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Jockey Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired.View the full article

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The breeding rights to MGISW Muth have been acquired by Gainesway and the son of Good Magic and out of Hoppa (Uncle Mo) will stand at the Lexington farm upon his retirement from racing. Bred by Don Alberto Corp., Muth was a $2-million OBS March 2-year-old purchase by Donato Lanni on behalf of Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. Muth, who earned TDN Rising Star status when breaking his maiden with a front-running 8 3/4-length victory in his debut at Santa Anita, returned to post a 3 3/4-length score in the GI American Pharoah Stakes, finishing with a time of 1:42.45–the fastest time since American Pharoah himself won the race (formerly the Frontrunner S.). The Bob Baffert trainee rounded out the season with a runner-up effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. At three, Muth won the first three starts of the season, including 2 3/4-length win in the GII San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita followed by Oaklawn's GI Arkansas Derby by two lengths over a field that included future GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. Muth is the only son of Good Magic to become a Grade I winner at both two and three, replicating the same accomplishment achieved by his sire. “The natural speed shown by Muth as a Grade I-winning 2-year-old, and his ability to carry that speed to a Grade I victory over 1 1/8 miles at three is very impressive,” said Gainesway General Manager, Brian Graves. “Muth's looks are exactly what you would expect of a $2-million purchase by Bob [Baffert] and Donato [Lanni].” In total, Muth has won five of eight starts for earnings of more than $1.5 million. Muth is currently being pointed towards a start in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. A stud fee will be announced upon his retirement. The post MGISW Muth to Stand at Gainesway Upon Retirement appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just a few years into its existence and Stable Recovery-the innovative program that helps people recover from addiction and continues to support them through their recovery with jobs in the racing industry-is flying. The organization recently published statistics that show that have been through the program who have sustained their sobriety between 30 and 90 days, that they have conducted over 56,000 AA meetings, and that their graduates had found full-time work in 13 different Kentucky farms and businesses. The program's success is clear to see in those numbers, but it's what those numbers represent that shows where its true success lies. Taylor estimates that as a result of the program, they have reunited over 1,000 family members with their loved ones-ties that had been broken due to the pain that comes from watching a love one suffer from addiction. This week at the Breeders' Cup, the program will showcase one of its biggest success stories when Minaret Station represents the Will Walden barn. Walden, himself a graduate of the program, employs several other graduates who will head with him to watch their colt compete in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. (Read Sara Gordon's story on Tyler Maxwell in today's TDN.) This year, the program will graduate 80 trainees from the Taylor Made School of Horsemanship, where men in recovery receive 90 days of intense horsemanship training before they go on to work in careers in the industry. “Stable could not be going any better, in my opinion,” said Frank Taylor, who started the School of Horsemanship four and a half years ago, and Stable Recovery, which provides a safe and stable living environment for men in recovery–two years later, in partnership with Christian Countzler, who serves as its CEO. The two programs work hand in hand. The men live, work, and recover together, while attending the School of Horsemanship to prepare for a new career. WinStar Farm has recently added a Stable Recovery house on their farm, and Keeneland has pledged to do the same in conjunction with the program at their Manchester Farm. Frank Taylor | Sue Finley photo “We can handle over 50 guys at a time,” said Taylor. Just a year ago, that number was 32. “And, we have all these strategic partners where we're sending people,” he said. Those partners include Taylor Made, WinStar, Godolphin, Spy Coast Farm, Brook Ledge, Hallway Feeds, Rood & Riddle, Coolmore, Lane's End, Old Friends and two partners outside the industry, Amteck, an electric technology company, and Clark, an industrial solutions company. “As they graduate out of the program, we can send them out to these strategic partners.” It is very hard for people to overcome addiction if they leave their rehab program and head right back to where they were before, circulating in their old haunts with their old crowd. The power of this program is in the group model, which breaks that cycle, Taylor said. “You stay in that safe community, where if you're going out to a farm just by yourself, or with one other guy, it's not as good as going out there and being able to stay there with six or eight or 10 other guys.” Hard work, AA meetings, and the power of the horse complete the `secret sauce,' as Taylor likes to call it. Taylor said that managed growth was another key to its success. “One of our biggest threats, I think, is us growing too big, too fast,” he said. “We need to develop our people faster than we're developing our growth.” Some of those people come from within the program itself, with graduates going on to work for Stable Recovery helping others. “We've had a lot of interest from other states wanting to start programs, but we're a little reluctant just now. We may do that in the future, but right now we're just focusing getting it really right here, and managing it here, before we spread out too far.” Taylor said that the program would cost $1.3 million to operate in 2024, and an estimated $1.5 million in 2025. Since the inception of the program, around 90% of the money has been raised on private donations, including a substantial investment from the Taylor family themselves. They also received $300,000 in the form of an Opioid Abatement Grant from the State of Kentucky last year. “The program is really, really working,” he said. “We have beefed up our training at Taylor Made in the School of Horsemanship. We have now two full-time trainers who are training the guys, and then I'm taking about 50% of my time and training them myself.” Will Walden isn't the only success story. “Mike Lowery just got another promotion at Taylor Made,” said Taylor. “And then we've got Josh Frank. So there are two guys who are divisional managers at Taylor Made. It's upwardly mobile. We're not looking to just try to produce a bunch of grooms who make $15-$17 an hour forever. If that's what they're capable of and that's what they want to do, that's fine. But Blane Servis (who works at Godolphin), for example, is an up-and-coming guy who I think will be out on his own training some day soon. And he's got a very bright future. And you're going to see more and more of them in the industry.” Taylor said that the organization's strategic partners come to them looking for employees rather than the other way around. “We really haven't reached out to any of these strategic partners to come to us. They have reached out to us, which is nice. And I think more will come naturally, as people watch the program and need the help.” Taylor said that their current goal was to raise the $1.5 million the program will need to operate next year, when it expects to turn out 100 graduates. That works out to $15,000 to save a life, rebuild a family, and create a stable worker for the industry. Seems like an incredible investment. To learn more or to donate to Stable Recovery, visit https://stablerecovery.net/. The post What Is a Life Worth? Stable Recovery Looks to Raise Funds for 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. 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Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired.View the full article

Rossa Ryan has hailed Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) winner Bluestocking (GB) "a filly of a lifetime" after it was revealed Oct. 28 she will be retired to stud.View the full article

Fans will have their first of six chances to bet on the 151st running of the $5 million Kentucky Derby (G1) when Pool 1 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Oct. 30 at 12 p.m. ET.View the full article

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) on Monday granted a stay that will prevent the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from issuing a mandate stemming from a recent Fifth Circuit opinion that the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA)'s enforcement mechanism is unconstitutional. The stay is to be in effect pending a decision by the Supreme Court as to whether it will take up the larger issue of whether those enforcement provisions are unconstitutional under the private nondelegation doctrine, which is a basic principle of constitutional law that states that the powers the Constitution vests in the federal government cannot be delegated outside the government. The request for the stay had been made by the HISA Authority back on Sept. 19. The Authority then followed up by submitting a petition for a writ of certiorari on Oct. 15, which is the means by which the Authority asked the Supreme Court to intervene in what is a now a 3 ½-year legal odyssey spearheaded by the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (NHBPA) and 12 of its affiliates in an attempt to get HISA declared unconstitutional and illegal. A HISA Authority spokesperson responded to a TDN request for comment on the Supreme Court's order with the following emailed statement: “Today, the Supreme Court granted the Authority's emergency application for relief and took the rare step of staying (or pausing) the Fifth Circuit's outlier judgment declaring the Act unconstitutional. That means the Authority can continue to enforce the Act and its rules in every racing jurisdiction where HISA is currently operative. In other words, the status quo will remain until the Supreme Court issues a final decision sometime before the end of its term in June 2025. The Authority is pleased to continue its mission of improving the safety and integrity of horseracing without interruption (or further intervening litigation).” Eric Hamelback, the chief executive officer of the NHBPA, explained his organization's reaction to the Supreme Court's issuance of the stay with this emailed response: “The National HBPA Full Board remains steadfast on exercising its due diligence to protect horsemen and women within horse racing. The goal has not changed, the National HBPA intends to obtain a ruling from the Supreme Court by the end of this term. Such a ruling will add clarity, restore constitutional rights and finally resolve whether HISA is unconstitutional nationwide. We remain on track for that result.” Up until Oct. 28, the Fifth Circuit's unconstitutionality mandate had been prevented from being issued by what is known as an “administrative stay” ordered by the Supreme Court. An administrative stay is used to freeze legal proceedings until a court can more fully consider and then rule on a party's request for expedited relief. Monday's order by the Supreme Court established the new ground rules for staying the issuance of the Fifth Circuit mandate: “The mandate of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is stayed pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the petition for a writ of certiorari be denied, this stay shall terminate automatically. In the event the petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the issuance of the judgment of this Court.” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented from her colleagues in issuing the stay, explaining her reasoning in the order: “Applicants ask this Court to stay the Fifth Circuit's mandate, thereby preventing the entry of a future injunction by the District Court. In my view, their application fails to demonstrate any exigency that would warrant such emergency relief. Indeed, applicants have also filed an unopposed petition for certiorari in this Court, and it is reasonably likely that the lower courts would not do anything to change the status quo if this Court granted the petition. Thus, whatever the stay factors might portend, I see no reason for us to intervene in an emergency posture. I would therefore deny the application and promptly proceed to consider the pending petition for certiorari.” Although the NHBPA and the HISA Authority are at odds over whether the federal law that regulates the sport is constitutional, both organizations have stated for months now in court filings and media interviews that the Supreme Court needs to be the entity that resolves the current “circuit split” in which different U.S. appeals courts have issued conflicting opinions about whether or not HISA is constitutional. But the HBPA vs. the HISA Authority case is just one of three currently active lawsuits vying for the attention of the Supreme Court of the United States. How the Supreme Court will handle the multiple cases filed by different petitioners is a huge unknown at this point in the legal process. The Supreme Court could choose to individually hear (or deny hearing) any of the HISA constitutionality cases. Or, if it deems the questions of law are similar, the Supreme Court could decide to combine or consolidate them into one larger case and come up with one common judgment that addresses all of the issues that have been raised. A Fifth Circuit appeals court panel opined July 5, 2024, that even though HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional, HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. A Sixth Circuit appeals court panel opined in a different case Mar. 3, 2023, that Congressional changes to the law in 2022 made all of HISA completely constitutional. The plaintiffs in that case, led by the states of led by the states of Oklahoma, West Virginia and Louisiana, already once asked the Supreme Court to hear the case, but were denied on June 24, 2024. Then, when the Fifth Circuit opinion was issued 12 days later, creating a circuit split of differing opinions at the appeals court level, the Sixth Circuit plaintiffs asked the Supreme Court to reconsider hearing the case. According to the Supreme Court docket for that case out of the Sixth Circuit, the next step is for the defendants-the United States of America, the HISA Authority, and six individuals acting in their official capacities for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)-to file a response regarding the rehearing request by Nov. 6. Separately, a group of plaintiffs led by Bill Walmsley, the president of the Arkansas HBPA, and Jon Moss, the executive director of the Iowa HBPA, on Oct. 15, 2024, filed a writ of certiorari in a different case asking the Supreme Court to review judgment by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. That Eighth Circuit opinion had affirmed a ruling out of a lower federal court in Arkansas denying a preliminary injunction the horsemen had sought to halt HISA and its Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) program. The HISA Authority and FTC defendants in that case must file a legal response with the Supreme Court by Nov. 14. So in sum, the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth Circuit appeals courts have all agreed that HISA's rulemaking structure is constitutional. Only the Fifth Circuit has disagreed, in part, by opining that HISA's enforcement provisions are unconstitutional. The post SCOTUS Grants Stay of Fifth Circuit Unconstitutionality Mandate As Nation’s Highest Court Mulls Three Separate HISA Cases appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Having created history at the Breeders' Cup with a pair of winners the last time the championships were held at Del Mar back in 2021, Japan comes into this year's event with an even stronger hand. Some 19 horses based in Japan have made the trip over, headed by GI Kentucky Derby third Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}, the third ante-post betting favorite for the $7-million GI Breeders' Cup Classic. It is no secret that for many years, Japanese breeders have shopped the U.S. bloodstock market, acquiring some of our most accomplished racemares and stallion prospects toward the goal of fortifying their burgeoning industry. Indeed, a handful of the Japanese-based gallopers that will face the starter this Saturday are by sires or out of mares who made appearances of their own at the Breeders' Cup. Shahryar (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})–Turf Forgetting altogether about the presence of 1989 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Sunday Silence on the top side of his pedigree (one of several in the race), last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf third is out of Dubai Majesty (Essence of Dubai), once offered for $25,000 claiming who closed out her 34-race career with a 43-5 upset of the 2010 GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs en route to an Eclipse Award. A $1.1-million purchase at that year's Fasig-Tipton November Sale, Dubai Majesty is also the dam of Shahryar's Classic-winning full-brother Al Ain (Jpn). Geoglyph (Jpn) (Drefong)–Mile Geoglyph is winless in a dozen starts since besting none other than Horse of the Year Equinox (Jpn) (Kitasan Black {Jpn}) in the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) in 2022. His sire, a 1 1/4-length winner of the 2016 Sprint at Santa Anita before winding up midfield in his title defense at this venue in 2017, has punched well above his weight with his Japanese offspring, on dirt and turf alike. Otomena Shacho (Speightstown)–Juvenile Fillies The late Speightstown also saved his best for last, capping off his career with a 1 1/4-length victory in the 2004 Sprint at Lone Star Park. Otomena Shacho was second to fellow entrant American Bikini (Jpn) (American Pharoah) two back and won her maiden going six furlong last time. Interestingly, the sire's two winners at the Breeders' Cup have come around two turns– Tamarkuz in the 2016 Dirt Mile and 'TDN Rising Star' Sharing in the 2019 Juvenile Fillies Turf. Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn})–Classic The G2 UAE Derby and G3 Saudi Derby winner is a son of Forever Darling (Congrats), a maiden winner at second asking and down the field behind champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro) in the 2015 Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland. The Yoshito Yahagi trainee shares second dam Darling My Darling (Deputy Minister) with Classic hopeful and 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner). Forever Young's year-younger half-sister Brown Ratchet (Jpn) (Kizuna {Jpn}) remained perfect in two starts in the G3 Artemis Stakes over the past weekend. Forever Young winning the Japan Dirt Classic | Horsephotos/Tomoya Moriuchi Derma Sotogake (Jpn) (Mind Your Biscuits)–Classic A cracking runner-up in last year's main event, the handsome chestnut comes into this year's contest with the benefit of a prep and should not be completely dismissed despite failing to hit the board in his three starts this term. His dose of Sunday Silence comes on the bottom of his pedigree, while his underrated sire made no fewer than three Breeders' Cup starts, crossing the line third in the Sprint in 2016 and 2017 and unplaced in the 2018 Classic. Don Frankie (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn})–Sprint There is unlikely to be a bigger horse on the grounds this week than this world traveler, who tipped the scales at 1338 pounds when winning the Listed Cluster Cup at Morioka last time. The G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen runner-up was produced by the California-trained Weemissfrankie (Sunriver), winner of this track's GI Debutante Stakes and the GI Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita ahead of a third in the 2011 Juvenile Fillies at Churchill Downs. Ecoro Azel (Shancelot)–Juvenile This colt is bred by Crawford Farms who raced this first-crop sire–a son of Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner and champion Shanghai Bobby–to a breathtaking 12 1/2-length victory in the 2019 GII Amsterdam Stakes and narrow defeats in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes and GI Santa Anita Sprint Championship. Shancelot made his final career appearance in that year's Sprint, setting a sharp pace before settling for second. The post Japanese Pedigrees Replete With Breeders’ Cup Performances appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Horse racing media and marketing professional Kelsey Riley has launched a business to offer branding and marketing services to the horse industry. Riley will offer services ranging from brand guideline development to communications and marketing plans, copywriting and creative execution. Learn more by clicking here. An editor at the TDN for 10 years, Riley was most recently with Cornett, a full-service marketing agency, where she worked on campaigns for Keeneland, Lane's End Farm and the National Reining Horse Association. She was involved with all aspects of marketing including strategy, communications and media planning, creative development, video production and social media strategy and execution. She is a Godolphin Flying Start graduate. “During my time at Cornett, I saw the positive effect that strategy-driven marketing and impactful creative had on some of the biggest brands in our business,” Riley said. “Working with Keeneland and Lane's End was a wonderful way to build on my journalism and editorial experience at the TDN and I can't wait to partner with businesses in the horse industry on their branding and marketing needs.” The post Riley Launches Marketing Services Business appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Bucchero (Kantharos), who is represented this year by GI Woody Stephens Stakes winner Book'em Danno, will stand the 2025 breeding season at Ironhorse Stallions which will be based out of Questroyal North, the former Sez Who Farm. Bucchero will be the first stallion to stand under the Ironhorse Stallions banner, a full-circle moment as it was the syndicate of Ironhorse Racing Stable who first purchased him as a 2-year-old and campaigned him through his 31-race career. After five seasons in Florida where he covered 471 mares, Bucchero stood last season at McMahon of Saratoga under a one-year agreement. “We have tremendous respect for the McMahon family and their history in New York and both parties wanted to see how Bucchero would fit with McMahon's in-house stallions.” said Bucchero's managing partner Harlan Malter. “With Bucchero, Central Banker and Solomini the top three stallions in New York in 2024, it made sense to let the McMahons focus on their homegrown stallions and our group focus exclusively on Bucchero.” “All of the partners involved in Bucchero have been his biggest supporters from day one and it has been a privilege to be so heavily involved in both his racing and stallion career,” commented Malter. “It is the logical next step to see where Bucchero can take us. As I said when he ran at Royal Ascot, 'Everytime we have asked him to step up to the next level, he has delivered,' and now he has done it in the breeding shed.” The leading sire by earnings in New York in 2024, Bucchero has accomplished this feat without a single New York-bred runner. Bucchero is currently the top stallion in America on synthetic with over $1.2 million of his $4.5 million in 2024 earnings coming across the increasingly relevant surface. “With the lucrative breeder awards offered in New York, the combination of Bucchero's ITM stats, surface versatility and ability to produce open-company horses, we firmly believe that breeders will be richly rewarded by breeding to Bucchero,” stated Malter. “We are all in on New York, both breeding and racing” said Malter. “Starting Ironhorse Stallions will give us the ability to not only support New York breeders as a partner in producing the best possible NY-bred and -sired runners, but from a selfish side, we will be big buyers of NY-sired Buccheros and expect Ironhorse Racing Stable to focus the majority of its stable in New York.” Ironhorse Stallions will take up residence in the established stallion facilities of Questroyal North in Stillwater, New York. “We have put together a great team and will be hitting the ground running working hand in hand with New York breeders as partners in the success of New York-bred racing.” John Dowd will join Ironhorse Stallions as head of operations and bloodstock to go along with a growing team of experienced professionals in both New York and Florida. Malter addressed the question of why Ironhorse Stallions and why now? “Our mantra is 'we want to make racehorses to sell, not sales horses to race.' We feel that Bucchero is a perfect foundation stallion for this philosophy and we hope New York breeders will join us in this goal. My sports background was as a baseball player and the classic Field of Dreams quote comes to mind in this endeavor: 'If you build it, he will come.' With the rich breeders program in New York, the huge commitment to a new Belmont and the amazing energy that Saratoga has rekindled, 'they have built it, and we have come!'” Bucchero will stand for $10,000 in 2025 with a “New York, New York” discount of $2,500 to any mare who will have a 2025 foal in New York or any prior breeder to Bucchero. A limited amount of lifetime breeding rights will be available along with co-breeds to specifically approved mares. The post Bucchero To Stand At New York’s Ironhorse Stallions For 2025 Season appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When Minaret Station (Instilled Regard) jogged back after his stunning upset victory in the GII Bourbon Stakes at Keeneland on Oct. 6, one of the first people to greet him was trainer Will Walden, followed immediately by Tyler Maxwell. The victory was not only poignant in what it represented, with the 2-year-old colt earning an automatic berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, but also in how it brought things full circle for Maxwell who, at one time, was seemingly a lost soul until he was saved by the power of purpose and horses. A native of the town of Richardsville in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Maxwell's life on the straight and narrow gave way to an addiction to pain medication when he was just 12 years old. “I had a normal childhood, everything was good, I loved being a kid. And then one day that kid woke up and I didn't love being me,” explained Maxwell. “A few other things happened, some close deaths in the family, and then my appendix ruptured at the age of 12 and I got prescribed pain pills. At the time I didn't know what pain pills were, but I knew when I took the pills that I was given, it didn't just take the pain away. I felt a lot better.” It was in February of 2020, after nearly a decade wrapped up in a clouded haze fueled by pain medication and alcohol, that Maxwell got behind the wheel while intoxicated and rolled his truck at 70 mph, getting ejected in the process. His memories of that night are few and far between, though he does remember waking up in the hospital, then blacking out because of the pain, and finally waking up again, that time on the floor of Warren County Regional Jail. Tyler Maxwell | Sara Gordon “I wasn't mad that I was in jail. I wasn't mad that I had totaled my truck. I was more so mad that I was still alive at that point,” said Maxwell. In the six months leading up to his court date, Maxwell failed every monthly drug test he was given. And it wasn't until he stood before the judge, who offered him the choice between entering a treatment program or going back to jail, that Maxwell accepted that he needed to make a change. That October, he entered the Stepworks of London program before moving on to the Shepherd's House in Lexington, Kentucky. “In your first week at the Shepherd's House they have a treatment team on Mondays and this team individually assesses everybody. You have to go in and sit there in front of them while they ask you a bunch of questions. When they asked me what I wanted to do, and I don't know why I started off with this, but I said 'I want to ride horses for a living,'” said Maxwell. “I'd lived in Kentucky my whole life but this was the first time I had ever been to Lexington. I had never watched the Kentucky Derby, never seen a horse race, but I told them I wanted to ride horses.” Christian Countzler, a Shepherd's House graduate who returned as a team member to oversee daily operations of the housing programs, replied, “We can make that happen.” It was during Maxwell's time at the Shepherd's House that he met Walden and Michael Lowery, both also going through the treatment program. The trio of young men were members of the very first group to join the School of Horsemanship at Taylor Made, part of the Stable Recovery program created by Taylor Made's Frank Taylor and Countzler, now the CEO. Nearly a year later, Walden was ready to branch out on his own, starting a new chapter as a trainer, and wanted Maxwell and Lowery by his side as he did. It was at that point that the trio packed everything up and followed a van of yearlings down to Ocala, Florida. “I didn't know how to ride. It was miserable. I was scared, and once I got there, I felt lost. That was the most terrifying thing that I had ever been through in my sobriety [journey], being down there and feeling like you're so far away from home. For a few months, Mike and Will were the closest thing that I had to God,” said Maxwell. “One day I woke up and it all just started to click. I guess it really worked out because these babies didn't know anything, and I didn't know anything, so as they were learning, we were learning together. Will taught me how to ride. If it wasn't for Will, I would not be where I am today.” Maxwell was there as the Walden stable set up stalls for the first time at Keeneland, in the March of 2022, and later sent out their first starter at Keeneland that April. He eventually received his assistant trainer's license as he took on a bigger role in the barn. But he was always looking for something more, something different and in his search for that, Walden gave Maxwell the number of Neil McLaughlin, the trainer at the helm of WinStar Farm's private training center. Tyler Maxwell and Neil McLaughlin | Sara Gordon “I tried the whole assistant trainer thing for a little bit and for me, it was just too much. It was more involvement with people, less involvement with horses. Not that I'm not capable of doing any of that, because I am, but I just wasn't happy. And I didn't get sober to not be happy,” said Maxwell. “I called Neil and set up an interview. I was nervous, because I didn't know whether or not I would be good enough since I had only been at the track for not even two years, but I got here.” In the span of just over a year, Maxwell has established himself as an integral member of the team of exercise riders at WinStar's training center. “Tyler, first and foremost, he's here at WinStar because he's a great horseman, a great rider and a great member of my team. These guys are here on our team because they're really skilled horseman, number one, and the fact that we can help another human being is part of the WinStar pledge of trying to be caring, loving, and to help support our community whenever we can,” said McLaughlin, whose admiration for Maxwell is apparent as he speaks about the 28-year-old. “I think a lot of these guys [in Stable Recovery] grew up and they had relationship problems, people problems, and they really have to learn to trust and love in a new and healthy way. These animals give them the chance to do that.” McLaughlin made it clear that the opportunity he offered Maxwell was not one made out of pity, but one stemming from a belief in the young man, who had completely turned his life around, standing in front of him. “Neil has told me a few times that he wasn't doing anybody any favors. When I came here, it was either I can ride and stay here or I was going to go somewhere else. And I'm still here, which means a lot. I've only been here a year and I've already been on horses like [Grade I winner] Mullikin and [King's Plate winner] Caitlinhergrtness,” said Maxwell. “It means a lot but I try not to think too much about it. Will taught me early on that if you're not good without it, you'll never be good with it. So, I try to be the same, regardless of whatever horse I'm on.” For Maxwell, whose only previous experience with horses before Stable Recovery came from occasional visits to his extended family's ranch in Tucson, Arizona, the horses are now the one unwavering constant in his life. Along with the two-legged support system that has grown around him over the years, it's those on four legs who have kept him going. “Earlier this year, right before the [Kentucky] Derby, I got a phone call from my stepdad saying that my youngest sister had committed suicide. She had shot and killed herself. I heard that and I was paralyzed. I couldn't drive, couldn't move, and the only thing I needed to do was to call Christian. He immediately came and got me,” said Maxwell. “When I went home [for the funeral], I was there for a week, and I just wanted to get back to these horses because they got me this far. If they could get me through what they got me through, they can get me through anything.” And when it came to Walden's shining moment with Minaret Station, it was only fitting that Maxwell, who had been by his side from the very beginning, would return to the track and lead his friend's star colt into the winner's circle. Walden is now in his third year of training and heading out to Del Mar soon with his first Breeders' Cup contender. Lowery found his place at Taylor Made and is now the divisional broodmare manager at the farm. And Maxwell has not only excelled while riding at WinStar, but has also gone one step further by taking on a role at Stable Recovery, where he works in the afternoon. In a sport where all eyes focus on the odds, one could argue that Maxwell was destined to be the longshot. But to see him in the saddle, his hands quiet on the reins, it is clear he has not only defied the odds, but gone above and beyond to win his own kind of Grade I. “It means a lot to not fall back on what I would have previously, to know that all I had to do was just come back home to this. Where the horses are is my home. It's always going to be like that.” The post The Road Back: In The Company Of Horses, Tyler Maxwell Is Home appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a review by the Asian Pattern Committee, the King's Cup will be run as a Group 3 for the first time in 2025, it was announced by the Bahrain Turf Club on Monday. Run in March over a mile and a half, the King's Cup was won this year by the George Scott-trained Isle Of Jura (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) as he secured the Bahrain Triple Crown following wins in the Crown Prince's Cup and HH Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Cup. The second of those races has also been upgraded and will be run as a Listed contest for the first time in February. The third contest to be upgraded is the HH Shaikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Cup, now also a Listed race, run over a mile in December. The last three runnings have been won by the locally-trained Byline (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}). Prior to the launch of the Bahrain International Trophy in 2019, there were no internationally recognised races in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The $1-million Bahrain International Trophy has this year attracted 61 entries, including 10 Group 1 winners and 45 stakes race winners, having been run as a Group 2 for the first time in 2023. The upgrades bring the total of international pattern races held during the Bahrain season to six, alongside the Crown Prince's Cup and Al Methaq Mile, both of which also hold Listed status. Yusuf Buheji, CEO of the Bahrain Turf Club, said, “Under the leadership of the club's chairman, His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, our ambition is to continue the development of horseracing in Bahrain and be a jurisdiction that stands alongside the world's best. To do this, we strive to host consistently high calibre races, attracting increasingly high-quality domestic and international challengers. Therefore, we are delighted that the progress made in raising the quality of our premier races has been recognised by the Asian Pattern Committee. “The upgrades underline how our investment in developing an attractive international programme, coupled with increased prize-money for locally-trained horses, has delivered on our objective of raising both the quality and competitiveness of racing in Bahrain. Through further investment, we are confident that future initiatives will lead to Bahrain becoming a leading light for horseracing in the region.” The post King’s Cup Promotion Heads List of Race Upgrades in Bahrain appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Over a month ago, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) and the University of Kentucky issued their respective reports into multiple alleged management and operational failures at the university's Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (UK-EACL) under the leadership of its former director, Scott Stanley. Earlier this month, Stanley issued a response through his attorney. He categorically denied falsifying results and claimed many of the allegations leveled against him were made without evidence. At the same time, Stanley criticized the logistical challenges of running a lab under HIWU's regulatory oversight, including from the implementation of a new information management system, the increased workload, and ongoing resource limitations. Events surrounding the UK lab have occurred simultaneously with issues at other laboratories contracted by HIWU to process collected samples. This includes the Illinois Chicago Analytical Forensic Toxicology Laboratory's loss of accreditation, and a review of uniform TCO2 testing standards among HIWU's existing stable of labs. The following is an update on the status of these ongoing reviews and investigations, and other related drug testing matters. Deadlines for Reaccreditation? Michael Hardy is executive director of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC). Hardy said the RMTC's six-member Horserace Testing Laboratory Committee is still working with the UK and UIC laboratories in their attempts to regain RMTC accreditation, which is necessary if they are to once again perform work for HIWU. In the UK lab's case, the deadline for a final decision is the end of November, the beginning of December, said Hardy. In UIC's case, the RMTC's 60-day suspension period ends near the beginning of November. Far less is known about why the UIC lab lost its RMTC accreditation, compared to the UK situation. In a recent TDN Q&A with Dr. Mary Scollay and Ben Mosier, HIWU's chief of science and executive director respectively, they explained the laboratory had failed several external quality assurance samples, and that samples processed by the lab were undergoing review by the agency. Hardy declined to provide further details about the lab's loss of accreditation due to the ongoing nature of the suspension. He intimated it unlikely the RMTC would make public any report into the problems at the UIC lab after the suspension period ends. Hardy added, however, that he has been “pleased with the level of cooperation” by both the UK and UIC labs to become fully compliant with the RMTC. Will HIWU use these labs again if they regain RMTC accreditation? When asked if HIWU would once again use both laboratories if they achieved interim RMTC accreditation, a HIWU spokesperson wrote that decision would require further consideration by HIWU and approval from the respective commissions. “HISA Equine Analytical Laboratory (HEAL) accreditation will be going into effect on January 1, 2025. Thus, to become a Program laboratory next year, UK-EACL and the UIC Lab would need to apply for and then be granted probationary HEAL accreditation,” the spokesperson added. Further details about UK EPO testing There are essentially two broad testing components, screening and confirmation. HIWU claims the UK lab under Stanley did not perform EPO testing on HIWU's samples because the equipment used for EPO screening testing was “inoperable, and the lab did not have a validated method for confirmation of EPO. The lab was supposed to be screening 10% of the samples it received for EPO. According to UK spokesperson Whitney Siddiqi, the facility was equipped to perform EPO screening for EPO at the beginning of Stanley's tenure as lab director. He joined the university in 2019. But the “immunoassay plate reader” used to perform the EPO screening broke in the fall of 2022, wrote Siddiqi. “As best as we can determine, it was likely damaged in the move to the new laboratory, which was around fall of 2022,” Siddiqi wrote. “Additionally, the individual who was trained to run the assay left the program. From that point on the lab was not conducting any EPO testing because Dr. Stanley chose not to repair broken equipment and fill the vacant staff position,” Siddiqi wrote. According to Siddiqi, the lab “never had the capability to conduct confirmation EPO testing.” Do UK's problems extend before HIWU? Prior to HISA's anti-doping and medication control (ADMC) program going into effect in May of 2023, the UK lab performed testing for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC), starting Dec. 30, 2021. The TDN sent the KHRC a series of questions, including what is being done to verify the integrity of the samples processed by the lab prior to HISA's ADMC going into effect, and what samples still remain from that period for such a review. Jamie Eads, KHRC president and CEO responded–through KHRC interim general counsel Travers Manley–that the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation (KHRGC) is currently conducting its own investigation of the work performed by the UK lab. “The University is cooperating with the investigation. We cannot comment further at this time as it is an open investigation,” Eads wrote. According to the service contracts between KHRC and the UK lab, however, it seems as though any review of the Thoroughbred samples processed by the lab prior to the ADMC program going into effect would be fairly limited. According to the contract service contract for the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024, the lab kept a maximum of 6,000 samples at any one time for retroactive testing. For that period, the laboratory retained untested and negative (passed) blood and urine samples only for six months. But it also retained failed blood and/or urine samples in a frozen condition indefinitely. However, “the KHRC's Executive Director or Equine Medical Director may authorize disposal after final adjudication of the administrative case associated with the samples,” according to the contract. One thing to note about HIWU's allegations: The four samples that HIWU had to correct–two cleared samples that were found positive and vice versa–all pertained to relatively minor Class B and C controlled substances, like phenylbutazone. Breeders' Cup The 2022 Breeders' Cup was held at Keeneland, and all race-day samples related to that event were processed by the UK lab. Analysis of all samples collected under the Breeders' Cup's out-of-competition testing program in the months leading up to that event, however, “was conducted by the UC Davis lab,” wrote Breeders' Cup vice president of communications, Claire Crosby. The TDN asked the Breeders' Cup similar questions to the Kentucky racing commission about what is being done to verify the integrity of the samples collected in 2022. Crosby wrote that “we have been in contact with the [Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation] KHRGC in the wake of the release of HISA and the University of Kentucky's investigative reports on UK-EACL, and the KHRGC is conducting its own investigation into the matter. At this time, Breeders' Cup is not aware of any issues with samples from the 2022 World Championships and we remain in touch with the KHRGC pending the results of its investigation.” When asked about the ongoing investigations involving the Kentucky racing commission and Breeders' Cup, the UK's Siddiqi wrote there is “no evidence at this time to suggest that other samples or testing were compromised beyond the small number of tests mentioned in both our report and HIWU's report.” Siddiqi added, “we have cooperated with all requests from clients for information about samples processed by the lab and will continue to assist any current or former client of the lab in investigating the integrity of their results. Our audit review is ongoing.” Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory At the end of August, HIWU said that it had granted a temporary stay of enforcement to connections in six pending total carbon dioxide (TCO2) cases, all of which are out of Pennsylvania, in order to conduct a review of TCO2 analysis at the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory. In the recent Q&A, Scollay and Mosier said there was “no evidence for error, aberration or inconsistent analytical approach” with the Pennsylvania lab's TCO2 testing. They added that HIWU was “investigating and undertaking some experiments on our end across the laboratories to determine if there is non-conformity across the laboratories, what the significance of it is, and to the extent that it might exist, how to remedy it.” When asked for a status update, a HIWU spokesperson wrote that the agency's review of laboratory procedures regarding TCO2 testing remains ongoing. “HIWU will notify affected individuals with pending cases of the review's findings before any potential public comment on the matter,” the spokesperson added. RMTC's Metformin Study The human diabetes drug metformin has played an out-sized role in the federal organization's anti-doping crusade. Back in June, HISA announced that it was deferring all interim suspensions involving metformin until the RMTC's Scientific Advisory Committee had conducted a review of the available science relating to metformin. Hardy said that research–which includes administration studies–is ongoing. The RMTC, he added, “expects to have information to report, any recommendations that it may or may not have, in the coming months.” The post HIWU Lab Update: Tight Lips And Ongoing Investigations appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The catalogue for Arqana's December Breeding Stock Sale, which begins on Saturday, December 7, is now available online. A total of 956 fillies, broodmares and foals have been catalogued across the four days of trade in Deauville. Among the more notable names set to sell are this year's G3 Prix de Cabourg winner and G1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Daylight (Fr) (Earthlight {Ire}) (lot 178); Strawberry Lace (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 144), offered carrying a full sibling to last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Unquestionable (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}); and Tres Magnifique (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}) (lot 188), carrying a sibling to the recent G1 Sun Chariot Stakes scorer Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). The sale will begin at 10am on Saturday and Sunday, and 11am on Monday and Tuesday. The post Dams of Tamfana and Unquestionable Feature in Arqana December Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The first pool of the 2025 Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Wednesday, Oct. 30 at noon and features 10-1 individual favorite in 'TDN Rising Star' and GI Breeders' Futurity winner East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro). The pool includes 38 individual betting interests as well as options for “All Fillies Foaled in 2022” and “All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2022.” Bettors can place $2 Win and Exacta wagers on horses in Pool 1 with betting to conclude Friday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. before the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile is staged at Del Mar. The Kentucky Derby Future Wager will offer six total pools ahead of the Derby: Oct. 30-Nov. 1 (Pool 1); Nov. 28-Dec. 1 (Pool 2); Jan. 17-19 (Pool 3); Feb. 14-16 (Pool 4); March 14-16 (Pool 5) and April 3-5 (Pool 6). Pool 2 will also feature the Kentucky Derby Sire Future Wager, while Pool 5 will include the Longines Kentucky Oaks Future Wager. The post East Avenue Tops Individual Interests In Pool 1 Of Kentucky Derby Future Wager appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A record 80 international horses were pre-entered in this year's World Championships.View the full article

Jockey Dylan Davis will be among the rising stars showcased at the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar. View the full article

By Michael Guerin The thrill of victory was soon soured for the connections of superstar pacer Merlin at Ashburton. The magnificent pacer displayed manners, power and speed to outmuscle leader Don’t Stop Dreaming in the NZB Airfreight Flying Stakes, moving into clear second favouritism for the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on November 12. But that buzz was soon replaced by concern for stablemate Cold Chisel, who pulled up with what could be a major issue in a hind leg. Cold Chisel is raced by Merlin’s owner Dean Shannon, the head of Entain in Australia, and trained by Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan but injured his off hind leg during the race, in which he finished eighth. One of the best three-year-old pacers in the country and the winner of the Northern Derby, he was taken to a veterinary clinic with Phelan unsure as to the extent of his injury. “We don’t know much at the moment and I will head up to see him as soon as I can tonight,” said Phelan. “I don’t want to speculate too much so we will try and update people when we know more.” There is no suggestion the injury to Cold Chisel was related to any incident in the race but it cast a shadow over the Group 2, with the health of any horse always more important than a mere race result. Merlin was still very good winning the traditional lead-up to the IRT New Zealand Cup though and Phelan says he is unlikely to be see in public again until the iconic race. “He won’t go to Kaikoura next Monday or the Cup trial,” he offered. “He is stepping well today and that win will bring him on and he will be ready to go in two weeks.” Don’t Stop Dreaming was brave in second and should improve as it was only his second run this campaign and while Alta Meteor ran on well for third, it is hard to imagine any of those who finished behind the first pair beating them both in the Cup. Even if they do all the local pacers face the imposing task of outstaying Australian champion Leap To Fame, who is now confirmed to be at Addington for the 3200m classic. Merlin’s win saw him move in slightly from $5 to $4.80 for the Cup with the TAB, with Don’t Stop Dreaming out to $6.50 as Leap To Fame dominates the market at $1.55. Alta Meteor and yesterday’s fourth placed Republican Party, who was gutsy after a hard run, are both rated $23 chances for the NZ Cup. View the full article

Merlin has won this afternoon’s Group 2 NZB Airfreight Ashburton Flying Stakes, a key lead-up race to the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup at Addington Raceway on Tuesday, November 12. The Barry Purdon and Scott Phelan-trained star began well from his wide draw, before arch rival Don’t Stop Dreaming went round the field three wide to sit parked before going on to lead. That gave Merlin the perfect trail and he then darted up the passing lane to beat Don’t Stop Dreaming. It was a favourites quinella with Alta Meteor running on well into third. Merlin is the second favourite behind Aussie hotspot Leap To Fame for the New Zealand Cup in little over a fortnight. Leap To Fame is at $1.55, with Merlin at $4.50 and Don’t Stop Dreaming at $6.50. It was Merlin’s 20th win from 31 starts. Bet N Win hugely impressive in Trotters’ Sprint In the day’s big trot, Bet N Win won his seventh race in a row with another impressive victory in the Group 3 What The Hill Ashburton Sprint Mobile Trot. The David and Stacey White-trained four-year-old led from start to finish and cruised home in the end. Main rival Oscar Bonavena was not quick from the mobile despatch and at one stage was eight lengths off the leader. He ran home ok into third, with Fiery Bandito a very game second after being parked for the majority of the trip. Bet N Win has now won nine from 16 and will next line up against the $400,00 Renwick Farms Dominion Trot against Aussie superstar Just Believe. It was the first leg of a Group-winning double for Bob Butt He then trained and drove Princess Meritaten to win the Group 2 Mid Canterbury Owners Ladies Sprint Mobile. Quick off the gate Princess Meritaten got the trail behind Mr Kaplan before capitalising via the passing lane. Hot favourite Mantra Blue got back from her second row draw, finishing on into fourth. Earlier, Bring On the Muscle produced a big upset in the Neumanns Tyres Vipal Hambletonian Mobile Trot, coming from a long way back to win the Group 3 for trainer Clark Barron and driver Brent Barclay. Bring On The Muscle paid $31 for the win, ahead of the heavily favoured Empire City and Tyron Eros while fellow southerner, Branxholme trainer Nathan Williamson won the Listed Garrard’s Sires Stakes Sophomore Classic Mobile Pace with Dreams Are Free. View the full article

On a day where Juddmonte announced its European fees, plans were also released for some of the outfit's top breeding prospects, including the brilliant Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe scorer Bluestocking (GB) (Camelot {GB}), who has been retired to the paddocks. Bluestocking never finished out of the first four in her 13 career starts and won three Group 1 races in 2024, culminating with that memorable triumph in Paris. Meanwhile, emerging force Kalpana (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire}), winner of the G1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot, will remain in training for the 2025 season. Juddmonte's Douglas Erskine Crum, said “It is not often that Juddmonte has had three outstanding fillies and mares at the same time and, as the season draws to a close, we have had some important decisions to make. “Idiomatic retired last week after a minor injury kept her from attempting a repeat of her win in the Breeders' Cup Distaff this Saturday. She won five Grade 1 races and was the leading filly and mare in the USA for the past two years. “Bluestocking has been the leading four-year-old filly in Europe this year and the two together bring further outstanding quality to our broodmare band both in the UK and the US. Kalpana will continue to race for us next year and is clearly an exciting prospect.” Barry Mahon, Racing Manager in Europe, added, “Bluestocking has given so much enjoyment over the last three seasons and we thank Ralph Beckett and his team at Kimpton Down Stables who have done such an excellent job with her.” The post Arc Winner Bluestocking Retired To The Paddocks – Kalpana Stays In Training 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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Juddmonte has released its stud fees for the upcoming breeding season, with Frankel set to stand for £350,000 once again. Franke's fee was raised to a career-high of £350,000 in 2023 and, following another successful season with 24 individual black-type winners in 2024–of which 15 are Group winners–, he heads the roster. Kingman enjoyed another excellent season consolidating his position as one of the Northern Hemisphere's elite sires with two new Classic winners–Elmalka and Sparkling Plenty. He sired 18 individual stakes winners and 11 Group winners and is joint-leading sire by Northern Hemisphere-bred Group 1-winning three-year-olds with Justify and Galileo [3]. His fee remains at £125,000 for 2025. Chaldean, new to the roster in 2024, covered 173 mares in the Northern Hemisphere and is set to stand for £25,000 next season. Meanwhile, Oasis Dream, a stalwart of Banstead Manor Stud, will command a fee of £15,000 and Bated Breath will stand for £8,000. The post Frankel Unchanged At £350,000 As Juddmonte Release Fees For 2025 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After celebrating his first Hong Kong brace, the British handler returns to the city circuit with three runners on Wednesday night.View the full article