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He has been out of action since his powerful display in the G2 Dante Stakes in May, but Isa Salman Al Khalifa's Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) has never been too far from the news given his obvious potential and so it is with more than a small sense of anticipation that the purists await his comeback in Thursday's G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville. Some of racing's kingpins have won this 10-furlong staging post in recent years, namely Almanzor (Fr), Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}), Dubai Honour (Ire) (Pride Of Dubai {Aus}) and Ace Impact (Ire) (Cracksman {GB}) and it is certain to suit William Haggas's latest stable star. Favouring a more stealthy approach to the top and avoiding the temptation of the Derby, Eclipse and Juddmonte International may pay off handsomely in time and Haggas is keen to see the six-length winner of York's premier Derby trial back at the races. “He's still relatively inexperienced. As promising as he might look, he's still only run three races in his life, so we thought the Juddmonte might be quite a hard ask for a horse first time out for a while,” he explained. “He's a pretty nice horse, I haven't been looking very hard to see how good he is because that's not the way we like to do it, but he does everything very easily, he's pretty fit and I'm very much looking forward to getting him back on track–I can't wait really. What concerns me personally is how tight the ground might be for him. He's a great big horse and it's going to be quick ground, but he's got to run so we'll need to get on with it. He's a beautiful-looking horse and everything he has done so far has pleased us. He had a gallop at the racecourse at Newmarket about 10 days ago and he looked really good, so I'm really happy with him.” Economics's compatriot Jayarebe (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}) also sidestepped the Eclipse and is appearing after a lay-off having last raced in Royal Ascot's G3 Hampton Court Stakes. King's Gambit (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), who was runner-up to Jayarebe in that 10-furlong contest, boosted the form when bustling up Alflaila (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the G2 York Stakes last month and trainer Brian Meehan is thinking Breeders' Cup ultimately for Iraj Parvizi's promising colt. “He's great, really happy with him. He seems like he's improved, he's in tremendous form,” he said. “I considered the Eclipse, which was a couple of weeks later and it was only the [soft] ground that put us off running there. He's taken a nice, gradual increase in class as he's progressed and this was kind of a very obvious next step for him, staying in his own age group. The plan has always been to take him to the Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar. Depending on what happens on Thursday, where to take him in between is a bit of a dilemma, but saying that I'd be happy to not run him again until the Breeders' Cup.” “He's got a good travelling speed,” he added. “The track at Del Mar is maybe not the ideal track for him, but he has got a good racing pace and he's just really straightforward and a good galloper and I think an extra two furlongs on that particular day would be ideal as well.” Also from Britain is Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's Listed Heron Stakes winner Almaqam (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), who steps up in trip having been sixth in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes, while the Wertheimers' G2 Prix Eugene Adam winner Bright Picture (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) is worthy of respect despite the strength of the overseas challenge. Louise Procter Returns… Deauville's G3 Prix de Lieurey sees White Birch Farm's still-exciting TDN Rising Star Louise Procter (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) stage her comeback having been given plenty of time to get over her disappointing effort in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches at ParisLongchamp in May. Unbeaten and the 2-1 favourite entering that mile Classic, she again faces a typically strong British challenge including the Listed Prix de Bagatelle winner Bright Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) and the Listed Coral Distaff scorer Spiritual (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). The post Study Of Economics Begins At Deauville On Thursday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

It almost feels like he's on the other end of some celestial phoneline, listening in and smiling. Because somehow Marty Wygod seems to have arranged things so that family and friends, since mourning his loss in April, could be consoled by an afterglow of the same vitality that had sustained his 84 years. First a colt gifted to his daughter Emily Bushnell and longtime racing adviser Ric Waldman took them to the GI Kentucky Derby; and now another graduate of his program has assisted its transition with a $2.4 million payday in the Fasig-Tipton Sale at Saratoga. But of course there's still that grievous void. “I miss our talks,” Waldman admits. “My phone doesn't ring nearly as much anymore. We would talk multiple times a day. At his memorial service, I said that we'd talk 20, 30 minutes at a time. And Pam interjected, 'You mean hours at a time!' I guess those calls did go on….” And why not, when they had so much to talk about? Which is why TDN is grateful to borrow something of the surplus available in Waldman, whose long experience is aptly measured by the fact that he remains synonymous with the great-great-grandsire of the two colts—both by Into Mischief—who have this summer helped to absorb the strains of bereavement. We'll return to Storm Cat, naturally, but a recent coffee in Lexington clearly required us first to consider the client and friend who had bequeathed such compelling reasons to keep looking forward. It was almost unbearably poignant, of course, that Wygod could not last the month between the GII Wood Memorial and the Derby. By the same token, however, even the raw hour of grief could be leavened by an immediate sense that Wygod's legacy was not going to abide merely in memories. The very celebration of his life could borrow some of its defining motifs: togetherness, affection, anticipation. Ric Waldman and Emily Bushnell at Aqueduct Wygod had watched Resilience win the Wood from his hospital bed, and afterwards everyone got onto a speakerphone at Aqueduct. Unabashed by an audience that included Waldman's girlfriend Frankie Trull, Wygod announced: “Ric, now's your best shot to get her to marry you.” “It was never just horses, never just business,” Waldman says with a smile. “He was always concerned about things you're going through. He was so family-oriented, and had such a great marriage, he just wanted everybody else to have the same benefit.” There was a fleeting moment in the Derby when Wygod's parting gesture threatened to become a true fairytale. But then real life intervened, and Resilience faded into sixth. “He did give us a thrill making his move at the top of the stretch,” Waldman recalls. “It would have been quite a tearjerker for everybody. But it was anyway. Selfishly speaking, Marty had allowed me the most exciting moment I've had in the business: to have Frankie with me for the whole ride, and bring my children to town and celebrate that week with them. The walkover! My kids loved it, they had no idea.” Resilience dropped right away in the GI Belmont S. but emerged with bone bruising and is being given all due time to resume his progress with maturity. “He's a really beautiful horse,” Waldman says. “I can't wait to see when he fully develops as a 4-year-old.” So a sequel may yet be written to an association stretching right back to when Waldman started in the business. His father Marvin, who had a liquor business based in Louisville, was partner in a small farm with Lee Eaton. This was back in the 1960s, long before Eaton revolutionized sales consignment, but exposed the young Waldman to an unmistakable vocation and he went to cut his teeth with Fasig-Tipton in New York. In those days Wygod was still claiming horses with “Lefty” Nickerson, and Waldman's first dealings with him were little more than clerical. Waldman (center) with Frankie Trull, Oliver and Emily Bushnell and Max Wygod at the Derby | courtesy of Ric Waldman It wasn't until the turn of the century that they began a closer working relationship. That was when Wygod implored Waldman to accept a young mare into Storm Cat's book, which he was managing for William T. Young of Overbrook Farm. Sweet Life (Kris S.) was a minor stakes winner on turf, and had managed a Grade I second, but in an era of limited books that did not sound quite sufficient. “I was trying to be as tactful as I could,” Waldman recalls. “Though I have learned more tact as I've gotten older! 'Marty,' I said, 'I really don't think she's up to it.' Anyway, he convinced me. And, of course, he was absolutely dead on.” The mare gave Storm Cat two Breeders' Cup winners, Sweet Catomine and Life is Sweet. And, as mutual respect grew into friendship, Waldman gained a privileged insight into a man who ran his racing program with the same flair as his business life. “Marty had a brilliant mind,” he says. “And great instincts. Most of his professional history was in the medical field, but he could have chosen anything. Because it wasn't the business itself that would focus his energies, so much as the people, the management team, the specialists he would hire and develop along the way. He always felt that if he had a nucleus of top people, he could make a company successful. It was a great mental exercise, talking horses with Marty. He was always thinking, always a step ahead. And he made me better for doing that.” Resilience was an especially precious gift in that his dam Meadowsweet (Smart Strike) is the only daughter, following a monotonous production of colts, of Tranquility Lake (Rahy)–who had earned $1.6 million before giving Wygod two further Grade I winners by Storm Cat. But neither After Market and Courageous Cat had yet emerged when Sheikh Mohammed famously gave $9.7 million for their brother Jalil as a yearling. What has made Resilience so fulfilling for Waldman are the personal elements. Not everyone, for instance, would be aware that Tranquility Lake was named for a feature on Marty's property in Rancho Santa Fe, California, with meadowsweet flowering along its fringes. Above all, this horse represents the combination of a Wygod family with the Storm Cat line: the result, in other words, of groundwork by Waldman on both sides of his pedigree, 20 years ago and more. Waldman reminds us how Storm Cat struggled for momentum, having largely disappeared from view for two years after just missing in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile. “The bloom was off the lily long before he covered his first mare,” Waldman says. “By then people were instead looking at his offset knees, his short neck.” Storm Cat | Horsephotos Having just started consulting for Young, Waldman immediately felt that the fee ($30,000) had been set too high. “You really can't afford to err that way, because that first book is the meaningful one,” he says. “And the only way to rectify that is to overcompensate the next year. So that's how great of a stallion he was, that he overcame all this. After a small first book, his fee wasn't dropped enough for his second. His first yearlings didn't sell particularly well. But when he was breeding his fourth book of mares, his first runners were coming through and showing some life. And, very intelligently, Mr. Young said, 'Well, let's find everybody who paid the full stud fee the first year, and offer them a free season to change their matings plans now it looks like he's going to be okay.'” Before long the challenge was reversed: how to refuse people who want to give you a ton of money to use your stallion? Waldman reckons that Storm Cat never covered more than 118 mares. So while some stallions were already going a good deal higher, it just about remained true that to reach an elite sire you needed an elite mare. That locked in the quality, and also left a surplus to filter down the pyramid. Which will hardly happen when a totally unproven stallion today can approach 300 mares, correct? “Well, I can defend both sides,” Waldman replies. “And I'm not trying to cop out! If there weren't such a thing as restraint of trade, I'd be in favor of limiting books and being a better custodian of the breed. But I don't fault anybody. If I had any of these giants breeding in the 200s, I'd be doing the same. It's just a fact of life, you can't tell somebody how many mares he can or can't breed. And in the end the market takes care of itself.” As it was, Storm Cat founded a dynasty that this year claimed both the Kentucky Derby and the Epsom original through parallel branches. “When I see him in a pedigree, as sire of the second dam or something, I do get a sense of pride–even though I have virtually nothing to do with it,” Waldman says. “Obviously he was owned by Mr. Young, but I felt so close to him, and so responsible for everything we did with him, that I do feel a kind of proprietorship.” But the real credit, for what has happened since, he distributes among those breeders who cultivated and diversified the sire-line. “I love observing successful breeders,” Waldman says. “Because fortunately they can put into practice different theories. The reasons Storm Cat reached such a high point are a) his sons were doing well at stud, and b) they were doing well in Europe. If he were just an American sire, he would never have been a $500,000 stud.” Marty Wygod and trainer Richard Mandella | Benoit But even the epic prowess of Storm Cat might easily have slipped through less accomplished hands. As a yearling, heading into the old July Sale at Keeneland, he came up with a positive test during an EVA outbreak. “So they said he had to be relegated to the tail-end of the sale,” recalls Waldman. “In Mr. Young's view, they were treating him like a leper. So he said, 'The hell with it, I'll just race him.' And the rest is history.” As so often in life, we are left to wonder about the path not taken. As horse people, we have to believe that we can make a difference; that fulfillment of potential is not inevitable. What if Young had washed his hands of the horse, and he ended up in some backwater? “He did have some physical ailments,” Waldman acknowledges. “Maybe he wouldn't have shown enough to warrant breeding, might have been castrated. But he had those big, powerful quarters on him. Knowing Mr. Young's habits, and how he hated to sell what he thought was a good horse, I have a hunch he was going to come back from that sale.” As it was, Young and Waldman were exhilarated by how it all played out. “For a native Lexingtonian, with such a born history here, Mr. Young got into farm ownership and breeding relatively late in life,” Waldman recalls. “But when he did, he really had the enthusiasm and the hunger. And he had vision. Really he was a frustrated architect. He'd have his say on every structure, the symmetry of every fence-line, tree, barn. “He loved to come into our Tuesday staff meetings and shake things up. And then after he'd got everybody agitated, he'd walk out saying, 'Okay, I'll leave you boys to figure it out.' He had a really good general manager, Bob Warren: he was like Radar O'Reilly to his Henry Burns.” And, really, it has been the same all the way through: Waldman has worked for a series of characters who diverged widely except in terms of caliber. There was E.P. Taylor's deeply intellectual son Charles, who hired him at Windfields. Even before his recruitment, Waldman was so ahead of the curve with Deputy Minister that he and Fred Seitz threw their little broodmare band at him in Maryland. Then he persuaded Taylor to expand his stake in the horse, to prevent him being moved. It was only grudgingly, however, that Taylor ever allowed more than 56 mares into his book. “The year Charles died, may he rest in peace, we bred 99 mares to Deputy Minister!” confesses Waldman. “That's how you get caught up in this whole contagion: the mentality is that if you're not keeping pace with everyone else, you're falling behind. “Charles was very cerebral. We had great discussions, exchanging ideas. But there was one part of him that was very similar to his dad. He was extremely competitive. He was really upset if he didn't win. But he was always fair and understanding with employees, and really believed in the traditions of the farm.” And then there was Brereton C. Jones, who brought Waldman from Fasig-Tipton as business manager. Brereton Jones | Keeneland “I've never met a more dynamic, enthusiastic person,” Waldman says. “He was a big, big personality. Such zeal. Oh, gosh, he was wonderful to work for. I left him to start my consulting business: I hated to leave, but he was going to be Governor of Kentucky. And I have a different personality. I knew I could never run Airdrie like he did. Fortunately, he understood that, and we retained a really good friendship for the rest of his life.” And while some of these figures have left the stage, Waldman still has a stimulating range of clients–and, after all these years, palpably remains as enthused as ever by the mysteries of the Thoroughbred. “Nobody can own the game,” he says. “So many Derby winners are rags-to-riches stories. That's what keeps everybody believing. The inexactness is what makes this open and fair to everybody.” By the same token, nobody should get carried away when things do work out. “As much as I'd love to take credit for Storm Cat, that's hogwash,” Waldman says firmly. “Regardless of how good or bad the management, you can't keep a top stallion from being a top stallion. As much as man intervenes, and tries to keep that stallion from being a top stallion, you can't do it. You might make it more difficult. But eventually the stallion is going to win out that argument. “His crop had Tasso, Danzig Connection, Groovy. All top racehorses, all busts as stallions. Storm Cat was precocious, that's critically important to me. Which means much more than just running fast as a 2-year-old. It's mentality. He was headstrong, tough. Of course, it was just two generations back to the great Northern Dancer, and his dam was extremely fast. Secretariats didn't generally come out fast like she was. It's easy to see why he could be a success. Now, what makes him that level? I don't think anybody can put their finger on that.” But that's what keeps him looking forward, with each new weekend of sport to digest. “I've always looked forward to Monday mornings,” Waldman says. “And anytime you're at a job, and you're looking forward to Monday morning, you're doing something right.” The post Waldman Savors The Abiding Legacies Of Horses And Horsemen appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Del Mar's first post Aug. 16 will shift from 4 p.m. to 3 p.m. PT and remain at that time Fridays for the balance of the meet, which concludes Sept. 8.View the full article

6th-SAR, $100k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, post time: 4:03 p.m. ET Klaravich Stable paid $410,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale for COMPETITIVE MARKET, whose pedigree reads all dirt, being a daughter of Horse of the Year and GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic out of Cajun Delta Dawn (Kantharos), who took two-thirds of the Florida Stallion Stakes in 2016 and was runner-up in that year's GIII Delta Downs Princess Stakes. The main-track form runs through the entire family, as Cajun Delta Dawn is a half-sister to SW Mom'z Laugh (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and to the useful MSP sire Cajun Breeze (Congrats) as well as GSP Peace At Dawn (Peace Rules). Dr Glick (Constitution) is the first foal out of More Mischief (Into Mischief), winner of the state-bred restricted Biogio's Rose Stakes at Aqueduct. The dam is a half-sister to Eye Witness (City of Light), a stakes winner on turf and synthetic. Wonderland (Medaglia d'Oro) was bought back on a bid of $235,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale, but fetched $385,000 at this year's OBS April Sale after breezing a furlong in :10 flat (see Summer Breezes). The stakes-winning and Grade II-placed dam Miss Southern Miss (More Than Ready) is also responsible for Beyond Stoked (Into Mischief), second in the Caesars Handicap on the turf at Horseshoe Indianapolis July 13. TJCIS PPs The post Authentic Filly Kicks Off Long On the Grass appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 1-winning sprinter Mill Stream (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) will skip the G1 Sprint Cup at Haydock in September, and instead target races later in the autumn, according to trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam. After he returns from his break, the 4-year-old colt will aim for the G1 QIPCO British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot in October, and is eyeing further riches in Asia, with his 2024 finale pencilled in as the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint in mid-December. “He's turned out, having a little mini-break and then at this stage he will be next seen at Ascot on Oct. 19, then on to Hong Kong,” said Chapple-Hyam. “He's had five runs in two months and we just felt if we wanted to go to Champions Day with not a tired horse, it was wise to miss Haydock and get him fresh and ready for Ascot and then a trip to Hong Kong. “He'll come back in on Monday and will slowly work his way up to being prepared for October. “Last year, when he went to Ascot, he went there a tired horse and this year we want to go there with a solid chance. Everyone is looking forward to the two runs at the back-end of the year.” After winning the G2 Duke Of York Stakes in May, Mill Stream finished third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. He dined at the top table with a neck victory in the July Cup at Newmarket, and wound up a respectable fifth in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest at Deauville on Aug. 4. The post Mill Stream Handed End-Of-Season Targets appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. Among this week's rulings, trainer Steve Klesaris has been suspended for 15 days and fined $1,000 due to his trainee, She's Awesome, testing positive for gabapentin after winning at Aqueduct Nov. 19 last year. Gabapentin is a class B controlled medication under HISA that is an FDA human-approved anticonvulsant used to treat conditions like epilepsy, postherpetic neuralgia and in the treatment of partial onset seizures. Klesaris told the internal adjudication panel that the positive could have been the result of environmental contamination from urine-soaked straw in the track's receiving barn, which he described as “dirty and unkempt.” NEW HISA/HIWU STEWARDS RULINGS The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the HIWU “pending” and “resolved” cases portals. Resolved ADMC Violations Date: 08/12/2024 Licensee: Albert Gonzaz, owner Penalty: Period of Ineligibility of 60 days, beginning on August 13, 2024, or until all relevant purses are repaid, whichever is longer; a fine of $150,000 ($130,000 fine will be waived if all purses are repaid in a timely manner). Final decision by internal adjudication panel. Explainer: Refusal/failure to cooperate promptly and completely with HISA/HIWU under the ADMC Program Rules related to the horses Big Splash, Catbernay, Bella Renella, Keep Your Coil, Chollima, Wegonahavagoodtime, and American Cat. Date: 08/12/2024 Licensee: Monty Meier, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol—Controlled Medication (Class B)—in a sample taken from Icy Mischief, who won at Pleasanton on 7/5/24. Date: 08/12/2024 Licensee: Raymond Handal, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Betamethasone—Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from He Has it All, who finished second at Aqueduct on 5/18/24. Date: 08/09/2024 Licensee: Miguel Hernandez, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Frisco Frills, who won at Emerald Downs on 6/16/24. Date: 08/07/2024 Licensee: Johnny Collins, trainer Penalty: A fine of $3,000. Explainer: Intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Greatest Dancer on 7/7/24. Date: 08/07/2024 Licensee: Paul McEntee, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Cetirizine—Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Thirsty Accountant, who finished second at Belterra Park on 6/5/24. Date: 08/07/2024 Licensee: Steve Klesaris, trainer Penalty: 15-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on August 8, 2024; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $1,000; imposition of 2 Penalty Points. Final decision internal adjudication panel. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Gabapentin—Controlled Medication (Class B)—in a sample taken from She's Awesome, who won at Aqueduct on 11/9/23. Date: 08/07/2024 Licensee: Peter Miller, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone—Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from House of Magic, who finished second at Del Mar on 11/23/23. Pending ADMC Violations 08/13/2024, Mark Glatt, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Mi Hermano Ramon on 6/24/24. 08/13/2024, William Downing, trainer: Provisionally suspended for a pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Oxycodone and Oxymorphone—both banned substances—in a sample taken from Wootdareitis on 5/20/24. 08/12/2024, Ralph D'Alessandro, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Betamethasone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Production Credit, who won at Finger Lakes on 6/12/24. 08/09/2024, Angel Sanchez Pinero, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Camphor— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Brother Showtyme on 7/18/24. 08/09/2024, Donaciano Gonzalez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Full Time Strutin, who finished third at Thistledown on 7/4/24. 08/09/2024, Brittany Russell, trainer: Pending vents' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from L Street Lady on 6/17/24. 08/08/2024, Tim Abraham, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Big Cheddar, who finished second at Los Alamitos on 7/6/24. 08/08/2024, Tim Abraham, trainer: Pending vents' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Big Cheddar, who finished second at Los Alamitos on 7/6/24. 08/08/2024, Sergio Ledezma, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Elmer John, who won at Pleasanton on 7/6/24. 08/08/2024, Jonathan Thomas, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Dexamethasone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Mouffy, who won the Perfect Sting Stakes at Aqueduct on 7/4/24. 08/08/2024, Dan Ward, trainer: Pending vents' list medication violation for the presence of Dexamethasone— Controlled Medication (Class C)—in a sample taken from Kobla Mas on 7/4/24. Violations of Crop Rule One important note: HISA's whip use limit is restricted to six strikes during a race. Belterra Douglas Lafrance – violation date August 9; $250 fine and one-day suspension Delaware Park Anthony Radcliffe – violation date August 8; $250 fine and one-day suspension Del Mar Mario Gutierrez – violation date August 8; $500 fine and one-day suspension Juan Hernandez – violation date August 9; $500 fine and one-day suspension Armando Aguilar – violation date August 10; $300 fine and one-day suspension Thistledown Luis Gonzalez – violation date August 10; $250 fine and one-day suspension The TDN also publishes a roundup of key official rulings from the primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of California, New York, Florida and Kentucky. Here's a primer on how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses, what they make public (or not) and where. California Del Mar Reylu Gutierrez – violation date August 11; three-day suspension for careless riding The post Weekly Stewards and Commissions Rulings: Aug. 8-14 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Legendary Japanese reinsman Yutaka Take will be aboard Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, according to Japan's NetKeiba publication. Now owned by Masaaki Matsushima and the Al Riffa Syndicate, the 4-year-old colt claimed the G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten in their colours on Aug. 11. Take will be making his 11th attempt in the storied contest, and first since Do Deuce (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) in 2022. Matsushima was also involved in the ownership of the latter. “I received an offer to ride in the Grosser Preis von Berlin, but it was a bit too short notice,” Take told the racing press at Sapporo Racecourse recently of the Joseph O'Brien trainee. “If everything goes smoothly, we are aiming for the Arc. There's also talk of riding him in a trial race beforehand, which I'm thrilled about. It's a big offer, and I'm excited. His last race, where he finished second in the G1 Eclipse Stakes, was impressive. I'm really looking forward to this.” Al Riffa doubled his tally of Group 1 races on Sunday, as he was a winner of the G1 National Stakes as a juvenile. Prior to his Hoppegarten heroics, he had run second to 2024 G1 Derby hero City Of Troy (Justify) in the G1 Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. The post Yutaka Take Booked For Al Riffa Arc Ride appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

In order to accommodate the setting sun, Del Mar will permanently move Friday's first post from 4 p.m. PT to 3 p.m. PT and remain on that schedule for the rest of the meet, the club said in a release on Wednesday. The time shift is keyed on the setting of the sun in the San Diego area, which corrects by almost an hour over the course of the summer. Sunset on opening day (July 20) was at 7:55 p.m. PT, while on closing day (Sept. 8) it will be 7:04 p.m. PT. Additionally, first post on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays will adjust to 1:30 p.m. PT from the normal 2 p.m. PT beginning on Saturday, Aug. 31 and continue for the remainder of the season. The post Sun-Laden Del Mar Shifts Friday Post Time Back An Hour appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Shadwell's Elwateen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}—Tawkeel (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) was a warm order for Wednesday's seven-furlong fillies' novice at Kempton and duly delivered on debut as the 4-6 favourite. The first foal out of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine was sharp away before being tucked in behind the leading duo by Kevin Stott. Staying on strongly up the rail to lead inside the final 100 yards, the Saeed bin Suroor trainee surged to a length verdict over Orchid (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}). The post Shadwell’s Dubawi Daughter Of Tawkeel Wins On Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 3 winner Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is targeting the G3 Atalanta Stakes at Sandown at the end of the month, according to trainer David Menuisier. Winless in four starts at three, the Quantum Leap Racing and Friends colourbearer was third in the G3 Prix Imprudence in Deauville in April, and ran a luckless fourth in the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket a month later. Third again, this time in the G1 Prix de Diane at Chantilly in June, the daughter of Tres Magnifique (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}) was last seen running fourth in the G1 Grand Prix de Paris at ParisLongchamp on July 13. “Tamfana is likely to come back for [the] Atalanta Stakes at Sandown on the 31st of August,” said Menuisier. “After that she will either go for the [G1] Sun Chariot at Newmarket or the [G1] Prix de l'Opera at Longchamp the next day.” The post Big Race Entries Beckon Tamfana With The Atalanta Stakes Next appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Leading older horse Kingsbarns, winner of the $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs June 29, has exited a recent workout with an injury and has been retired from racing.View the full article

Today's lowdown with Emmanuel Talvard of Haras du Cadran brings the curtain down on the series TDN have been running in the build up to this year's Arqana August Sale, but don't be fooled into thinking it's all about the powerhouse consignments here in Deauville where the first of 325 catalogued lots–from, quelle surprise, Haras des Capucines, the largest consignors of all–will go under the hammer at around 2pm on Friday. For every Capucines, the team who will be busy from the first lot on Friday to their final lot, 320, late on Sunday, there's a handful of smaller operations like that of Philippe Brosset and Ciara O'Connor, for whom countless hours of hard work will be distilled into one evening on Sunday when their only two lots, 288 and 301, take their turn through the ring. The hard work continued on the Arqana sales grounds on Wednesday morning as the two fillies in question, by Hello Youmzain (Fr) and Kingman (GB), respectively, were paraded endlessly for potential buyers, all under the watchful eye of Brosset and 15-year-old Garett, the youngest son he shares with wife O'Connor. Within a few minutes in their company it's clear that this a family-run operation to its very core, but what's not clear is why they settled on the name Applewood Stud, a very English-sounding title for their base located around 45 minutes outside of Deauville? “Ciara and I met in America,” begins Brosset's explanation. “On and off, I worked for Coolmore in America for five years. At the time I was assistant manager on the main farm and then they gave me the responsibility of a little annex which was called Applewood Farm. I loved this little farm. It was very good experience for me and the people there have been very good to me. “When I came back, I said to Ciara, 'Why not call it Applewood Farm?'. And she said, 'Not farm–let's call it Applewood Stud'. So, that's the reason for the name.” The name Brosset is already a well-respected one in this industry after his time as director of Haras du Mezeray, having taken over that position when Henri Bozo moved to Monceaux in 2003. “Then Mezeray was sold to Nurlan Bizakov so I had to find my own way,” Brosset continues when telling the story of how Applewood became what it is today. “I got support from some of the old clients from Mezeray, like Charles-Henri de Moussac, who used to own the stud. He said, 'If you get your own place, I will help you'. And that was kind of the dream, for Ciara and me. “We found Applewood in Vieux-Pont and we fell in love with the place when we went there. It was half set up already and this year we built a barn with 17 stalls and paddocks just for the yearlings. We have roughly 60 acres and the goal will be to have what I'd call a select nursery. We'll have around 15 mares, so with their babies we'll have around 35-40 horses all-year round.” One of those mares is the now-18-year-old Idle Tears (GB) (Selkirk), a half-sister to the high-class sprinter and sire Dream Ahead, who delivered a notable result for the Applewood team in their first year of consigning when her filly by Soldier's Call (GB)–since named Wasabi (Fr)–was offered at the 2022 Arqana October Yearling Sale. “She is our lucky mare and we've had her for a long time,” Brosset says fondly of Idle Tears. “We sold her [Wasabi] for €75,000, which for us was a dream in our first year. She was bred to be speedy, but at three she won her first start over a mile and a half at Saint-Cloud, by 20 lengths on heavy ground. She's been placed since that and has a few Group entries in the fall.” As for this year's consignment, there is no mistaking Brosset's affection for Lot 288, the Hello Youmzain filly out of the Iffraaj (GB) mare Rose Et Or (Ire), already the dam of the Listed-placed Sun Flare (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). “I love that filly,” Brosset beams. “She was bred by Noir Et Or Elevage which is Charles-Henri de Moussac. The funny thing about this mare is I know her grandmother and I know her mother–I know the whole family! She looks sharp and she looks strong–she looks precocious and speedy.” “The second one belongs to Gestut Wittekindshof,” he adds of Lot 301, who is out of a half-sister to the G1 Preis der Diana scorer Serienholde (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), herself dam of the G1 NHK Mile Cup winner Schnell Meister (Ger) by the same sire as this filly. “She's more of a Classic type. She's by Kingman, who you can't fault this year–he's a flying machine.” Whatever that hour on Sunday brings for Brosset, O'Connor and the whole Applewood team, don't expect them to be challenging the likes of Capucines and Cadran with bumper consignments at Arqana in the years to come. This is an operation with many other strings to its bow, not to mention a young man who seems to have inherited his parent's work ethic if the way Garett runs the show in his father's brief absence is anything to go by. “We'll do some consignment, but that wouldn't be our main purpose,” Brosset sums up. “I would be happy to consign only the homebred horses. We've got lots of support from the English and Irish people, who might ask us to consign a horse for them, and this year we have the Kingman filly for German breeders. They send their mares during the season to us and they're happy with us–and we're happy with them! “That's the way we'd like it to go–we don't want to do a big consignment. I went through that and now the goal is to develop a family place. I'm hands on, every day on the farm, and I've got one employee with me. We'd like to keep it small and selective.” The post Applewood Stud and its Second Draft at the Arqana August Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After being purchased by Tom Magnier for AU$3.4 million ($2,250,545) at this year's Inglis Chairman's Sale, the G1 VRC Oaks winner She's Extreme (Aus) (Extreme Choice {Aus}) will head to North America to be covered by Justify in her maiden season, according to Coolmore in an article on TTR AusNZ. As has been well-documented, the Triple Crown winner is not returning to the Southern Hemisphere this spring, but will cover a limited book to Southern Hemisphere time at Ashford Stud. “Justify has quickly emerged as a world-class stallion but despite not shuttling this season he is still available on Southern Hemisphere time at Ashford, so we've sent up a few high-class mares that we think will be suitable,” said Coolmore Australia's Tom Moore. “Julia Ritchie touched on Champagne Cuddles, Invincibella and Shout The Bar in a previous article, but they will also be joined by She's Extreme who was purchased at the Inglis Chairman's Sale earlier in the year.” She's Extreme secured victories in the G1 Champagne S. and the G3 Magic Night S., and she has placed in the G1 Flight S., the G1 Spring Champion S., and the G1 Sires' Produce S. The post Justify To Cover Pricey She’s Extreme On Southern Hemisphere Time Says Coolmore appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Thursday at Saratoga: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Saratoga 1, $90k, 2yo, (S), 6 1/2f, 1:10 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Ozzy (Bernardini), OBSAPR, 35,000, :21 1/5 C-Arindel; B-Smart Choice Stable (PS) Saratoga 6, $100k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 4:03 p.m. ET Snipsnippitysnip (Girvin), OBSAPR, 155,000, :10 1/5 C-Shooting Star Sales LLC; B-Jeffrey Bloom, agent Wonderland (Medaglia d'Oro), OBSAPR, 385,000, :10 C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-D J Stable LLC The post Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 15, 2024 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

By winning last Sunday's GI Saratoga Derby Invitational, Carson's Run (Cupid) secured a spot in the AUS$5-million Ladbrokes G1 W. S. Cox Plate on October 26 in Australia. In U.S. dollars, the race is worth about $3.3 million. It's an invitation his connections are seriously considering. “We're interested,” said Terry Finley, the managing partner of West Point Thoroughbreds, which owns the horse with Steven Bouchy. “It is a very lucrative package. I haven't talked to (trainer) Christophe Clement about it yet but we are definitely game. That's an awful lot of money for a 3-year-old grass horse.” This is the second straight year in which the New York Racing Association has teamed up with the Moonee Valley Racing Club to offer the Saratoga Derby Invitational winner a spot in the Cox Plate. “We need more sporting gestures in our business,” Finley said. “When it comes to that we're all guilty at times, of putting money ahead of being a sportsman. They were good enough to create the connection to this race with NYRA and we want to be respectful of that.” No American-trained horse has run in the Cox Plate. In 2021, Irish trainer Joseph O'Brien pulled off the Saratoga Derby-Cox Plate double with State of Rest (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). Next up for Carson's Run will be the Aug. 31 GIII Nashville Derby at Kentucky Downs. The purse for that race was recently increased from $2.5 million to $3.1. Should Carson's Run go in the Kentucky Downs race that would give him a bit less that two months to prepare for the Cox Plate. “It's a matter of how many times we want run him and the space between the races,” Finley said. “He's only run three times this year. I don't think that would be an issue. We could go to Kentucky Downs and then Australia and then get him ready for his 4-year-old year.” One complication involving the Cox Plate is Australia's strict quarantine regulations. When racehorses come to Australia, they're required to complete 14 days of post-arrival quarantine. Finley said that the final decision regarding the Cox Plate will be left up to Clement. “It seems like everybody is trying to do more and more of this, linking races run in different countries,” Finley said. “That's good for racing. I think they're taking the lead from the Breeders' Cup when it comes to that.” Carson's Run is named in honor of Carson Jost, who is battling Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. Jost's father, Wade, is a partner in Carson's Run and attended West Point with Finley. The late Cody Dorman, the inspiration for the name Cody's Wish (Curlin) also suffered from the same genetic disorder. The post Connections Of Carson’s Run May Accept Invite To Cox Plate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jumps jockey Rachael Blackmore has been named as the international supporter of the racing charity Racing to School, the racing charity announced on Wednesday. A winner of both the Grand National and Gold Cup, Blackmore worked with the team again this year at Cheltenham's Festival Monday, a community initiative started in 2023 which engages pupils from local primary schools for a very special activity on the eve of the Festival. Blackmore, who also supports the Equestrian Centre Charity Festina Lente and Cancer Fund for Children, said, “Racing to School do fantastic work, providing young people from all backgrounds with opportunities to engage with the horseracing industry. I've had the opportunity to meet with local primary school groups the past two years at The Cheltenham Festival and I love being able to give back a bit of my time to the younger generation and speak about my experiences as a jockey. “I'm looking forward to supporting Racing to School and being a very small part of the vast work that they do across the industry.” John Blake, chief executive of Racing to School said, “Watching Rachael tell her story and interact so naturally and patiently with large groups of excited young people at Cheltenham made it an obvious decision to ask her to consider becoming an international supporter of the charity. “We are very fortunate to have a small number of committed ambassadors invested in our vision to connect an increasing number of young people with racing and all it can offer.” The post Blackmore To Serve As International Supporter Of Racing To School appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Amplify Horse Racing has launched its new Impact Campaign, an initiative aimed at raising $1 million to engage youth across the nation with horse racing, the organization said in a press release on Wednesday. The campaign will extend Amplify's reach and impact as the national youth arm of the Thoroughbred industry. Campaign goals include enhancing educational programs through curriculum creation and implementation, and the development of a mobile education unit, just to name a few. “Amplify is doing hugely important work for the industry by cultivating youth and young adult involvement,” said Amplify Executive Director, Annise Montplaisir. “Now, the industry has the opportunity to fuel Amplify's success and ensure the future of the sport by supporting our continued national growth.” Click here to learn more. The post Amplify’s Impact Campaign To Raise $1m To Drive Sport’s Expansion appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Kingsbarns (Uncle Mo–Lady Tapit, by Tapit), who had earned a berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Classic after his win in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill, exited a recent workout with an injury and has been retired from racing, according to a Wednesday press release from the farm. The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo will ship from Saratoga to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, where he will begin his stud career in 2025. The farm has not, as of yet, named a fee. “We got to see Kingsbarns' most recent breeze, and it was terrific,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift's general manager. “Unfortunately, he did not come out of that work 100 percent. Veterinarians examined him and discovered a strained ligament in his left front leg. This will cause him to miss the races we had planned for this year, so we have made the decision to retire him to stud, as he was likely going to do so after the Breeders' Cup anyway. “It's a tough blow because we were very excited about Kingsbarns' chances in races like the Breeders' Cup Classic,” said Toffey. He was coming off a lifetime best performance in the Stephen Foster, where he ran a 4 on the (Ragozin) Sheets. I can count on one hand the number of horses that have run that fast this year. But these are the hard realities of the game, and we are extremely grateful that the horse will be fine. We will get him home to the farm and ready for the breeding season.” Trained by Todd Pletcher, Kingsbarns won the GIII Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland in April and was a runner-up in the GIII Pimlico Special Stakes. As a 3-year-old, the colt captured the GII Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds. Spendthrift's latest edition to its roster retires with earnings of $1,559,060, ranking him only behind Nyquist and Golden Pal among sons of Uncle Mo at stud. As a 2-year-old, the colt was purchased by the farm for $800,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale. “Kingsbarns had tons of talent and a terrific disposition,” said Pletcher. “The timing of this is especially unfortunate. He was a pleasure to train and will definitely be missed around the barn.” According to Spendthrift, a decision is pending when the new stallion will be available for inspection. The post Kingsbarns Injured During Training, Retired To Spendthrift appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Andrew Balding trainee New Century (GB) (Kameko–Potent Embrace, by Street Cry {Ire}), last seen running second in Ascot's July 27 Listed Pat Eddery Stakes, made the step forward to secure a first stakes triumph for his freshman sire (by Kitten's Joy) with a pillar-to-post victory in Wednesday's Listed British Stallion Studs EBF Stonehenge Stakes at Salisbury. Breaking smartly for an immediate lead, the 15-8 second choice held sway throughout and kept on strongly under a late drive to defeat the hitherto undefeated Luther (GB) (Frankel {GB}) by a half-length. Coolmore's 10-11 favourite The Parthenon (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) was unable to land a telling blow and finished five lengths adrift in third. New Century – nice effort from the front in the Listed Stonehenge Stakes @salisburyraces | @oismurphy | @Qatar_Racing pic.twitter.com/kxFBpm6rpb — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 14, 2024 The post Qatar Racing’s New Century Becomes First Black-Type Winner for Kameko at Salisbury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last seen finishing the distant runner-up behind Tuz (Oxbow) in the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen at Meydan Mar. 30, Don Frankie (Jpn) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}) turned in an ideal prep for an expected date in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint with an all-the-way victory in Wednesday's $353,808 Listed Cluster Cup at Morioka Raceourse on the National Association of Racing circuit. An agile individual for a horse that tipped the scales Wednesday at 607 kg (1335 pounds), Don Frankie was ridden for speed from gate seven by Kenichi Ikezoe and made the running while racing several paths off the inside rail over the deep surface. Tracked by Keiai Dorie (Jpn) (Espoir City {Jpn}) around the turn, Don Frankie remained wide into the lane and stayed on bravely to score by a half-length over the fast-finishing Kurojishi Joe (Jpn) (Furioso {Jpn}). Runner-up to the world-class Remake (Jpn) (Lani) in this event last year, Don Frankie set a course record in taking out the Listed Tokyo Hai at Ohi Oct. 4. Ninth in the G1 February Stakes over a 1600-meter trip that likely stretches him, Don Frankie led into the final furlong and a half of the Golden Shaheen before Tuz burst clear at the rail. The form of the race has been further flattered by the third-placed Nakatomi (Firing Line), who has since won the GI A. G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga. Remake, who won the G3 Riyadh Dirt Sprint before finishing fourth in the Golden Shaheen, defends his title in next month's G3 Korea Sprint at Seoul, a 'Win and You're In' qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Weemissfrankie, winner of the 2011 GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes and GI Oak Leaf Stakes ahead of a third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, is responsible for five winners in addition to Don Frankie, who cost just over $625,000 as a foal in 2019. Weemissfrankie passed away from foaling complications after producing a filly by Mikki Isle (Jpn) in February 2022. That produce, Samantha Barows (Jpn), is unraced to date. Wednesay's Results: CLUSTER CUP (Jpn-G3)-Listed, ¥52,500,000, Morioka, 8-14, 3yo/up, 1200m, 1:10, hy. 1–DON FRANKIE (JPN), 126, h, 5, by Daiwa Major (Jpn) 1st Dam: Weemissfrankie (GISW-US, $559,920), by Sunriver 2nd Dam: Starinthemeadow, by Meadowlake 3rd Dam: Lite a Star, by Our Michael (¥68,000,000 Wlg '19 JRHAJUL). O-Makoto Hayano; B-Northern Farm; T-Takashi Saito; J-Kenichi Ikezoe; ¥30,000,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Jpn, G1SP- UAE, 17-8-4-0, $1,791,630. 2–Kurojishi Joe (Jpn), 119, h, 5, Furioso (Jpn)–Silence Love (Jpn), by Special Week (Jpn). O-Takao Kawauchi; B-Masuo Farm; ¥10,500,000. 3–Keiai Dorie (Jpn), 121, h, 7, Espoir City (Jpn)–Alvena, by Seeking the Gold. O-Keiai Stallion; B-Takae Farm; ¥6,000,000. Margins: HF, 2, 1. Odds: 0.80, 11.70, 60.40. The post Hulking Don Frankie Wins Cluster Cup In BC Sprint Prep appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With nearly half of the 79 apartments sold and the first owners moving into their properties in early June, The Residences at The Adelphi Hotel will host a reception on Thursday, Aug. 22, the management said in a release Wednesday. Created by developers Michael Dubb and Larry Roth in the heart of Saratoga Springs, the event will include a ribbon cutting at 3:00 p.m. ET which will be followed by a set of tours and a cocktail reception from 3:30 p.m to 6 p.m. ET. The post The Residences At The Adelphi Hotel Host Opening Reception Aug. 22 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Over the last four decades, Pierre Talvard has developed Haras du Cadran into one of France's foremost nurseries spread across 400 hectares in Normandy. Among those raised on that land in that time are the Group 1 winners Qemah (Ire), The Grey Gatsby (Fr), Pretty Gorgeous (Fr), Marianafoot (Fr) and this season's G1 Prix Jean Prat winner Puchkine (Fr). In recent months Talvard's son Emmanuel has returned from a tenure managing Haras de Beaufay to work alongside his father, with a focus on developing breeding partnerships with domestic and international breeders. Emmanuel Talvard says: “I've come home and it's an exciting stud farm with some great broodmares, so it's a good time. “We are looking forward to the August Sale. It's never easy to say we are confident but we are very pleased with our draft. There is no bad horse, that's the first thing, and the pedigrees are evolving year on year, as well as the sire power. “It is especially pleasing to be selling a colt by Oasis Dream (GB) from the family of Qemah (Ire). It was a dream for us when Qemah won [the G1 Coronation Stakes and G2 Duke of Cambridge Stakes] at Royal Ascot and her dam Kartica (GB) is now in Japan and has already produced a Group 1 winner there [Ask Victor More]. “I used to work for my father more than ten years ago and after that I had years of experience at Haras de Beaufay. It was great to learn some new things there but now it is good to be back home to help my father in the family business as he works very hard.” Pierre Talvard | Scoop Dyga Draft highlights: Lot 235, a colt by Oasis Dream (GB) out of Niedziela (Ire) (Henrythenavigator) “He's strong and he looks like an early horse,” says Talvard of the colt out of a half-sister to Qemah. “And the mare has a nice colt by Blue Point for next year so the story is going on.” Lot 193, a filly by Blue Point (Ire) out of Lanana (Fr) (Sepoy {Aus}) This is the first foal of the the Listed Prix Dahlia winner and Talvard notes, “She's our star, I would say.” Lot 236, a colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) colt from Night Music (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) Bred on the same cross as the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Unquestionable (Fr), this colt is described as “a typical Wootton Bassett – dark brown, great mover, really athletic.” Lot 180, a colt by Zoustar (Aus) out of Koneko (Big Blue Kitten) One of six yearlings by Zoustar in the sale, his dam is a three-parts-sister to the 2,000 Guineas winner and young Tweenhills sire Kameko. Lot 258, a filly by Wootton Bassett (GB) out of Petite Noblesse (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) “This is one of the best movers that I have seen as a yearling,” says Talvard of the filly from the family of Lope De Vega (Ire). “During July we have had lots of agents coming to see the horses and everybody said what a mover she is. She's incredible. “For me the shows are a big part of the job and it helps to make the yearlings very professsional and get them used to people and cameras. It is great experience for them. It also means that more people get to see them at home. Once they get to Deauville it's a new place and much busier, but at the farm it's peaceful and it's great for people to see them at home through July and early August. Last word: “Our main target at Cadran is always to buy quality mares and we are always looking for new partners. We already have some young mares in association with some Irish breeders and we are looking to capitalise on the good opportunities on offer in France, including some good new sires like Ace Impact and at Sumbe.” The post The Arqana Lowdown: Haras du Cadran appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ralph Beckett trainee Stanhope Gardens (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}–Pure Art {GB}, by Dutch Art {GB}) shaped with a great deal of promise when third behind the 'TDN Rising Star' performance of Ruling Court (Justify) at Sandown last month and became his freshman sire's first winner by dominating Wednesday's New 911 EBF Maiden Stakes at Beverley. Positioned second for most of this extended seven-furlong test, the 4-7 favourite seized control in the home straight and was beyond recall once hitting the front to prevail by 2 1/4 lengths from High Season (GB) (New Bay {GB}). 210,000gns buy Stanhope Gardens (Ghaiyyath) opens the account second of asking Stanhope Gardens is a garden square and street in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea@Beverley_Races | @Rossaryan15 | @RalphBeckett pic.twitter.com/OH84evWc80 — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 14, 2024 The post Book 2 Graduate Stanhope Gardens Becomes First Winner for Ghaiyyath appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

New Zealand’s leading trainer Mark Walker is a strong advocate for jumps racing and hopes to see the sport continue and flourish. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing released a consultation document last week, proposing two options – the continuation of the jumps racing with a dedicated strategy and additional investment, or a managed wind-down and eventual closure of jumps racing. Walker, who trains in partnership with Sam Bergerson, won 169 races in New Zealand last season after a record-breaking 203 wins the season prior. The Te Akau conditioner, who also operates a stable from Cranbourne in Victoria, enjoys preparing jumpers and sees the broader benefit jumps racing provides to the whole industry. “I’m a massive fan of retaining jumps racing,” Walker told RSN. “Obviously, I came from a show jumping and eventing background, and I enjoy having a few jumpers. “When I think of all of our apprentices over the years, and we’ve had some champion apprentices, they’ve all schooled horses, they’ve all jumped horses, and I think that makes them into better horsemen and horsewomen. “It’s good watching jumps racing, in my opinion. It’s just a different novelty, and a lot of people really enjoy watching it. And sometimes you can’t make money out of every race, but I think you’ve got to look at the bigger part of the industry, a lot of jumps jockeys, they help break in horses, they help track ride, so many different things. “Some of them work on the barriers in the summer, when the winter jumps racing finishes. And I think it provides a lot of other avenues that you’ve got to take into account as well.” Walker is confident New Zealand jumps racing will get a shot in the arm to continue. “I think initially they’ll throw it a bit of a lifeline, and then it’s up to all of our participants to get behind it, and try and get the field numbers up, and source other jumps riders, mainly, I’d suggest, from Europe. “Then it’s really up to us as participants, to get behind it and get it going again.” View the full article

Classy mare La Crique (NZ) (Vadamos) has enjoyed some time in the Queensland sun after a well-targeted raid on the A$500,000 Magic Millions National Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm in June where she delivered a workmanlike performance to win the weight-for-age assignment. The Simon and Katrina Alexander-trained Group One winner will be aimed at some lucrative assignments in her homeland rather than remaining in Australia. “She spelled in Queensland and she’s currently in pre-training there at the moment. The time has come to move her a little closer down the country,” Katrina Alexander told Radio TAB. “We had a little bit of a dilemma as to whether we left her there or whether we brought her home. At this stage, we’ve made the decision that we will bring her home. She’ll move down to Sydney and we’ll get a flight out. “We looked back at our calendar here in New Zealand for October, November, December, and there’s some very handy racing for her here with good prize money now.” Alexander said the six-year-old daughter of Vadamos was most likely to return to Australia in autumn where she was likely to be seen at distances beyond a mile. “We now fully realise that when she comes to Australia, she needs to take these horses on at a distance a bit further than a mile, so 2000m to 2400m,” Alexander said. “If she is having a good season in New Zealand, a long-term goal would be a race like the Tancred Stakes (Gr.1, 2400m) in Sydney in the autumn.” View the full article