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The morning after his thrilling win in a three-way photo on the wire in the GI California Crown Stakes, Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) was bright and alert and is on a path to the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday. “He's doing great. All is well.” “We saw a lot of courage [Saturday],” Mandella said of the effort which not only earned his stable star an automatic berth in the Classic but also garnered a reported 102 Beyer figure, as according to Daily Racing Form's Brad Free. “He was in tight. We hadn't had him in that position before, so it was really nice to see him fight that hard.” When asked his thoughts on the first-ever California Crown Day, Mandella said, “They put on a hell of a show. It might take a year or two to introduce, but I think it can be a success. I was sure impressed with the effort they made.” In the George Papaprodromou camp, Cabo Spirit (Pioneerof the Nile), the 24-1 shocker in the GII John Henry Turf Championship, is likely for a crack at the GI Breeders' Cup Turf after snapping his 11-race skid with a frontrunning theft of the contest. “I don't know yet,” Papaprodromou said of the Breeders' Cup. “I still need to talk to the owners, but most likely.” Should he go, Cabo Spirit will attempt to do what last year's winner of the John Henry–Balladeer (Distorted Humor)–could not, as that one led the 2023 BC Turf until the final quarter mile before fading to ninth. Papaprodromou has never won a Breeders' Cup race. While the parade of Breeders' Cup confirmations and 'likelys' roll in for other camps, trainer Mark Glatt is not so sure if his GII California Crown Eddie D Stakes winner First Peace (Funtastic) will be among them. A sharp winner Saturday, the Eddie D was his charge's third stakes win and his first at the graded level, but the distance of the Turf Sprint makes it unlikely that First Peace will take that path. “He pulled up great,” Glatt reported from Clockers' Corner Sunday morning. “[In regards to going to the Breeders' Cup] I don't think so. I'm not sure that really fits him best, but we'll take a look at it.” The post Subsanador ‘Doing Great’ After California Crown Win, BC Classic Circled appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Despite scratching from the Ack Ack Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs with a foot injury, trainer Brad Cox is hopeful that grade 1 winner Saudi Crown will still be able to make a start in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar Nov. 2.View the full article

Canterbury Park concluded its 30th season of horse racing Sept. 28 showing gains in handle and average field size, categories that were emphasized prior to the start of the race meet.View the full article

A trio of yearlings have been added to Book 1 of the upcoming Goffs Orby Sale. Heading the youngsters is Lot 5A, a colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of SW and MGSP Thai Haku (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who is already responsible for listed winner Sarrocchi (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The Irish-bred colt is consigned by Marlhill House Stud. Offered by Al Eile Stud, Lot 81A, a filly by Siyouni (Fr) is out of An Cailin Orga (Ire) (Galileo), herself a daughter of European Champion 2-year-old filly and Irish champion older mare Finsceal Beo (Ire). Rounding out the group is Lot 415A, a filly by St Mark's Basilica (Fr). Consigned by Whitehall Stud, the Irish bred is out of Qatar Princess (Ire) (Marju), the dam of listed winner and group placed Flaming Princess (Ire) (Hot Streak {Ire}). Qatar Princess is a half sister to Hawksmoor (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), a multiple stakes winner and Group 1/Grade I placed on both sides of the Atlantic. As with all Orby Book 1 and 2 yearlings, these supplementary entries are also eligible for the Goffs Two Million Series in 2025, featuring Europe's Richest 2YO Race, the Goffs Million, and the Goffs €50,000 Bonus Races worth €1,000,000 across Britain and Ireland. To view the complete list of supplementary entries, click here. The post Supplementary Entries by Wootton Bassett, Siyouni and St Mark’s Basilica Added to Orby Bk1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The local favorites and Hong Kong invaders all failed in the Sprinters Stakes (G1) Sept. 29, leaving it to long shot Lugal to score the upset win.View the full article

Looking like a pro, 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke–Strong Incentive, by Warrior's Reward) skimmed the Aqueduct slop and easily took home the GII Gallant Bloom Stakes on Sunday afternoon. Last seen caputuring the GI Test Stakes at Saratoga last month, the heavy favorite here exited the gate and tracked Nic's Style (Uncaptured) up the backstretch. When it was time for jockey Flavien Prat to move at the top of the lane, the homebred responded and splashed home a no-doubt winner by four lengths. Sunday, Belmont at Aqueduct GALLANT BLOOM S.-GII, $242,500, Belmont The Big A, 9-29, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 1:15.46, sy. 1–WAYS AND MEANS, 122, f, 3, by Practical Joke 1st Dam: Strong Incentive (SW, $123,568), by Warrior's Reward 2nd Dam: G G's Dolly, by Comic Strip 3rd Dam: Parfait, by Kingmambo 'TDN Rising Star' O/B-Klaravich Stables (KY); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Flavien Prat. $137,500. Lifetime Record: GISW, 7-4-2-0, $707,000. *1/2 to Surge Capacity (Flintshire {GB}), GISW, $547,100; and to Highly Motivated (Into Mischief), GSW, $667,375. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Nic's Style, 122, f, 4, Uncaptured–Sense When, by Street Sense. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. ($25,000 Ylg '21 OBSOCT). O-Stephen Rousseau; B-D'Oyen Thoroughbreds LLC (FL); T-William I. Mott. $50,000. 3–Sterling Silver, 122, m, 5, Cupid–Sheet Humor, by Distorted Humor. ($13,000 Ylg '20 FTKSEL). O-Mark T. Anderson; B-Mallory & Karen Mort (NY); T-William I. Mott. $30,000. Margins: 4, 2 3/4, 1 1/4. Odds: 0.45, 2.45, 5.20. Also Ran: Hot Fudge, Pacific Rose. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. WAYS AND MEANS, the 3YO daughter of @coolmoreamerica stallion Practical Joke, wins the Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) impressively with Flavien Prat up for Chad Brown! pic.twitter.com/GHRM8CqA4F — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) September 29, 2024 The post Ways And Means Cruises Over Slop To Get Gallant Bloom Stakes At Big A appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Miss Grillo offers a "Win and You're In" berth to the grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Nov. 1 at Del Mar. View the full article

Blood, sweat and tears. That is what it took Michael Halford to turn Copper Beech Stables from a green field site into one of the most renowned racing yards in Ireland. One from which Group 1 and Royal Ascot winners were sent out and where the trainer managed the careers of over 100 steeds in his pomp. Halford has trained more than 1,000 winners in his 41-year career, almost 500 of which were managed from Copper Beech during 16 full seasons there, but dwindling numbers during Covid and the separation from his second wife Louise meant that it was no longer viable to continue training from the purpose-built facility just 15 minutes off the Curragh. That is the sort of double-whammy that would leave most men on the canvas. But the 62-year-old, who has a history of bouncing back from the brink, went away and hatched a plan that proved pivotal to his survival within the training ranks. Since approaching Conyngham Lodge-based trainer Tracey Collins about the prospects of holding a joint-licence together, the team have sent out 44 winners in less than two seasons operating as a partnership. That's what you call thriving, not surviving, and Halford is hoping to build on that momentum by sourcing some new talent to the team at Orby Part 1 and 2 at Goffs this week. “I'm slowly getting my confidence back,” the trainer said. “Feeling better recently and the horses have been running well as well which is a big help. What happened to me would have dented anybody's confidence. Between losing the business and the marriage, either one of those things would have to have an affect on you. For the two of them to happen at the same time was particularly hard.” He added, “To be honest, the whole thing only really hit me back in January and February of this year. That's the part of the year when things slow down a little so I had time to reflect. That was tough enough going, just trying to get my head around things for what they were but, as I said, I had wonderful support and I was just happy to be able to continue training. I have a lot to be thankful for. It feels like we are back to square one. I started training 41 years ago about 200 yards down the road from Conyngham Lodge so it's gone full circle.” Halford: has a good relationship with BBA Ireland's Mick Donohoe | Goffs In many ways, Halford and Collins were destined to do well together. Both practitioners are renowned for their patient approach with horses and, given Collins' numbers had dipped to an all-time low, the idea of joining forces became something of a win-win. “I didn't just wake up one morning and think that joining forces with Tracey was a good idea,” Halford explained. “It was in my head for a long time. Covid put me on the back foot and it gave me a chance to see how bad things actually were because everything ground to a halt. There was no racing so it gave me time to pause and see things in the cold light of day. It was obvious that our numbers dipped below a certain level which meant it wasn't viable to continue in Copper Beech. So I knew that I was in trouble. “What really happened was, I was harvesting the PAYE and the PRSI, as I am sure half the country was at the time, just to keep people in a job. You were just hoping in the back of your mind that something or somebody would come along and get you out of trouble. But I soon realised that wasn't going to happen.” He added, “After Covid, I was left with whatever I had and then a big tax bill at the end of it all. It was an impossible task and, the longer I buried my head in the sand, the worse the outcome was going to be for me. I faced up to it and managed to save the sport horse side of Copper Beech Stables, which is where Lousie and the kids are based, but the racing side of the yard had to go. What really kept me going was the support I was getting from owners.” Not one owner turned their back on Halford. The 40-something horses who had been with him at Copper Beech Stables made their way to the other side of the Curragh where, along with Collins, he made the best of what he had. Approaching 60 years of age at the time, Halford had the unenviable task of reinventing himself as a trainer. But this is a man who has been at rock bottom before and he knows exactly what is required to get out from the depths of despair. “I was down to about seven horses 30 years ago and things were tough,” he revealed. “I gave up the drink. I needed to get some help with that. I've never said that in any interview or anywhere in the public domain before but that was another low point in my life. I was training in Pollardstown on the Curragh and the numbers had dropped. Things weren't great. But, as I said, I got off the drink, put my head down and did what I do best, which is work hard. “So I've been at rock bottom before. That was pretty much the lowest point of my life. My first marriage went at that point but, again, I just had to roll up my sleeves and work my way out of it. Things started to happen. Slowly. It was probably no coincidence that, when I gave up drinking, things started to go well. Now, it was slow. But we got to a point where I was asked to train for HH the Aga Khan and that was a huge boost. That gives you a bit of confidence that you're doing something right. I know that some people wouldn't think so, but I always suffered with a lack of confidence. Even though it mightn't come across that way, but I do.” He added, “But getting back to that time of my life, we built up a string of horses over the course of about 10 years, and when the numbers started to get bigger, we were training out of two yards and it was clear we needed to expand. I bit the bullet and that's why I went and built Copper Beech Stables. It was a huge decision at the time. A huge undertaking. I was aware of the dangers but I was willing to do it and I did it. It worked and it was successful. I ended up training for some big owners including Godolphin–trained a Group 1 winner [Casamento], a Royal Ascot winner [Portage] and built up a string of over 100 horses with plenty of staff, a big number of jockeys and apprentices. It was a lot of hard work. Honesty and hard work.” And then it was gone. As Halford points out, a lot of top-class trainers have exited the stage in recent years. Some on their own terms. Others weren't as fortunate. The training ranks would have been lesser for his untimely departure but he remains determined to keep that thought at bay. “Nobody is entitled to a living,” he says frankly. “Even looking at Ireland alone, John Oxx trained Sea The Stars and, within a few years, he retired with a small string of horses. It's a tough game. That's why you have to reinvent yourself every few years in order to survive. I've been very lucky to know Noel Meade for a long time and was actually assistant trainer to him for a short period when I was younger. Noel was once the dominant force over jumps but, when his numbers dwindled, he went back training horses on the Flat and is still very successful because of that. To be doing what he's doing, with the same enthusiasm, is great to see but that's what you need to be doing if you want to stay in this game.” To that extent, the recruitment drive continues apace at Goffs this week. This has been a lucky place for Halford down through the years. Lord Church, who has won three times this season, was purchased at the Orby for €40,000 in 2022 while other bargain buys have been sniffed out here with the help of BBA Ireland agent Mick Donohoe. At the sales with sons Josh and Tommy | Goffs “I'm 62 so I'd like to think that I could get back to where we once were but you need orders. If you would have asked if that was possible six months ago I'd have said no. Today, I have my bite back again. The love of training horses and being around horses has been a constant. I've always tried to do the best I can with what I have.” Halford added, “It's been an honour to train for HH the Aga Khan and Godolphin but I often wondered whether some people thought that, when I was training for the bigger outfits, maybe they wouldn't be looked after or get the same attention in the yard. That used to get to me a little bit. I think I was more adamant to get the best out of every horse as a result of that because every horse is important irrespective of who owns it. I love training horses and I want to continue training horses. I still feel I have a lot to offer. In relative terms as a trainer, 62 is not old. If anything, you should be coming into your prime as you've seen it all before at this stage. “The biggest problem is sourcing them, though. Getting your hands on the raw material. Looking at the sales recently, we're probably back at a point where there's a certain level of overproduction so you could say that there is value to be had. There are opportunities at the sales. There is a huge emphasis on speed and two-year-old races, which is fine, but some of those slower-maturing horses that we have done so well with down through the years could come to the fore. “A very good example would be Lord Church. I bought him off Lady O'Reilly, God be good to her, for €40,000 at the Orby a couple of years ago. When I bought him, she congratulated me and just said that he needed plenty of time. We gave him the time and he paid us back in spades. He's the exact type of horse I'd like to buy this week.” Halford speaks with a heavy helping of perspective. He may not have been able to save his business, nor his marriage, but the outcome could have been a lot worse. He could have lost himself. “I get great satisfaction out of seeing the kids riding. It was a great boost to see Josh ride a few winners of late while Tommy has ridden a few placed horses on the track as well. Holly was with us all summer and has done a bit of pony racing while Leah is teaching in Dubai and loves it out there as well.” He added, “The simpler things mean a lot more to you when you've been through what I have. I'm stronger for it and I feel as though I'm training as well if not better than ever. The confidence is coming back and I'm hungry. Am I happy with my lot? I'd like to get back to where I was before. Is that possible? It is with support. I still think I have a lot to offer and I'm not going to lie down.” The post ‘What Happened To Me Would Dent Anybody’s Confidence – But I’ve Got My Bite Back’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hit Show got up late to cap a huge day for Wathnan Racing with a win in the GII Lukas Classic at Churchill Downs Saturday night. The 3-1 shot angled to the rail under the wire the first time and into the first turn while many of his foes opted to angle outside over the sloppy going. Settled in fourth off the pace down the backstretch as Cooke Creek set a moderate pace, the gray began making forward progress approaching the far turn. He rolled up five wide approaching the stretch and reeled in the pacesetter and outbattled that game foe to the wire. “That was a huge effort,” winning jockey Florent Geroux said. “He had to battle late and really dug in to get his head in front. We were in a great spot early and I got to save a lot of ground. He has a lot of class. I think he's improving a lot this year.” Winning trainer Brad Cox added, “He ran great. Florent gave him a perfect trip and he was able to save ground in the first turn and come home running. Once he tipped out, he really came with a huge run. We'll talk about next steps with the owners and make a plan. Whether it be the Breeders' Cup or races here locally is still up in the air.” Wathnan Racing of Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, had a monster Saturday, with Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) winning the GI California Crown Stakes and Tumbarumba (Oscar Performance) and Cagliostro (Upstart) finishing two-three in the GIII Ack Ack Stakes. Racing in the colors of his breeders, Gary and Mary West, Hit Show won the 2023 GIII Withers Stakes and missed by a nose when second in the GII Wood Memorial Stakes. He won his last start for the Wests in the Aug. 4 GIII West Virginia Governor Stakes last time out. Pedigree Notes: Actress, a multiple-graded stakes-winning daughter of Canadian champion Milwaukee Appeal, has a 2-year-old filly by Medaglia d'Oro named Blind Faith who was third for the Wests and Cox in her debut at Horseshoe Indianapolis Sept. 17. With no reported foals in 2023 and 2024, the mare was bred to Curlin this year. Saturday, Churchill Downs LUKAS CLASSIC S.-GII, $500,000, Churchill Downs, 9-28, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:50.44, sy. 1–HIT SHOW, 123, c, 4, by Candy Ride (Arg) 1st Dam: Actress (MGSW, $545,150), by Tapit 2nd Dam: Milwaukee Appeal, by Milwaukee Brew 3rd Dam: Appealing Forum, by Open Forum O-Wathnan Racing; B-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc. (KY); T-Brad H. Cox; J-Florent Geroux. $300,560. Lifetime Record: 13-6-1-0, $1,079,515. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Cooke Creek, 121, g, 5, Uncle Mo–Genre, by Bernardini. O-Flying P Stable; B-Candy Meadows LLC (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. $97,600. 3–Rattle N Roll, 121, h, 5, Connect–Jazz Tune, by Johannesburg. ($55,000 Wlg '19 KEENOV; $210,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Lucky Seven Stable (Mackin); B-St. Simon Place (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. $48,800. Margins: NK, 3HF, NK. Odds: 3.28, 4.29, 4.57. Also Ran: Disarm, Warrior Johny, Bolzy, Stilleto Boy, Happy American. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Hit Show Caps Big Day for Wathnan Racing in Lukas Classic appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Coolmore's Heavens Gate (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}–Itqaan, by Danzig), with a half-dozen prior outings under her belt, was the most experienced of nine contenders entering Sunday's G3 Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh and her ringcraft was a telling factor in the seven-furlong contest as she delivered a display of power to claim a career high. She had previously hit the board in the G3 Albany Stakes and G2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and annexed a valuable pot at Naas in her penultimate start before running fourth in York's G2 Lowther Stakes last time. Sent postward as the 11-8 favourite here, Heavens Gate settled into smooth rhythm, tracking the leaders in fifth, through the early fractions. Shaken up in traffic passing the quarter-mile marker, she charted a passage to the front approaching the furlong pole and came under a late drive to withstand the ominous late threat of Fiery Lucy (GB) (Without Parole {GB}) by a neck. Useful yardstick Barnavara (Ire) (Calyx {GB}) finished 1 1/4 lengths adrift in third. Pedigree Notes Heavens Gate, who becomes the 15th pattern-race winner for her sire, is the latest of 10 foals and one of six scorers produced by a winning full-sister to G3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes victor and G1 Champion Stakes-placed sire Mawatheeq (Danzig). The February-foaled bay's dam Itqaan (Danzig) is also a half-sister to G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Coronation Stakes heroine Ghanaati (Giant's Causeway) and stakes-winning G1 Oaks third Runoush (Rahy). Heavens Gate third dam is multiple Group-winning matriarch Height Of Fashion (Fr) (Bustino {GB}). Heavens Gate (Churchill) claims black-type success for Aidan O'Brien and Ryan Moore to win the Group 3 Weld Park Stakes @curraghrace A treble on the card for team @Ballydoyle pic.twitter.com/6gkevCsrrL — Racing TV (@RacingTV) September 29, 2024 The post Churchill’s Heavens Gate Digs Deep to Claim Stakes Breakthrough at The Curragh 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, Inc. (NYRA) has moved Sunday's featured GII Miss Grillo Stakes [eighth race], a 1 1/16-mile turf test for 2-year-old fillies at Belmont at the Big A, due to significant rainfall and is now scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 6, the track said in a release early Sunday morning. The Miss Grillo offers a “Win and You're In” berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The graded race, which will be offered as an extra and redrawn, will join a card that also includes the GII Beldame Stakes and GIII Matron Stakes. Entries for the Sunday, Oct. 6 card will be taken on Wednesday, Oct. 2. On Saturday, NYRA said that the four other turf races on Sunday's card [Races 3,5,6 and 9], which was originally scheduled for nine races, had been moved to the main track. The Sunday eight-race card will kick off as scheduled with the first race at 1:05 p.m. ET. Post time for ninth, initially scheduled for 5:13 p.m. ET, has been moved to 4:48 p.m. ET. Any multi-race wagers that include the eighth race have been canceled and will be refunded. The $1 Pick 6, which was to include an $83,911 carryover, has been moved to Thursday, Oct. 3, and will begin in the third race at 1:42 p.m. ET. The post Rainfall Forces Aqueduct’s Miss Grillo Stakes To Sunday Oct. 6 Says NYRA appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In-form jockey retains the ride aboard Cody Mo’s exciting speedster for Tuesday’s feature at Sha Tin.View the full article

Group One Centenary Sprint Cup winner is gallant in defeat in Japan, while emerging speedster Mugen struggles.View the full article

What Moe Races Where Moe Racecourse – 2 Waterloo Road, Moe VIC 3825 When Monday, September 30, 2024 First Race 12:30pm AEST Visit Dabble A new week of racing in Victoria is set to commence at Moe Racecourse with a bumper 10-race program set down for decision on Monday afternoon. With showers forecast on Sunday, the Soft 6 at the time of acceptances will only deteriorate to a Soft 7/Heavy 8 rather than improve. The rail is out 4m the entire circuit, with racing getting underway at 12:30pm AEST> Best Bet at Moe: Mitchellstown Mitchellstown beat all but all-the-way leader Play On Words at Tatura on September 10, but as he steps up to the 2075m for the first time in her short career, she looks hard to beat. The Fastnet Rock mare seems to be a bit of a dour stayer, so the rise in trip should suit her perfectly. Blaike McDougall will look to land in the one-one from barrier seven, and if the pair can do that, they should prove too hard to run down in the concluding stages, as long as she can overhaul the leaders this time around. Best Bet Race 6 – #5 Mitchellstown (7) 4yo Mare | T: Ben, Will & JD Hayes | J: Blaike McDougall (60kg) Bet with Neds Next Best at Moe: Top Honours Top Honours can be a hard horse to catch at the best of times, but on the back of a smart run at Bairnsdale on September 9, he looks hard to go past. The six-year-old gelding was hitting the line strongly over 1600m, and in a race that looks set to be run at a genuine clip, it should suit a backmarker like Top Honours perfectly. Carleen Hefel will look to gain a tow into the race after going back from the wide barrier, and with a similar finish, Top Honours should be careering away with the prize. Next Best Race 8 – #4 Top Honours (11) 6yo Gelding | T: Ken & Kasey Keys | J: Carleen Hefel (61kg) Bet with Playup Best Value at Moe: Dubai Moon The Franke Stockdale-trained Dubai Moon has mixed his form over the jumps and flat in recent times, but as he returns to Moe, he looks the wrong price with horse racing bookmakers. The seven-year-old gelding has a win and two minor placings from four runs at the track and will take all luck out of the equation when dictating terms. There does not seem to be too many speed influences in the race, so the son of Pride of Dubai should have no excuses in attempting to lead throughout. Best Value Race 5 – #2 Dubai Moon (8) 7yo Gelding | T: Frank Stockdale | J: Lachlan King (60.5kg) Bet with Picklebet Monday quaddie tips for Moe Moe quadrella selections Monday, September 30, 2024 1-3-5-6 2-4-10 3-7-8-10 1-3-5-6-8-9-12 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Jakama Krystal (NZ) (Jakkalberry) was back for redemption in the final jumping race of the season on Sunday and she earned just that, storming to victory in the Property Brokers Pahiatua/Woodville (4000m). The Jakkalberry mare had competed at the Woodville venue earlier this month in the open steeplechase and looked the winner at the 600m, before landing awkwardly and dislodging her rider after jumping that fence. Peter and Jessica Brosnan elected to back her up the following weekend at Te Rapa where she was solid in third, but returning to her preferred smaller circuit in the Central Districts, she looked to be an ominous chance closing a $3.90 favourite. In the hands of Kylan Wiles, Jakama Krystal was near the speed early inside of Torque Time, but she soon assumed control of the race in front jumping with her typical flair. She maintained a strong gallop throughout the second lap and had much of the field flat-footed at the 600m, where on this occasion, she stayed firmly on her feet and romped away at the finish, the final margin being nine lengths. Jessica Brosnan was complimentary of Wiles’ effort, indicating the mare is best left to her own style in the jumping role. “We told Kylan to hang on to the neck strap and don’t tell her what to do at the jumps, because she’ll tell him,” she said. “He rode her well and she likes those jumps and the fraction slower pace, so we were very happy and so are the owners. It’s great to win the last jumping race of the season. “We just wing it with her in terms of racing over hurdles or steeples, the smaller tracks seem to suit her because she’s nippy over a fence and puts a few lengths on horses when she’s beside them. “She’s pretty smart but we are realistic with her, she’s probably not a Grand National or Great Northern type of horse but she’ll pay her way in those smaller industrial meetings.” The nine-year-old mare has won six of her 62 starts and north of 130,000 in stakes for an ownership group including the Brosnans. The Matamata trainers also have plenty of involvement with Leitrim Lad (NZ) (Tavistock), an 11-win flat horse that put that exact margin of 11 lengths on his rivals when taking out the David And Ellen Oliver (3000m). “He hangs out here in the winter when he’s jumping, so we’re pretty proud of him too,” Brosnan said. “It was a bit unfortunate the other day when he fell in the hurdle, I said to Eamonn (Green, owner and trainer) that he pulled up fine from it and didn’t seem to take any harm so we pressed on to today. “He had been doing a bit of steeplechasing and it’s the same with him, just that slightly slower speed means that providing he concentrated over his fences, he was going to give them a good sight today. I told Emily (Farr, jockey) just to let him to his thing near or in front and keep the old boy interested. “He’s such a cool horse to have around here, he’s got a bit of cunning in him and you can’t work him by himself, but he’s so lovable. “The owners were rapt and it’s good for Eamonn, it keeps another trainer involved and for next year too.” The jumping season wrapped up at the Woodville meeting and Brosnan had plenty of fond memories to look back on, particularly with their exciting steeplechaser Auld Jock, who figured in the finish of several top races through his campaign. “Auld Jock finishing second in the Grand National Steeplechase and Ima Wonder winning the Pakuranga Hunt Cup were both very special moments, especially the Pakuranga being so hard to win and it’s a prestige race,” she said. “There were so many highlights but plenty of low moments too, it’s great that the jumping people are a pretty tough and resilient and help each other out. “We’ve got a couple of new horses for next year, including one that will race over summer and then kick on into the jumps next winter so we should have a big team, it’s something to look forward too. “We’ve just got to kick on now for next season and hopefully many more after that.” View the full article

Promising hurdler Dictation (NZ) (Tavistock) finished his jumping season in style at Woodville on Sunday, putting on the complete performance to take out the Toll Free Tararua (3000m). The son of Tavistock has had a near-faultless first season hurdling, winning undercard races on major days at Hawke’s Bay and Riccarton Park, albeit the latter coming as a consolation after he dislodged the jockey at the final fence of the Sydenham Hurdles (3100m). Returning to the North Island, Dictation was defeated by fellow rising star Mugshot at Woodville, before coming in second-best again to Split in a thrilling NZB Airfreight Road To The Jericho (3200m) on Tuesday. On the six-day back-up, Dictation was heavily backed to break his bridesmaid streak in a compact field of five, closing the $1.80 favourite ahead of Invisible Spirit ($4.10). After safely negotiating the opening pair of fences, Dictation was eased back into a midfield position under regular rider Hamish McNeill, as Invisible Spirit took control of the tempo where he remained up to the 800m, when the favourite came up to challenge on the outside. Dictation headed off Invisible Spirit over the second-last fence and never looked in doubt, clearing away from the field under little pressure by 4 – ¼ lengths to Duke Of Plumpton. Paul Nelson, who trains the seven-year-old in partnership with Corrina McDougal, was thrilled to see such a professional display from his charge. “He was very good, we couldn’t be any happier with that,” he said. “He was great in the Road To The Jericho as well, he possibly wouldn’t have started today if he had won there as there might have been some syndicates members looking for a holiday in Australia, but we just missed out. “Getting over the last fence well has been our main obstacle with him this season, but he’s done it well today. “He still looks exceptionally well and it’s probably a good way to go out for a spell now.” Looking ahead to next season, Dictation will be a big danger in any of the major hurdle contests, with the stable also having the likes of Taika and Nedwin in similar grade. “He’s done well this year, and we’ll follow the main hurdle races where they are offered next season,” Nelson said. Bred by the Dowager Duchess of Bedford and raced by the I See Red Syndicate, Dictation has surpassed $100,000 in stakes earnings with five victories now on the board from 27 starts. View the full article

Marieke Simons had an afternoon to remember at Woodville on Sunday, riding her first winner as an amateur aboard a horse she trains and co-owns in Ride The Tide (NZ) (Darci Brahma). The Awapuni horsewoman had competed on 11 previous occasions in amateur races dating back to the 2013/14 season, and after five years away from race-day riding, she made her return in this season’s Flair Amateurs Series Final (2200m). The country’s top amateur jockey Scotty Macnab had his sixth series title all parcelled up prior to the Final, while Caitlin McKee, who won this season’s Duke of Gloucester Cup (2100m), had the ride on Sunday’s race favourite in Carignan. Ride The Tide was rated an $8.50 chance at the jump and eventually settled near the tail of the field, while Carignan and Notabadbar matched motors in front along the back stretch. Simons allowed Ride The Tide to slide up on the outside from the 600m and he cruised into contention, fighting off a game Brucie to score in a tight finish by a head. Simons was delighted to pick up her first success in the series, particularly aboard a horse of her own. “It was awesome, good fun and makes it all worthwhile,” she said. “I probably had a Plan A, B, C and D, and one of them must’ve worked. You need a bit of luck and it’s hard enough just to get out there with your horse, so when it all comes together, it’s great. “It’s all well and good giving someone else the ride, but going out there and doing it yourself is pretty special. “It half panned out as I anticipated, but the horse tried hard and he’s a pretty cool lad.” Simons purchased the son of Darci Brahma for $1000 via gavelhouse.com in February of 2022, with his 16 starts resulting in two wins, five minor placings and over $45,000 in stakes earnings. “He’s a bit of a character with plenty of attitude about him, he’s about 600 kilograms so he’s a big boy,” Simons said. “He’s lovely and always gives every race a good go, making him pretty fun to train. He’s been a really good buy, he’s part of my family now. “I train him from Awapuni Racecourse and I’ve got a great support crew around me, including my mum, she’s a vet and is a brilliant help. “I really enjoy getting up in the mornings and doing the horses, it keeps you going and it’s quite rewarding when a day like this happens. “I track ride as well to pay for my horse, at the moment I mostly ride for Roydon Bergerson and he helps me out too so it works really well. “I’ve been involved in racing for about the past ten years, but it’s my hobby really. I have a full-time job so the horses are just some fun on the side and something I’m really passionate about.” The seven-year-old is out of Spring Cheer, a winner of the Gr.3 New Zealand Cup (3200m) who produced a recent hurdle winner in Road Runner. A fan of the sport, Simons hopes to set Ride The Tide on a similar path in the near future. “My ultimate goal as a trainer would be to have a horse in a jumping race and winning that,” Simons said. “He’s a full brother to Road Runner, a horse that Kevin Myers had and he jumps well, so I thought I’d give my horse a go at that too. Last week, he made it around the hurdles pretty well in schooling, so hopefully we can be ready to go for next season. “The winter racing has such a lovely bunch of people involved, you go to races and everyone is friendly and wanting to help you out.” View the full article

Andrew Forsman has suggested Gr.3 MRC Foundation Cup winner Positivity (NZ) (Almanzor) will take her chance in the Caulfield Cup, but he is still on the hunt for a jockey to ride at 50 kilograms. Forsman had initially been reluctant to throw his SA Fillies Classic winner in the deep end this spring prior to her win last weekend in a driving finish over Future History. “We are very tempted,” Forsman said of the Caulfield Cup. “I suppose when you have 50 kilos in a $5 million race you have to consider it pretty seriously. “We bought her into work without being too serious about things, without any grand plans as a four-year-old mare. “She is going a lot better than I thought she might be to be honest.” Harry Coffey has ridden the mare in both runs this campaign and will again be aboard at her next start in the Gr.3 Bart Cummings (2500m) on October 5 – a fortnight prior to the Caulfield Cup. Coffey has ridden 50 kilograms on eight occasions but not since being an apprentice in 2011. “She is not going to get a penalty, so we are going through our options at the moment. In the next week or so we might try line up a few people,” he said of a Caulfield Cup rider. Now a $34 chance with Sportsbet for the Caulfield Cup, Forsman didn’t rule out pushing onto the Melbourne Cup. “It’s not an easy race for a four-year-old mare, or at least in this day and age, it might have been 20 years ago,” he admitted of running on the first Tuesday in November. “She won her first race at the beginning of this year, so to think where she’s come from in a short space of time. “When she was young, she was big and going to take time and you thought she will probably either be slow or make a good genuine staying filly, and it can be a fine line sometimes. “And she’s just got better and better, that’s the exciting thing about her. “So, if she keeps improving, who is to say, and Melbourne Cup wouldn’t be beyond her?” It will be Forsman’s first time saddling up a runner in the major cups since he has gone out on his own from former training partner Murray Baker. The duo had plenty of experience and ran veteran The Chosen One in three Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, while Jon Snow competed in two Caulfield Cups, Bonneval a Caulfield Cup and Zacada started in a Melbourne Cup. Forsman said last weekend’s result was significant one for his stable, who rents boxes at Flemington. “We only have a certain few horses over at any one time, and they are there for the better races, so there is no hiding,” he said. “If things don’t go right, you only have so many horses to fire with half a dozen horses there to dance in the big dances. “So, it’s great she has put her hand up.” In other stable news, Forsman said Aegon would return to the races in the Gr.3 Moonga Stakes on Caulfield Cup Day, the last race he won two years ago. Aegon tailed in the Memsie Stakes out after a promising first-up run in but pleased his trainer in a Flemington course proper jumpout last Friday. View the full article

Guy Heveldt, Emily Bosson and Jayne Ivil breakdown Hawkes Bay cancellation. Talk I Wish I Win with Mark Chittick and review the big races across the ditch. Weigh In, September 29 (youtube.com) View the full article

Hit Show was all heart over the sloppy track at Churchill Downs Sept. 28, running down a game Cooke Creek to win the $500,000 Lukas Classic Stakes (G2).View the full article

Two exciting finishes on the turf enlivened California Crown Day Sept 28 at Santa Anita as Johannes won the City of Hope Mile Stakes (G2T), and First Peace won the California Crown Eddie D. Stakes (G2T).View the full article

Facing just three rivals in a scratched-down field, 'TDN Rising Star' THREE TECHNIQUE (h, 7, Mr Speaker–Nite In Rome, by Harlan's Holiday) ran all three of them down inside the sixteenth pole to take the GIII Ack Ack Stakes at Churchill. The win was good for a spot in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Last of the quartet up the backstretch as the front trio stayed together in a line, the 5-1 shot swung four wide off the turn and the field came home with everyone in with a chance at the furlong marker. But it was Three Technique who kicked on close to the wire, outrunning Tumbarumba (Oscar Performance) and 4-5 favorite Cagliostro (Upstart) to win. Lifetime Record: 39-7-6-8. O-Grindley, Eric, Miller, David E., Preuss, Howard F. and Werner, John; B-Omega Farm LLC & Bally Breeders; T-Jason G. Cook. Sales History: $50,000 wlg '17 KEENOV, $180,000 ylg '18 FTKJUL, $47,000 RNA '21 KEENOV. Three Technique earns his way to the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile after a win in the G3 Ack Ack at Churchill Downs! Jason Cook trains and @sambitoperu was up. #TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/dkXgCUgjME — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) September 29, 2024 The post Three Technique Last To First In Ack Ack To Earn BC Dirt Mile Slot appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

CUYATHY LLC's JOHANNES (c, 4, Nyquist–Cuyathy, by Congrats) consolidated his position at the top of the West Coast turf mile division with a comprehensive victory in Saturday's GII City of Hope Mile Stakes, in so doing locking up a spot in the field for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2. Favored at 4-5 to add to victories in this track's GI Shoemaker Mile Stakes and the nine-furlong GII Eddie Read Stakes last time at the seaside July 28, the homebred made best use of his low draw in two to drop down right onto the fence and sit fourth into the first turn as all-the-way GII Del Mar Mile hero Conclude (Collected) came across from his widest stall to cover the opening quarter-mile in :23.04 while chased by Astronomer (Air Force Blue). Holding his spot at the fence while going along comfortably entering the far turn, Johannes began to pinch ground at the fence under his own courage and took two-path aim on the pacesetter on the swing for home. In front approaching the eighth pole, Johannes strode out a convincing winner as Almandares (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) just touched Conclude out of second. Lifetime Record: 11-7-0-1. O/B-Cuyathy LLC (KY); T-Tim Yakteen. #3 JOHANNES ($3.60) does it again winning the $200,000 City of Hope Mile (G2) at Santa Anita and improving to a perfect 4 for 4 this year. The son of Nyquist was ridden by @Umbyrispoli and is trained by @timyakteen. Congrats to all the connections! pic.twitter.com/Mnz2ccjMEn — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) September 29, 2024 The post Nyquist’s Johannes Secures BC Mile Berth In City of Hope Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Bob Baffert runners came to play, but it was Subsanador (ARG), trained by Richard Mandella, who emerged victorious in a thrilling inauguration of the $1 million California Crown Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28.View the full article