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West Saratoga (Exaggerator), a Grade III winner at two in 2023 and placed in a pair of graded stakes this season, is the marquee name among 49 horses catalogued for the Inglis Digital USA December Sale. Horses will sell during the online auction on Wednesday, Dec. 4 beginning at 2 p.m. ET, with subsequent listings closing in three-minute intervals. Trained by Larry Demeritte, the gray colt won the GIII Iroquois Stakes in his penultimate juvenile appearance last year and was second to Book'em Danno (Bucchero) in this year's Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs ahead of a sound third in the GIII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. Runner-up to Endlessly (Oscar Performance) in the GIII Jeff Ruby Steaks in a lone try over a synthetic surface, West Saratoga earned enough points to take part in the GI Kentucky Derby. “I've always felt great about this horse–he has all the attributes of a top competitor,” said Demeritte of West Saratoga, who holds an entry for the G1 Saudi Cup in February. “He's laid back but gives his all when asked, is straightforward, sound, and never misses a meal. He's beaten some of the best 3-year-olds in the country and I've always geared him toward a strong 4-year-old campaign. “Even after tough races like the Kentucky Derby, he bounced back perfectly, which is why I believe he'll be one of the top 4-year-olds in the country,” Demeritte continued. “Unfortunately, due to my health, I have to let him go, but I'm confident he'll bring success and joy to his next connections.” Among broodmare offerings in the catalogue is Nikki's Choice, a 16-year-old winning daughter of Forestry and offered by Dr. Naoya and Marie Yoshida's Winchester Farm in foal to Uncle Mo. The resulting produce will be bred on the same cross as champion and GI Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist. Uncle Mo foals out of the mare have sold at public auction for $1.1 million and $600,000, and her current weanling is another colt by Uncle Mo. Other mares include Shenandoah Cat (Commissioner) carrying her first foal by Vekoma and the G2 Oaks d'Italia third Made In Italy (Ire) (Mukhadram {GB}) in foal to Olympiad. The 7-year-old is offered by Larry and Karen Doyle's KatieRich Farms. “As we wrap up a successful year, our December Digital Sale offers an exceptional opportunity for buyers to acquire top-quality horses,” said Liza Hendriks, CEO of Inglis Digital USA. “We're thrilled to feature standout offerings like West Saratoga, a Grade III-winning colt, alongside an impressive selection of broodmares in foal to leading stallions Uncle Mo, Vekoma, and Olympiad.” The post West Saratoga Heads ‘Robust’ Catalogue For Inglis Digital USA December Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By Mike Love Canterbury junior driver Riley Harrison will be looking to continue her recent run of form today in the sulky at the Akaroa meeting held at Banks Peninsula. Harrison has driven 17 winners this season – half of which have come to her in the past two months – as well as driving her first Group 1 placing last night at Addington raceway when Frazzled ran second in the Ace Of Hearts. “It’s been really good, getting on ones for the half points then being lucky enough to be kept on some of them. So it’s working out great,” said Harrison. Harrison has six drives today, most of which look to be very solid each way chances. Harrison will link up with the Graeme Telfer trained Szybka Lane ($26.00FF) who has put together some lifetime best performances recently winning three of her last four outings. Although the eight year old Changeover mare will be up against it given the class rise, she has certainly deserved her spot in the $20,000 Cabin 2U Akaroa Cup. “She always tries very hard. It is a big step up in grade. She has good manners, and with the way she’s been racing I’m hoping she’ll be a top four chance with a bit of luck.” Prior to the Cup Harrison will reunite with the Trent Yesberg trained Gatecrasher ($6.50FF) in Race 8, The Turk McPherson Stag Do Junior Drivers mobile pace. Gatecrasher and Harrison put a hat trick of wins together before failing on Cup Day at Addington where things didn’t really pan out, but Harrison is hopeful the four-year-old Bettors Delight gelding will bounce back to form today. “Trent is happy with him. We just have to put a line through Cup Day. Prior to that he was very good. He’s going in a bit fresher today, so it’s looking positive.” The Bloss ($7.00FF) is another that Harrison has tasted success with recently winning their last start together at Rangiora 10 days ago. “Hopefully we step away good. She does like to lead and bowl along.” The Bloss and Harrison have drawn one in the Cavalier Trotting Products Trot. “I’m sure she will go another good race. Especially from the stand and the conditions of the race.” Harrison’s other drives are Midsummer Dreaming ($101FF) in Race 2, Hanoi Franco ($15.00FF) in Race 6, and Darby ($31.00FF) in Race 11. Race 1 is set to go this morning at 11:53am. View the full article

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK — In an extraordinary session in which the turnover of 30,933,500gns was almost double this day of trade from 12 months ago, and included the five highest-priced foals sold in Europe this year, Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian returned to the Tattersalls ring to once again head the buyers' list. In addition to his eye-watering outlay on yearlings in October, the football agent and increasingly prominent owner and breeder spent a total of 4,675,000gns on four weanlings. Heading this recent spending spree was the 2,500,000gns purchase of the sister to Classic winner Chaldean (GB), which was described by bloodstock agent Alex Elliott as “a real statement of intent”. Joorabchian's power-packed bidding display on Whitsbury Manor Stud's Frankel (GB) filly equalled the long-held record-high price set by Padua's Pride (Ire) (Carleon), way back in 1997. It was going to take something special to match a record that has stood for nearly 30 years and, like Padua's Pride, who was a full-brother to a Classic winner in dual Derby winner Generous (Ire), lot 945 boasted a pedigree to die for. Amo Racing's Book 1 spend reached close to 23 million gns, which is all well and good, according to Elliott, who said that Friday evening's spree laid down something of a gauntlet with regard to the operation's long-term plans. “What is there to say? We gave 4.4 million gns for a Frankel filly out of a Group 2 winner [at Book 1] and we have bought a sister to a Classic winner for 2.5 million gns there. Her sister was a good race filly and she made 2.5 million gns here last year. I knew we had to be there and I think Kia has made a good move. It's a brave statement of intent. To come to the yearling sales and blow it up is one thing but to continue it into the foals is a real statement of intent. It's a really good sign moving forward. It's a long-term thing.” While there is no denying that bidding a couple of million for a living, breathing creature is pretty serious business, Joorabchian is a man who has a lot of fun doing so. He can get pretty creative with his bidding, between phoning a friend for encouragement and deliberately late 100-grand nods, which is what he did to pry the top lot away from a similarly determined Paddy Twomey as underbidder. “I was willing him to do it,” Elliott reflected. “He had to make a phone call–a phone a friend, he said! I said, 'don't ask the audience, because they'll definitely tell you to bid!' But I was willing him along and am absolutely over the moon that we've got her. Listen, the mare is unbelievable, the farm is unbelievable and the sire is unbelievable. She is a lovely filly-great action. She put the head down, as Alastair Pim said. It's a long-term project and it's great to see. We've come a long way since early Ascot two-year-old races. The whole thing has developed and I'm delighted that Kia made that last bid.” Suelita (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) just doesn't miss. Since she was acquired by Whitsbury Manor Stud for an inspired 21,500gns at the December Mares Sale here in 2013, not only has she produced the 2,000 Guineas winner in Chaldean (GB), but she is also responsible for the high-class Alkumait (GB) and a further three black-type performers, including Group 1-placed Get Ahead (GB) (Showcasing {GB}). That filly lit up the December Mares Sale 12 months ago when selling for 2.5 million gns to First Bloodstock (a partnership comprising Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy). Current two-year-old Kassaya (GB) (Kingman {GB}), topped the foal sale of 2022 when bought by Juddmonte for 1,000,000gns. Chris Harper, who bought Suelita 11 years ago, said, “It's extraordinary. She was the last mare I bought. I certainly didn't say 'this is going to be a superstar' when I bought her. This is just my sort, in other words, she was very pretty, not very big but a nice strong body with short legs, which I like. And the pedigree went back to an old mare I shared with Gerald Leigh – that didn't make all the difference but it was a small factor. I suppose I bought 10 mares that year and she was one of them. When you have a band of mares like ours, you're retiring and replacing, and she happened to be one of those. What a lucky chap I am. Unbelievable. I never ever thought that something like this would happen to someone like me.”. Harper, whose son Ed now runs Whitsbury Manor Stud, added, “I passed all the decision-making over to Ed around 12 years ago. He makes all the decisions but is kind enough to tell me what's going on! What he's done with it is brilliant. I worked it up from nothing and, in football terms, I never got out of the Championship, but he's got it into the Premiership, which I never did. And that's a real achievement.” The sale of Chaldean's sister cemented Amo Racing's position at the head of the buyers' sheet for Friday. Along with the top lot and the Frankel colt out of Breeders' Cup winner Audarya (Fr) for 850,000gns, Amo Racing parted with the same sum for yet another Frankel filly, this time offered by Hazelwood Bloodstock. That filly hails from Listed winner Auria (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}). Amo Racing's participation was doubtless significant, but Joorabchian and partners were just one of seven buying entities to spend at least a million gns at the sale so far. The figures for this session are in the starkest contrast to an opening day which must have been so demoralising for a number of breeders. Not so on Friday. In what is traditionally the sale's high point, the average soared by 66% to 159,309gns and the median climbed 41% to 87,500gns. With a clearance rate of 91%, the 194 foals sold lifted the aggregate by 72% to 30,933,500gns. Just Like A Prayer, Madonna Blesses Swinburns Again On Tuesday morning not many consignors were showing their Friday foals. One of the few exceptions was the Swinburn family's Genesis Green Stud. “I'll show you them all,” said Michael Swinburn to pinhooker Liam Norris. “The difference is these are my foals. I want people to see them.” It is a safe bet that those who made the trip down to the Genesis Green boxes at Highflyer Paddock K were not disappointed with what they saw. Within a matter of minutes on Friday evening the top three – on paper at least – passed through the ring as consecutive lots to sell for a total of 2,330,000gns. The first and last of that trio were from the same family, and it is one which topped this sale in 2021 when the Dubawi (Ire) colt out of Madonna Dell'Orto (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) sold for 1,800,000gns. This time around it was Madonna Dell'Orto's jaunty filly by Dubawi's son Too Darn Hot (GB) who got the ball rolling when selling to Yulong for 480,000gns. Next came the Frankel colt out of the dual Group 1 winner Audarya (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), bred by Alison Swinburn, and sold to Amo Racing for 850,000gns. Finally, a cracking first foal out of Madonna Dell'Orto's daughter Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) was the first to reach the seven-figure mark when bringing the hammer down in favour of MV Magnier at 1,000,000gns. Michael Swinburn wears his heart on his sleeve, and there is extra emotion tied up with the family of Madonna Dell'Orto, who was bought by his late brother, the legendary jockey, Walter, who trained the mare to race six times in the colours of his parents Wally and Doreen. “On the way in today I just called in to the church and said, 'Would you ever help us out today?'” said Michael. Someone was clearly listening. Though winless on the track, Madonna Dell'Orto has been the source of much success for the Swinburns in the ring and, among her five winners, is the Group 2 winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who has in turn produced this season's G1 Fillies' Mile runner-up January (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) for Coolmore. After striding across the lower sale paddock to compose his thoughts, a tearful Swinburn returned to congratulations and said, “Ever since the day Walter bought [Madonna Dell'Orto] she's just been unbelievable. “Andrew Balding trained the dam [of the Sea The Stars colt] and when she ran she was a bit disappointing to say the least on her first run, and I said to Andrew, 'Are we in trouble with Angel's Point?' He said, 'She's talented but she's just a minx.' “It's just a family which keeps producing really. They're good walkers, there are plenty of winners. I Can Fly has a Dubawi coming along, a Frankel coming along, and she went to Justify this year. Madonna is in foal to Sea The Stars, Angel's Point is in foal to Study Of Man, and we still own Ceriola, the Fastnet Rock filly, so hopefully she can come up and do something for us. What can you say about a family like that?” Swinburn added of the Frankel colt, “You wouldn't have known he was on the farm. He was never in his box down there [at Tattersalls]. Everyone thought he was going to be the big horse but I always had my eye on the Sea The Stars. I said to Pat Downes, 'How about going to the foal sale?' He was a belter, but they weren't very keen on it, but I thought 'strike while the iron's hot'. You never know what next year brings.” He continued, “But to go back to the Frankel horse, he was born straight, reared straight, never sick a day in his life. When they came to film for Tatts, they had the camera up in his face but he didn't give two hoots. “He's a horse that I think will just get better and better because, if you saw him a month ago, he was a little bit of a shell of a horse. But he's done really well in prep, strengthened up, and he's only going to go in one direction, so I think that Kia has been really lucky there. “The nice thing is that all the ones we've sold are off the farm and that's great for my team.” MV Magnier, who signed for two foals on the day, said, “We've been lucky with Sea The Stars with The Lion In Winter. Unfortunately, things didn't go right with him later on in the season. But Michael Swinburn has always been very lucky with this family going back to Landseer (GB). He was a very good horse for us and I Can Fly was a special filly and has a lot of potential. I Can Fly could end up being a very important broodmare. I am very happy for the Swinburns and this is a great result for them. They have been great supporters of ours. Listen, it's a lot of money to pay for a foal but Sea The Stars is a very good stallion and Dark Angel is a very good broodmare sire. The sale has been incredible. The one thing we can take out of this is that we put our stallion fees way too low!” Owner-Breeders Zero In On West Blagdon Draft West Blagdon Stud's draft is routinely one of the highlights of the December Foal Sale and this year's consignment was no exception.. Coolmore and Godolphin signed for the top pair – a filly by Frankel (GB) and a Camelot (GB) colt at 800,000gns and 650,000gns respectively. All eight foals offered were sold, for a total of 2,080,000gns. “She is out of a Pivotal mare who has crossed well with Frankel,” said MV Magnier after outbidding Simon Mockridge of Juddmonte for lot 897, the half-sister to G3 Prix de Lieurey winner Cloudy Dawn (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) and listed winner Iromea (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), all offspring of the Pivotal (GB) mare In The Mist (GB). Now 18, she was bought by Wigan in this same sale back in 2006 from the Britton House Stud dispersal for 110,000gns and went on to win three times in France for Wigan and George Strawbridge. “James and Anita Wigan, they have been incredible supporters of ours for a long time,” added Magnier. “They are very good breeders who have raised a lot of good horses in the past.” The family was back in the spotlight only moments later when Cloudy Dawn's second foal, a filly from the first crop of Baaeed (GB), was bought by Yulong Investments, who have been signing this week under the name of their Suffolk-based farm Willingham, for 260,000gns. From seven foals sold on the day, Baaeed's average for the sale was 240,000gns, with buyers including Katsumi Yoshida and Yeomanstown Stud. Bidding on Godolphin's behalf Anthony Stroud signed for lot 894, the Camelot first foal of the dual winner Queenlet (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). The colt's fourth dam is the influential Cassandra Go (Ire), whose descendants include the Group 1 winners Halfway To Heaven (Ire), Magical (Ire), Rhododendron (Ire) and Auguste Rodin (Ire). “Camelot has had a great year and I think this foal will add to our crop of homebreds,” Stroud said. “You've really got to pay for the ones you want and he was the one foal today that we really zeroed in on.” More Success for Hunscote Stud and Norris Bloodstock The Frankel half-sister to Group 3 winner Ville De Grace (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) produced yet another good result at the December Sale for the team of consignor Norris Bloodstock and breeder Stephen Smith's Hunscote Stud. Sold as lot 925, the filly out of the Arch mare Archangel Gabriel brought a final bid of 700,000gns from American owner Pearly Fallon of Hampstead Holdings, sitting with agent Amanda Skiffington. “It was love at first sight when I saw her today,” said Fallon. “She was the first horse that I looked at today and I thought she was probably the best. “We have approximately ten horses but she'll have to be in a special spot because she's pretty special, but I'm not sure where that will be. We have horses with Ed Bethell and Mr Haggas will be getting one shortly, as will Mr Fanshawe and Mrs Harrington. She's a perfect fit. I love Frankel.” Jenny Norris, who also sold Ville De Grace for Hunscote Stud and partner Chris Humber two years ago for 2,000,000gns, said, “The mare has this amazing ability to produce beautiful stock and they all love their job. This filly has been a pleasure to deal with and I am delighted for Hunscote Stud.” Wallsgrove's Inside Track on Blackbeard Pays Dividends Whirly Dancer (GB) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) has been a star for breeder Joyce Wallsgrove, who bought the half-sister to multiple Group 1 winner Poet's Word (Ire) (Poet's Voice {GB}) as a five-year-old at the February Sale of 2012 for 9,500gns. A few years later she produced Beckford (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), winner of the G2 Railway Stakes and placed several times at the highest level for Newtown Anner Stud, where he now stands. Beckford's weanling half-brother from the first crop of Blackbeard (Ire) was one of the early standouts of the Friday session, ultimately selling for 155,000gns to Paddy Fleming as Wallsgrove's smile grew wider with every turn of the ring he made. Consigned by Brook Stud, where Wallsgrove keeps both Whirly Dancer and her daughter Poet's Dance (GB) (Poet's Voice {GB}), the colt was catalogued as lot 793 and is also from the family of Group 3 winner Malabar (GB) (Raven's Pass) and her multiple group-winning son Tiber Flow (Ire) (Caravaggio). Wallsgrove has a unique perspective when it comes to stallion selection as she is the stables manager at Newmarket Racecourses, meaning that she has the opportunity to see many of the potential future stars of the breeding sheds at close quarters during their racing days. “I said to Dwayne [Woods, Brook Stud] that I am going to bite the bullet and send her to Ireland,” explained Wallsgrove of her decision to send Whirly Dancer to the G1 Middle Park Stakes winner Blackbeard. “I work for Newmarket Racecourses and I had seen him there. I really liked him then and he stuck in my mind.” She continued, “This chap is a lot like [Beckford], they have got the same temperament, they grow up very quickly and, once they understand what you want them to do, they take to it very quickly – I suppose they are quite precocious. I thought if I could get 100,000gns I would be happy, but he sold himself.” Talking points Japanese buyers may be better associated with spending big at the Sceptre Sessions but one interesting dynamic to have developed at Tattersalls in recent years is the spending from that region in the foal section and Katsumi Yoshida was one of the more interesting names to feature on the buyers' sheet on Friday. It was Shingo Hashimoto who landed lot 853, a Baaeed colt out of winning Galileo (Ire) mare Tranquil Star (Ire), who got the job done on behalf of the leading Japanese owner and breeder for 280,000gns. “We liked his conformation – he is a very strong and good-looking colt,” Hashimoto said. “We will take him back to Japan and we are really excited because Baaeed was such a great racehorse.” The Baaeed colt was sold by Genesis Green Stud. Speaking of Japanese buyers, Paca Paca Farm's Harry Sweeney has been noticeably strong at Tattersalls this week, signing for 14 foals for 1,680,000 gns. His Friday spend was headed by a 220,000gns Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Ringfort Stud. Sweeney also went to 215,000gns for a Havana Grey (GB) filly from Whitsbury Manor Stud. Mostly bidding online, Yulong's Yuesheng Zhang spent 3,038,000gns on 12 foals, headed by Castletown Stud's Lope De Vega (Ire) filly at 650,000gns. That spend, along with the massive flex from Amo, strong spend from owner-breeders Coolmore, Juddmonte and Godolphin, reminded that end users continue to dominate at the top end of the market even at the foal sales. This has been something of a breakout year for young bloodstock agent Henry Lascelles, who raised the temperature of the sale in the early part of the evening when going to 580,000gns to secure Awbeg Stud's Wootton Bassett (GB) filly from the family of Group 1 performer The Summit (Fr). Lascelles, who was standing alongside Lady Bamford's stud manager Chris Lock on the stairs opposite the rostrum, commented, “We loved her. She is a beautiful mover, has a big square hip, the yearling full-brother I believe is going to Ballydoyle and the Sergei Prokofiev two-year-old finished second in an October maiden and has been sold to the US, so there is a bit happening on the page.” He added, “I hope she will turn into a lovely two-year-old. It was a bit more than we were planning on spending, but there are a lot of end users buying today. She will go to the farm from here and has been bought as a racing prospect.” Philip Stauffenberg played a leading role as a buyer on Friday – and even opened up the top lot at 1 million gns – but also enjoyed a memorable sale with a Sea The Stars colt that was knocked down to Juddmonte for 700,000gns. Offered by The Castlebridge Consignment and bred by Satuffenberg with his wife Marion, the Sea The Stars colt is a three-parts-brother to the Classic winner Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}) out of broodmare Frangipani (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}). The latter will be offered at the Sceptre Sessions next week. Stauffenberg commented, “For Juddmonte to buy this foal, it's an honour for us. He's going to a very good home and we're very happy about that. Lovely colt – really straightforward. That's the first horse they have bought from us as breeders. It's fantastic. The mare is in foal and is carrying a full-sibling to Fantastic Moon.” The post ‘Statement Of Intent’ Sees Amo Equal 2.5 Million Record For Chaldean’s Sister 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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In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this weekend running at Chukyo and Kyoto Racecourses: Saturday, November 30, 2024 5th-CKO, ¥13,720,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 2yo, 1800m JUNE ARTEMIS (f, 2, Quality Road–Sustainable, by Forestry), a $325,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Yoshikawa Holdings, is out of a two-time stakes-placed half-sister to Culotte (Sky Mesa), herself a black-type winner as a juvenile. A half-sister to a McKinzie colt that sold for $110,000 at KEESEP that looks set for resale next season, the Mar. 31 foal hails from the family of 1997 GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Famous Digger (Quest for Fame {GB}). B-Candy Meadows LLC (KY) AFARIN (f, 2, Justify–Rusty Slipper, by Lemon Drop Kid), whose dam won the 2015 GIII Red Carpet Handicap for one of her two scores at the graded level and has also produced French SW & MGSP Adhafera (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), was bought back for $395,000 at Keeneland November in 2022 before hammering to Koji Maeda for $340,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale. Rusty Slipper is a daughter of MSP Classic Approval (With Approval), whose 12 winners from 13 starters includes MGSW/GISP Gulch Approval (Gulch); SW & MGSP Approval Rating (Lemon Drop Kid); MGSP Highest Class (Mineshaft); and the dam of GISW sire Wicked Strong (Hard Spun). B-RMJ Stables LLC (KY) Sunday, December 1, 2024 5th-KYO, ¥13,720,000 ($92k), Newcomers, 1400mT PAVIA (f, 2, Medaglia d'Oro–Pavini {Ire}, by Dubawi {Ire}), a $325,000 KEESEP purchase, is out of an unplaced daughter of G2 Prix de Pomone winner Peinture Rare (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), the dam of MGSP Siege of Boston (War Front). Third dam Peinture Bleue (Alydar) produced champion and treble Group 1 winner Peintre Celebre (Nureyev). B-Sean Fitzhenry (ON) The post Well-Bred Filly Looks To Give Justify Another Japanese Winner appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Breeders can view the Shadwell stallions Baaeed (GB), Mohaather (GB) and Mostahdaf (Ire) at Beech House Stud near Newmarket from Saturday. The trio will be shown during the Tattersalls December Sales from November 30 to December 3, parading on the hour from 10am to 3pm each day. Baaeed's first foals have sold for up to 400,000gns during the first three days of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. A trio of Mohaather's 21 winners have already won stakes races, including G3 Molecomb Stakes hero Big Mojo (Ire). The first foals of Mostahdaf are expected from January. The post Shadwell Stallions on Show at Beech House Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Japan's grade 1 racing program moves from turf to dirt for the Champions Cup (G1) Dec. 1 at Chukyo Racecourse.View the full article

John 'Shark' Hanlon, who will begin his six-month ban on Dec. 1, has appointed Tara Lee Cogan as his temporary replacement, he announced on Friday. “Tara Cogan is going to take over training,” said Hanlon, who was originally supposed to serve a 10-month ban, but had that reduced on appeal. “She's a friend not too far from me and she's moving into my yard. She takes over on Monday.” The Referrals Committee of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) ruled Hanlon had acted in a manner that “caused significant prejudice to the integrity, proper conduct and good reputation of the sport of racing” in the manner he removed a deceased horse from his yard earlier this year, which resulted in his ban. Added Hanlon, who dispersed some of his horses at Goffs in October, “We haven't a lot of horses to run, we only have seven, eight or 10 to run, so she's taking over and I'm delighted because she's been a friend for years and she knows the run of the yard because she used to come down and work her own horses with mine. “She only has three or four horses, so they're coming down to my yard over the weekend, and she's keeping on my staff, which is very important. Rachel [O'Neill, Hanlon's partner] will be there to give her a hand with whatever she wants to know as well. “I'll take a sideline as my sister is not well in America and I'm bringing my mother to America to see her. We'll take a sideline for the time being and the sooner this is over the better.” As a result of Cogan taking over, stable darling Hewick (Ire) (Virtual {GB}) is still possible for the G1 Ladbrokes King George VI Chase at Kempton on Boxing Day. “The plan the whole time was to run at Christmas somewhere,” Hanlon added of Hewick. “He's entered in the King George and he'll probably be entered for Leopardstown. Whatever Tara and Rachel want to do it'll be no problem. Tara is friendly with the man that owns Hewick as well, he'd know her. “I'm taking a holiday for a couple of months and will see if I can replace some of the horses I lost.” The post Tara Lee Cogan To Take Over John Hanlon’s Yard Temporarily appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A share in French Classic winner Persian King (Ire) (lot 3B) is one of 14 lots catalogued for the Auctav Winter Breeding Sale. The first-season sire has 14 winners to his name. The sale, which features stallion shares, breeding rights, two broodmares, and a 3-year-old filly, is set for Wednesday, Dec. 11 beginning at 3 p.m. local time. Other lots of note are a share in group sire The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (lot 5B), a stallion share in Beaumec De Houelle (Fr) (lot 4B), a share in Nirvana Du Berlais (Fr) (lot 2B) and a share in young sire Sealiway (Fr) (lot 3). The post Persian King Share One Of The Highlights Of The Auctav Winter Breeding Catalogue appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

MV Magnier acquired lot 937 for 1,000,000gns on Friday. The son of Sea The Stars (Ire) was the first foal to reach the seven-figure mark at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which is in its third session and concludes on Saturday. Bred and consigned by Genesis Green Stud, he is a son of Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The colt is a half-brother to G2 Solonaway Stakes winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who was placed thrice at Group 1 level, and the stakes winner and group-placed Viscount Barfield (GB) (Raven's Pass). I Can Fly has since produced the listed winner January (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). there was another seven figure foal to sell at the #tattsdecember foal sale and that was lot 937 from Genesis Green Stud. This colt by Sea The Stars made 1,000,000gns and is from the family of a sale topping foal from a few years ago. Bought by M V Magnier. pic.twitter.com/APV8lPKxBB — TDN (@theTDN) November 29, 2024 The post Sea The Stars Colt Makes 1,000,000gns On Bid From MV Magnier At Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Redistricting hasn't had much luck in two previous tries at the grade 1 level but trainer Chad Brown sends him west again to try to reverse the trend in the Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) Nov. 30 at Del Mar.View the full article

A Frankel (GB) full-sister to multiple Group 1 winner and Classic hero Chaldean (GB) (lot 945) sold for a joint-record 2,500,000gns to Amo Racing at Tattersalls. The new sales topper is out of the winner Suelita (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}). The chestnut is also a half-sister to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Alkumait (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) and his stakes-winning full-brother Get Ahead (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), who was second in the G1 Flying Five Stakes. Lot 945 was bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud. The record price was set in 1997 for a full-brother to Derby winner Generous (Ire) (Caerleon) at the December Foal Sale. Earlier in the sale, a Frankel colt caught the eye of Amo, who shelled out 850,000gns for a son of Breeders' Cup heroine Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) at Tattersalls. Sold as lot 936 by Genesis Green Stud, the colt was bred by Mrs. A. Swinburn. He is the second foal out of dam, who also won the G1 Prix Jean Romanet. International star Jim And Tonic (Fr) (Double Bed {Fr}) is also part of this clan, as is GI Beverly D. Stakes heroine Mauralakana (Fr) (Muhtathir {GB}). Amo was also in action for lot 943, a daughter of Frankel, just a handful of lots later, also for 850,000gns. Part of the Hazelwood Bloodstock consignment, the A. Denniff-bred is the first foal of her dam, who won at listed level and is a half-sister to the multiple group winner Beat The Bank (GB) (Paco Boy {Ire}), who also ran second in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes. She came with a lofty reputation but my god she did not disappoint! Congratulations to the Whitsbury Manor Stud team on the sale of their Frankel full-sister to Chaldean! She has been bought by Amo Racing for 2.5million gns. #tattsdecember pic.twitter.com/WNyXR6ku5f — TDN (@theTDN) November 29, 2024 The post Amo Racing Buys Frankel Trio For Combined 4,200,000gns, Led By 2,500,000gns Full-Sister To Chaldean appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

How did we get hooked on this sport? We all have stories about how our love affair developed and blossomed. The TDN will be reaching out to numerous notable people in the industry to get their stories to find out how they got hooked and stayed hooked on the sport. Brian Spearman, Chairman, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners Growing up in Saratoga, it's pretty inevitable that you're going to fall in love with horse racing if you love horses and you love the whole atmosphere. As a young adult, I went to the track quite a bit. I wound up working at the track a couple of summers as a Pinkerton. And my love for the sport and the animals just grew. Fast forward, I went to work for Pepsi for 33 years and right around maybe 14 years ago I decided I wanted to try to make this lifelong dream of horse ownership happen. I didn't know who to contact and I didn't know where to begin but a friend of mine said you ought to give this gentleman Cot Campbell a call. I met Cot and was a Dogwood partner for a number of years and he was fantastic. He taught me a ton and he introduced me to Aron Wellman of Eclipse Thoroughbreds, and Aron and I have been partners now for a decade. My love of the sport just keeps growing. Keeneland is fantastic, Del Mar is fantastic. Santa Anita is a wonderful place. But, of course, Saratoga has always been special in my heart. When you're a young man and you are introduced to it up there, it's pretty hard not to have it in your blood. Saratoga is a place where you can introduce people to racing in a venue that allows you to be up close and personal and has a family atmosphere to it. That was the key. Back then, the paddock wasn't even fenced in. You could get pretty close to the horses. The horses are just so majestic and I think the fact that the horse is really what's being displayed at Saratoga and not so much the gambling and everything else, I think that's what drew me to it. Just watching these magnificent animals. It's pretty hard not to fall in love with it. My dad worked as a Pinkerton, too. He actually guarded Secretariat when he was in Saratoga. As a young man he took me over there to see him. There was another horse, one some people might not remember named Jaklin Klugman. Jack Klugman owned him and my dad took me to see him, too. He worked nights so he could sneak me onto the backstretch to see these famous horses. As a young man getting to watch Affirmed and Alydar was pretty exciting, pretty amazing. In the last 10 years being associated with some of Eclipse's standard bearers, like Tapwrit, who won the Belmont, Feathered and Nest. Those things were all very special to me. The post How I Got Hooked On Racing: Brian Spearman appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sea The Stars (Ire)'s colt (lot 931) out of Frangipani (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) matched the 700,000gns price of lot 925, when changing hands from The Castlebridge Consignment to Juddmonte at Tattersalls on Friday. A half-brother to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), the colt was bred by Philipp Stauffenberg and his wife Marion. The post Juddmonte Signs The Ticket At 700,000gns For Sea The Stars Colt At Tattersalls December appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Agent Amanda Skiffington was in action for lot 925, a filly by Frankel (GB), who sold from the draft of Norris Bloodstock for 700,000gns. Skiffington was buying on behalf of Hampstead Holdings. The half-sister to G3 Pride Stakes heroine Ville De Grace (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) is the second Frankel filly to make 700,000gns or higher so far on Friday, with lot 897 the current sales topper at 800,000gns who went to MV Magnier. The extended family features GI Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap victor Prince Arch (Arch) and G1 National Stakes scorer Kingsfort (War Chant). The filly was bred by Hunscote Stud Limited. The post Amanda Skiffington Signs For 700,000gns Frankel Filly At Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

1st-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:00 p.m. The half-sister to Eclipse Champion older dirt female and MGISW Idiomatic (Curlin), CHASTEN (Into Mischief) debuts in the opener at Churchill Saturday for owner/breeder Juddmonte and trainer Brad Cox. Out of SW and MGISP Lockdown, the 2-year-old filly is the third filly out of a full-sister to Champion older mare Close Hatches who has been just as successful in her second career, producing MGSW/MGISP Tacitus (Tapit), MGSW/MGISP Scylla (Tapit) and GSW Batten Down (Tapit). The family also includes G1 Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas winner Siskin (First Defence). TJCIS PPS The post Saturday Insights: Idiomatic’s Half-Sister Opens Churchill Card appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last year's JRA Best Dirt Horse Lemon Pop (Lemon Drop Kid) will attempt to go out a winner in his final start when defending his title in the 1800-metre G1 Champions Cup at Chukyo on Sunday. The 6-year-old entire and 2023 G1 February Cup hero has finished first or second in all 17 starts barring a 10th-place run in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen in March of 2023 and when 12th in the G1 Saudi Cup in Saudi Arabia this February. Since the Saudi Cup, he returned to Japan and won the Listed Sakitama Hai in the slop at Urawa cutting back to 1400 metres in June. His warmup for this was a defeat of 2024 G1 February Stakes hero Peptide Nile (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) in a title defence of the Listed Mile Championship Nambu Hai at Morioka on Oct. 14. Trainer Hiroyasu Tanaka said, “We've given him his usual training, but have also run him over a slightly longer distance. He's still physically strong, and the jockey [Ryusei Sakai] is pleased with him, saying that he's running up to his usual level. The Champions Cup will be his last race, so I'm hoping for a good run.” Since his February Stakes triumph over Gaia Force (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}), Peptide Nile ran third in the Listed Kashiwa Kinen in May prior to his second to Lemon Pop, while trainer Hidenori Take said, “He came back from the farm in good condition. He's been running well in training now he's back at the stable, with his usual pattern of work as the race gets closer. Hopefully he'll get into a good position behind the leading horses, and he'll find a good rhythm throughout the race.” Runner-up to Lemon Pop in last year's edition of the Champions Cup, Wilson Tesoro (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) enters on the back of a victory in the Listed JBC Classic over 2000 metres on Nov. 4. Second in the 2023 G1 Tokyo Daishoten last December, he was unplaced in the G1 February Stakes, but was not disgraced when fourth in the G1 Dubai World Cup at Meydan. He was second in June's Listed Teio Sho and in the G3 Korea Cup in September, the latter to Crown Pride (Jpn) (Reach The Crown {Jpn}). Said trainer Hitoshi Kotegawa, “His experience overseas has made him a stronger horse this year, both physically and mentally, and his muscles make him look like a dirt horse now. There's no tiredness about him after his last race, and we've trained him for this next one.” Other horses to keep an eye on in the Champions Cup all won their previous start: Hagino Alegrias (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) is now a dual G3 Sirius Stakes winner, the G3 Miyako Stakes went to Sunrise Zipangu (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}), and T O Drefong (Jpn) (Drefong) and Gloria Mundi (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) each starred at listed level. The post Lemon Pop Aiming For Champions Cup Title Defence In Career Swansong appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 5-year-old mare ridden by Flavien Prat won her first graded stakes by three-quarters of a length Nov. 28 at Churchill Downs.View the full article

Redistricting hasn't had much luck in two previous tries at the Grade 1 level but trainer Chad Brown sends him west again to try to reverse the trend in the Seabiscuit Handicap (G2T) Nov. 30 at Del Mar.View the full article

East Coast-based trainer has dominated the West Coast stakes for distaffers and sends Tax Implications, Gina Romantica, Child of the Moon, and Prerequisite.View the full article

Loved is a Godolphin homebred trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Tyler Gaffalione. The 5-year-old mare won the Falls City Stakes (G3) by 3 3/4 lengths. Godolphin's Tarifa finished second.View the full article

Julien Leparoux, a veteran leader in the Churchill Downs jockey colony and two-time Eclipse Award winner, reached an extraordinary milestone Thursday with his 3,000th career win aboard Pike Place in Race 3.View the full article

Julien Leparoux, a two-time Eclipse Award winning rider, collected his 3,000th career win aboard Pike Place (Street Boss) in the third race at Churchill Downs on Thursday, the track said in a press release that same day. Leparoux, 41, launched his career in 2005. Raised in Chantilly, France, Leparoux's passion for horses led him to Southern California in 2003, where he began as an exercise rider for trainer Patrick Biancone. He transitioned to race riding and earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in 2006. Three years later he became one of only four riders to also receive the Eclipse as Outstanding Jockey. “I'm very thankful that my family could be here with me today for this,” Leparoux said. “It took awhile to get it done but I'm very happy I was able to do it today. Churchill Downs and Kentucky have been such a big part of my career and it was great to do it at home.” Leparoux's career includes seven Breeders' Cup victories, highlighted by triumphs aboard such notable champions as Tepin, Classic Empire and Forever Together. His international acclaim soared in 2016 when he guided Tepin to victory in the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. In addition to his Breeders' Cup accolades, Leparoux has achieved 271 graded stakes victories while amassing earnings $199 million. The post Jockey Julien Leparoux Notches 3,000th Win appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just three lots after the 650,000gns Camelot (GB) colt, lot 897, a filly by Frankel (GB) and out of In The Mist (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), became the new top lot when selling to MV Magnier for 800,000gns. The half-sister to Cloudy Dawn (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a winner of the G3 Prix de Lieurey, and the stakes winner Iromea (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), was part of the West Blagdon Stud consignment. Second dam Kenmist (GB) (Kenmare {Fr}) won at listed level in England and placed at group level in Italy. She is responsible for G1 Prix du Moulin heroine Grey Lilas (Ire) (Danehill), herself the dam of three stakes winners, among them G1 Prix de Diane, G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, and G1 Prix d'Ispahan heroine Golden Lilac (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The filly was bred by London Thoroughbred Services. West Blagdon Stud always bring a good draft to the #tattsdecember foal sale and this year's draft has not disappointed. After selling a colt for 650,000gns they now sell a filly by Frankel for 800,000gns. She has been bought by M V Magnier. pic.twitter.com/Lw5XcGxAq4 — TDN (@theTDN) November 29, 2024 The post MV Magnier Acquires 800,000gns Frankel Filly At Tattersalls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Lot 894 was the second horse to break the 500,000gns-mark at Tattersalls on Friday when selling to Anthony Stroud for 650,000gns on behalf of Godolphin. Consigned by West Blagdon Stud, the son of Camelot (GB) is a half-brother to Lope De Vega (Ire)'s duo of GII Royal North Stakes second Sweet Enough (GB) and the listed-placed Enfjaar (Ire). Bred by James Wigan, the colt is a grandson of a full-sister to dual Grade I winner Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). His third dam Theann (GB) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) is a daughter of the blue hen Cassandra Go (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}). Things are hotting up at the #tattsdecember foal sale! This colt by Camelot has been bought by Godolphin for 650,000gns. He was consigned by West Blagdon Stud. pic.twitter.com/cQVlJ2HnAa — TDN (@theTDN) November 29, 2024 The post Godolphin Strikes For Camelot Colt At 650,000gns At Tattersalls December appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article