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Sam Mynott was recognised for her early achievements as a licensed trainer at the New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Awards on Sunday, receiving the gavelhouse.com Newcomer To Training award. Mynott has previously excelled in Eventing, winning National titles at Junior and 2* level domestically while also plying her trade in the United Kingdom on two separate occasions. Initially entering the racing world through trackwork riding, she established a successful breaking in and pre-training business in Te Awamutu before a move to Cambridge produced a further opportunity to take out a Class A trainer’s license. Mynott’s first victory came with Mr Oh Jay in January of 2023, and in her first full season in the role last term, she collected 10 wins from 72 starters, highlighted by the success of her talented sprinting mare Imwonderfultonight. If preparing her own successful team of horses wasn’t enough, Mynott also picked up a win as a jumps jockey last August aboard Mondorani. “It’s great to win this award and it is such a true testament to the owners and supporters around me to be able to take this out,” she said. “All of the trainers up here have been very supportive of me and offered to help, which has been great when you’re a bit new to it all. “I think I’m the first person to ask questions and hear everyone’s opinion, you have to take pieces of that on board and make your own way forward. “Wonderful was definitely our flagbearer, but every horse that went out and got the win or a nice placing all performed really well.” The daughter of I Am Invincible progressed rapidly from a Rating 65 in October to a string of stakes-level performances, including second in the Listed Stewards Stakes (1200m), fourth in the Gr.1 Telegraph (1200m), third in the Gr.3 Concorde Handicap (1200m) and third in the Listed Lightning Handicap (1200m). Her consistency was rewarded when coming out on top in her final New Zealand start for the season, the Listed City Of Napier Sprint (1200m) at Otaki, which Mynott pinpointed as a standout moment for the stable. “The Listed win at Otaki with her was definitely the highlight, but it was great seeing my little Verismo winning a $40,000 race back in December as well,” she said. Imwonderfultonight is an Australian-bred mare owned by Windsor Park Stud, who have been among a loyal network of owners supporting the young trainer. “It’s brilliant having them and Ben Kwok as well, they’ve kept horses in my stable and it’s just a massive asset having that relationship and I’m extremely grateful, and to all the rest of my owners as well,” she said. Mynott’s sole representative so far this season, Heart Of Gold, returned a winner in the $100,000 2000m feature at Cambridge Synthetic last month, with plenty of talent still to make their return in a new campaign. “We were at Ellerslie today (Tuesday) with some nice horses that won races last season, including A Mandarin, Verismo, Persiflage and Aquilifier,” she said. “They’ve all come back in this prep a lot stronger than last time which is brilliant, we’re really looking forward to kicking them all off.” View the full article

This week on the Guerin report, Michael talks more on James McDonalds personal life and future, we reflect back on Day 1 of the Hawkes Bay Carnival & take a look at the new Queen of New Zealand Racing and whats in store for her future. Guerin Report – Ep. 2, Ft. James McDonald Part 2 – YouTube View the full article

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by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis, and Jill Williams LEXINGTON, KY-The Keeneland September Yearling Sale had its first seven-figure transaction just an hour into its first session Monday and, when the dust had settled after a frenetic day of bidding, 14 yearlings had sold for $1 million or more. The group was led by a $2.2-million son of Gun Runner who sold to Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm from the Four Star Sales consignment. The colt was one of five by the Three Chimneys stallion to sell for seven figures during the session. “That was a fun day,” said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “We thought it was going to be energetic and a good, solid, healthy market, and we are very pleased with the way it came out.” During the boutique Book 1 opener, 98 yearlings grossed $54,795,000 for an average of $559,133 and the median was $450,000. Both were double-digit increases over the figures from the opening session of the 2023 September sale when 110 horses sold for $55,330,000, at an average of $503,000 and a median of $400,000. “Looking at the figures at the end of the day, they were incredibly healthy,” Lacy said. “The average was $560,000, which is up about 11% over last year. We refer to the median quite bit and last year it was $400,000. This year, it was $450,000, so that is up 12%. The gross was pretty much on par with last year, with a few fewer horses.” Monday's first session of the September sale attracted a deep bench of buyers, with the top 21 highest-priced horses purchased by 20 unique buyers. “There was huge diversity in the buying bench, both domestically and internationally,” said Keeneland President Shannon Arvin. “There was a lot of Japanese participation, participation from the Middle East and then, of course, our domestic buyers were very active also.” The opening session's 14 million-dollar yearlings compares to eight during the first session last year. The entire 2023 Book 1 section featured 23 million-dollar yearlings. The Keeneland September sale is opening with a two-session Book 1 section for the fourth year in a row and Monday's session, which began with a bluegrass band and passed cocktails, proved the format has become popular with both buyers and sellers, according to Lacy. “We really appreciate the consignors and breeders who supported us,” Lacy said. “This is something we put a lot of effort into pushing Book 1 as a dominant marketplace. We want to make sure that the buyers are here and the horses are here for the buyers. The buyers put aside a lot of time to be here with us and we want to make them feel comfortable. So everything here is here for the benefit of the buyers and the customers and it creates the right environment. There was a crowd in here the entire afternoon and that never relented.” Book 1 concludes with a session Tuesday beginning at 1 p.m. Book 2 sections Wednesday and Thursday begin at 11 a.m. Following a dark day Friday, the auction continues through Sept. 21 with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m. “This was just the beginning,” said Arvin. “I think we all have a lot of confidence in the marketplace. A lot of principals are here. The breeders have obviously worked very hard and we appreciate them selling their stock with us. They've brought the very best to market. So it's going to be fun to watch.” Tony Lacy | Keeneland Pope Takes Home $2.2-Million Gun Runner Colt Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm, busy both buying and selling Monday at Keeneland, made the highest bid of the first session of the September sale when going to $2.2 million for a son of Gun Runner (hip 169). Bred by Three Chimneys Farm and consigned by Four Star Sales, the yearling is out of stakes winner and graded-placed Princesa Carolina (Tapit). The mare is a daughter of Pure Clan (Pure Prize) and Pope already made a significant investment in the family when purchasing a Gun Runner daughter of that multiple Grade I winner for $1.5 million at last month's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. “He is an amazing horse,” said Pope's advisor Todd Quast. “He's got everything: the looks, the shoulder, the hip, the movement. We bought the Pure Clan filly up at Saratoga and we love her. We know where he was raised. We do a lot of stuff with Three Chimneys, so we know he was raised right. We are just super happy to have him. Hopefully he can run. But he sure looks the part.” Also Monday, Whisper Hill purchased a filly by Into Mischief (hip 55) for $700,000 from the Eaton Sales consignment. “We have sold a few, we've bought a few other ones,” Quast said. “I think it's a strong market. I think you have to have the right horses with the right people, as always. And if you have it, you get rewarded, if you don't, you go home without it. But I think it's a very healthy market right now.” Whisper Hill had a knock out sale in 2023, selling five seven-figure yearlings in Book 1. Results for the farm's homebred Monday were more moderate, with a Tapit full-sister to Charge It RNA'ing for $1.45 million. But the farm has some star power to come during Tuesday's second Book 1 session. “It's not as strong for us as it was last year, but again the stars have to align,” Quast said. “As of yet, it hasn't, but it could tomorrow. We have a Songbird (hip 225) and a Tap Gun (hip 255) tomorrow. We have a lot of good horses still to come and hopefully more to buy, too.” The $2.2-million session topper punctuated an impressive day for Three Chimneys' Gun Runner, who had five seven-figure yearlings through the ring. “He's never disappointed anybody at any point in his life,” Three Chimneys' Chris Baker said of the stallion. “I think this is the crop–it's a big crop, it's off the $125,000 stud fee and he's continuing to get it done with the crops that were bred at a lower stud fee, including the 2-year-olds that were bred at $50,000. The demand is appropriate for where he is at this stage and what is in front of him. Pay for them now or you may have to pay more for them later. And the individuals line up. We are in Book 1 at Keeneland, with the pedigrees and physicals that will bring this kind of money when they have the sire power behind them. It's very satisfying for all of us who are so closely involved with Gun Runner.” The session-topping $2.2-million bid for hip 169 was no real surprise for Baker. “He's the kind of colt that you get up here and you find that everybody else likes him as much as we did,” Baker said. “It really wasn't surprising. It was very pleasant to see, but shocking to see he went that high? No. The reserve was well below that and our expectations were realistic, but he was the kind of colt that had the potential to break out. And that's what he did.” @JessMartiniTDN Gun Runner is the First Sire to Breach Seven FIgures Monday The first yearling to break the seven-figure barrier during Keeneland's first session Monday was hip 24, a chestnut filly by Three Chimneys Farm's Gun Runner out of 2017 GI Del Mar Oaks winner Dream Dancing (Tapit). The filly went to Douglas Scharbauer for $1.5 million. Scharbauer, whose family campaigned 1988 Horse of the Year and 1987 GI Kentucky Derby winner Alysheba, hails from Midland, Texas. “We fell in love with her. We're big fans and thought she was one of the prettiest fillies around,” said Ken Carson, longtime advisor to the Scharbauer family and former manager of the family's Valor Farm in Texas. “The Asmussens will break her and we'll hope for the best.” Carson reminisced about other purchases in the same sales ring with the Scharbauer family. “Chief Stipe loves this,” he said. “She's a nice filly. He fell in love with her. His parents used to come here years and years ago, bought Alysheba here. That horse took us on a ride, I'll tell you that.” Scharbauer's father was Clarence, who passed away in 2014 and not only raced Alysheba, but founded Valor Farm. “I am very impressed with [this filly],” said Scharbauer. “We were all impressed with her. I didn't know what she'd bring, but I am a little surprised that I could get her for $1.5 million. She's very nice. Her breeding, everything about her. I think there is a lot of promise right there. I'm really excited about her. Probably as much as anything out there today.” When asked about his plans for the filly, Scharbauer laughed. “We won't bring her to Texas, that's for sure,” he joked. “We'll keep her in Kentucky. Steve Asmussen will get this one.” Bred by John Oxley in Kentucky, the filly's great-granddam is Oxley's champion Beautiful Pleasure (Maudlin), whose six Grade I victories included the 1999 Breeders' Cup Distaff. The yearling's 2-year-old half-sister Dreamaway (Flameaway) is now two for two after winning the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park in July. “We thought that she was a really nice filly. We were pleasantly surprised that she was able to bring over $1 million,” said Brian Graves of Gainesway, who consigned the filly on behalf of Oxley. “We thought that she was always that caliber, but it's nice when a few people hook up and it goes a little higher. In fairness, she's out of a young Grade I winner with a huge family and she looked the part. The Oxleys have done it again and they're infamous for showing up on the track, like with Sierra Leone and all the other good horses they've bred, so when it all matches up, it's nice to see them break through.”—JillWilliamsTDN #KeeSept Book 1, Monday: A colt from the first crop of Charlatan out of Grade I winner Guarana (Hip 70) sells for $1.4 million to @coolmorestud and Peter Brant. Consigned by @HillnDaleFarm. pic.twitter.com/6OElcNrjCm — TDN (@theTDN) September 9, 2024 Coolmore/White Birch Extend to $1.4M for Charlatan Colt With the Day 1 action gradually easing into gear, the seven-figure tickets started coming fast and furious midway through Monday's opening session. Among those lighting up the board, Hip 70, a colt by first season sire Charlatan, was secured for $1.4 million from Coolmore partners and Peter Brant's White Birch Farm. Bidding from the team's customary spot behind the main pavilion, M. V. Magnier signed the ticket on the son of 'TDN Rising Star' and MGISW Guarana (Ghostzapper). The Mar. 7 foal was consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, who co-bred the colt with Matt Dorman. “This was a very nice horse. His mother was a very nice race filly and Charlatan was a very good racehorse himself,” said Magnier. “John Sikura and everyone at Hill 'n' Dale do an exceptional job breeding and raising racehorses. They have a very good track record.” Trained by Chad Brown, Guarana won over $1 million on the racetrack, highlighted by wins in the GI Acorn Stakes, GI Coaching Club American Oaks and GI Madison Stakes. A granddaughter of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Pleasant Home (Seeking the Gold), the 8-year-old mare is a half-sister to Grade III scorer Beatbox (Pioneerof the Nile) and fellow 'TDN Rising Star' SW/GSP Magic Dance (More Than Ready). “Let's hope he's as good as his mother,” added Magnier. “Chad liked the horse, everybody did. We'll bring him back to Ashford , and we'll figure out what we're going to do with him there.” The family has proven prolific in the sales ring, beginning with Guarana's dam Magical World (Distorted Humor), who realized $5.2 million while in foal to Into Mischief at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2021. In turn, the half-brother to Guarana brought $1.1 million when led through the ring at this venue in 2023. “He was a magnificent horse,” said Hill 'n' Dale's John Sikura of Monday's third-highest priced colt of the session. “He was powerful and a great mover. He was beautifully balanced with great musculature. He was a classy and athletic horse with a beautiful face, head and eye. The physical horse is outstanding.” At the conclusion of her racing career, Guarana–also carrying an Into Mischief foal–sold for $4.4 million to Hill 'n' Dale at Fasig-Tipton November in 2021 and the resulting colt, now named Mischievous Intent, brought $1.4 million from Winchell Thoroughbreds at Keeneland last September. “They love the Charlatans and Guarana was a supremely talented racehorse,” added Sikura. “[Hip 70] has a deep pedigree, the dam was a Grade I winner and a great individual. It's all the components you need to sell a $1-million horse. After that, you just don't know because it depends who bids at that point.” From six Charlatan yearlings offered Monday, five sold for a gross of $2.785m and an average of $557,000. “The results speak for themselves,” said Sikura when asked about the Hill 'n' Dale resident stallion. “The buyers are appreciating them and they are selling very well. We have more good Charlatans over the next few days but the table is set.” At the conclusion of Day 1, Coolmore and White Birch teamed up to purchase two additional yearlings: hip 74, a Gun Runner half-brother to Airdrie sire Collected (City Zip) for $700,000 and hip 86, another Gun Runner colt out of In The Moonlight from an active family that realized $800,000. The session's expenditures totaled $2.9 million for an average of $966,667. Of the team's Gun Runner purchases, Magnier explained, “Gun Runner is absolutely flying at the moment. After this year's [runner-up finish] Kentucky Derby with Sierra Leone, Derrick Smith really wants to win it. It's a really big deal for these guys and they just want good race horses. We're here trying to find some.” Commenting on the overall market for the sale's premier stock, Magnier concluded, “The market seems to be competitive for the good ones and there seems to be plenty of nice horses around.”–@CBossTDN Heaven Trees Knocks it Out of the Park With Rachel Alexandra's Brother Monday's opening session at Keeneland was in full swing when Hip 112, a colt by Medaglia d'Oro, strode into the arena. If the sire power was enough to garner its share of glances on its own, the bottom side of the page was absolutely spellbinding. Out of 23-year-old Lotta Kim (Roar), the Feb. 23 produce, a full-brother to none other than Horse of the Year and Classic winner Rachel Alexandra, garnered a $1.35-million final bid from new-on-the-scene Epic Horses. John Sikura | Keeneland “He's a lovely horse, a full brother to a great, great filly. A great result. We're very very happy,” said John Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, who consigned the yearling on behalf of breeder Dede McGehee. McGehee, who boarded mares for Dolphus and Ellen Morrison for many years, secured Rachel Alexandra's dam Lotta Kim privately from Morrison when the champion's breeder dispersed his band due to illness. Bred by Morrison, Rachel Alexandra amassed earnings of $3.5 million on the racetrack, having won the GI Kentucky Oaks for her breeder before being acquired privately by Stonestreet Stables and Harold McCormick. She won the GI Preakness Stakes in her first start under the tutelage of Steve Asmussen. As a member of Stonestreet's broodmare band, the champion 3-year-old filly and five-time Grade I winner produced GI Spinaway Stakes winner Rachel's Valentina (Bernardini). A Quality Road filly out of Rachel's Valentina is off to Japan after the Maeda family's North Hills Co. Ltd. paid $1.05 million for her on Monday. “I got [Lotta kim] when she was carrying Dolphus [Lookin At Lucky, foaled in 2013],” said McGehee. “It's extra special because the mare Lotta Kim [was] owned by my favorite client of all time.” McGehee's initial seven-figure yearling was also produced by Lotta Kim–a colt by Medaglia d'Oro's son Bolt d'Oro that brought $1.4 million at Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Sale in 2021. “That mare has paid for most of the stuff on my farm,” said a visibility emotional McGehee. “I was a little surprised [about the price] because the mare was old. So it definitely exceeded my expectations. “Book 1 is not my thing,” McGehee said with a laugh. This is a big deal!” Heaven Trees Farm's resident broodmare band numbers approximately 20 mares. Additionally, the operation's current crop of yearlings number 15. “This was our best foal this year. My crew did a great job and Hill 'n' Dale did a great job too. They've been very good to me.” According to McGehee, Heaven Trees Farm will be represented by one more yearling–by Army Mule–in Keeneland's Book 4. “It is probably the last foal out of [Lotta Kim's foals] that we will ever sell,” said McGehee. “I didn't know what to expect. But you never know.”–@CBossTDN 'Epic' Result for Rachel's Full-Brother Making a splash of its own at Keeneland Monday, Epic Horses LLC recorded its initial auction purchase when landing Hip 112 for $1.35 million. Handling the bidding duties for the undisclosed new owners, the operation's advisor and CEO of Town & Country Farms Shannon Potter explained, “We saw him at the farm [Hill 'n' Dale Xalapa in Paris, Kentucky] three or four weeks ago and we liked him there. With that family and that pedigree, he checked all the boxes for us.” Underscoring the most obvious selling point in the yearling, Potter explained, “His head and his look is probably right on with what [Rachel Alexandra] looks like. He has a very good temperament every time we have seen him. We probably looked at him four or five times.” According to Potter, the colt will ultimately be trained by Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher after his initially taking up residence at Town & Country. “He is a really good mover,” he confirmed. “He has a good walk and has a lot of hip and a big shoulder. We loved the way he looked.” While declining to name the new owners, Potter offered some additional insight into the fledgling racing operation. “Epic Racing is a new venture,” he said. “It is a couple from Vegas. This is their first purchase at auction. We bought another privately. They are excited about the game and the business and the industry. ” During Monday's opening session, Epic Horses also secured Hip 149, a filly by Into Mischief for $350,000.–@CBossTDN #KeeSept Book 1, Monday: A full brother to Horse of the Year and champion RACHEL ALEXANDRA, a colt by Medaglia d'Oro out of Lotta Kim, sells for $1.35 million to Epic Horses. Consigned by @HillnDaleFarm. pic.twitter.com/GYRBBJbGd7 — TDN (@theTDN) September 9, 2024 AMO Racing USA Strikes for American Pharoah Full-Sister to Forbidden Kingdom An American Pharoah filly out of GSW Just Louise (Five Star Day) brought the gavel down at $1.35 million Monday to the bid of AMO Racing USA LLC. Consigned by Paramount Sales, the Feb. 25 foal filly is a full-sister to MGSW & GISP Forbidden Kingdom. “We love her. We saw her on the first day and on Sunday,” said AMO Racing's Kia Joorabchian. “We loved her and we went back to see her a couple of times. She's got a great pedigree. To be honest, that's what we are looking for. We're looking for fillies with great pedigrees and she was a standout for us, so we weren't going to stop. We are going to take our time now. She will go now to take a break and we will give her a little bit of time off and then we'll see. It will definitely be an American trainer [that she goes to].” The filly's dam is a half-sister to MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Nash (Medaglia d'Oro). Gabriel “Spider” Duignan's Springhouse Farm bred the filly, offered as hip 97, after purchasing her dam for $150,000 at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November sale. “We've had the mare for a while, she's been very good to me,” said Duignan. “Delighted with where she is going and delighted with the price. I'm glad she is going to great owners. She is a very nice filly and has been very popular all week. It's a fantastic family, her brother is very good.” Pat Costello of Paramount was also pleased. “She's well-bred, a full-sister to a lovely racehorse,” said Costello. “She was a good physical. There was a lot of action. She has a great mind. That was good. That was on the top of where we thought it would be.”—JillWilliamsTDN Broman Looking for a Derby Horse Longtime New York owner and breeder Chester Broman went to $1.15 million to acquire a colt by Gun Runner (hip 73) from the Brookdale consignment Monday at Keeneland. Broman did his bidding alongside advisor Becky Thomas from the new reserved table seating area inside the pavilion. When asked why he purchased the yearling, who is out of Grade I winner Harmonize (Scat Daddy) and is a half to multiple graded winner and multiple Grade I-placed Integration (Quality Road), Broman pointed at Thomas and said, “You told me to.” Thomas laughed and said “No, I didn't. You told me you like that one the best.” Thomas continued, “He was a big, beautiful and stretchy. We loved his family and his walk. Mr. Broman wants to go to the Derby and we thought he looked like the type.” Of the colt's final price, Thomas admitted she wasn't surprised, “but I am not one to bid that high. Mr. Broman is here and he told me, 'If I come, we don't have a budget.' He was in charge of the budget.” The colt by was bred by Larkin Armstrong, who purchased Harmonize for $80,000 at the 2014 Keeneland September sale. Racing in Armstrong's colors, the mare won the 2016 GI Del Mar Oaks. Her first foal, Integration, sold for $700,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale and went on to win last year's GIII Virginia Derby and GII Hill Prince Stakes. He was runner-up in last month's GI Arlington Million. @JessMartiniTDN Nyquist Colt Brings $1.15M on Keeneland's Day 1 Rarely missing from the leaderboard, agent Donato Lanni was back in action for Hip 82, a colt by Nyquist, that realized $1.15 million. Consigned by breeder Candy Meadows Sales, the Feb. 10 was purchased on behalf of SF Bloodstock, Starlight Racing and Madaket. “He was beautiful from the day he was born until today. He never had a bad day in his life. He's just a really lovely horse,” said Matt Lyons of Candy Meadows. Candy Meadows purchased the mare Impasse (Quality Road), in foal to Into Mischief, for $385,000 at Keeneland November in 2019. A daughter of MSW Tempus Fugit (Alphabet Soup), the 11-year-old's resulting Into Mischief filly realized $300,000 at this sale in 2021 followed by a Uncle Mo filly that brought $450,000 one year later. Lyons added, “There were so many good judges and so many good groups following this horse the last couple of days. We could see the momentum going. You never can predict a million- dollar horse, but we knew he had a chance.” Tom Ryan | Keeneland Signing the ticket of the colt, SF Racing's Tom Ryan explained, “He is a horse that there was a consensus about. It's the same group, we've got Stonestreet in this horse and then most of the same old characters, Starlight, Madaket, and SF [Racing]. We felt like it was a high-conviction horse for us.” Ryan confirmed the colt will ultimately join Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in California. “We like Nyquist. He doesn't take any introduction anymore,” Ryan added of the Darley resident. “He's clearly a top-flight stallion. Very good example of what a good son of Uncle Mo can do.” He continued, “He is an athlete with plenty of pedigree. We have no doubt that he'll see out a mile and hopefully he'll get a little farther. We're excited to have him.”–@CBossTDN Repole and Spendthrift Partner on Gun Runner Colt for $1.1 Million Gun Runner is as hot in the sales ring as he is on the racetrack. The Horse of the Year and young sire sensation got his fourth–but not last–seven-figure horse of the day when hip 121, a Feb. 3-foaled colt, sold to Repole Stable and Spendthrift Farm for $1.1 million Monday. The bay was consigned by Bridie Harrison, agent for Peter Blum Thoroughbreds. “Repole Stable and Spendthrift Farm partnered on this horse. It was loved by both teams,” said Jacob West, agent for Repole Stables. “Obviously Gun Runner doesn't really need an introduction on how big of a stallion he is. Peter Blum breeds incredible horses. Mix it all in the pot and it equals $1.1 million. Just excited to get him. [Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher] will train the horse. He was one of those horses that was highly ranked from the start. We know it was going to be expensive to get him, but luckily Mike [Repole] and Eric and Tammy [Gustavson] were able to come together and come up with an idea of what we would go after him and it happened to fall into that range of budget.” Bred by Blum, the colt is out of GSW & GISP Magical Feeling (Empire Maker). The mare has already produced four black-type winners, including GSW & GISP Imagination (Into Mischief), who was most recently third in the Sept. 1 Shared Belief Stakes, and GSW & MGISP Occult (Into Mischief). Both sold at previous editions of the September sale, with Imagination bringing $1.05 million in 2022 from Donato Lanni, for SF Bloodstock/Starlight Racing/Madaket, and Occult hammering for $625,000 in 2021 to Steven W. Young. Blum's son, Josh, was representing his father Monday. “He's a fantastic horse,” said the younger Blum. “He's been a standout for us since he was on the ground. We expected him to do well and we were happy to get a good price, but we weren't setting the bar too high. Ultimately, we wanted to make sure he sold in the ring. We're in the business to sell, so we're happy he got sold and happy he sold well.” Upon being wished congratulations, Blum said with a smile, “Congratulate my dad. It's his operation.”—JillWilliamsTDN Snyders Celebrate First Million-Dollar Sale Richard and Connie Snyder, who moved their commercial broodmare band from New Mexico to Kentucky 10 years ago, celebrated their first seven-figure sale Monday at Keeneland when John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock bid $1 million to acquire a filly from the first crop of Maxfield (hip 53). “That's the first million-dollar horse, but it won't be the last,” Richard Snyder said with a chuckle after congratulating Stewart on the purchase. Of his emotions while watching the filly sell, Snyder admitted, “It was exciting, nervous, stressful for us, but it was fun. We knew she was going to sell well. A lot of people liked her. She is what she is.” The yearling is a half-sister to the first Grade I winner the Snyders have bred, GI Alabama Stakes and GI Ogden Phipps Stakes winner Randomized (Nyquist). “They were very similar,” Snyder said of the two fillies. “This filly might be a tick bigger than Randomized was, but both of them had big walks and were straightforward.” Both fillies are out of the unraced French Passport (Elusive Quality), who was one of the first high-priced mares the Snyders purchased after acquiring their Kentucky farm on Paynes Mill Road in Versailles in August of 2014. The couple paid $200,000 for the mare in foal to American Pharoah at the 2018 Keeneland November sale. Randomized sold for $420,000 at the 2021 Keeneland September sale and her colt by Justify sold for $410,000 at the 2022 September sale. The Maxfield yearling is the mare's final foal. “The sad part is we don't have the mother anymore,” Snyder said. “This is the last one out of her. She got killed in a paddock accident. It was tragic. Very tragic.” The Snyders currently have a broodmare band of 17 head. “This was our only yearling in Book 1,” Snyder said. “We've got one in Book 2 and multiples all the way through Book 6.” Hip 53 also became the first seven-figure result for her first-crop sire Maxfield (Street Sense), winner of the 2021 GI Clark Stakes and 2019 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. The stallion, who stands for $35,000 at Darley, had 16 first-crop weanlings sell for an average of $148,312 last year, led by a $500,000 colt at the Fasig-Tipton November sale. Prior to Monday, he had had 10 yearlings sell this year for an average of $209,750, led by a $450,000 filly at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. “That is a very big price for a yearling by a first-crop sire,” said Kerry Cauthen of Four Star Sales, which consigned the filly. “Based on this filly and several I have seen, they have great minds and I expect good things from him.” The seven-figure yearling was one of six purchased by Resolute Bloodstock Monday. The group also included a Tapit half-sister to GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes winner and GI Kentucky Derby third Zandon (Upstart) (hip 128) acquired for $900,000 from the Airdrie Stud consignment. “We like Maxfield, think he's coming on well,” Stewart said. “We actually bred him to some of our maiden mares this year. He nicks really good in our system. We think he's going to be a good stallion. This filly is just a beautiful filly, as you can see commanding that kind of price. When we rank it in our pedigree system and looking at the horse overall, she's an A+ and was on the top of our list.” @JessMartiniTDN $1-Million Constitution Colt to Juddmonte “We were on fumes at the end,” Juddmonte manager Garrett O'Rourke said after signing the ticket at $1 million to acquire a colt by Constitution (hip 85) from the Airdrie Stud consignment. “The market is very, very strong. It's more than I wanted to pay for him, but it's the market, so you have to go otherwise you go home empty handed.” The colt is out of Indian Pride (Proud Citizen), who romped to an eight-length debut victory at Saratoga in 2019 before finishing third in the GII Raven Run Stakes and winning the Shine Again Stakes in 2020. She won three of her four lifetime starts for her breeder, the late Brereton Jones. Bret Jones | Keeneland “My exposure to the family was to his dam,” O'Rourke said. “I was very impressed with her when she won her first start. I spoke to Bret Jones then and asked if he would sell her and he wasn't interested. I had followed her career and always thought she was a filly who had the talent to win a Grade I, even though she didn't. So I was interested to go and see the colt. He is a huge, big beautiful colt. Hopefully he will grow into something as fast as his mother and we have a very high opinion of Constitution, as well.” Juddmonte Farms, founded by the late Prince Khalid bin Abdullah who died in 2021, has had success buying future champions out of the Keeneland September sale. The operation purchased Arrogate (Unbridled's Song) for $560,000 at the 2014 auction and Elite Power (Curlin) for $900,000 in 2019. “Classic horses,” O'Rourke said when asked what he was shopping for at Keeneland this week. “We've been lucky enough with Arrogate and Elite Power buying here. They say they come in threes, so we will keep shopping until we get the third one. It's great that Prince Khalid's family have the ambition to get another one. That's the goal. That's our hope anyway. Everyone has hope in this game. He is the first one we went in to bid on and it's nice to have a ticket in your hands whatever happens from here on in.” The colt represents several generations of a family cultivated by Brereton Jones, who passed away last September. “A million dollars doesn't happen to us very often; it doesn't happen to many people very often,” Jones's son Bret said. “We are ecstatic. It means so much to the farm. We are just very grateful right now.” Indian Pride is a daughter of Ms. Cornstalk, who RNA'd for $35,000 as a yearling at the 2005 Keeneland January sale. The mare produced Canadian champions Biofuel (Stormin Fever) and Tu Endie Wei (Johar), as well as Indian Pride. “The memories hit you right in the face when you think about all the fun that we had with Biofuel and Tu Endie Wei,” Jones said of the bittersweet seven-figure result. “I really do think Indian Pride, at the end of the day, is going to be one of the greatest mares that my dad has ever had his hands on.” Jones continued, “There is no greater compliment than Juddmonte buying your horse. Garrett O'Rourke knew how special his dam was. I remember he was one of the first people to call me when she broke her maiden at Saratoga. She was a very special filly and I think she will be a very special broodmare. That family has given us a lot of great days. I hope it gives Juddmonte a lot of great days, too.” Indian Pride has a 2-year-old by American Pharoah, who was purchased by Gus King for $600,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale. She produced a filly by Into Mischief this year and was bred back to Gun Runner. @JessMartiniTDN Gun Runner Filly Stays in the Seltzer Family At the end of the day, Krista Seltzer couldn't let her father's decades-long involvement with the family end Monday at Keeneland and she bid $1 million to take home the filly by Gun Runner out of Lucrezia (Into Mischief) (hip 117). Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, the yearling represented five generations of horses bred by Ed Seltzer, who is in the midst of dispersing his bloodstock. “I don't know who the partners are going to be, but yes, we bought her back,” Krista Seltzer said. “There was a lot of sentiment there and she is a lovely filly. I like to have partners where we know my dad can watch her race and enjoy watching her race. That's super important to him. He loves the family. We knew we wouldn't let her go for nothing.” Lucrezia was a two-time stakes winner in Seltzer's colors and was second in the 2020 GII Gulfstream Park Oaks. Her dam, Verdana Bold (Rahy), was a graded winner for Seltzer. “I didn't expect that,” Krista Seltzer said of the filly's seven-figure price tag. “It was a lot of sentiment. We love all of them and it's hard to part with them and we will, but for me, for this one, just for the partners whoever they are going to be, I want my dad to enjoy the racing as if she was his.” @JessMartiniTDN Small Pinhook Representation in First Session We've taken a look at how Monday's pinhooks fared and attempted to analyze how the prospects as a whole performed on the day. We've loosely used a cost of $25,000 for each yearling's board, veterinary expenses, farrier work, sales prep, and sales entry fees. Obviously, this amount can vary wildly per offering depending on whether one can keep a horse on their own farm or whether one boards, as well as each horse's particular veterinary needs. A total of 10 yearlings were consigned to Monday's first session as pinhooks. Two were outs and three were RNAs, leaving just five to represent the pinhook sector. The five sold for a total of $2.05 million from a total output of $1.69 million at original purchase. Less $125,000 for the five in combined estimated costs, that leaves a profit of $235,000 for the quintet. Three were profitable and two lost money. —JillWilliamsTDN The post $2.2M Gun Runner Colt Leads Million-Dollar Bonanza at Keeneland September Opener appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto has reached another memorable milestone in his decorated stallion career. The leading son of Street Cry sired his 400th individual winner on Sunday when the Masterton nursery’s homebred Rue de Royale was successful for trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy at Bendigo. While it was the three-year-old’s maiden victory, he showed his quality last season with runner-up finishes in the Gr.2 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), the Inglis Millenium (1100m) and the A$1 million Golden Gift (1100m). “It was really cool that it was Rue de Royale because he was the maiden with most amount of prizemoney in Australia (more than A$675,000) before he won,” Little Avondale’s Sam Williams said. “I said at the beginning of the season that I think he (Per Incanto) could be in for his best time on the track and highlighted a number of younger horses, Rue de Royale was one and Evaporate is another. “He’s won his first three starts this campaign and now he’s on a Caulfield Guineas (Gr.1, 1600m) path.” Rue de Royale was sold on behalf of Little Avondale by Sledmere Stud at last year’s Inglis Classic Yearling Sale for A$180,000 with McEvoy Mitchell Racing and the Belmont Bloodstock Agency signing he ticket. He is a son of the Exceed And Excel mare Urban Royal who is from the family of the multiple Group One winner Alizee, whose half-brother Astern won the Gr.1 Golden Rose Stakes (1400m) before retiring to stud. The Ben, JD and Will Hayes-prepared Evaporate also went through the Sledmere draft at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale and sold to Lindsay Park for A$330,000. He is out of the unraced Animal Kingdom mare Savanna, a half-sister to the Gr.3 Wenona Girl Quality (1200m) winner Belluci Babe. Per Incanto’s rise through the stallion ranks has been an impressive journey after starting his career in 2011 off a $4000 service fee and rose to be champion first season sire by winners and runner-up in the two-year-old premiership in 2014-15. A year later he was crowned champion three-year-old sire by winners and champion second season sire by winners, defeating the multiple champion Savabeel for the former title. He has produced seven individual Group One winners, headed by dual elite level-winning mares Belclare and Roch ‘N’ Horse, and is also a two-time champion sire for winners in Hong Kong with worldwide progeny earnings of more than $84 million. Per Incanto currently stands at $50,000 + GST and served a limited book in 2023 after suffering a leg injury in a paddock accident. “He looks phenomenal and obviously the last 18 months have been quite tiresome for the horse because he was confined to a box for 10 months,” Williams said. “Time has been the best healer and patience has been a virtue in this case. The vets, his groom, the farriers and all the team have done a fantastic job with him. “Last season, he served 72 and this year he’ll cover 110 with a couple of spots still left. He has got some beautiful mares lined up.” View the full article

As part-owners of star performer Imperatriz, Waikato couple John Elstob and Denise Bassett understandably had high hopes ahead of the New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards. Held in their hometown of Hamilton, the husband and wife’s expectations were surpassed on Sunday by their glamour mare and they also received another knockout acknowledgment. Imperatriz duly claimed the supreme award as Horse of the Year and also won the sprinter-miler title and the Award for Outstanding Global Achievement before Elstob and Bassett were stunned to be named Owner of the Year. “We were there with bells on and had a table of 10 with some close friends,” Elstob said. “We thought we would pick up the sprinter-miler with Imperatriz and had reasonable hopes for Horse of the Year, but the Owner of the Year was really out of the blue. It was very special and quite unexpected.” The couple have enjoyed a decade long association with Te Akau and had a quarter share in Imperatriz. “I don’t know how we could get another one like her, but we’ll enjoy the ones we’ve got and remember the good times with her,” Elstob said. The daughter of I Am Invincible, who was purchased by Te Akau chief David Ellis for A$360,000 at the Magic Millions Yearling Sale and earned $6.7 million in stakes in the 2023-24 season, taking her career earnings to $7.5 million. She won 19 of her 27 starts, including 10 at Group One level, and sold for an Australasian record of A$6.6 million to Yulong at this year’s Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale. Elstob and Bassett also in the ownership of the Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) winner Move To Strike, the Gr.2 Matamata Breeders’ Stakes (1200m) winner and multiple Group One placegetter Captured By Love and Gr.2 Waikato Guineas (2000m) winner Ascend The Throne. The Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson-trained Captured By Love was a strong resuming second in Saturday’s Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1200m) while stablemate Move To Strike was the beaten favourite in the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m). “Captured By Love went really well, she went a great race, and Move To Strike blew a bit afterwards,” Elstob said. “Our relationship with Te Akau goes back 10 or so years and we’ve got involved with more horses as the years have go on. “We’re involved in quite a number now and we had 45 individual runners last season. “We love the game and we have a lot of fun with a lot of great people in the industry. “We’ve also got four or five mares, 90 percent of one, 50 percent of another and various amounts in the others.” They celebrated a top result at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Yearling Sale earlier this year when the Hallmark Stud-offered Savabeel colt out of a stakes performer sold for $375,000 during the Book 1 session. “We were pretty excited about that, he was out of a mare called Za Za Gabor,” said Elstob, who has a significant professional involvement in the thoroughbred industry. “I’m in the veterinary game and own SVS Veterinary Supplies, we supply all the vet clinics in New Zealand.” View the full article

Attard will send out Pierre, Jokestar, Ariosa, and Bedard in the 1 3/16-race on Fort Erie's main track. Casse is countering with 5-2 morning-line favorite Midnight Mascot, third in the King's Plate, and Essex Serpent.View the full article

White Marlin winning on Melbourne Cup Day in 2022. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) The Victoria Racing Club (VRC) has announced the addition of the Australian Heritage Cup (2800m) to this year’s Melbourne Cup program at Flemington. The new race, restricted to Australian and New Zealand-trained horses, will be the final event in a series of qualifiers held across the country, from Kalgoorlie to Queensland. The Australian Heritage Cup replaces the Benchmark 96 race traditionally held on the same day and will offer a boosted prize pool of $250,000, an increase of $100,000 from the previous event. “To have a runner on Melbourne Cup Day is a huge honour, and the Australian Heritage Cup will give Australian and New Zealand-based trainers the opportunity to be at Flemington on the biggest day of the year,” said VRC executive general manager racing, Leigh Jordon. “The race has always been a platform for young, progressive stayers to test their credentials at Flemington, with previous winners including The Map and White Marlin, and we expect another strong field this year.” The qualifying series kicks off with the Listed Kalgoorlie Cup (2300m) on October 5, followed by races at Caulfield and Warwick Farm on October 16, Launceston on October 18, Eagle Farm on October 19, and Morphettville on October 26. Horse racing news View the full article

Cox Plate-winning jockey, Damian Lane. (Photo by Brett Holburt/Racing Photos) Damian Lane has confirmed he will ride Japanese contender Prognosis in this year’s Group 1 Cox Plate (2040m). On Friday, it was announced that the son of Deep Impact, trained by Mitsumasa Nakauchida and owned by Shadai Farm, will travel to Melbourne for the prestigious race at Moonee Valley on October 26. Prognosis has secured three Group 2 wins and has placed at the top level three times, including back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Group 1 QEII Cup (2000m) in Hong Kong behind reigning Cox Plate champion Romantic Warrior. Prognosis is currently the second favourite for the Cox Plate at $5 with horse racing bookmakers. Horse racing news View the full article

2022 Everest winner, Giga Kick. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) Following his first-up fifth-place finish in the Group 3 Concorde Stakes (1000m) last weekend, trainer Clayton Douglas reported that stable star Giga Kick has pulled up well and will have a trial before his second-up run in the Group 2 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Randwick on October 5. The 2022 Everest winner and dual Group 1 champion finished three lengths behind I Am Me in the Concorde but remains aimed at next month’s $20 million Everest (1200m), despite not yet securing a slot. “All in all, I’m pretty happy,” Douglas told Racing.com regarding Giga Kick’s return to the track. “How the race was run probably took his dash away a bit and he flattened out around the 200 (metres), but he did actually sprint well in the last 50 (metres) and got through the line well.” Douglas added that Giga Kick will trial at Canterbury in two weeks. “That should screw him down for the (Group 2) Premiere Stakes. Ideally, he goes and wins that, and it’s on to The Everest.” Giga Kick is currently an $11 winning chance for The Everest with horse racing bookmakers. Horse racing news View the full article

A Monday order out of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit shot down a request for a rarely granted “en banc” procedure that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) Authority and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) had asked for last month. Had the long-shot legal maneuver been successful, it would have granted a rehearing before all of that court's judges to review a July 5, 2024, opinion issued by a panel of three that had declared HISA is unconstitutional because its enforcement provisions violate the private nondelegation doctrine. Because of the infrequency with which such rehearings are granted at the federal level, the court's denial of the en banc request should not have come as a surprise to any party in the 3 1/2-year-old legal odyssey to overturn HISA that has been spearheaded by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) and 12 of its affiliates The Fifth Circuit heard between 5,700 and 7,400 appeals in each of the last six years. Over that same period, that court granted only between four and 10 en banc requests per year, according to that court's most recent annual report. Yet the denial of the rehearing in the Fifth Circuit hardly means the end of the legal road for either side in the fight to firmly establish whether HISA is constitutional or not. Often, an en banc petition in a federal appeals court merely equates to a necessary legal formality to show the U.S. Supreme Court that a party has exhausted every procedural option at the appeals court level before asking the Supreme Court to resolve a case. Increasingly, that's where this case seems destined to end up. That's because for two months now, there have been conflicting opinions between two different federal appeals courts over HISA's constitutionality. The Fifth Circuit panel opined July 5, 2024, that not all of HISA is constitutional, while the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals opined in a different case Mar. 3, 2023, that Congressional changes to the law in 2022 made HISA completely constitutional. When two federal appeals courts differ in their opinions like that, it's called a “circuit split,” and the Supreme Court generally takes heightened interest in resolving such conflicts. The Sept. 9 court order that said no to the en banc request did not address any of the HISA Authority's or FTC's arguments that had been articulated in their Aug. 19 filings. In a single sentence, the Fifth Circuit order simply stated, “Because no member of the panel or judge in regular active service requested that the court be polled on rehearings en banc, the petitions for rehearing en banc are DENIED.” Eric Hamelback, the chief executive officer of the NHBPA, had told TDN last month that he didn't believe the en banc petition would prove fruitful for the Authority or the FTC. On Monday, he reiterated his position after the denial of the rehearing was ordered by the court. “As I stated when this motion was originally filed, all this did was delay the inevitable,” Hamelback wrote in an email. “HISA remains unconstitutional. We can now safely say that 15 other federal court of appeals judges looked at this, and not one of them voted to review [the] decision and opinion. We look forward to the Authority and the FTC abiding by this decision promptly.” Hamelback wrote that he believes the next step will be for the closing mandate from the Fifth Circuit to be issued around Sept. 17. That will end the case in the Fifth Circuit and transfer it to back the originating lower court in Texas, which, if the lower court deems appropriate, will issue some form of to-be-determined relief to the plaintiffs. In the interim, while the case plays out in the lower court, Hamelback wrote that, “We would like to believe that [the] HISA [Authority] and Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will take the appropriate and proper action and cease and desist from any further unconstitutional and illegal enforcement activity until the Supreme Court has an opportunity to review this matter.” TDN asked the HISA Authority to comment on both the en banc denial and what the Authority's next steps might be. The request was acknowledged Monday afternoon by an Authority spokesperson, but TDN did not receive any statement for publication prior to deadline for this story. If the HISA Authority and the FTC do opt to petition the Supreme Court to take the case, the deadline for filing is Dec. 9. Last year, when the plaintiff states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana similarly got denied in their Sixth Circuit request for an en banc rehearing after that Sixth Circuit panel upheld HISA's constitutionality, those plaintiffs then petitioned the Supreme Court to take the case. That request, too, got shot down, on June 24, 2024. But it's important to note that at the time the Supreme Court opted not to take up the Sixth Circuit case, the Fifth Circuit had yet to issue its unconstitutionality ruling. Once the Fifth Circuit's conflicting opinion was issued July 5, the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs in the Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana case again asked the Supreme Court to reconsider hearing the case. “This case presents the exceptionally rare situation in which a significant 'intervening circumstance'–the opening of a circuit split on the constitutionality of a federal statute–has arisen within 25 days of this Court's denial of certiorari,” the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs wrote to the Supreme Court on July 18. “There is now a square, acknowledged conflict between the Sixth Circuit's decision [and] a contrary decision from the Fifth Circuit, which…presents a uniquely clean vehicle for the Court to resolve that conflict,” the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs stated to the Supreme Court. The post With Rehearing Denied, Supreme Court Showdown Over HISA Constitutionality Looms Increasingly Likely appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a career as a trainer, Simon became a writer and podcaster, creating Going In Circles Media and advocating for what he saw as necessary changes to sustain the racing industry. View the full article

By Brigette Solomon Zachary Butcher hopes to be in for a good night with a book of six tidy drives at Cambridge Raceway tonight. With eight races programmed for tonight’s meeting, three of Butcher’s drives are early fixed price favourites with the TAB including Desistella (R6), who he also trains and co-owns, and the first starter Hadmeablast (R3) for the Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan stable. “There’s some good form behind a few of them tonight and hopefully we’ll get a bit of luck too,” says Butcher. First up for the night Butcher drives Harleen Quinzel for Tuakau trainer George Stewart in Race 1, the All The News At Trackside.co.nz Mobile Trot over 2200 metres. The five-year-old mare has had several placings in the deep South but tonight will be her first start since coming North and from a mobile start. “She’ll need to do things right, but her trial last week was nice enough,” says Butcher. In Race 3, the Hire A Venue At Cambridge Raceway Mobile Pace, Butcher drives Hadmeablast, the first of two Purdon/Phelan trained runners for the evening. The two-year-old filly by Art Major was a trial winner on August 29 and has her first start here tonight. “Her trial a fortnight ago was good,” says Butcher, “she’s drawn the second line tonight (9) and I’ll be hoping to give her a good trip in running but it could be a bit tough with the ones outside us.” Up next is Boss Kenny in Race 4, the Oktoberfest Tickets On Sale Now Handicap Trot over 2700 metres. Trained by Zev Meredith at Cambridge, the gelding has run third in his last three appearances, all at Cambridge Raceway, and four of his five wins have been at this distance. “It’s my first time driving this horse so I don’t know much about him, but his form is good, and I think I’ll just be looking for an easy trip and having one run at them,” says Butcher. Butcher’s second drive for the Purdon/Phelan stable is Its Electrifying in Race 5, the Garrards Horse And Hound Mobile Pace over 2200 metres. “He’s a horse with a bit of speed and ability and should be capable of covering this field,” says Butcher, “I’ll be tucking him in for a cosy run and having one crack at them and I reckon he’s my best of the night.” The lightly raced two-year-old by Captaintreacherous starts in this race fresh up having last raced back in March where he was unplaced on both occasions. However his two workouts leading into tonight’s race have yielded good race form, with the gelding finishing third in his heat on August 29 behind Sugar Ray Lincoln and Captain Sampson, who took out the Colts and Geldings 2yo Sires Stakes Heat at Alexandra Park last Friday. Desistella, who Butcher trains from Pukekohe, lines up in Race 6, the Dunstan Horse Feeds Mobile Pace over 2200 metres. The three-year-old filly was a winner on debut and has had just two starts since and was unplaced on both occasions. However, Butcher confesses it was driver error last week and Desistella can be forgiven that run. “It was a terrible drive. I over drove her and she tired in the home straight,” says Butcher “She’s got a better draw tonight (2) and I’ll be opting to give her a nice easy trip and looking to really hit the line this week.” Butcher’s final assignment for the evening is the Arna Donnelly-trained Red Rackham who has been putting his best foot forward at Cambridge with three wins and a second in his last four starts on his home track. “He went great last week, and he’s been one of those horses who has taken a few races but really come to it now,” says Butcher, “there’s a couple of scratchings inside him which helps and I reckon I may be able to cross and lead on him.” The Vincent gelding starts from barrier position five after scratchings in Race 8, The Christmas at The Raceway Tickets on Sale Now Mobile Pace over 2200 metres. Racing action gets underway at 4:39pm and all racegoers on course once again have the chance to win a $250 cash prize plus be in the draw for a $4000 grand prize on September 24. View the full article

Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm went to $2.2 million for Hip 169, a Gun Runner colt out SW & MGSP Princesa Carolina (Tapit), on Monday at the Keeneland September sale. The gray colt, foaled Apr. 17 and consigned by Four Star Sales, was bred by Three Chimneys Farm. The $2.2-million colt is a grandson of MGISW Pure Clan (Pure Prize), who Borges Torrealba Holdings purchased for $4.5 million at the 2012 Keeneland November sale. The post Whisper Hill Strikes for Gun Runner Colt for $2.2 Million 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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A full-brother to Horse of the Year and champion sophomore filly Rachel Alexandra (Medalia d'Oro) realized a $1.35 million final bid from Epic Horses on Day 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington. Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consigned the Feb. 23 foal. Bred by Dede McGehee, Hip 112 is out of Lotta Kim (Roar), also responsible for GSP Dolphus and Gladys. Rachel Alexandra is also the dam of Grade I winner Rachel Valentina (Bernardini). The post HOTY Rachel Alexadra’s Brother Yields $1.35M 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-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features a TDN Rising Star who impressed on debut. 15.10 Leicester, Novice, £9,000, 2yo, f, 7fT FORMAL (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) made an instant impact on debut at Newbury in July and would have been a warm order for the G3 Prestige Stakes had the rain not come and forced her withdrawal. Cheveley Park's homebred daughter of the G1 Falmouth Stakes heroine Veracious (GB) (Frankel {GB}) carries a TDN Rising Star tag into the autumn and is one of the most exciting juveniles that Sir Michael Stoute has had through his hands for some time. The post Dubawi’s Rising Star Formal Heads to Leicester appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With the action in full swing, a filly by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah realized a $1.35 million final bid from Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian. Out of Grade III winner Just Louise (Five Star Day), the full-sister to MGSW and GISP Forbidden Kingdom was consigned by Paramount Sales. Bred by Springhouse Farm, Hip 97 represents the family of MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), the dam of GSP Nash and Sara Street. The post Filly by American Pharoah Brings $1.35M at Keeneland September appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A Tapit filly from the family of Arrogate sold for $1.2 million to Shadwell Farm Monday during the first session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. The gray Mar. 7-foaled offering is the first foal out of the winning Into Mischief mare Immediate Impact, who is a daughter of Bubbler (Distorted Humor), dam of champion and successful sire Arrogate. Consigned by Clearsky Farms as Hip 81, the filly was bred by her consignor. The post Tapit Filly Goes to Shadwell for $1.2 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A colt by Nyquist (hip 82) joined the million-dollar parade at Keeneland Monday when selling for $1.15 million. SF Bloodstock's Tom Ryan signed the ticket on the bay yearling, who is out of Impasse (Quality Road). The mare is a daughter of Tempus Fugit (Alphabet Soup) and was consigned by and bred by Candy Meadows. The post Nyquist Colt Brings $1.15 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hip 73, a Gun Runner colt out of GI Del Mar Oaks winner Harmonize (Scat Daddy), sold for $1.15 million to Chester Broman at Monday's opening session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Consigned by Brookdale, agent, the colt is a half to recent GI Arlington Million runner-up Integration (Quality Road). The chestnut colt, a Mar. 23 foal, was the second yearling by Gun Runner to bring seven figures Monday, following a $1.5-million filly out of Dream Dancing (Tapit). The post Chester Broman Goes to $1.15 Million for Gun Runner Colt appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A bay colt from the first crop of Charlatan sold for $1.4 million at Monday's opening session of the Keeneland September sale to Coolmore and Peter Brant. The Mar. 7 colt, consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, was bred in Kentucky by Hill 'n' Dale Equine Holdings and Matt Dorman. He is out of MGISW Guarana (Ghostzapper), who was a $4.4-million purchase by Hill 'n' Dale at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Sold as Hip 70, the colt is from a deep female family. His young MGISW sire stands at Hill 'n' Dale. The post $1.4M First-Crop Charlatan Colt to Coolmore and Brant appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A dark bay filly by first-crop yearling sire Maxfield brought $1 million Monday at the first session of the Keeneland September yearling sale. John Stewart's Resolute signed the ticket for Hip 53, who is out of the unraced French Passport (Elusive Quality) and a half-sibling to GI Alabama Stakes and GI Ogden Phipps Stakes winner Randomized (Nyquist) from the same family as MGISW Got Stormy (Get Stormy). Consigned by Four Star Sales, agent, the $1-million filly and May 11 foal was bred by Cove Springs in Kentucky. The post John Stewart Buys First-Crop Maxfield Filly for $1 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of Ireland's top jockeys and trainers took part in a charity polo match hosted by the All Ireland Polo Club at Phoenix Park on Sunday. The event, sponsored by NFP, an Aon Company, and Matheson, raised vital funds for the Down Syndrome Centre and raised awareness for the Together Academy, two organisations committed to empowering children and young adults with Down syndrome. The matches featured jockeys Colin Keane, Gary Carroll, Sam Ewing, Jack Kennedy, Billy Lee and Keith Donoghue, with the trainers in opposition including Tony Martin, Gavin Cromwell, Fozzy Stack, Kate Harrington, Robbie Power and Ross O'Sullivan. The highest-scoring team was awarded Treo Eile gilets, while each participant received a Dublin Crystal plaque sponsored by Derville Meade in recognition of their participation. For more information about the event, visit www.downsyndromecentre.ie or www.togetheracademy.ie. The post Jockeys and Trainers Go Head-To-Head in Charity Polo Match appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article