Wandering Eyes

On a weekend of stellar 2-year-old racing with a plethora of Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' berths on the line, Citizen Bull (c, 2, Into Mischief–No Joke, by Distorted Humor) closed out Saturday's graded action with victory in the GI American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita. A debut maiden winner in August at Del Mar, the GI Del Mar Futurity third broke well and set the pace with stablemate and 'TDN Rising Star' Getaway Car (Curlin) hot on his heels. After a first quarter in :23.85 and a half in :47.78 and his ears still flicking back and forth, Citizen Bull set down for the drive and held sway despite swapping to his wrong lead in the lane. Getaway Car, who shares common ownership with the winner, was second, while McKinzie Street (McKinze) finished third. Citizen Bull was a $675,000 Keeneland September yearling. B-Robert and Lawana Low (Ky); O-SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital LLC, and Catherine Donovan; T-Bob Baffert; J-Martin Garcia. #3 CITIZEN BULL ($8.60) is headed to the @BreedersCup Juvenile with a win in the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) at @santaanitapark. This win also earned him 10 points for the @KentuckyDerby. The 2YO Into Mischief (@spendthriftfarm) colt was ridden by Martin Garcia for @BobBaffert. pic.twitter.com/mxKeOpuPSL — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 6, 2024 The post Into Mischief’s Citizen Bull Stamps Ticket to Breeders’ Cup in American Pharoah appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

She looked to have it all to do entering the final three furlongs of Saturday's GII Rodeo Drive Stakes, a Breeders' Cup qualifier for the GI Filly and Mare Turf down at Del Mar in four weeks, but HANG THE MOON (f, 4, Uncle Mo–Moondance, by Malibu Moon) kicked it in approaching the stretch and outfinished the rail-skimming Aspen Grove (Ire) (Justify) to cause a 9-1 upset. Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy), last-out winner of the GI Del Mar Oaks and favored at 3-2 while facing her elders here, led them along after some wayward ways across the dirt and took the field into the first turn, but failed to corner, going in basically a straight line at the first corner and carrying 'TDN Rising Star' Be Your Best (Ire) (Muhaarar {GB}) well out into the track. Lucky Girl (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) kicked up at the fence and took over at the head of affairs and pinched a sizable advantage down the backstretch, but Kazushi Kimura had the recent winner of the GII John C. Mabee Stakes nice and relaxed, saving his filly for a finish. Lucky Girl led the Rodeo Drive field into the final two furlongs, but Kimura had gone for Hang The Moon at the five-sixteenths, and they closed fast on the grandstand side. Aspen Grove rallied nicely at the fence, but Hang The Moon had slightly the better finishing kick and was along for the upset. Sales history: $200,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 12-5-1-1. O-CJ Thoroughbreds; B-Repole Stable (KY); T-Phil D'Amato. #6 HANG THE MOON ($21.80) closes strongly to win the $200,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (G2) at @santaanitapark & guarantees herself a spot in the @BreedersCup Filly & Mare Turf.@kazushi0096 rode the 4YO Uncle Mo (@CoolmoreAmerica) filly for @PhilDamato11 and @CJThoroughbreds. pic.twitter.com/Ofc0ydsEpu — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 5, 2024 The post Hang The Moon Worst To First In WAYI Rodeo Drive appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

After winning the Breeders' Futurity five years ago with Maxfield, Brendan Walsh and owner/breeder Godolphin added another win in the prestigious race for 2-year-olds when East Avenue scored commandingly on the lead.View the full article

Saturday evening's Arqana Arc Sale is always a boutique affair, and Sumbe's Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) went the way of Vin Cox signing for Lion Rock Bloodstock's Ben Kwok of Hong Kong for €1.5 million to top the sale at Saint-Cloud. He was one of four seven-figure lots to sell among the 40 offered with the gross passing the €10-million mark for the first time. Consigned by Christopher Head, the bay son of Raushan (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) (lot 41) and half-brother to G3 Hoppings Stakes second Rasima (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}) is a homebred for Nurlan Bizakov's operation. Besides collecting the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein earlier in the day, Ramadan has also accrued victories in the G3 Prix Daphnis, G3 Prix de Fontainebleau and Listed Prix Omnium II throughout the year. His dam is a full-sister to G1 Pretty Polly Stakes heroine Chinese White (Ire) (Dalakhani {Ire}) with the duo out of G3 Blandford Stakes winner Chiang Mai (Sadler's Wells), herself a half-sister to G1 Prix de Diane victress Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}), who is the dam of influential stallions Invincible Spirit (Ire) (Green Desert) and Kodiac (GB) (Danehill). At the close of trade 25 horses sold from the 40 offered for a gross of €10,380,000 (+5.8%). The clearance rate was 62.5%. Gains were also made in both the median, €280,000 (+14.3%) and average, €415,200 (+35.4%). In 2023, 32 horses sold from 42 offered (76%) for a gross of €9,811,000. Last year's average and median were €306,594 and €245,000, respectively. The seven-figure lots were closely clustered together, and the sale was just over halfway through when Highflyer Bloodstock signed the ticket at €1.4 million for G1 Deutsches Derby hero Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) (lot 34). Part of the OH Consignment, the 3-year-old son of stakes winner and G1 Premio Lydia Tesio second Path Wind (Fr) (Anabaa) is a half-brother to Panjari (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), a stakes winner in both France and Germany. Bred by Gestut Fahrhof, Palladium originally made €80,000 as a BBAG September yearling on the bid of Liberty Racing. That entity, run by Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten, won the 2023 edition of the German Derby with Sea The Moon (Ger)'s Fantastic Moon (Ger). Fantastic Moon runs in Sunday's G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, while Palladium is booked into the G2 Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Milan next weekend. Just four lots after the sale of G1 German Derby hero Palladium, the Aga Khan Studs' Zarir (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) stepped into the Saint-Cloud ring. Offered by his breeder, lot 38 caught the eye of Vin Cox on behalf of Paulins Racing to the tune of €1.3 million. From the same female family as Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), the 4-year-old gelding has been placed in the G1 Prix Ganay, G3 La Coupe and G2 Prix Foy this season. He holds an entry in the G2 Bahrain International Trophy in mid-November, but his participation is doubtful with Australia firmly to the fore for his new connections. “He'll go to Australia,” said Cox. “He looks to have the potential to be a good stayer. We're delighted to have been able to get a horse of his quality and bred by the Aga Khan Studs, and we can't wait to see him run Down Under.” The penultimate lot in the ring at lot 54, Trafalgar Square (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) duly attracted plenty of attention and hammered at €1.15 million to Libyan owner Omar Ismil Sh Ghrghar as the fourth seven-figure horse of the night. The 3-year-old gelding, a listed winner in April, also sports a trio of group placings on his record prior to a win in the valuable Arqana Series des 3 Ans on Aug. 15. The Ecurie X-bred was two lengths adrift of Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when second in the G2 Prix Chaudenay on Saturday. An €80,000 Arqana August yearling when purchased by Yellow Agency, he is a half-brother to the stakes-winning G1 Prix Marcel Boussac second and G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches third Times Square (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}). Ghrghar also bought the Make Believe (GB) colt Believer (Fr) from Gianluca Bietolini for €150,000. The 2024 dual winner went through the ring as lot 12. Arqana's president Olivier Delloye and executive director Freddy Powell said, “We would like to thank our vendors for the exceptional horses that they have entrusted us with this evening, as well as our buyers who have once again turned out in force. Some of them have been coming for decades. Their trust in us enables this sale to establish itself a little more as an unrivalled international event each year.” The post A Quartet Of Millionaires Boosts Arqana’s Arc Sale Gross Past €10-Million Mark appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Gina Romantica won the First Lady Stakes (G1T) a second year in a row Oct. 5 as she continues her winning ways on the Keeneland turf while trainer Chad Brown continues his dominance of the mile race for fillies and mares in most spectacular fashion.View the full article

Partnership that also owns Santa Anita Oaks (G2) winner Nothing Like You owns Non Compliant, from the first crop of Tiz the Law.View the full article

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is one six group 1 races on the Oct. 6 program at ParisLongchamp.View the full article

Never in his nine-race career had 'TDN Rising Star' CARL SPACKLER (IRE) (c, 4, Lope de Vega {Ire}–Zindaya, by More Than Ready) led at the first or second call of any of his races. But, drawn widest in a field of nine for Saturday's GI Coolmore Turf Mile at Keeneland, he was ridden for speed from out there by Tyler Gaffalione and found extra in the final furlong to punch his ticket for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2. The blaze-faced chestnut had to do a bit of work to make the lead, but he was able to cross and clear his rivals through an opening quarter in :23.93 as Talk of the Nation (Quality Road) and Spirit of St Louis (Medaglia d'Oro) raced closest. He picked up the tempo through an internal quarter in :23.35, but he began to get away from them as they neared the stretch. Firmly in front with a furlong and a half to travel, Carl Spackler may have idled for a stride or two, allowing Spirit of St Louis to appear a threat, but the chestnut colt rebroke and was home about a length to the good. More Than Looks (More Than Ready), a first-up second to Carl Spackler in the GI Fourstardave Handicap on his seasonal return Aug. 11, caboosed the field, but steamed home to complete a chalky exacta. The sponsor's Mountain Bear (Ire) (No Nay Never) was third. It was a remarkable first win in the race for trainer Chad Brown. Sales history: 350,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 10-7-1-0. O-eFive Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock; T-Chad Brown. Carl Spackler is a in the G1 Coolmore Turf Mile! pic.twitter.com/1AFEsYtq7l — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) October 5, 2024 Saturday, Keeneland COOLMORE TURF MILE S.-GI, $1,065,625, Keeneland, 10-5, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:34.23, fm. 1–CARL SPACKLER (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Lope de Vega (Ire) 1st Dam: Zindaya (GSW, $567,240), by More Than Ready 2nd Dam: Aristocratic Lady, by Kris S. 3rd Dam: American Dynasty, by Quiet American 'TDN Rising Star'. (350,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds LLC; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $589,000. Lifetime Record: 10-7-1-0, $1,568,475. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–More Than Looks, 126, c, 4, More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday. ($135,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Victory Racing Partners; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $237,500. 3–Mountain Bear (Ire), 122, c, 3, No Nay Never–Holy Alliance (Ire), by Holy Roman Emperor (Ire). O-Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael B. Tabor; B-Whisperview Trading Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan P. O'Brien. $95,000. Margins: 1, 1 1/4, NK. Odds: 1.07, 3.79, 9.70. Also Ran: Running Bee, Spirit of St Louis, Kikkuli (GB), Cash Equity (Fr), Talk of the Nation, Noises Off. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post ‘Rising Star’ Carl Spackler Makes All, Gives Brown First Coolmore Turf Mile appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Brendan Walsh-trained East Avenue proved his eight-length maiden victory at Ellis Park Aug. 24 was no fluke as he rolled to an open-lengths win in the $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 5.View the full article

Beloved champion mare Tepin, a multiple grade 1 winner in North America and conqueror of Royal Ascot, has died.View the full article

Godolphin homebred East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro), tabbed as a 'TDN Rising Star' following a runaway debut victory sprinting at Ellis Park Aug. 24, romped in front-running fashion at odds of 5-2 while making his two-turn debut in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland. Favored 'Rising Star' Ferocious (Flatter), runner-up in the GI Hopeful Stakes, was second. Longshot Filoso (City of Light) was third. The final time for 1 1/16 miles was 1:43.17. East Avenue cleared the field heading into the first turn as Ferocious raced greenly and bounced off the rail. East Avenue cruised up front through fractions of :23.18 and :46.76, hit the top of the stretch in a race of his own and kept on rolling down the lane to win for fun. The result stood following an objection lodged by the rider of the runner-up claiming interference into the run into the clubhouse turn. Godolphin and trainer Brendan Walsh won this same race with Maxfield (Street Sense) in 2019. East Avenue becomes the 27th Grade I/Group 1 winner worldwide for Medaglia d'Oro. East Avenue was produced by the unraced Dance Music (Ghostzapper), a half-sister to Horse of the Year Cody's Wish (Curlin). She is also responsible for a Hard Spun colt of 2023 and an Authentic filly of this year. She was bred back to Not This Time. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O/B-Godolphin (Ky); T-Brendan Walsh. What a performance! It was all #5 EAST AVENUE ($7.56) in the @BreedersCup Win and You're In $600,000 Breeders' Futurity (G1). The son of Madaglia d'Oro was ridden by @Tyler_Gaff and is trained by @brenpwalsh. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/caeGwysNKI — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 5, 2024 The post Easy Street: Unbeaten ‘Rising Star’ East Avenue Romps in Wire-to-Wire Fashion in Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Incremental steps forward all season long paid off in a big way at Keeneland Oct. 5, as Stonestreet Stables and Peter Leidel's Zeitlos acquired her first graded stakes with a last-to-first win in the $340,125 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2).View the full article

Our Shot fired his best shot in the stretch run to win the Woodford Stakes (G2T) Oct. 5 at Keeneland. View the full article

Scottish Lassie took over as the field turned for home and powered away impressively to win the $400,000 Frizette Stakes (G1) by nine lengths Oct. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack, giving Jorge R. Abreu his first graded victory as trainer.View the full article

The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is one six group 1 and five Breeders' Cup Challenge Series races on the Oct. 6 program at ParisLongchamp.View the full article

Hall of Famer Bob Baffert had four of the six in the GII Oak Leaf Stakes starting gate Saturday, a 'Win and You're In' race for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Nov. 1. Even so, it's a feat to saddle the first three home, which he did with winner Non Compliant (2, f, Tiz the Law–Sensitively, by Street Sense), runner-up Nooni (Win Win Win), and third-place finisher Tenma (Nyquist). $1.8-million OBS buy Nooni set the early pace, while $850,000 OBS grad Tenma tracked through fractions of :23.42 and :47.22 and Non Compliant chased in third. Non Compliant tackled Nooni on the turn and pulled clear under Juan Hernandez in an authoritative victory. Final time for the 1 1/6 miles at Santa Anita was 1:45.08. The victory marked the first graded winner for freshman sire Tiz the Law, who went into Saturday as the leading first-crop sire by earnings. Non Compliant was a $150,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old and broke her maiden on debut at Del Mar Aug. 31. B-Ashview Farm and Old Oak Farm (Ky); O-Hunt, Giglio or Rogitz; T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan Hernandez. #8 NON COMPLIANT ($4.00) wins herself a spot in the @BreedersCup Juvenile Fillies with a victory in the $200,000 Oak Leaf Stakes (G2) at @santaanitapark. @JJHernandezS19 piloted the Tiz The Law (@CoolmoreAmerica) filly for trainer @BobBaffert. pic.twitter.com/FRxjn5X8Dt — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 5, 2024 The post Non Compliant Wins ‘WAYI’ Oak Leaf, First Graded Winner for Tiz the Law appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Returning to the site of her previous victories in the 2022 GI QE II Challenge Cup and last year's GI First Lady Stakes, Peter Brant's GINA ROMANTICA (m, 5, Into Mischief–Special Me, by Unbridled's Song) sat the pocket trip in defense of her title over a fast turf course, came after pacsetting favorite Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) just inside the eighth pole and easily held sway for the victory. Sent off the 33-10 second choice behind the somewhat surprising Ag Bullet, Gina Romantica left there running and slid up into the box seat, as her stablemate Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio) kept close attendance to the pacesetter for the opening half-mile. Traveling very kindly on the turn for Jose Ortiz, Gina Romantica benefited notably when Whitebeam began to retreat in upper stretch and she was pulled out to deliver her challenge, hit the front and was home comfortably best as Chili Flag (Fr) (Cityscape {GB}) and Fluffy Socks (Slumber {GB}) rounded out a Chad Brown trifecta. The win was the seventh straight in the First Lady for Brown and fourth in a row for Peter Brant. Gina Romantica is the second back-to-back winner of the First Lady, joining former Brown champion Uni (GB) (More Than Ready) and could well get an opportunity to improve on her fourth-place effort in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar Nov. 2. Sales history: $1,025,000 Ylg '20 KEESEP. O-Peter Brant; B-Machmer Hall, Craig & Carrie Brogden (KY); T-Chad Brown. Gina Romantica makes it back-to-back wins in the G1 First Lady! pic.twitter.com/8Frqt4R5cm — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) October 5, 2024 The post Keeneland-Loving Gina Romantica Repeats In First Lady appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

West Point Thoroughbreds and Steven Bouchey's Carson's Run, trained by Christophe Clement, rallied to capture the $500,000 Jockey Club Derby Invitational Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack under Dylan Davis, defeating stablemate Deterministic.View the full article

Beloved champion mare Tepin, a multiple grade 1 winner in North America and conqueror of Royal Ascot, has died at the age of 13.View the full article

By Mike Love Leeston trainer and driver Jonny Cox lines up Pinseeker as a warm favourite in today’s Group 3 Lazarus Methven Cup at Mt Harding racecourse. The four-year-old Downbytheseaide gelding has put together an impressive record in his short career – winning four and placing four times from his nine appearances. After running a strong fresh up second in the Hannon Memorial at Oamaru on September 15, Pinseeker tackles today’s assignment in fine fettle according to Cox. “He’s come through his Hannon run really good. He had a quiet week after that and his work has been good this week,” said Cox. “It’s a similar type of field to the Hannon. There’s a couple of smart ones there like B D Joe and American Me, and along with the Dunn runners and the Hope runners it makes it an even field and it should be a good race.“ Cox took Pinseeker to a Methven workout on September 28, finishing fourth. “It was just a quiet workout and a bit of stand start practice. I let him sprint up the last 200m. He felt good.” Pinseeker is currently a $2.90 favouirte, ahead of B D Joe ($4.60). Today’s Methven Cup may also be a decisive race for horses on the brink of making the IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup field – which will be headed by Australasian superstar Leap To Fame who was successful in last night’s Smoken Up sprint at Melton. Notably B D Joe for Steve and Amanda Telfer will need to produce a season best performance to turn the heads of the selectors, while the Methven Cup defender American Me will be looking to solidify his spot. He currently sits eleventh in the rankings. And Pinseeker? Currently 24th in the rankings Cox is in no rush to expose the largely untapped gelding to the highest traverses of racing just yet. “It’s not really our target. Maybe if something falls our way we might sneak in, but we will just play it by ear.” Racing commences from 12:20pm. View the full article

With a racing move as ageless as the racetrack, it was Zeitlos (Curlin–Thyme For Roses {Aus}, by Redoute's Choice {Aus}) who rode the rail to get the win in the GII Thoroughbred Club of American Stakes at Keeneland on Saturday afternoon. The score earned the 4-year-old a spot in next month's GI PNC Bank Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. As a 7-2 shot here, Zeitlos followed the lead up the backstretch of stablemate Clearly Unhinged (Into Mischief). With a full tank and ready to fly around the far turn, the filly began to make up ground and entering the lane the rail opened up wide for her. She dove towards the fence and cruised home to get the prize over Spirit Wind (Bahamian Squall). The final running time was 1:09.52. Lifetime Record: . Sales History: $350,000 '21 KEESEP. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC and Peter Leidel; B-Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC; T-Steve Asmussen. #6 ZEITLOS ($9.46) rallies up the rail under @jose93_ortiz to win the @BreedersCup Win and You're In $350,000 Thoroughbred Club of America Stakes (G2) at @KeenelandRacing. The daughter of Curlin is trained by Steve Asmussen. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/IilqewgMw8 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 5, 2024 The post Zeitlos With Timeless Move To Earn Breeders’ Cup Berth In The TCA At Keeneland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Champion and dual Hall of Famer Tepin (Bernstein–Life Happened, by Stravinsky) has died at the age of 13. The news was confirmed by trainer Aidan O'Brien after the mare's daughter Grateful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) won the G1 Qatar Prix de Royallieu at ParisLongchamp on Saturday. Bred by Machmer Hall in Kentucky, the bay was purchased by Robert Masterson for $140,000 out of the Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Select Yearling Sale. She would go on to be trained by Mark Casse and earn Champion Grass Mare titles in 2015 and 2016. A winner of 13 of her 23 starts including 11 stakes among them the 2015 GI Breeders' Cup Mile and the 2016 G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, Tepin would pass the post first in six top-level races. Retired with over $4.4-million in earnings after a runner-up performance defending her Breeders' Cup title, Tepin sold to Coolmore's MV Magnier for $8 million in foal to Curlin at the 2017 Fasig-Tipton Night of Stars. She is a member of the Canadian and U.S. Hall of Fames. Two of her four foals are winners, with juvenile colt Delacroix (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire) running second in the G2 KPMG Champions Juvenile Stakes this year besides Grateful's heroics. He was named a 'TDN Rising Star' earlier this season. This story will be updated. The post Dual Hall Of Famer Tepin Dies At 13 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With a sweeping rally from last, heavily favored Chancer McPatrick reeled in second favorite Tip Top Thomas and drew away late to take the $500,000 Champagne Stakes (G1) at Aqueduct Racetrack. Mo Plex was a distant third.View the full article

Beloved champion mare Tepin, a multiple grade 1 winner in North America and conqueror of Royal Ascot, has died at the age of 13.View the full article

'TDN Rising Star' Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) ran by them all to remain unbeaten and provide his freshman sire with a rolling Grade I double in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Champagne Stakes at the Belmont at the Big A. The 1-2 favorite broke like a shot from his outside draw — not the case in either of his first two career starts, including his dramatic win in the GI Hopeful Stakes last time Sept. 2 — but quickly dropped back to caboose the field. He began to catch the eye with a sweeping move on the far turn and set his sights on fellow 'Rising Star' Tip Top Thomas (Volatile) at the quarter pole. Tip Top Thomas dug down bravely in the stretch, but Chancer McPatrick was just getting warmed up. Chancer McPatrick powered clear from there to win going away by two lengths. Tip Top Thomas, a narrow debut winner on the GI Travers Stakes undercard, was second. Previously unbeaten New York-bred Mo Plex (Complexity) was third. The final time for the one-turn mile was 1:36.51. Sales history: $260,000 yrl '23 FTKJUL; $725,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. O-Flanagan Racing; B-Rigney Racing, LLC (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. CHANCER MCPATRICK, the 2YO son of @Gainesway stallion McKinzie, wins the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes! Flavien Prat and Chad Brown team up for the win, earning a @BreedersCup berth and 10 @KentuckyDerby qualifying points! pic.twitter.com/sD2L3MdeXs — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 5, 2024 The post Unbeaten ‘Rising Star’ Chancer McPatrick Goes Last to First, Provides McKinzie With Rolling Grade I Double in Champagne appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article