of Listed winner Loch Lein (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) brought an Orby Sale-topping €2 million to Godolphin on Wednesday. Godolphin also snapped up a €600,000 Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Croom House Stud and Brosnan, one of the most successful businessmen in Ireland, said that Goffs chief Henry Beeby lived up to his promise in finding the buyers if the Orby was rewarded with the right stock. He said, “It's great. We came to Goffs with seven horses this year and obviously we have good horses selling at Tattersalls next week as well. But we put our faith in Henry Beeby. He said that, if we brought the horses, he'd find the buyers. We took him at his word and it's worked out well for the two of us.” Brosnan added, “There was nobody who hadn't vetted the Frankel. We've never had as many vets. It was just a case of who had the most money. We're delighted that he's gone to Godolphin and Charlie Appleby because it's the first time that they have gone big on Croom House Stud horses and we hope that the Frankel and the Wootton Bassett work out for them.” Godolphin was the leading buyer at this year's Orby Sale. Anthony Stroud signed for seven yearlings to the tune of €5.27 million on behalf of operation. Commenting on the sale's top lot, Stroud said, “A lovely horse–the first foal by Frankel and he moved extremely well. We all liked him and he came from Croom House Stud, who have bred a number of very good horses. We had to stretch a long way to get him but we are very pleased to get him on behalf of Godolphin.” Just as he had done on the Norelands-drafted Sea The Stars (Ire) colt [267] who provided some early entertainment when selling for €900,000, Stroud held off the attentions of Coolmore as underbidders on the Frankel colt. On that rivalry, Stroud said, “[Coolmore] are fantastic at what they do. They are second to none, really. They run a fantastic operation with a fantastic team of people. If we see a nice horse, it's always going to be tough to buy it. And that's the way it should be. Hopefully he'll go on. He'll go to Charlie Appleby.” It might be easy to look on at some of the numbers posted on Wednesday and squirm. However, while it may come across like Monopoly money to some, the Croom House boss explained that days like Wednesday–where the stud cleared close to €3 million on colts by Frankel, Wootton Bassett and No Nay Never–are imperative. Brosnan continued, “We run a different show than what some people might think. We have a medium-sized farm in that we keep just over 30 mares and we keep culling mares so that we are really breeding at the top end of the market. It would be very easy for us to go to 40 or 50 mares but we don't. We keep the numbers low and we use the best stallions and these are the results.” He added, “The market is very good at the top. I daren't tell you that we were selling at the very low end of the market last week where we didn't even get the stud fee back. But you have those types of results every year which makes days like this all the more important.” Like Brosnan, Stroud was full of compliments for Goffs after his buying spree was completed by a €1 million Frankel filly that was consigned by Kirsten Rausing's Staffordstown Stud. A half-sister to triple Group 2 winner Sandrine (GB), lot 465 was the only other horse to clear seven figures at the sale. Stroud commented, “I think there were some very nice horses overall. If the horses are here, we will be here and we will be trying to buy. We've bought a range of horses and, needless to say, they are all well-bred and come from very good farms.” On Staffardstown's €1 million Frankel filly, he added, “Staffordstown do a wonderful job and have bred so many wonderful horses. She'll be a lovely filly to go to our paddocks when she has finished her racing career. But I think we have bought some lovely horses this week.” Meanwhile, Rausing, who was in attendance at Goffs all week, added, “I am very happy to have sold such a lovely filly. She is marvellous in every way and, like all good horses, she does everything right from the beginning to the end. “I am very lucky to have bred her-I forget what generation she is, sixth or seventh-and I bought her ancestress Sushila in this very ring in the second year that Goffs was in operation in Kill, so it was in 1976. I've had the family ever since and every single name on the catalogue page I have bred.” Respectable Figures Posted Goffs issued a rallying cry to Irish breeders to support the sale with some of its best yearlings and, to be fair to the company, it paid off with the figures posted over the two days making for respectable reading. For the 466 horses offered, 85% were sold, which represents a 2% drop on last year. The turnover was down 5% to €51,051,500 while the average was €128,594 [up 5%] and the median rested at €80,000 [down 5%]. Beeby commented, “Bring us your best and we will deliver” is our cry and I think it is fair to say that we have proved that point yet again over the last two days. Orby Book 1 is a world class sale with world class yearlings and attracts a truly global buying bench that is the measure of any yearling sale anywhere. As such it exists to provide the best possible marketplace for Irish breeders, and it give us enormous pleasure each time we deliver for them. “Top prices of €2 Million and €1 Million are, of course, true highlights and we are indebted to Denis Brosnan and Kirsten Rausing for entrusting such spectacular yearlings to us and the Godolphin team for the confidence they have shown with their winning bids, not forgetting the ever important underbidders. The top lots were not one offs though, and we have been delighted to see double the number making €750,000 and over, the same for €500,000 plus, and more for €250,000 or above compared to last year. Those numbers have driven an average price that has grown by 5% to build on the huge gains we have recorded in recent years. “We are nothing without the horses” is another oft repeated Goffs phrase but it is as sincere as ever and we send our thanks and appreciation to every single vendor for each lot. We believe that increasing numbers are making Orby Book 1 their first choice for more of their elite yearlings as a result of the hard-earned results of the last few years and it was gratifying to hear so many noted judges agree. Add to that the undeniable USP of the Goffs Two Million Series that has so caught the imagination of buyers, particularly as it continues to evolve with another €500,000 of UK bonuses next year to go with the €500,000 on offer in Ireland, and you have the setting for a really strong sale. “As the Irish National Yearling Sale, Orby traditionally caters to home grown yearlings, but it is gratifying to see a few “swim against the tide” with increasing numbers of UK vendors choosing Orby as well. The numbers are not big yet, but we are enthused by those that have made the trip and can only encourage more to come and experience the unique Goffs service especially with those that may be a little bit different. Competition is the driver of all vibrant markets and Goffs will continue to work tirelessly and with absolute integrity for the bloodstock industry. He added, “If the number of overseas vendors is small, that could not be said of our purchasers and we have been so pleased to welcome another international group, including several new faces to Kildare Paddocks. The Goffs Buyer Attraction Team, together with Irish Thoroughbred Marketing, have done another mighty job and we wish every buyer success with their Orby purchases wherever they race. “While we reflect on a what one industry leader told me he viewed as a “very solid sale” there is no escaping the tightening of trade at a level, and it was very evident that the market is unforgiving of yearlings that do not have it all. A 85% clearance rate down by three points and a drop in the median equivalent to one bid at the level is a clear indicator of the reality of 2024 which has been the case at each sale thus far this year and we all have work to do to minimise the impact of whatever slow down is here so that we navigate our way through as best we can. Whatever happens, Goffs will continue to work with and for every client, however big or small, with enthusiasm, passion and drive; that's all we know.” O'Leary: 'It's The Top 10 Per Cent That's Getting Rewarded In This Market' It was a productive two days for Yulong, with the operation spending €1.31 million on five yearlings, including two by its own young Irish National Stud-based stallion Lucky Vega (Ire) at €150,000 and €100,000 respectively. However, the haul was headed by Eddie O'Leary's homebred Night Of Thunder (Ire) filly [357], with the Lynn Lodge Stud man sharing his thoughts on the market following the sale. He said, “Great result. Bought by a very lucky man and hopefully she'll go on. The market is good for the right stuff. There's obviously a bit of market correction going on but that's good because, if you have what the people want, it's very, very good.” He added, “The figures yesterday were actually alright. But in every sphere–be that point-to-pointers or high-class yearlings, there is market correction–you get more than ever if you have the real deal. It used to be the top third that got rewarded, now it's the top 10 per cent. And, if you are in that top bracket, you can get London.” Blue Diamond Adds Potential Gems To The Team As well as breaking new ground with its first yearling draft at Goffs, Blue Diamond Stud added a well-bred Night Of Thunder filly at €640,000 and a nice New Bay (GB) colt for €450,000 to the team on Thursday through bloodstock agent Hugo Merry. The Night Of Thunder filly was sold by the Irish National Stud and is out of Listed performer Sea Mona (Tiz Wonderful), a proven producer of American Group 2 scorer California Angel (California Chrome). Meanwhile, the New Bay colt was consigned by Ballylinch Stud and is a half-brother to no less than three black-type performers. Merry said, “The Night Of Thunder is a beautiful filly and the sire is on fire. The mare is well able to produce. Imad [Al Sagar] is a very brave man. I just hope he has bought Graded Stakes winners. They are lovely yearlings.” Talking points Joseph O'Brien was one of the big winners at the Orby. The leading Irish trainer signed for eight yearlings in his own name for €1,374,000 while a number of big-money yearlings that were bought by other entities are reported to be heading his way. Mick Kinane was busy on behalf of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, signing for four yearlings for €1,190,000. Did we get a glimpse of what is to come at Tattersalls next week? Frankel was the dominant force at Goffs with six yearlings selling for €4,380,000. Juddmonte's super sire was out on his own in terms of aggregate and average posted. The general consensus was that Book 1 of the Orby was respectable. However, Goffs will be all too aware that we are only halfway through what is a massive week for Irish breeders and pinhookers alike. A lot rests on how the next two days pans out here at Kildare Paddocks. Book 2 of this session was disappointing last year to say the least. Here's hoping what has played out at Goffs on Tuesday and Wednesday will carry through to Book 2. Golden touch I know where I'd be if I just turned €42,000 into €420,000 at the Orby Sale. I'd be upstairs in the balcony restaurant, throwing my weight behind a bottle of champagne, marvelling at my luck. Perhaps that's the difference between me and Noel O'Callaghan of Mountarmstrong Stud. Just a few minutes after the hammer had fallen on his Blue Point (Ire) filly out of a mare he purchased carrying what turned out to be one of the most expensive horses of the entire sale, O'Callaghan was back in the stableyard tending to his stock. “We bought the mare [Moon Shadow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})] carrying the filly for €42,000 here a couple of years ago,” O'Callaghan said. “To be fair, she is very nice and was fierce busy all week. Every time she was pulled out, she behaved like an absolute queen.The mare is still young [eight] and she'll go back to Blue Point now. She has a Starman filly foal at foot but was barren this year.” He added, “Goffs work hard at it and it has been good trade. There is no real story here. There are plenty of people for the nice horses. I'd six or seven people bidding on this filly. Al Shaqab were the underbidders. Trade is good for the nice horses. Hopefully the TDN will be writing about her next year. That's the most important thing.” If the Blue Point filly is to one day earn a TDN Rising Star, it will be after she bolts up for trainer Richard Hannon, with Peter and Ross Doyle signing for the filly on behalf of Norway's Bente and Magne Jordanger. Ross Doyle said, “Mountarmstrong have bred some very nice horses down through the years. Every time we went to see her, she stretched out. She seems a very classy filly. Our clients tried very hard to buy the Night Of Thunder filly [357] but got outbid on her. This was the next filly on the list and we're delighted to get her.” Thought for the day What a difference a day makes. While the figures posted on day one would have painted a pretty picture, some of the bigger lots failed to meet their lofty expectations. There were no such complaints on Wednesday where the momentum of the sale didn't let up from start to finish. A job well done. The post Backing The Orby Pays Off For Croom House With €2m Frankel Colt To Godolphin 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. Thursday's Observations features a half-sister to Group 1 winner and sire Ten Sovereigns (Ire). 14.40 Salisbury, Novice, £10,000, 2yo, 6f 213yT CHANTILLY LACE (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) debuts for Ralph Beckett in this race the talent-rich stable won two years ago with the subsequent group 1 performer Remarquee (GB) (Kingman {GB}). Doreen Tabor's 375,000gns Tatts October Book 1 purchase, who is a half-sister to No Nay Never's G1 July Cup and G1 Middle Park Stakes-winning sire Ten Sovereigns (Ire), encounters seven rivals on an illuminating debut. The post Lope De Vega Half To Ten Sovereigns Debuts At Salisbury 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: 09/26/2024 Licensee: Miguel Hernandez, trainer Penalty: 7-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on Sept. 27, 2024; Disqualification of Covered Horses' Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $1,000; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Treated as 1 violation between Cajun Treasure and Dennard under 09/08/23 HISA Guidance. Admission. Explainer: Medication violations for the presence of Dexamethasone–controlled substance (class C)–in samples taken from Cajun Treasure, who finished fourth at Emerald Downs on 8/17/24, and from Dennard, who won at Emerald Downs on 8/17/24. Date: 09/26/2024 Licensee: Rodney Faulkner, trainer Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–controlled substance (class C)–in a sample taken from Moontap on 8/15/24. Date: 09/26/2024 Licensee: Peter Walder, trainer Penalty: 10-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on Sept. 27, 2024; a fine of $6,000 (multiple violations). Final decision by internal adjudication panel. Explainer: Intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Uncle Curly on 1/14/24. Date: 09/25/2024 Licensee: Khadeem Galloway, 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 presence of Methocarbamol–controlled medication (class C)–in a sample taken from Voorhees, who finished third at Thistledown on 8/7/24. Pending ADMC Violations 10/01/2024, Carlos Ramirez, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Ketoprofen–controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Darnell on 8/23/24. Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Aminocaproic Acid–controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Darnell on 8/24/24. 09/30/2024, Michael Maker, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Glycopyrrolate–controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Lt. Mitchell on 8/25/24. 09/30/2024, James Lawrence II, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Dantrolene–controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from My Boss Lady, who finished second at Delaware Park on 8/22/24. 09/27/2024, Mathew Binning, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Altrenogest–a banned substance–in a sample taken from Pit Stop Man, who finished third at Laurel Park on 7/13/24. 09/27/2024, William Cowans, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole–controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Know Who You Are on 12/12/23. Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole and Pentoxifylline–both Controlled Medications (Class C)–in a sample taken from Big Philly on 8/15/24. 09/26/2024, Pompeyo Gomez, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine– controlled Medication (Class B)–in a sample taken from Lookingfortreasure on 8/22/24. Violations of Crop Rule One important note: HISA's whip use limit is restricted to six strikes during a race. Albuquerque Downs Felipe Sanchez Valdez–violation date Sept. 26; $250 fine and one-day suspension Churchill Downs Chase Montgomery Miller–violation date Sept. 26; $250 fine and one-day suspension Los Alamitos Lidio Barrientos–violation date Sept. 22; $250 fine and one-day suspension, one strike over limit Remington Park Richard Edgardo Eramia–violation date Sept. 26; $250 fine and one-day suspension Sofia Barandela Rojano–violation date Sept. 26; $250 fine and one-day suspension Richard Edgardo Eramia–violation date Sept. 27; $500 fine and two-day suspension The post Weekly Rulings From Stewards And Commissions, Sept. 26-Oct. 2 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Odds are Carl Spackler will be the one to catch again in the Oct. 5 Coolmore Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) opening weekend of the Keeneland fall meet.View the full article

Juddmonte's champion homebred mare Idiomatic has her eyes set on more Breeders' Cup glory, with her next stop along that path a familiar one in the $600,000 Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 6.View the full article

The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.) and Stable View has postponed this weekend's T.I.P. Championships because of Hurricane Helene and rescheduled the events for Oct. 24-27, the organization said in a press release on Wednesday. Stable View will offer a full refund to all competitors who are unable to participate during the new dates. In addition, T.I.P. Championships declarations and entries will re-open, providing an opportunity to participate in the event to those who may not have been able to make the originally scheduled dates. All scratches must be communicated via email to secretary@stableviewfarm.com by Friday, Oct. 4. These entries will be refunded. Those not requesting a refund will have their entry transferred to the new weekend. Click here for more information. The post T.I.P. Championships At Stable View Postponed Due To Hurricane, New Dates Oct. 24-27 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For most of the sport's history the mental well-being of jockeys was not something that anybody talked about or even thought about. But the problem could no longer be ignored when, in 2023, two jockeys, Alex Canchari and Avery Whisman, took their own lives. They were otherwise young and healthy, but the pressures of being a jockey was a burden both, apparently, could not handle. They were not alone. Jockey's Guild President and CEO Terry Meyocks said that 230 jockeys were surveyed last year and asked about their mental health. One-third of the respondents reported that they were facing challenges mentally, particularly with anxiety and depression. The Jockeys' Guild decided to be proactive and reached out to the Horse Racing Integrity and Safety Authority for assistance. Working together and with the primary goal of raising awareness of the issues, 19 people, most of them representatives of HISA or the Jockeys' Guild, traveled to Washington D.C. in mid-September and spent three days meeting with lawmakers. The goal was to raise awareness and to impress upon the politicians that jockeys should be included whenever the subject of the mental health of athletes is discussed or dealt with. The visits allowed jockeys and their families to share their personal experiences with lawmakers. HISA and the Jockeys' Guild briefed Congress on the tools they have established to improve health conditions, including the sport's first uniform concussion protocol. They asked Congress to support all initiatives meant to improve mental health outcomes. “There has been talk among my peers for quite some time about mental health and supporting jockeys to help them become a stronger version of themselves from the mental perspective,” said former jockey Ramon Dominguez, who retired in 2013 on the advice of doctors after he was involved in a spill in which he sustained a traumatic brain injury. “Unfortunately, the straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak, was the two suicides. We got to a point where action had to be taken. Ultimately, going to Capitol Hill was one of our main goals. We wanted to bring awareness of the issues and to educate the people in Congress. I thought things went very well.” John Velazquez, Lisa Lazarus and Ramon Dominguez listen to Sen. Mitch McConnell | courtesy of HISA The group that went to Washington included Meyocks, HISA CEO Lisa Lazarus, relatives of both Canchari and Whisman and jockeys Trevor McCarthy and John Velazquez, and retired rider Laffit Pincay III. They had over 30 meetings and met face-to-face with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and six members of the House of Representatives. “The first step was to educate Congress and let them know that these issues exist and that jockeys are on par with any athletes,” said HISA's director of public affairs Bethany Erb. “Down the road there could be potential legislative fixes and potential federal funding. There are a lot of other associations representing athletes that are on the Hill working toward legislation that benefits their interests. We wanted to be heard as well.” Said Meyocks: “I think this went very well, especially when you consider it was a first step. The HISA team put it together with all these Senators and Congressmen on short notice. The idea was to raise awareness, that there is an issue. Other leagues have been up there talking about their athletes, The NFL, the NHL, the NCAA. If something were to get passed we'd like to be included.” Dominguez said that the politicians they met with included those who were well-versed in racing and others who knew very little about the sport. “The responses were a little mixed,” he said. “Some of them had some understanding of the sport itself, horse racing. They were not surprised how demanding the profession can be. We met with other people who really had no idea about horse racing. All the information was new to them and they were really surprised that we haven't gotten any support at all regarding mental health. Overall, I think this was a education to them, and in a positive way. Even if they knew a little bit about the challenges of being a jockey they really didn't know whole lot about the profession and how tough it is.” HISA issued a Power Point presentation following the trip, one that made it clear this was just one step of what it hopes will be many, that they will follow up with members of Congress and their staffs and will develop legislative or funding “asks” for the next Congress. The post HISA And Jockeys’ Guild Hold Jockey Advocacy Week On Capitol Hill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The New York Racing Association announced Oct. 2 that Rob MacLennan has been promoted to the position of Racing Secretary.View the full article

Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan is scheduled to arrive at Keeneland Oct. 3 to continue training for his first start since finishing eighth in the Belmont Stakes (G1) on June 8.View the full article

Phoenix Stakes (G2) favorite Nakatomi cemented himself as one of the best dirt sprinters in the land when capturing his first grade 1 in the July 27 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (G1). View the full article

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has promoted Rob MacLennan, effectively immediately, to the position of racing secretary, according to a press release from the track on Wedensday. MacLennan joined NYRA in April 2021 as a racing official and was serving as the assistant racing secretary. He arrived at NYRA after employment as the racing secretary at Century Mile and Century Downs in Canada. A licensed racing official, MacLennan joins Keith Doleshel, senior director of racing, who also holds the secretary title in overseeing the writing of condition books and other duties across NYRA's three racetracks. The post NYRA Names MacLennan To Racing Secretary Post appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article