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Today 25th September in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 58 mins ago Today’s horse racing tips & quaddie selections | Wednesday, 25/9 Five horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia today, on Wednesday, September 25. Check out HorseBetting’s free betting tips … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Happy Valley races preview & betting tips | September 27, 2023 Hong Kong racing will take place under the lights of Happy Valley on Wednesday evening. See our free betting tips … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Rosehill Wednesday tips & top value bets | September 27, 2023 Rosehill Gardens is the destination for metropolitan racing this Wednesday, with seven races set down for decision. See our top … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Bendigo racing preview & quaddie tips | Wednesday, September 27 Racing heads to Bendigo on Wednesday afternoon for a nine-race program, and HorseBetting’s James Herbert presents his best bets and … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Newcastle Tuesday racing tips & quaddie | September 26, 2023 NSW racing heads to the Hunter on Tuesday afternoon for a quickfire seven-race program at Newcastle Racecourse … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Alice Springs apprentice Lek Maloney lands maiden treble Lek Maloney celebrated his career treble on Sunday afternoon at Alice Springs, where he booted home Delago Lad, Big Feelings … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 1 year ago Northlanders play starring role at Tauranga The Northlanders came to town at Tauranga on Saturday and played a starring role, headed by a quinella for Ruakaka … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 1 year ago New Zealand Pattern Committee announce black-type changes Several changes made to the schedule of feature races for 2023-24 the New Zealand Pattern Committee (NZPC) have revealed … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Marquess thrashes rivals at Rosehill Godolphin’s New Zealand-bred up-and-comer Marquess made a bold statement at Rosehill on Saturday with a commanding victory … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Harlow Mist impresses in VRC Oaks audition John Sargent unveiled a live VRC Oaks chance when Harlow Mist scored a strong victory in the Kennedy Oaks Preview … Read More Australia horse racing news 1 year ago Group 1 options for Flemington winner Wolfy Wolfy showcased his continued progress by triumphing over a competitive field of three-year-olds in a 1420m race at Flemington … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 1 year ago Alexis Badel delivers front-running masterclass on Healthy Happy Healthy Happy claimed Hong Kong’s first black type victory of the 2023/24 season with success in the Group 3 Celebration … Read More Horse Racing Tips 1 year ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 25, 2023 Five horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips and quaddie selections for free here at … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Swan Hill racing preview & best bets | Monday, September 26 Racing heads to Swan Hill on Monday afternoon where a competitive eight-race card is set down for judgement. Horsebetting.com.au present … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago I Wish I Win shows Group 1 quality in Testa Rossa Stakes victory I Wish I Win has given his rivals a start and then given them a beating in the Listed Testa … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Gentleman Roy leads throughout in Sandown Stakes victory The Ben & JD Hayes-trained Gentleman Roy has given nothing else a chance upon claiming Sunday’s Group 3 Sandown Stakes, … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Alligator Blood causes minor upset to claim Underwood Stakes The Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott-trained Alligator Blood has claimed the Group 1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on Sunday … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Waltz On By grips on to claim Jim Moloney Stakes Waltz on By has hung on by the slimmest of margins to take out the Jim Moloney Stakes as the … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Sacred Satono presents credentials for higher honours Promising galloper Sacred Satono remains unbeaten in two starts as a three-year-old after putting away his rivals in emphatic fashion … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Mustang Valley excels in Awapuni feature Impressive last start Hastings winner Mustang Valley lifted her game several notches on Saturday as she claimed her first success … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 2 years ago Perfect start for Cambridge Stud stallion Cambridge Stud resident stallion Embellish made the perfect start to his stud career on Saturday when debut runner Luberon led … Read More Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Retiring Doon Buggy honoured at Alice Springs Alice Springs racing will farewell one of its more popular figures of the four-legged variety on Sunday when the diminutive … Read More Horse Racing Tips 2 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 25, 2022 Eight horse racing meetings are scheduled around Australia today. See the top tips, best odds and quaddie selections for free … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | September 25, 2021 Horse racing around the country sees nine meetings being held on this Saturday afternoon, headline by the Group 1 Golden … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Doomben betting preview, tips, odds & quaddie picks | 26/09/21 What Doomben Races Where Doomben Racecourse – 75 Hampden Street, Ascot QLD When Sunday, September 26, 2021 First Race 12:05pm … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Mornington tips, value bets & quaddie picks | September 26, 2021 HorseBetting’s Victorian racing analyst brings you his best bets and quaddie numbers for the eight-race meeting at Mornington to be … Read More Horse Racing News 3 years ago Daniel Moor takes the win on Wild Ruler in the 2021 Moir Stakes Just six days after winning his first Australian Group 1, Daniel Moor has bagged another aboard Wild Ruler in Friday … Read More Horse Racing News 3 years ago Classique Legend on track for retaining the 2021 The Everest Classique Legend took his next step towards retaining his Everest title by winning a Randwick trial in good fashion on … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 3 years ago Joao Moreira believes Sky Darci is primed for strong return Joao Moreira has unshakeable faith in Sky Darci’s ability to cope with various contingencies as the BMW Hong Kong Derby … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Pike quartet on song for Matamata Cambridge trainer Tony Pike will venture to Matamata on Saturday with an in-form quartet of runners. Amongst them are youngsters … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Conditions no concern for Sweeney’s Matamata pair Over 60mm of rain since Wednesday may have washed away the hopes of many runners entered for Saturday’s Matamata meeting, … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago First Group Win For Comeback Trainer Moody Peter Moody celebrated his first Group race victory since his return to the training ranks after Glenfiddich outclassed his rivals … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Belmont racing tips & best bets – Saturday, 26 September 2020 It’s Black Heart Bart Stakes Day at Belmont, where the weather is set fair and the track has come up … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Caulfield racing tips & odds – Saturday, 26 September 2020 It’s Underwood Stakes Day at Caulfield, where a nine-race card is set down for judgement this weekend. With quality races … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Morphettville Parks racing tips – Saturday, 26 September 2020 Short-priced favourites are the theme for the early part of the Morphettville meeting, where we are racing on the Parks … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Second Chance For Gask And Lord Fandango Life has come full circle for trainer Jeremy Gask and veteran stayer Lord Fandango, who have been reunited four years … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Rosehill racing tips & odds – Saturday, 26 September 2020 A cracking nine-race card has been assembled for Golden Rose Day at Rosehill on Saturday … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Toowoomba racing tips & value bets – Saturday, 26 September 2020 Clifford Park plays host to nine races on Saturday, headlined by the Weetwood Handicap and Toowoomba Cup … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Gem Of A Mare Ready To Rule In Pendant The consistency of Jen Rules during the winter carnival in Brisbane has convinced connections to continue her racing career in … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Weight Right For Boomsara In Weetwood Chris Munce was a two-time Weetwood-winning jockey and he will be aiming to claim the famous Toowoomba sprint for the … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Smith Sweats On Wet Track For Sydney Filly The superior wet track form of filly Rock My Wand has prompted connections to send her interstate in the hope … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Alexiou Out To Engineer A Group One Upset Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou will saddle up their first Group One runner as a training partnership when Peltzer tackles … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Williams Fears Camelot In Underwood Matthew Williams is happy with how Harbour Views is progressing but believes he faces a big test in taking on … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Advice proves a successful recipe for Gardner Gisborne trainer Mick Gardner was quick to divert the credit for his first success at Woodville on Thursday to prominent … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Last hurrah for Magnum Consistent sprinter Magnum will kick-off what will likely be his last preparation at Ellerslie on Saturday. The Lauren Brennan-trained gelding … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Ladies First returns After 18 months on the sidelines, 2018 Group 1 Auckland Cup (3200m) winner Ladies First will make her raceday return … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Belated birthday gift for Marriott Opaki trainer Brian Marriott may have just turned 91-years-old but he is showing no signs of slowing down. It was … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Bonham goes bang Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard unleashed a smart filly at Woodville on Thursday when first-starter Bonham cruised to victory in … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Vic trainer claims police acted unlawfully Victorian police have hit out at claims they acted unlawfully in the case of horse trainer Jarrod McLean who alleges … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago O’Hara ban cut to five weeks on appeal Jockey Kathy O’Hara has had a three-month suspension for using her mobile phone against the rules reduced to five weeks … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Allen sees Derby potential in Adelaide Ace Jockey John Allen sees similar attributes in Adelaide Ace to his former Victoria Derby-winning mount Extra Brut after his success … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Super Titus to back-up in Group 1 Underwood David Hayes wants Super Titus to settle better than in the Naturalism Stakes and has decided to run him on … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago Aethero excites Aethero heads into his second season unbeaten in three starts and showing signs that he might just live up to … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago Moore expects as Beauty Generation impresses ahead of return Everything about Beauty Generation Tuesday morning signalled that Hong Kong’s superstar will once again be the horse to beat when … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Back-to-back Oaks Trial wins for Newnham Celestial Falls has emulated her older half-sister Greysful Glamour by capturing the VRC Oaks Trial at Flemington … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago New Zealand Cup contender for Old Matamata trainer Glenn Old believes he has a Group 3 Christchurch Casino New Zealand Cup (3200m) prospect on his hands … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Battle of the greys first-up for Von Tunzelman Dual stakes winner Von Tunzelman will step out for the first time for South Auckland trainers Moira and Kieran Murdoch … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Enticing Star ready for Golden Pendant Trainer Chris Waller has already had success with Arcadia Queen and is looking for a repeat with another West Australian, … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Failure Not An Option for promising juvenile Tony Pike went to Karaka in January in search of his next potential star and he may just have found … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Shannon Stakes for Volpe Veloce Group 1 winner Volpe Veloce will most likely contest Saturday’s Group 2 Shannon Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill, with the six-year-old … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Railway redemption for Princess Kereru A return to the Group 1 Sistema Railway (1200m) at Ellerslie on New Year’s Day remains the primary focus for … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Sunlight’s sister victorious at Flemington The little sister of multiple Group One winner Sunlight has opened her metropolitan account with victory up the straight at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Guineas assignment for Callsign Mav The John Bary-trained Callsign Mav will get his first tilt at stakes company in a fortnight’s time when he contests … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Minor hiccup for smart 3YO Talented three-year-old filly Shoshone was scratched from last Saturday’s Group 3 Hawke’s Bay Breeders’ Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) after a … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Bivouac to stake claim as best colt Godolphin colt Bivouac will go to the Golden Rose as the well-supported favourite over Exceedance in the $1 million race … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago Whyte’s Kingdom Last Kingdom (125lb) got off the mark at his 21st start and Hong Kong’s newest trainer Douglas Whyte remains upbeat … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago The Bostonian set for spring return in Group 1 Trainer Tony Pike is thrilled with The Bostonian before the Moir Stakes at The Valley but admits a wide draw … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news 5 years ago Zac Purton seeks Reliable hat-trick Reliable Team (124lb) will put his unbeaten record on the line in tonight’s (25 September) Class 3 Yip Fat Handicap … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Mildred takes 2YO opener at Flemington Trainer Grahame Begg says Mildred is a natural racehorse after the filly scored in the first two-year-old race of the … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Te Akau Shark has day out at Canterbury Epsom Handicap favourite Te Akau Shark has had a maintenance gallop between races at Canterbury, pleasing New Zealand trainer Jamie … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Jockeys to undergo surgery after falls Jockeys Kevin Forrester and Craig Robertson will have stints on the sidelines after being injured in non-race day falls … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Gloaming Stakes next step for Shadow Hero Promising staying three-year-old Shadow Hero steps up to 1800m in the Group Three Gloaming Stakes on his path towards Group … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Outside draw for Homesman in Group 1 Underwood The Group One Underwood Stakes has attracted a field of 13, headlined by the 2018 winner Homesman who has drawn … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Field of 15 for Group 1 Moir Stakes at Valley A field of 15 has been declared for the Group One Moir Stakes, with Nature Strip drawing barrier one while … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Maher banned over conman’s horse ownership Trainer Ciaron Maher says he is glad the matter of the ownership of five horses in his stable is over … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Royal Symphony out to remain unbeaten Unbeaten colt Royal Symphony is favourite for the Caulfield Guineas and is likely to clash with a number of other … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Michael Freedman trains HK double Michael Freedman has saddled his first Hong Kong winner and added another for good measure at the Sha Tin meeting … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Happy Clapper Epsom favourite Happy Clapper remains the Epsom Handicap favourite ahead of six horses from the Chris Waller stable … Read More Horse Racing News, New Zealand horse racing news 7 years ago Platinum is back in Command for Latta TRAINER Lisa Latta breathed a major sigh of relief after the group performer Platinum Command returned to top form at … Read More Horse Racing News, New Zealand horse racing news 7 years ago Beslin taking it slow and steady to get Sweepstake ready MIKE Beslin-trained group one performer Sweepstake will make a low key return this spring. The Awapuni-based trainer is happy with … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Clearly Innocent still aimed at Everest Trainer Kris Lees is hoping Clearly Innocent can stake his claim for a slot in The $10 million Everest when … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Hartnell among 16 entries for G1 Underwood Godolphin’s Hartnell is among 16 nominations for the Underwood Stakes while stablemate It’s Somewhat headlines nominations for the Sir Rupert … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Russian Revolution on target for G1 Moir Russian Revolution has continued preparations for the Group One Moir Stakes with a solo hit-out at Moonee Valley … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Twitter racing wrap – outsiders topple the big guns FAVOURITE backers, unless you want to be triggered, its advisable to turn away now. Seriously, you’ve been warned. Punters endured … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Queensland filly Cellargirl on Flight path Brisbane trainer Kelly Schweida is confident he made the right decision to miss the Golden Rose with Cellargirl in favour … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Ciaron Maher suspended for six months Ciaron Maher has been suspended for six months after admitting he should have known horses he trained were owned by … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Houtzen to put Everest hopes on show Houtzen’s performance in a Group Three race for fillies at Moonee Valley will determine whether she presses on to the … Read More Horse Racing Tips 7 years ago Rosehill racing free tips, form and odds, Wednesday September 27 ROSEHILL doesn’t often host a midweek meeting, but punters will be glad it goes this week. The fields have come … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Maher didn’t know conman owned horses Racing Victoria stewards want trainer Ciaron Maher disqualified, saying he ought to have asked about the ownership bona fides of … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Harlem handed 0.5kg penalty for Cups Naturalism Stakes winner Harlem has been penalised half a kilogram for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, taking his weight to … Read More Hong Kong horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago Freedman relives Melbourne Cup-winning feeling in Hong Kong AUSTRALIAN trainer Michael Freedman scored a double at Sha Tin on Sunday and rated the wins on par with winning … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Cracksman to miss Arc, Enable odds-on Trainer John Gosden has confirmed Cracksman will miss the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with stablemate Enable now odds-on … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Maher hearing over ownership bona fides Trainer Ciaron Maher is pleading guilty to a prejudicial conduct charge related to the ownership of five horses including Group … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Omei to put rivals to the sword Omei Sword and Foxplay head the Thousand Guineas market but will fight it out in the Flight Stakes … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Michelle Payne rides Coleraine Cup winner Michelle Payne has added a country Cup to her Melbourne Cup at her sixth ride back from injury, steering Birds … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Derby hope Highlad to run in UCI Stakes New Zealand three-year-old Highlad will make his Melbourne debut over 1800m at Flemington while stablemate Eleonora will run in the … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Omei to put rivals to the sword Omei Sword and Foxplay head the Thousand Guineas market but will fight it out in the Flight Stakes … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Chloe In Paris ready for Moir return Chloe In Paris will tackle class sprinters Chautauqua and Buffering when she makes her return in the Moir Stakes at … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Extreme Choice to gallop at Valley Extreme Choice will continue his preparations for his clash with Chautauqua in the Moir Stakes with a gallop at Moonee … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Corey Brown back for more Australian G1s Corey Brown will be making hit-and-run visits in coming weeks from Singapore for Group One rides in Sydney and Melbourne … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Champion Songbird extends winning streak to 11 CHAMPION American filly Songbird extended its winning streak to 11 with another classy display in the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes … Read More Horse Racing Tips 8 years ago Group 1 Moir Stakes early market betting tips IT’S never too early to have a bet on Australian horse racing and Sportsbet already has a fixed odds market … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Astern to run in Roman Consul Stakes Star Godolphin colt Astern will reume his spring campaign in the Roman Consul Stakes after his Caulfield Guineas hopes were … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Another spring over for Alpine Eagle Alpine Eagle is to undergo throat surgery, putting an end to his spring aspirations for the second year running … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Brave Anna causes Cheveley upset The Aidan O’Brien-trained Brave Anna has caused a 25-1 upset in the Group One Cheveley Park Stakes … Read More View the full article

Quality came to the fore on day one of the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale when one of only two only Sea The Stars (Ire) colts on offer this week went the way of agent Billy Jackson-Stops and trainer George Scott for €130,000. The Castlebridge-consigned colt was one of five yearlings to break the six-figure mark on a day where an 86% [down 2% on 2023] clearance rate provided some encouragement to middle to lower tier operators. However, many of the key metrics dipped further, most notably the 17% drop in the median to €25,000. Despite 24 more lots on offer for the corresponding day's trade, turnover also dropped by 4% while the average was down 8% to €29,906. The sale of the Sea The Stars colt at €130,000 carried on from a familiar theme to the bloodstock market in recent times where the quality offerings are holding their own and Scott was in no doubt that lot 201 fitted that brief. The handler has enjoyed a season to remember. From Royal Ascot success with Isle Of Jura (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) to German St Leger glory with the admirable six-year-old Prydwen (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), things couldn't be going better for the Newmarket handler. Numerically, Scott is closing in on his best ever tally, with the 35 winners posted this season just two shy of his best ever return. Like Isle Of Jura, Prydwen and even G2 Champagne Stakes winner Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), the Sea The Stars colt was bought alongside Jackson-Stops, with Scott revealing his high hopes for the new addition. “He stood out here and was obviously brought here to stand out,” the trainer said. “Every time we went back to see him he just showed himself better and better. It's hard to buy the progeny of Sea The Stars and we're just so pleased to have bought this colt. He's for a new client who wanted to find a horse that could race at a high level and we think this is the right horse.” Bred by the Tsui family's Sunderland Holding, the day one top lot hails from Archipenko mare Narrative (Ire), herself a half-sister to three black-type performers who reached ratings in excess of 100. Keatley Makes Hay With €100k Starman Colt Tally-Ho Stud newbie Starman (GB) built on what has been a strong start to the yearling sale season with 11 yearlings selling for an average of €39,545, headed by a €100,000 colt who was knocked down to in-form trainer Adrian Keatley. Keatley, who already has 16 winners on the board in Britain, including a recent Group 3 success in the Sirenia Stakes with Kodiac colt Symbol Of Strength, is on fire this year. Kodiac features prominently in the pedigree of lot 157, being the dam of Marriage Material (Ire), an unraced sister to Ardad (Ire), and Keatley revealed that he has high hopes for his new acquisition. He said, “Trade was strong enough at Newmarket and in Doncaster and we didn't get many. This is a fine stamp of a horse and he's out of a Kodiac mare so should be all speed. We'll be hoping for big things from him. It's a cracking pedigree and, if the sire can do it, the rest will look after itself.” He added, “We're looking forward to him and he's for existing owners in the yard. We're having a good year and are doing our best so hopefully we can keep doing it. There are plenty of nice horses at home in the yard and we're trying to add to the stock all the time.” Along with Joey Logan, Keatley also added an Australia (Ire) colt from Brook Lodge Farm to his shopping cart at €85,000. Viva Italia – Razza Latina Continues Tattersalls Ireland Love Affair Italian buyers have played an important role in the success of this sale, most notably the exploits of Razza Latina, who teamed up with Fabrizio Cameli to purchase an Invincible Spirit (Ire) colt from the Irish National Stud for €110,000. The fact that one of the most expensive lots sold on day one of the September Yearling Sale will be heading to Italy shows how far the relationship has come and Cameli, who owned the Endo Botti-trained Italian Derby winner Goldenas, is understood to be dreaming of repeat success. “He is a very good model for a first foal. Everything is special and he is our pick of the sale-he stood out when we were viewing yesterday,” Cristiana Brivio, who buys under the banner of Razza Latina, said. “I have been very lucky with the horses bought from this sale last year and this is a sale I particularly like to come to.” Talking points Breeze-up handlers didn't take long to make their mark with Ryan Conran of Lacka House snapping up the second horse that went through the ring before Mark Grant landed lot seven. All told, there were well over 30 yearlings bought to go breezing next year. One of the most unique pinhooking stories for some time met with a fitting result when Bartek Radzikowski, who told TDN Europe on the eve of the sale of how he prepped his Lucky Vega (Ire) colt back home in Poland, sold to Jason Kelly for €50,000. The colt was bought by the Polish native at Goffs last year for €30,000 and Tuesday's sale represented a shrewd piece of business for the man who has been on the shank showing his pride and joy as part of the Baroda Stud draft all week. It was a big day for Lucky Vega. Early on Tuesday morning, a colt by the Irish National Stud-based stallion shaped well when winning a barrier trial in Australia and things got even in the ring as the day progressed. Along with Radzikowski's colt turning a nice profit, Mark Dreeling of Coole House Farm enjoyed a big result when his filly by the stallion sold to trainer Gemma Tutty on behalf of Kings Bloodstock for €80,000. That sale rounded off a hugely respectable €39,125 average for eight yearlings sold on the day. Sarah Dempsey was another pinhooker to turn a nice profit, with her Sergei Prokofiev filly's share price [lot 196] rocketing from just €4,000 as a foal to €22,000 to Italian buyers Rolla Edwardo / Botti Stefano. Pedigree updates don't come more timely than that of lot 231, Grangemore Stud's Shaman (Ire) colt whose half-sister Rebel Diamond (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}) took the Listed Blenheim Stakes across the road at Fairyhouse less than 24 hours before the sale. Alex Elliott purchased the colt on behalf of owner Gary Gillies for €110,000 with the agent admitting that the pedigree update forced him to stretch the budget. “The update killed us a little bit,” Elliott admitted. “We were hoping to pay a bit less! He was on our radar very early yesterday as he is out of a Teofilo mare and they are like gold dust. It is great for Barry as the first foal out of the mare is now a Listed winner. The stallion is a bit slow getting there, but they are getting there now and he had the favourite for the Mill Reef Stakes [Brian (Ire)]. This horse has size, scope, strength, great action, comes from a very good home and a great touch for them–but they kind of deserved a good touch with everything lining up. This is the only horse I have bid on all day and I am delighted to get him.” Golden touch Luke Bleahen proved himself a chip off the block when turning €10,000 into €75,000 with his Hello Youmzain (Fr) colt. The Bleahen family are renowned for unearthing top-notch National Hunt horses and the 24-year-old showed that the same modus operandi can be replicated on the Flat when his French recruit sold to Cormac Farrell. Indeed, the transaction represented some repeat business between Farrell and the Bleahens, as Kildare-based operator sourced one of the most exciting National Hunt prospects in training Dancing City from the family some years ago before selling to Willie Mullins after the chestnut won his point-to-point. Farrell has already had some joy at the breeze-up sales with Hello Youmzain, the sire of recent Group 3 winner Electrolyte (Ire), and his latest acquisition is set to chart a similar path. “The plan is to see how he develops over the next three months and perhaps go to breeze in France next spring to take advantage of the premiums,” Farrell said. “I think he is going to take a bit of time, but I like the horse. I bought some very nice horses from the Bleahens before so hopefully this horse will be lucky as well.” Farrell added, “I had a very nice colt by Hello Youmzain [who sold for 200,000gns at the Craven Breeze-Up Sale] . I think the stallion is very good so it all made sense. We will find out next spring whether this was a good bit of business or not.” Young Bleahen went on to sell a colt by first-season sire Victor Ludorum to Spanish buyer Mediteraneo for €31,000. Lot 29 had initially been sourced for €10,000 at the same Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale as the Hello Youmzain colt and capped a memorable afternoon for the pinhooker. He commented, “I am over the moon-it is the stuff that dreams are made of. Cormac Farrell also bought Dancing City from us so It is great to get the repeat business. We have been very lucky with Hello Youmzain because in the last fortnight alone he has had two Group 3 winners and is the leading first-season sire in Europe and has a 39 per cent strike-rate.” He added: “The Victor Ludorum [Lot 29] is going to Spain, so it just shows the strength of the buying bench and the great work that Tatts have been doing. We have been flat out since we got here and had 79 shows here on Sunday and 80 yesterday; there was a great buzz but the place. I found having the premiums for these two horses a huge draw for a lot of buyers. It is a very attractive addition to the international and European buyers here.” Buy of the day Few horses generated as much debate prior to the sale than lot 103, a Golden Horn (GB) colt who was knocked down to dual-purpose trainer Richard O'Brien through budding agent David Skelly at 30,000gns. In a sale that is usually dominated by breeze-up and foreign buyers, who tend to value precocity above all else, O'Brien and Skelly may have sniffed out a bit of value with the Golden Horn colt. For starters, the stallion has to go down as one of the most underrated at stud, with talented stayers Trawlerman (GB), Gregory (GB) and Caius Chorister (GB) continuing to fly the flag at a high level for Golden Horn this season. Lot 103 has good action, enough size and looks a nice prospect for his new connections. Thought for the day The sales are never boring when Alistair Pim is on the rostrum. Pim rarely disappoints and, when Jamie Insole landed lot 224 for the good doctor [Richard Newland], he came out with another great line. “Jamie Insole,” the auctioneer announced, before qualifying it with “like the shoe!” The post Tattersalls Ireland Sale-Topper By Sea The Stars On His Way To George Scott appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) announced format changes to its flagship event, the Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, beginning with the 2025 competition year. Beginning in 2025, which also marks the 10th anniversary of the Thoroughbred Makeover's move to Kentucky, the Finale Championship event will be replaced by individual discipline championships, welcoming back the top 10 highest-placed horses after preliminary competition. Discipline championships will take place in the same locations as preliminary rounds, and will call back twice as many horses to participate as the current Finale format; horses will go into the championship round on a clean slate score. Prize money previously awarded to the overall Thoroughbred Makeover Champion will be divided across all 10 disciplines, allowing the RRP to pay out through sixth place. “While our Finale format has served us well, we felt it was time to freshen things up in a way that enhances the experience of our trainers,” said RRP executive director Kirsten Green. “We've always been cognizant of what a commitment it is to get a horse to the Thoroughbred Makeover, and we want to recognize that commitment by opening up the path to the top for more participants. “Logistically, this change also allows us to better showcase a greater number of talented horses to the public than previously possible via the Finale. We're excited to kick off this new format on our 10th anniversary year in Kentucky.” The 2024 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America, will be the final competition year to take place in the current format. This year's event takes place Oct. 9-12 at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, with 353 horses having made a final entry. The event is free and open to the public: learn more about the Makeover at the www.RRP.org. The post RRP Announces Format Change for 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Saudi Cup winner Senor Buscador faces three tough rivals from the Bob Baffert barn in the $1 million California Crown at Santa Anita.View the full article

At a record-breaking Keeneland September Sale, there were very few hidden gems throughout the two weeks of trade and buyers shopping at all levels had to dig deep to land any of the treasures they came to find. 31 different countries were represented on the Keeneland results sheets, but just like some domestic buyers, there were also international buyers that came away without signing a ticket. The way Newmarket-based trainer Dylan Cunha chooses to look at it, leaving empty handed just means you're landing on the right horses. “Our shortlist has been unbelievable,” said Cunha on his final day of inspecting yearlings at Keeneland. “I think the cheapest horse off our shortlist has been about $250,000 and we haven't been able to buy one of them. It's been that strong.” Cunha, a Group 1-winning trainer in South Africa before relocating to Newmarket three years ago, was attending his first Keeneland sale this year and stayed on through Book 4. Shopping alongside his father Luiz Cunha and bloodstock agent Jamie Piggott, Cunha described his first experience as eye opening. “Just the sheer number of horses and how strong the market is here, it's crazy,” he noted. “In England at the type of sale with this many horses, one would slip through the net. Here, nothing slips through the net. It has been really hard to buy, but we will definitely be back next year.” Cunha still had plenty to show for his trip despite not having signed any tickets. During his limited downtime in Lexington, he visited Coolmore's Ashford Stud to meet international superstar sire Justify and spent a morning of training with Wesley Ward and Andrew McKeever. “It's really interesting because it's so different to England and South Africa,” said Cunha. “It sort of re-highlighted why we are here. I said straightaway to Jamie and my dad that we have to come back with a Breeders' Cup runner. That's the aim. Probably not this year, but definitely next year or the year after.” Based at the historic Phantom House Stables, Cunha's current stable roster features the likes of 2024 William Hill EBF Brocklesby Stakes victor Zminiature (GB) (Territories {Ire}), recent G3 Super Mile Stakes runner-up Prague (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Gogo Yubari (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), who has won five races and placed in five more already this year. Much of Cunha's early success has come with horses purchased on a limited budget. Gogo Yubari was a 5,000gns buy at the 2023 Tattersalls December Mare Sale. Zminiature and Prague were both 10,000gns purchases. Cunha's operation had seven yearling purchases going into the September Sale. The trainer's goal ahead of this year's sales season was to focus on quality over quantity, but shopping on a tight budget limited their options at Keeneland. “We came over here because obviously we are wanting to upgrade the whole time,” he said. “Our ambition is not to grow in numbers, but grow in quality. What makes us unique, and it's pretty unique in England, is we continually are doing well with a ten-grand budget. The idea is to try to buy horses that can run in group races so we can also come race in America, Dubai and places like that. We're trying to attract bigger owners to support us and be able to buy the horses we want, like this week.” A packed house at the Keeneland September Sale | Keeneland Breeze-Up Shoppers Abound at Keeneland A few handfuls of European trainers like Cunha attended this year's Keeneland September Sale, but there was also no shortage of breeze-up pinhookers. Newmarket-based agent and bloodstock editor Nancy Sexton shopped the September Sale with Powerstown Stud's Tom Whitehead, who purchased Black Forza (Complexity) for $65,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton July Sale before the colt went on to fetch £220,000 at the Goffs Breeze-Up Sale and then claim the G2 Richmond Stakes. Sexton said that every year, it seems that more European breeze-up pinhookers are making the trip to shop at the September Sale. “You used to get quite a few trainers going over, with the likes of trainers like Mark Johnston, but it's more the pinhooking now,” she explained. “That's not to say owners don't buy in America. There will be plenty that do come over especially at the higher end, but of those signing on to their own name, it's mainly pinhookers. They've had a lot of success doing it.” In some years, the later part of the Keeneland Sale overlaps with the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale. This year the Tattersalls Sale did not start until Sept. 24, giving European buyers plenty of time to stay through Keeneland. Sexton said many pinhookers took advantage of the opportunity and she also noticed several coming out earlier in the sale than they have in past years. “Some of them have done very well buying out of Book 1 and Book 2,” she said. “If something can fall through the net, which doesn't happen very often, they'll probably be there. Then there are others who would rather come out the second week. I think they have their set patterns. Alan Hannigan came out earlier. He signed under Sideways Bloodstock. Donal Keane came out earlier than he did last year and he got a fair bit done. I think they were always trying to stay as long as they can, but this year it was made easier because they didn't have to choose between Fairyhouse and Keeneland.” Sexton said that during her time shopping at Keeneland through Book 2, she was amazed by the number of conversations surrounding the Kentucky Downs race meet. “We're getting more and more Europeans going over there now, but it was all anyone could talk about was how much money someone won with a maiden,” she reported. “It just generated a lot of buzz with people making serious amounts of money. The prize money here makes it so much more easier for trainers and agents to dive in.” Along with Black Forza, who makes his next start since performing at Kentucky Downs this coming Saturday in the G1 Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes, Powerstown's other recent success stories include Ribaltagaia (Blame), a $40,000 Keeneland September buy who brought 225,000gns at the 2023 Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up-Sale, and Almurtajiz (Good Magic), a $60,000 Keeneland September yearling who later fetched 280,000€ at the Arqana May Breeze-Up Sale and is currently performing well in Saudi Arabia. Powerstown Stud's five purchases from this year's Keeneland sale are all bound for the breeze-up sales. They went to $100,000 for a Twirling Candy colt out of Grade II-placed Show Stealer (Eskendereya) and then landed on a colt from the second crop of McKinzie and from the family of Grade I victress Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper) for $92,000. Of the market overall, Sexton said it was one of the strongest sales she has attended. “I remember one of my first September Sales was in 2005 and it reminded me of that because the strength at the top was phenomenal,” she said. “There were 36 million-dollar yearlings from 24 entities. That's only something we can dream of over here. It's good to see the Japanese participating at a high level as well. It was the breadth of market that was quite astounding. Nothing was getting missed.” The post International Buyers Encounter Same Strong Market at Keeneland 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-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features one of the last colts by Galileo (Ire) still to race. 14.45 Redcar, Novice, £20,000, 2yo, 7fT LAST GALILEO (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is, as his name suggests, one of the limited final crop by Coolmore's late great monarch and he debuts for an expectant Yuesheng Zhang who purchased this rare commodity for what could be a bargain €200,000 at the 2023 Goffs Orby Book 1. Out of the group 3-winning juvenile Bye Bye Birdie (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and a full-brother to the fellow Ballydoyle black-type scorer Delphi (Ire), the Karl Burke-trained G1 Futurity Trophy entry encounters five peers with the benefit of experience on this racecourse bow. The post Redcar Welcomes The “Last Galileo” appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

An owner/trainer and an assistant trainer/groom at Delaware Park on Tuesday both were granted stays of penalties imposed last Friday for alleged neglect of horses their care. Owner/trainer Ney Pessanha, 38, had appeared at a hearing before the Delaware stewards Sept. 17 to respond to allegations of “improper or inhumane treatment of horses” after the stewards “had received complaints from horsemen, outriders, the Safety Steward, private veterinarians, and regulatory veterinarians,” according to a Sept. 20 Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission (DTRC) ruling. On the same date, assistant/groom Nilo Pessanha, 44, had also been asked to testify before the Delaware stewards regarding nearly identical complaints. Ney Pessanha, the ruling stated, “failed to provide adequate food, water, bedding, sanitation, exercise, and veterinarian care for his horses.” The Delaware stewards suspended his license for one year, fined him $1,000, and deemed him ineligible to apply for a Delaware license in any capacity until Jan. 1, 2030. In a near-verbatim explanation in a separate ruling, Nilo Pessanha was suspended for 99 days and also had a five-year period of ineligibility stipulated before he can apply for licensure in Delaware. Both licensees had waived their rights to legal counsel at the hearings, the rulings stated. Each of the stays will be in effect until the DTRC adjudicates the appeals for the Pessanhas. A trainer since 2007, Ney Pessanha's record on Equibase shows a 48-62-109 mark from 1,002 starts, with purse earnings of $1,759,652. So far in 2024, he has saddled 16 starters, with none of them hitting the board at Delaware, Penn National and Parx. The post Trainer and Assistant at Delaware Granted Stays for ‘Neglect of Horses’ Penalties appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Javier Castellano and Frankie Dettori have both set tentative dates for their returns after sustaining injuries over the past month, according to Daily Racing Form. Castellano, who sustained a fracture to his hand during a fall in the GIII Saranac Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 30, was cleared to ride Tuesday and will mark his return at Aqueduct Oct. 3, according to his agent P.J. Campo. Undergoing surgery Sept. 4 to insert three pins to secure his hand, Castellano had the pins removed Tuesday. Dettori, who suffered a shoulder dislocation at Belmont at the Big A Sept. 19, is expected to return to the saddle at Aqueduct Sept. 29 to ride in the GII Miss Grillo Stakes. “He said movement's good. He's going to be in a little bit of pain but he could start as soon as he wants,” agent Ron Anderson told DRF. The Italian rider was injured in the last race of the Sept. 19 card, a maiden turf sprint. Dettori will be based at Keeneland this fall, starting with the Lexington oval's kick off date of Oct. 4. The post Injured Dettori Returns Sunday, Castellano Plans to Resume Oct. 3 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Calumet Farm's homebred grade 2 winner and first-crop sire Bravazo was represented by his first winner Sept. 23 at Prairie Meadows, where Excellent Empire took the ninth race, a six-furlong maiden special weight.View the full article

The rich Eddie D. Stakes down the hillside turf course and the City of Hope Mile, a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" Challenge race, figure prominently on a big stakes day Sept. 28 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

After emerging victorious in the $1 million Cotillion (G1) despite her rivals' best efforts to keep her pinned on the rail, Thorpedo Anna was rewarded with the top spot of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association's Top Thoroughbred Poll.View the full article

Calumet Farm's homebred grade 2 winner and first-crop sire Bravazo was represented by his first winner Sept. 23 at Prairie Meadows where Excellent Empire took the ninth race, a six-furlong maiden special weight.View the full article

Four stakes for 2-year-olds–including a pair of graded races–highlight the upcoming Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos. The six-day season is scheduled to begin Friday, Dec. 6 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 15. Racing will be conducted on a Friday-Sunday basis (Dec. 8-10 and 15-17) both weeks. Post time will be 12:30 p.m. The $200,000-guaranteed GII Starlet Stakes, for 2-year-old fillies, will be renewed for the 11th time at Los Alamitos Saturday, Dec. 7 one week before the $200,000-guaranteed GII Los Alamitos Futurity, which was captured by Wynstock in 2023. Won a year ago by Nothing Like You, the Starlet–like the Futurity–will be contested at 1 1/16 miles. The other two stakes for juveniles will be run at one mile and are ungraded. The $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes will be offered Sunday, Dec. 8 while the $100,000 King Glorious will be run Sunday, Dec. 15. Both are for horses bred or sired in California. For the complete stakes schedule, visit www.losalamitos.com. The post Futurity, Starlet Top Los Alamitos Stakes Schedule appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Globetrotting star Lord North has been retired from racing at age 8 after a lucrative career that yielded more than £6.4 million in prize money and 10 wins, including four at group 1 level.View the full article

Ferocious is a hopeful for this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1).View the full article

A total of 90 lots will be offered at the Goffs British NH Breeders Showcase which takes place at Doncaster on Friday, November 1. The full catalogue can be viewed here, comprising seventy-seven foals, seven yearlings and six breeding stock. As part of the Breeders Showcase, the sale will once again be preceded by a Foal Show which will honour two much missed figures of the British breeding world. The colts' class commemorates Richard Aston from Goldford Stud and the fillies' class Robert Chugg of Little Lodge Farm. Goffs are offering a total prize pool of £10,000 to be shared among the top three colts and fillies. The show, which will be held in association with LH Woodhouse, will take place the day before the sale on Thursday, October 31. Potential highlights of the sale include lot 7, a colt foal by Walk In The Park (Ire) out of a winning half-sister to the multiple Grade 1 winner Facile Vega (Ire) (Walk In The Park {Ire}), with the champion racemare Quevega (Fr) (Robin Des Champs {Fr}) as his second dam; lot 9, a filly foal by Golden Horn (GB) out of the dual Cheltenham Festival heroine Put The Kettle On (Ire) (Stowaway {GB}); lot 80, a Walk In The Park (Ire) yearling filly out of the Grade 1-winning hurdler Bitofapuzzle (GB) (Tamure {Ire}); and lot 85, the winning Astarabad mare Femme En Or (Fr), a full-sister to the multiple Grade 1 scorer Whisper (Fr) and already dam of the three-year-old Femme Bleue (Fr) (Gemix {Fr}), who impressed when making a successful debut at Auteuil earlier this month. Goffs UK managing director Tim Kent said, “The 2024 catalogue is very strong and we are delighted with the quality; in fact it's outstanding. Last year this sale celebrated its debut with a fantastic set of results and those have not been lost on vendors as they have targeted this with their best stock. “The Goffs inspection teams have also been more selective this year with the goal of producing a more focused catalogue of top quality, early season foals, and the result is a line-up that reads extremely well. “Given the quality of the sire profile and the pedigrees on offer, we are confident that this will be a 'not to be missed' sale for pinhookers and for those looking to secure early racing or breeding prospects.” The post Catalogue Released for the Goffs British NH Breeders Showcase appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Two-time UAE champion Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who raced for His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Mohammed Racing, has been retired to Godophin's Rehoming after a lengthy career at the highest level. Trained by John and Thady Gosden, the bay's biggest claim to fame was a trio of victories in Meydan's G1 Dubai Turf in 2021, 2022 and 2023. He also won the 202 G1 Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot and a pair of Group 3s, including the 2023 Winter Derby. He was second in the 2022 and 2024 editions. The 8-year-old gelding, out of Najoum (Giant's Causeway), retires with a mark of 24-10-4-2 and $8,148,646 in earnings. His career finale was an eighth-place finish in the 2024 Prince of Wales Stakes. Jonn Gosden told Racing Post, “Lord North has been retired to join Godolphin Rehoming after an illustrious career. He retires a sound horse, but the years have caught up with him. “He's been a pleasure to train over the years and he's a horse who has always had a lot of character. He's provided his groom and rider Aldir Centuriao as well as head man P J O'Gorman with a lot of pleasure over the years and they will be sad to see him go, as will all of us at Clarehaven Stables.” The post Four-Time Group 1 Winner Lord North Retired appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Nurlan Bizakov's undefeated Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) will forego the G1 Prix de la Foret on Oct. 6 and instead target Australia's Golden Eagle, trainer Jerome Reynier revealed. The Sumbe homebred is a perfect six-for-six in her career, with group wins in the G3 Prix Djebel in April followed by the G3 Prix Paul de Moussac in June and the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest in August. The gelding will shortly travel to Newmarket and begin quarantine. “He's going for the Golden Eagle in Sydney, so he's not going to run in the Foret,” Reynier confirmed. “Tomorrow [Wednesday] morning he's going to Newmarket to start his quarantine, he stays in quarantine before taking a flight to Sydney on Oct. 13, he will be there on the 15, he will be released from quarantine on the 29 and will be racing on Nov. 2. “It's quite exciting. It will be a change of environment and he needs to adapt to so many variables, but if he arrives safe and happy there, I think he will have a good chance. “He's one of the best sprinters in Europe and is unbeaten in six starts, so it's a very exciting prospect and an exciting challenge.” The post Lazzat Prepares For Golden Eagle Instead Of Foret appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sam Agars FOREMOST TEDDY - R4 (8) Will strip fitter for first-up third, draws the inside and Purton jumps on Jay Rooney FOREMOST TEDDY - R4 (8) Was only caught late in his return, comes into barrier one with Purton on Jack Dawling AEROINVINCIBLE - R3 (2) Step back in trip should suit and he can outclass this bunch Phillip Woo SUNNY BABY - R1 (7) Good run first up this term and now gets preferred Valley 1,800m Shannon (Vincent Wong) BEAUTY DESTINY - R7 (4) Trialled well in Conghua and looks ready to return to the winner's circle Racing Post Online FOREMOST TEDDY - R4 (8) Drawn to get a lovely run and can salute with Zac Purton aboard Tom Wood NEBRASKAN - R3 (5) Looks to certainly be on the improve after a good recent trialView the full article

Guest speakers include Carrie Brogden, David Ingordo, Damon Thayer, Dr. Alex Sano, Anna Seitz Ciannelo, Leif Aaron and more. The clinic is open to the public, with a special discount for TOBA members.View the full article

Charge It is bred on the same cross as 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline, who is also by Tapit out of an Indian Charlie mare. He will stand at Gainesway for the 2025 season, with a stud fee to be announced at a later date.View the full article

David Erwin of Charlottesville, Virginia took home the grand prize of this year's Beat Byk NHC Challenge, earning his first-ever berth to the National Horseplayers Championship next March. This year's contest drew more than 12,000 entries throughout the eigh weeks of competition, which saw entrants “Beat Byk” 14 out of 17 times. The Beat Byk final qualifier Sept. 14 had 918 individuals who played for the winning ticket. “I've been trying to qualify for the NHC for a few years, but I do not have time to put the work in to play in very many contests,” said Erwin. “I started playing in contests about 10 years ago and have played in several Beat Byk challenges. I'm very happy to get to go to the NHC this year and thank Steve Byk for offering this contest.” Together with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Steve Byk, host of the Thoroughbred radio news magazine “At the Races” on Sirius XM, partnered to send one NHC Tour member to Las Vegas. Throughout eight weeks this summer, Byk selected the weekend stakes races to comprise the competition for that week. There were 17 chances to qualify before the Beat Byk NHC Online Qualifier Sept. 14. All who correctly selected the winning horse in each round advanced to the qualifier. “Beat Byk is my favorite highlight of the summer season,” Byk said. “Congratulations to David on a great effort to win his way to Vegas as the Beat Byk representative. I'm proud that Beat Byk is a free contest that gives small budget players a chance to qualify for NHC.” The post David Erwin Takes Beat Byk Contest appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As most of us can attest from painful experience, this business will always be an exception to the axiom that “a rising tide floats all boats.” Even a record, boomtime sale like the one just completed at Keeneland will inevitably have left many a vessel beached or taking on water. As usual, the September Sale extended a wide spectrum even among the losers, never mind between losers and winners, from the single colt that changed hands for as little as $1,000, to the granddaughter of Take Charge Lady who fell short of her reserve even at $1,450,000. Overall, however, the single most instructive bloodstock auction of the year yielded gains sufficient that we can once again gratefully defer the revelation famously anticipated by Warren Buffet: “Only when the tide goes out do you learn who's been swimming naked.” While a $5-million colt provided fresh entertainment for your friends outside the industry (“What do you mean, he's never had a saddle on his back?!”), the two most significant indices were embedded deeper in the sinews of the sale. One was a median of $70,000, back up from $67,000 last year to match the sale record set in 2022, and maintaining an extremely wholesome consolidation relative to the years preceding the 2020 pandemic. During what had been depicted as a bull run, the years 2016 to 2019 produced fragile and fluctuating medians of $40,000, $55,000, $50,000 and $47,000. But while the median is always the key barometer, perhaps the most astounding metric of the whole auction was the one reported after its opening session, when the 21 highest prices were paid by 20 different entities. It's hard to believe that anything like that could ever have happened before in Book 1. And while geopolitical uncertainty continues to haunt the wider world, with the next auction at Keeneland scheduled alongside a febrile election, our own parish is evidently feeling comfortable in raising the stakes. For we can do so in an environment favored, among other things, by a communal (if hardly unanimous!) effort to stamp out cheating and abuse and a purse structure, in places at least, that threatens to dignify many a yearling investment with viability. The sheer range of the September Sale makes it uniquely informative, combining as it does every layer of the pyramid. As has been said, it isn't just a market, it is the market. So while the overall picture will only be completed by blue-collar domestic auctions this fall, not to mention the premier yearling auction in Europe, we have certainly reached a point where we can validly quantify the vigor of current trade. The accompanying table (Table A) charts the summer-through-September U.S. yearling circuit across the last decade, excluding the emergency calendar improvised for 2020. It shows that the overall value of the market, between Fasig-Tipton's July and Saratoga (Select and NY-bred) auctions and Keeneland September, reached its post-2008 crash/pre-Covid peak in 2018 at $478.2 million. Having virtually matched 2019 trade as soon as 2021, at $448.2 million, it surged 14.8% to $514.4 million in 2022, when both houses set records. Having stabilised last year at $510.8 million, this time round trade has reached a new peak of $530.5 million. These numbers having been realized from generally stable demand–3,230 American yearlings have changed hands this year, compared with 3,271 to this point in 2014–it stands to reason that the average price of an American yearling has behaved accordingly. Sure enough, having retrieved its 2018 high in 2021, at $139,264, the average has jumped ($152,774) and consolidated ($153,039) before now making another 7.3% leap to $164,225. Privately, no doubt, the Keeneland team will be relieved by a record-breaking sale as the imperative response to the pressure being applied by their great rivals across town. Despite having sold 495 yearlings this summer, down from 584 last year, Fasig-Tipton actually achieved a marginal increase in gross for a significant hike in average, rounding out to $240,000 from $200,000. That reflects a particular encroachment on the elite sector, precisely when the biggest spenders have been intensifying competition. As Table B shows, between 2016 and 2021, a total of 120 seven-figure yearlings changed hands at the auctions under review; of these, Saratoga accounted for 19 (15.8%). In just three years since, there have been 132–and its share has advanced to 36 (27.3%). Both houses have prospered from this increased muscle at the top of the market. Yearlings selling for $1 million or more have accounted for 12.7% of overall turnover, building on a tick over 11% in the two preceding years. These returns at least double the proportion of the market credited to seven-figure sales in 2016 and 2017. So much for all those complaints, over recent years, about the dilution of competition by partnerships between big spenders! On the other hand, growth at the top could easily disguise what is always the consignors' greatest fear: a middle market hollowed out by polarization. It feels all the more crucial, then, that the September median should have proved so resilient. The median made year-on-year gains across all 12 sessions, sometimes only marginally, but peaking with a giddy 25% hike on day four. There is, moreover, far more coherence to the measuring of performance since Keeneland resolved to stop meddling with the sale format. However irritably consignors receive the distribution of their drafts, it does feel as though the structure is bedding down in such a way that buyers can reliably find big fish in the biggest pond. There is supposed to be give and take, though one major consignor just seems to pull its late allocation altogether. In total one-fifth of the catalogue was scratched, a rate recently exceeded only in the exceptional circumstances of 2020 (22.3%). No fewer than 804 hips, moreover, left the ring unsold–equivalent to 22.7%, up from 20.2% last year. In some cases, true, that might actually reflect the kind of ambitious reserves stimulated by a strong market, and post sales have evidently been brisk. Nonetheless the RNA rate must qualify our satisfaction with all these records, for the reality is that the conventional indices of median and average will always exclude the weakest elements of any sale. That always feels especially pertinent to the performance of stallions. Sometimes, admittedly, vendors retain a horse as a sign of faith, persevering in the hope that it can get closer to a deserved value at the 2-year-old sales or even racing in their own silks. In other cases, however, cold horses will be dumped at a loss. So while there are duly no hard-and-fast rules, I always feel a little wary about “rewarding” a stallion, through a higher average yield, for failing to find buyers for a relatively high proportion of his stock. Those caveats duly noted, let's take a look at how the new sires have been faring with their debut crops. (Table C) As we all know, despite the certainty that the great majority will never again command so high a fee, these horses are the annual refuge for an appalling proportion of commercial mares. Hard to blame the breeders, who are merely anticipating ringside demand, but history shows that a warm reception at the sales is no guarantee that a new stallion will actually sire runners. It's becoming pretty clear, however, which ones have (or have not) done their job to this point. To their credit, the pair that most exposed clients to catalogue saturation have maintained demand in pretty emphatic fashion. Charlatan stands top of the class, by average and median alike, much as you would hope if you had paid the second-highest fee of the intake. He has already offered as many as 107 yearlings, finding homes for 88 of them, for a median four times the conception fee. But even that pales next to Yaupon, whose next yearling to bring down the hammer will achieve his 100th sale of the crop! That's out of 112 offered to date, yet they have managed a median five times his $30,000 opening fee. This horse impressed a lot of people on inspection and proves how some bandwagons can nowadays keep rolling even against the challenges of inundation. Next year, of course, we will have a record-breaking rookie coming to market, but Yaupon and Charlatan are giving supporters of that horse room for optimism. Yaupon is actually matching the $150,000 median of two pricier stallions, neighbors at Darley, who divide him from Charlatan in the averages. Of this pair, Essential Quality will for now be avoiding Maxfield's eye around the barn–but these remain the very earliest of days. Charlatan and Maxfield both landed a seven-figure sale at Keeneland, where Yaupon sold a colt for $900,000. In terms of punching above weight, meanwhile, Tacitus has a pedigree that has become still more regal since his retirement, and is multiplying his $10,000 fee very nicely on median and average alike. But the standout performer, strictly on yield, is Beau Liam. Priced at little more than a case of good bourbon, he is registering an eightfold yield by median–and hitting a factor of nearly 12 by average! The sensational speed he exhibited in a curtailed career make him a luminous candidate for the 2-year-old pinhookers, in particular, but he also has an auspiciously seeded family. Among the established sires, the big guns remain Curlin (50 of 59 sold so far, at a median $455,000, with his September sale-topper contributing to an average of $610,800); Into Mischief (53 of 73 at $450,00/$593,679); and Gun Runner (74 of 87 at $425,000/$546,729). The venerable Tapit's diminishing output has been duly prized (26 of 32 at $501,230/$355,000). But it's the next in the list, Not This Time, whose supporters have most to celebrate. These yearlings were still only conceived at just $45,000, remember, and he has processed 97 of 115 at $300,000/$388,855. Given what he is also doing in Europe, meanwhile, it felt rather surprising at Keeneland that Justify did not beat a single sale of $1 million (a very glamorous colt presented by Woods Edge), matching one son sold at Saratoga. I would willingly wager that one or two major European programs will end up reproaching themselves for missing a trick or two, among his less expensive sales. Perhaps Norman Williamson and Mags O'Toole will instead have to be rewarded for having the good sense to go back to the well! The post Median Key to Maintaining Record September Tide appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article