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Golden Path (NZ) (Belardo) is proving a wonderful advertisement for Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr Sydney arm and the trainers are hoping he can continue to fly the flag at Randwick. The gelding will be chasing a hat-trick of wins in Saturday’s Premier’s Cup Prelude (1800m) after following up a Randwick 2000m success in May with a dominant performance in the Listed McKell Cup (2000m) in June. He hasn’t raced since, but Price has given the horse a barrier trial to top up his fitness, albeit leaving plenty of room for improvement. “I think he’s fit enough to run really well,” Price said. “He’s six weeks in between runs, but he’s had a trial and he trialled super. “I think he’ll show up, but if he is a little soft late, fair enough. “He’ll improve from this run into his next run, and he’ll be very well suited, then it sets him up to run in a nice race in the spring.” Based at Cranbourne, Price and Kent Jnr took up half a dozen temporary boxes at Rosehill earlier this year and have been making their presence felt with their small team. Wee Nessy (Snitzel) captured the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes (1200m) for them during the autumn carnival while Hezashocka(NZ) (Shocking)managed a feature race success in the Listed Gosford Gold Cup (2200m), but Golden Path has been the mainstay. “He’s been a flag bearer for the stable up there and I think we’ve won about $1.5 million since we’ve had a presence up there in the last five or six months,” Price said. The Gr.3 Premier’s Cup (2000m) two weeks from Saturday is the short-term goal for Golden Path, ahead of a possible shot at the A$2 million Gr.2 Hill Stakes (1900m) at Rosehill on October 12. The five-year-old will be one of two Randwick runners for the stable, along with recent import Alhambra Palace (Le Havre) in the TAB Handicap (2400m) with Price hoping he can race more tractably in the clockwise direction than he has been in two Melbourne runs. “He hangs in a little this way, so it will be interesting to see if he hangs in up there,” he said. “He’s fit and well, so we’ll see what he does.” View the full article

Mark Oulaghan reigned supreme with his star jumpers West Coast (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) and Berry The Cash (NZ) (Jakkalberry) during the Grand National Carnival last year, and the Awapuni horseman is back and favoured to repeat his heroics on Saturday. West Coast has won the last two editions of the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge 149th Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) among a collection of other prestige titles, and he will attempt to become the first horse in history to go three-in-a-row. His southern campaign kicked off strongly winning the key lead-up event, the Koral Steeplechase (4250m), with some authority and is tipped the horse to beat, currently rated a $1.45 favourite ahead of Captains Run (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) ($6). “It was a good run under the weight, he was well ridden,” Oulaghan said. “He is similar to Berry The Cash as far as distance is concerned, both of those horses’ strong point is their staying ability, so the extra 1000m will help him.” The son of Nom du Jeu won his first National with 65kg on his back, but since that first crown, he has continuously carried near on the maximum allocated weight of 73kg and Saturday’s contest will be no different, with jockey Shaun Fannin aiming for an 11th win from 16 starts aboard the nine-year-old. Oulaghan has won more steeplechase titles at Riccarton Park than any other trainer with eight on the board, but he admits the feature still brings about a few nervous moments. “Any big jumping race brings a bit of apprehension with how it’s going to pan out, it keeps you pretty alert on your seat,” he said. Berry The Cash has faced a similar weight-related task to his stablemate this season, but he will not fly solo on 72kg, with fellow top-liner Nedwin (NZ) (Niagara) making the journey south to contest the Hospitality New Zealand Canterbury 134th Grand National Hurdles (4200m). Nedwin’s stablemate Dictation (NZ) (Tavistock) looked like he had last Saturday’s Sydenham Hurdles (3100m) secured before blundering at the final fence, leaving Berry The Cash to sail away with his sixth-consecutive race win. Oulaghan, while satisfied with the performance, is looking forward to stepping the son of Jakkalberry out to a more preferred distance, with impending rain in Christchurch also to suit. “He was possibly a little bit flat in the straight in the Sydenham, but I think the extra 1000m will suit him and if the track is a little bit looser. Those factors would be an advantage for him,” he said. “He hasn’t been too busy this week, he’s pretty fit from his Waverley run into the hurdle race so we can’t do too much more with him. He’s feeling well and we’re expecting another good run. “He’s always showed a lot of ability hurdling and this year, he’s put the results on the board which has been good.” Berry The Cash was spectacular winning last year’s National and has been unbeaten in a jumping contest since. The gelding was the underdog in that race in comparison to his status this season, sitting a $2 hope just ahead of Nedwin at $2.15. Up-and-coming prospect Semper Magico (NZ) (Per Incanto) will line-up as a key contender in the Michael ‘Mickey’ Beecroft Memorial 0-1 Win Hurdles (3100m) earlier on the card, after running on with merit under a big weight over 1800m on the opening day of the carnival. The son of Per Incanto has stepped into his role over the fences with ease recently, winning comfortably at Wellington at his second hurdle attempt after a successful career on the flat, placing at Listed level. “We were happy enough with his run last Saturday, a flat run over 1800m is not really ideal for him but under the weight, we were pleased by the way he stuck at it and pulled up,” Oulaghan said. “Condition-wise, he’s not far off the mark. “It’s a great avenue for him where he can mix up running on the flat and over the jumps. For a horse like him, his career may nearly be over without jump racing, it gives him another option to continue on.” View the full article

Captains Run (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) flew under the radar in last year’s Great Northern Steeplechase (6500m) and nearly caused a big upset, and he is heading into Saturday’s Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Grand National Steeplechase (5600m) with a goal of going one better. Dan O’Leary, who bred, owns and prepares Captains Run out of Marton, has quietly built the gelding’s fitness up during the jumps season this year, with a closing third behind West Coast (NZ) (Mettre en Jeu) and Country Bumpkin in the Koral Steeplechase (4250m) last weekend setting him well to contest the iconic feature at Riccarton Park. “He didn’t jump that well in the Koral and didn’t travel that well on the day, so I’m hoping that run will improve him for the second day,” O’Leary said. “Hopefully he can settle and jump better, meaning he’ll be able to finish the race off a bit stronger. “He’s a horse that generally doesn’t do much early, he likes to lull around at the back at the field and click up as he goes so I’m thinking the distance won’t be a problem for him.” The son of Nom du Jeu got within a short neck of West Coast in the Northern and the latter is currently a $1.45 favourite to collect a third-straight Grand National crown, while Captains Run is among the key dangers rated at $6, just ahead of Country Bumpkin ($7). The latter pair, along with the remainder of the field will have a seven-kilogram weight swing on West Coast, however that has been the reality in majority of the gelding’s prestige victories to date. O’Leary got on the board early during National Week winning the maiden hurdle contest with stablemate Zac Flash (NZ) (Zacinto), who will back up in the Michael ‘Mickey’ Beecroft Memorial 0-1 Win Hurdles (3100m) with Joshua Parker retaining the ride. “He’s come through it (the race) well and he’s competing against a stronger field this Saturday, but we hope he can go another good race,” O’Leary said. “It’ll be a bonus really if he can be amongst them, it’s good to get a line on how good he is as well.” After an emphatic return to racing after nearly two years away from the track, O’Leary’s Hawke’s Bay Steeplechase (4800m) winner Te Kahu will likely be targeted at the Great Northern Steeplechase in September, a race he won back in 2021. “We’re hoping to get him ready for the Northern, but we’ll see how it goes,” O’Leary said. View the full article

Talented winter galloper Spencer (NZ) (Derryn) will aim to continue on his upward trajectory at Te Rapa on Saturday, lining up in the Fulton Hogan 1200. The son of Derryn has made nearly every post a winner this campaign, with three consecutive victories over 1200m culminating in a highly commendable second placing behind winter topliner Belardo Boy (NZ) (Belardo) in the Listed Opunake Cup (1400m) last month. His trainer Erin Hocquard had contemplated a trip to Riccarton Park to contest the Gr.3 Winter Cup (1600m) last Saturday, but with just 14 starts under his belt, the connections opted to stay closer to home at this stage of his promising career. “The owners decided we would just stick to the North Island at this stage, he’s still a young horse and we may give it a crack next year,” Hocquard said. “I thought he ran really well in the Opunake Cup, he was up in grade and against the better horses. “He’s been good since then, jumping around and just being his usual self.” Dropping back to his favoured distance, Spencer will carry 58kg under Craig Grylls alongside the well-performed Johny Johny and Turn The Ace, the pair both with apprentice claims. “There’s a few races we could go for from here with him, but we’ll take it race-by-race to see how he handles the races and the stronger class along the way,” Hocquard said. View the full article

Last year’s Tarzino Trophy Day at Hastings will live long in the memory of Sam Bergerson. Just a month into entering a training partnership with Mark Walker at Te Akau Racing, Bergerson recorded his first Group One victory courtesy of Skew Wiff in the Tarzino Trophy (1400m), while on the undercard, Tokyo Tycoon and Quintessa added to his stakes-winning haul when taking out the Listed El Roca – Sir Colin Meads Trophy (1200m) and Gr.3 Gold Trail Stakes (1400m) respectively. “It was an incredible day. We had four winners that day and Imperatriz won and kicked off her Australian campaign by beating Giga Kick,” Bergerson said. “It was also great to do it (first Group One win) with the Waikato Stud team and Mark Chittick (owner-breeder), who is a fantastic bloke, and I have known him for a while, not only through Te Akau, but through Dad and the local rugby club here at Matamata as well. He is a fantastic supporter of New Zealand racing and to do it with him was pretty cool. It is certainly something I will never forget. “We are looking to go back-to-back (in the Tarzino Trophy).” The order of entry for the first Group One of the season was released on Thursday, with four Te Akau runners featuring in the top 10, including defending champion Skew Wiff (8), Campionessa (3), Quintessa (9), and Romancing The Moon (10). “There is still another three or four weeks to it (Tarzino Trophy), so there is plenty of water to go under the bridge, but we are shaping up with a couple of nice chances,” Bergerson said. Skew Wiff and Quintessa had and exhibition gallop at Tauranga last week and are set to head to Te Rapa on Saturday for a star-studded trial over 1100m, which includes reigning New Zealand Horse of the Year Sharp ‘N’ Smart and Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) contender Mark Twain. Bergerson has been pleased with the way Skew Wiff is tracking into her spring preparation, with the mare set to follow a similar path to what she did last year. “She campaigned in the autumn in Australia and was a touch disappointing, but she has come back and seems like the same old Skew Wiff,” Bergerson said. “She is not overly big, but she is a tough and gritty mare who can be quite cantankerous at times. Her work has been good and she went to Tauranga last week and had a gallop between races with a few others. She had a good blow on pulling up and seems to have stripped a bit fitter from that. “Saturday should tighten her up nicely and then it will be two weeks into the Foxbridge (Gr.2, 1200m) and another two weeks into the Group One.” While Skew Wiff will head to Hastings to tackle the Tarzino Trophy, Bergerson said Quintessa is only a possibility, with the leading trainers weighing up whether to send her over to their Cranbourne base. “She is a possibility to turn up at Hawke’s Bay, but she may go to Melbourne. We will just get through the trial on Saturday,” he said. “She had a fantastic season last season, she won at Taupo really early in the spring and then was still going deep into the autumn. She is quite an unassuming mare, but she gets to the races and knows what it is all about, is really gritty and sticks her neck out and tries really hard every time. I don’t think she has gone a bad race in her whole career. “She seems to be coming up nicely and is one to look forward to for the spring.” Romancing The Moon trialled over 900m at Te Rapa on Tuesday where she was runner-up behind Group One winner Legarto, and Bergerson said her spring plans are also yet to be locked down. “We are still tossing up with her about whether we will go there,” he said. “We have tossed in the nomination and we will see how the next few weeks go and work it out. “We were really happy with her trial on Tuesday. Wiremu Pinn rode her and he was pleased with her and she has pulled up well. She was beaten by a very good horse in Legarto, who seems to be tracking in nicely to Hawke’s Bay.” Group One winner Campionessa is the highest in order for the Tarzino Trophy for Te Akau, with just Legarto and Mustang Valley ahead of her, and she will have her first public hit-out of the season in the 1100m trial at Te Rapa on Saturday. “All going well, she will go there (Tarzino Trophy),” Bergerson said. “She is another one who had a fantastic season and managed to nab a Group One last year. “Last year she didn’t come up in the spring, so we are mindful of that this time around, but she seems in fantastic order at home. She is showing us really good signs heading into the spring. “Opie (Bosson, jockey) galloped her the other morning and she was bucking and squealing coming off the track. It is the same old horse we are used to. “She is another good, tough mare who has thrived off her racing. She seems to get better the more we do with her, so fingers crossed we get through that trial well on Saturday and then we can press on to maybe the Foxbridge but could potentially miss that and trial again and then go straight into the Tarzino.” After clinching the New Zealand Trainers’ Premiership in his first season of training, Bergerson is excited for what the new term has instore. “I am extremely grateful to play a really small part in a fantastic team,” he said. “It starts with Dave (Ellis) and Karyn (Fenton-Ellis) at the top, and Mark (Walker) and I are very lucky to be training the horses we are. “To do it with Mark has been fantastic, he has been a great role model for me since he has come back from Singapore. We are pretty good mates now and he has taught me so much. He has guided me through but at the same time he has given me free rein to make some decisions. “We have got a fantastic team at Matamata, down at Christchurch, and now at Cranbourne. There are some very capable people amongst the team at the coalface every morning and working some long hours, and I am lucky to have my name in the book. “I feel very lucky to be in the position I am.” View the full article

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A federal judge in Oklahoma on Thursday denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) that eight licensed Remington Park horsepeople wanted put in place to keep the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) from being enforced in that state. Chief Judge Timothy DeGiusti of United States District Court of Oklahoma (Western District) wrote in an Aug. 8 order that, “the Court finds that Plaintiffs have failed to make a sufficient showing of irreparable harm to warrant the extraordinary remedy of injunctive relief, [and that] the imminent threat of irreparable harm that might warrant relief-particularly the issuance of a TRO on an expedited basis-is simply not present here.” The TRO request by the eight plaintiffs-Joe Offolter, Danny Caldwell, Elizabeth Butler, Randy Blair, Bryan Hawk, Scott Young, Boyd Caster and Michael Major-is only one component of their broader constitutional lawsuit that targets the HISA Authority and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) as defendants. The litigation seeks to invalidate HISA rules and prohibit the HISA Authority, the FTC, and the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) from enforcing the regulations that govern the sport. At some future point as the case unfolds, the judge wrote, it is possible that he might consider enforcing a preliminary injunction against the HISA rules. “[T]he Court expresses no opinion about the merits of Plaintiffs' claims or whether injunctive relief might be appropriate on a more developed record,” DeGiusti wrote. Thus, other aspects of the lawsuit “should proceed in the usual course in which all parties have the opportunity to make, and the Court has the ability to consider, an orderly presentation of the relevant facts and the legal authorities bearing on Plaintiffs' claims,” the order stated. But by denying the TRO, DeGiusti was essentially agreeing with a legal response that had been filed by the HISA Authority on Monday that stated “there is no emergency.” Seven previous federal lawsuits initiated around the country since 2021 have similarly tried to invalidate HISA, and the judge in this latest Oklahoma case acknowledged in his order that he was aware of the ramifications of the other litigation, including the conflicting opinions about HISA's constitutionality that have been handed down by the Fifth and Sixth Circuits of the federal appeals courts. “Various challenges to HISA's regulatory scheme have been moving through the federal court system while legislative and regulatory amendments have been made,” the order stated. “The Authority has been enforcing the current regulations in Oklahoma for more than a year. With the exception of Plaintiff Butler, these same plaintiffs brought and voluntarily dismissed a similar lawsuit involving almost identical claims over a year ago. “The impetus for the present action is a decision by the Fifth Circuit on July 5, 2024, declaring unconstitutional HISA's delegation of enforcement power to the Authority, which vests executive functions in a private entity,” the order continued. “Until the mandate in [that case] issues, however, the plaintiffs in that case (including an Oklahoma horsemen's association) cannot seek injunctive relief from the trial court barring HISA enforcement activities by the Authority and HIWU.” Judge DeGiusti's eight-page order was issued only 24 hours after he presided over a Wednesday hearing regarding the TRO. “During the Aug. 7 hearing, counsel for the parties presented oral argument that addressed the requirement to show irreparable harm,” the judge wrote. “Plaintiffs made clear they are making a facial challenge to HISA's enforcement scheme, and they contend the mere existence of unconstitutional regulatory oversight by the Authority and HIWU-that is, the possibility of being subjected to an unconstitutional exercise of the Authority's enforcement power-constitutes irreparable harm that cannot be cured or remedied later by a favorable ruling or judicial declaration.” But at this very early stage in the litigation, DeGiusti wrote, “Plaintiffs have not satisfied their burden to make a clear showing that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm if a TRO does not issue to prevent the Authority from enforcing HISA regulations against them.” The post Federal Judge Won’t Issue Restraining Order to Block HISA in Oklahoma appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Zarak the Brave, formerly trained by Willie Mullins in Ireland, races for trainer Thomas Garner in the $150,000 Jonathan Sheppard Handicap (NSA-G1) for steeplechase runners Aug. 14 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

All eyes will be on Getaway Car as he attempts to pull off the heist against black-type company in the $150,000 Best Pal Stakes (G3) at Del Mar.View the full article

Also, the Fourstardave Handicap (G1T) and Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) which were scheduled for Aug. 10 will now be held as the final two races Aug. 11. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features Mint Candy (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). 17.50 Tipperary, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, f, 7f 100yT MINT CANDY (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the first foal out of the six-times Grade I winner Rushing Fall (More Than Ready), acquired for $5.5million by Coolmore at the 2020 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale to augment their already outstanding broodmare band. Owned by Jonathan Poulin, Magnier, Tabor, Smith and Westerberg, the Ballydoyle newcomer is passed over by Ryan Moore in favour of another of the stable's bluebloods in Ecstatic (Jpn) (Lord Kanaloa {Jpn}), another first foal and this time out of the former top-level stalwart Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who has vital race experience under her belt having finished fourth on debut at Leopardstown last month. 18.00 Newmarket, Mdn, £8,500, 2yo, 7fT WATCHING STARS (Sea The Stars {Ire}) is another of Godolphin's Charlie Appleby high-class prospects unveiled on the July Course, being the first foal out of the operation's Group 3 winner and G1 Prix Rothschild and G1 Sun Chariot Stakes runner-up Half Light (Ire) (Shamardal). Having won this three times since 2015 including with the G2 Champagne Stakes-winning TDN Rising Star Emotionless (Ire) (Shamardal), Appleby will be hoping this relative of Anabaa Blue (GB) and Urban Sea et al can uphold the standard. The post Dubawi’s Daughter Of Rushing Fall Debuts At Tipperary appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The 10-race card scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course has been canceled due to heavy rainfall and high winds associated with Tropical Storm Debby forecast to impact Saratoga and the greater Capital Region overnight and throughout the day on Friday, the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced Thursday evening. Friday's featured $125,000 Evan Shipman and $125,000 Union Avenue will be rescheduled. Saratoga Race Course will be closed to the public on Friday. Live racing is slated to resume Saturday at Saratoga with first post at 12:35 p.m. Eastern. The GI FanDuel Fourstardave and GI Saratoga Derby Invitational, which were scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10, will now be held as the final two races on Sunday, Aug. 11. The post Tropical Storm Debby Forces Cancelation of Saratoga’s Friday Card; Fourstardave and Saratoga Derby Moved to Sunday 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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6th-Saratoga, $100,000, Msw, 8-8, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f (off turf), 1:05.11, my, 4 3/4 lengths. AND ONE MORE TIME (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Complicated, by Blame) served as the 8-5 favorite here after finishing a well-beaten seventh in her first race at Churchill Downs June 26. The dark bay tracked just off of Moonlight Promises (Promises Fulfilled) up the backstretch. Driving to the outside of the pacesetter around the far turn, the 2-year-old proved she liked the wet track and past the sixteenth marker the race was hers. Finishing 4 3/4 lengths behind her was Mean Eileen (Twirling Candy). The winner is a half-sister to Honor D Lady (Honor Code), MGSW-USA, MGSP-Can, $708,167, Churchtown (Air Force Blue), SW-USA, SP-Can, $373,259 and Simply in Front (Summer Front), GISP, $236,188. Complicated produced a filly by War Front last year, who went to Claiborne Farm for $300,000 this week at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, and she foaled a colt by Golden Pal May 5. She was bred to Not This Time for next season. And One More Time's third dam, MGISW Educated Risk (Mr. Prospector), is a half-sister to champion older mare Inside Information (Private Account). Sales History: $750,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $56,278. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. O-Live Oak Plantation; B-William Harrigan & Mike Pietrangelo (KY); T-Mark E. Casse. #8 And One More Time gets the job done in R6 at Saratoga under @jose93_ortiz for trainer Mark Casse! pic.twitter.com/w7iNwD40Il — TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 8, 2024 The post Omaha Beach Filly Splashes Home To Break Maiden At Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A son of Nyquist, Touchy enters the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2) as a maiden, coming off a second-place finish in his debut in June. A Three Chimneys Farm homebred, Touchy is the 5-2 morning-line favorite.View the full article

Sharyn Wasiluk, a Thoroughbred owner and trainer who served the Tampa Bay Downs backstretch workforce for 22 years as the president of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America's Tampa Bay Downs Division, died Aug. 3 following an extended illness.View the full article

The Arlington Million Stakes (G1T) is renewed Aug. 11, marking its second year at Colonial Downs, and Nations Pride is favored against five rivals.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – At 4 a.m. Thursday morning, trainer Kenny McPeek changed the game. With the prospect of stormy weather on the horizon courtesy of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby, McPeek decided to move up the work of his star filly, Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna). So, instead of a Saturday breeze for Thorpedo Anna, she went five furlongs in :59.59 (1/4) on the Oklahoma Training Track with exercise rider Danny Ramsey at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Thorpedo Anna is being pointed to the $1.25-million GI Travers Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 24. “I was looking at the weather report and it looked like we were going to get rain (Thursday) and tomorrow and the next day,” McPeek said as he stood outside of the Oklahoma with his trusty dog Sonny. “Originally, we were going to go Saturday, but I could not see that happening with all the weather coming.” A filly has not won the Travers since Lady Rotha did so via a disqualification in 1915. The most recent filly to run in the Midsummer Derby was Wonder Gadot, who was last in 2018. Thorpedo Anna has won six of her seven career starts by a combined 36 1/4 lengths. Her last two wins have come at Saratoga, the most recent being the GI Coaching Club American Oaks by 4 1/2 lengths July 20. McPeek said Thorpedo Anna will have her final Travers work next Friday at her usual time of 5:30 a.m. She worked by herself on Thursday; next week she will have a workmate, McPeek said. “I didn't want to work her over a sloppy track,” McPeek said. “She loves galloping on a sloppy track but when it's sealed, they don't get a whole lot out of it.” McPeek said that Thorpedo Anna–owned by Nader Alaali, Mark Edwards, Judy B. Hicks and Magdalena Racing (Sherri McPeek)–hasn't missed a step in her preparations for her date with the boys in the Midsummer Derby. “She is pretty easy-peasy,” he said. “It's not rocket science. She makes our job easy. She is eating good, she's happy. We could run her tomorrow if we wanted to.” Brian Hernandez, Jr. will ride Thorpedo Anna in the Travers. Dornoch Pleases Gargan in His First Work Since Haskell Victory Just after 7 a.m. Thursday morning, trainer Danny Gargan sent who he believes is the best 3-year-old in the country to the main track at Saratoga. Dornoch (Good Magic), winner of the GI Belmont Stakes and the GI Haskell Stakes, had his first work since his victory on the Jersey Shore. Dornoch, with exercise rider Priscilla Schaefer on board, worked four furlongs in :47.20 (2/172), exactly what Gargan wanted to see. He worked in company with Rookie Card (Adios Charlie), an unraced 2-year-old. Dornoch | Sarah Andrew “He looked good doing it … galloped out really well and he came back good,” Gargan said back at his barn on the backstretch. He is right on schedule.” Gargan did not have to alter the plans for Dornoch's work because of the predicted impending nasty weather. After the Haskell, which he won by 1 1/4 lengths as the third choice, Gargan said Dornoch would have two works before running in the Travers. He penciled in either Thursday or Friday for the first one. Dornoch has won three of five starts this year and is the current leader of the division off the two Grade I victories. Gargan isn't going to argue that. And, if he wins the Travers, the colt–owned by West Paces Racing LLC, R.A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing and Breeding LLC, Two Eight Racing LLC and Pine Racing Stables–will have a stranglehold on the division. “And he might be third choice (in the Travers),” Gargan said. “He was third choice in the Haskell. He is going to run well. If we get an outside post, he will be so tough to beat. If he can sit on the outside of horses like he did in the Belmont, they are in big trouble. We are just hoping we don't draw the rail.” Dornoch had post position one in the GI Kentucky Derby and was never a factor, finishing 10th. Gargan said that Dornoch's final Travers work will be either next Friday or Saturday, depending on the weather. His regular rider is jockey Luis Saez. The Queens M G May Attempt Rare Triple for Joseph at Saratoga The last time it happened, in 1987, Saffie Joseph, Jr., was just shy of eight months old. At the end of the Saratoga meet, Joseph is hoping to make a little Spa history with his 2-year-old filly The Queens M G (Thousand Words). The Queens M G | Sarah Andrew The Queens M G could attempt to become the first 2-year-old filly since the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Over All in 1987 to win all three Saratoga stakes races for juvenile fillies. The Queens M G, who has already won the Schuylerville Stakes and GIII Adirondack Stakes, goes for the triple in the $300,000, GI Spinaway at seven furlongs Aug. 31. “We are going to try it,” Joseph said outside his barn on the Saratoga backstretch Thursday morning. “She will ultimately tell us, but, right now, it's the target.” The Queens M G, owned by C Two Racing Stable and Mathis Stable LLC, went back to the track for the first time since her nine-length score in the Adirondack on Thursday morning. She jogged once around the track counter-clockwise with exercise rider Omar Tapia Droguett aboard. “She is a very relaxed filly, a smart filly,” Joseph said. The Queens M G turned some heads when she won the Schuylerville with jockey Dylan Davis by 2 3/4 lengths at odds of 44-1. She romped to win the Adirondack by nine lengths at 5-2 odds. “She was a little worked up in the paddock the other day before I put the saddle on her,” Joseph said about the Adirondack. “She got hot–it was hot and the other horses were not getting as hot as her. It concerned me. Once I got the saddle on her, she was quiet and that gave me confidence.” Joseph said that he was unaware that it has been 37 years since a filly has swept the juvenile stakes races at the Spa. When Over All did it, the meet was only 24 days long. But he is also a fan of the history of the sport and it would mean a great deal to him if The Queens M G could pull it off. “It would be huge,” he said. “She bounced out of (the Adirondack) better than she did (in the Schuylerville). Once we are sure she is doing well, we will give her that chance. That is something that racing needs. It would be special.” The post Saratoga Notebook, presented by NYRA Bets: McPeek Calls an Audible, Works Thorpedo Anna to Beat the Weather appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

5th-Saratoga, $115,000, Alw (NW2$X)/Opt. Clm ($62,500), 8-8, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/8mT, 2:20.25, gd, neck. ASPEN GROVE (IRE) (f, 4, Justify–Data Dependent {GSP, $136,670}, by More Than Ready), a Group 3 winner for James Stack in Ireland at two, kicked off her U.S. tenure with a narrow score in the 10-furlong GI Fasig-Tipton Belmont Oaks just over a year ago. Fifth in the GI Saratoga Derby, she was sixth in her debut for Jack Sisterson in Woodbine's E.P. Taylor Stakes last October. Given a freshener, she returned to be an improved second dropping back to nine panels in the GII Hillsborough Stakes at Tampa Mar. 9 before coming home third in a soggy renewal of the GIII Modesty Stakes May 3. Let go at long odds for her latest, she was seventh, beaten five lengths by Didia, in the GI New York Stakes at Saratoga June 1. Installed the 4-5 choice to regain the winning thread, she stalked the pedestrian early pace, was within striking distance at the quarter pole and gained control, opened up a slight cushion but had to withstand the oncoming Avenue Niel (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) to win by a neck. The winner's graded-winning dam Data Dependent, a half-sister to Irish highweight 2-year-old filly Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), produced a colt by Justify in 2022 followed by a Charlatan filly last season. She was bred back to Justify. Lifetime Record: 13-3-1-2, $482,403. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV . O-Glen Hill Farm & Mrs. John Magnier; B-Glen Hill Farm (IRE); T-Jack Sisterson. The post GISW Aspen Grove Returns to the Winner’s Circle at the Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As he closes in on his sixth straight riding title and 11th overall at Monmouth Park, jockey Paco Lopez is also nearing a significant milestone of 4,000 North American wins. This will mark the seventh straight year he has had 200 wins or more.View the full article

A son of Nyquist, Touchy enters the Saratoga Special (G2) as a maiden, coming off a second-place finish in his debut in June. A Three Chimneys Farm homebred, Touchy is the 5-2 morning-line favorite.View the full article