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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

Trainer Saffie Joseph Jr. plans to bring back two of his top racehorses—The Queens M G and Skippylongstocking—in graded races later this month. The former runs in the Aug. 31 Spinaway (G1) and the latter in the Aug. 23 Charles Town Classic (G2).View the full article

By Michael Guerin Team Dunn losing their top chance out of the main race at Alexandra Park tonight doesn’t mean they can’t still win it. But trainer Robert Dunn says snaring the race they’ve sponsored, the Diamond Racing Stables Supporting NZHAT Mobile Pace, has become a lot more difficult and not just because they have had to scratch Triple G. The potential favourite has been taken out after developing a slight infection and his withdrawal and that of Fernleigh Cash and My Copy reduces the field to six starters over the 1700m. There is still good depth to the race with in-form Artisan, the promising Twista, the return of Group 1 filly of last season in Mantra Blue and the Dunn’s other runner Always A Porsche. But Dunn, who trains in partnership with daughter-in-law Jenna, says Always A Porsche hasn’t been aided by the loss of his stablemate. “With only five on the front line now I think Artisan will get straight across the front of the field and lead,” he suggests. “Then they could get into single file and I wouldn’t be surprised if Always A Porsche ends up last in a race with no pressure. “If that happens he will have to make his own luck and I think he might be good enough to do that but you have got to be realistic and think that over 1700m, if she leads easily, Artisan is going to be hard to beat.” Artisan is a nine-win mare in the best form of her career whereas Always A Porsche has only won three times but they have come in just seven starts. Premiership leader Dunn knows a good horse and he thinks Always A Porsche is developing into one. “He is a lovely gaited horse but he was immature early so we gave him plenty of time. “He actually corners better this way (right-handed) which is why he is up here in the first place. “He has real speed and a very good recovery rate and I have found those horses with low heart rates and good recovery, it really helps them. “So he will end up on the verge of open class at least.” While Artisan looks a leader and maybe the winner tonight Twista was very strong last week after missing the early burn while Mantra Blue is all class but maybe follows the wrong horse out at the start. Dunn warns punters their other stable rep tonight in Ideal Delight in the Track Chat Supporting NZHAT Mobile pace, is still a work in progress right-handed so will improve with her outing even though she has raced at Alexandra Park six times before. At her best she could win as she has placed form behind some of our better three-year-olds and doesn’t meet a strong field. One of the key horses to watch tonight is Bar Louie in Race 4, The Hughes Harness Racing Stables Supporting NZHAT Mobile Pace. He has looked very sharp in two unbeaten starts and won well at the trials two weeks ago. He looks a Sires’ Stakes horse so with any luck should remain unbeaten. View the full article

By Michael Guerin Trainer Ken Barron admits he doesn’t know whether Black Mach is a victim or a villain but tonight’s $25,000 Garrards National Handicap at Addington could help clarify that. The big fella goes into what could loosely be termed the first steps on the road to the IRT New Zealand Cup, although whether any who contest tonight’s 2600m standing start end up in the great race is doubtful. But it is a solid field in a race that carries a great name and Black Mach goes into it in career-best form, winner of three of his last four. Barron, always a hard judge on his horses, admits there were times when such a record looked beyond Black Mach. “He is a very unusual horse, he doesn’t want to go but he doesn’t want to stop,” he told HRNZ. “When he was a young horse we were told he had a very immature throat and maybe that has been part of his problem. “It might have taken him this long to grow out of that and that could be why he is racing better now. “Or maybe the penny has finally dropped. In the past he was a bludger, or so we thought. “He’d go then lose concentration then go again and you have to be at him all the time. “But whether it is mental maturity or his throat coming right he seems better now.” Black Mach was so brave winning two weeks ago it is easy to favour him to do the same again tonight in the hands of Barron’s offsider Sam Thornley. For a small field there is good depth but 2600m standing start handicaps with only seven starters can be tactical. “I am not sure it is the type of field where they are going too go hard, which would suit him, so he might need to make his own luck again and that is never easy.” Barron says his best chance of training a winner tonight is actually Jackka Opa (R3, No.2) in the Avon City Ford Mobile Pace. “He had no luck last week but if he can lead here he is the horse to beat,” he says. The highlight of the programme is the Trackside Dining Available 30th August Handicap Trot which sees the very in-form Mr Love up against the proven open class performer Aardiebythehill, the latter having looked forward in two recent trials. Both could end up making the open class races during Cup week as the open trotting ranks continue to be rocked by retirements. View the full article

Lee Einsidler thought this would be a melancholy time for him. But instead, he says he's feeling quite happy.View the full article

Repole Stable's homebred 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light) returned to the worktab Thursday for the first time since his determined one-length victory in the GII Jim Dandy July 27, posting a half-mile in company with graded stakes winner Surprisingly (Mastery) in :49.59 (89/172) over the Saratoga Race Course main track. “Perfect,” Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said of the work. “We originally scheduled it for tomorrow, but that [the weather] looked dicey, so we went today. He did really good and seems very happy. He went with Surprisingly for a nice, steady half and was moving well. It's what we were looking for and he did it very willingly.” Fierceness, the reigning champion 2-year-old colt, is now likely pointing for the GI Travers Aug. 24 after the defection of stablemate Mindframe (Constitution), who has been sidelined due to bone bruising. The post Fierceness Gets Back to Work at the Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Racing Victoria (RV) has announced that the meeting scheduled at Coleraine on Sunday, August 11 has been transferred to Casterton, and the meeting at Warrnambool on Thursday, August 15 has been transferred to bet365 Terang. The track at Coleraine was inspected this morning and it was concluded that the surface was not suitable to conduct a jumps meeting on Sunday. As such, it was determined the best course of action would be to transfer the seven-race card to Casterton, where the track is currently rated a Soft 6. As a result of the transfer, acceptances have been extended until 11am today, with trainers who have accepted but do not wish to run at Casterton asked to cancel their acceptance. Coleraine was also due to hold jumps trials on Monday, August 12, with these now transferred to Hamilton. Nominations for the trials still closed at 12pm on Thursday. Following an inspection, it was also determined that the Warrnambool track would benefit from a small break in racing. As a result, the Warrnambool meeting next Thursday will be transferred to bet365Terang. Warrnambool are expected to return to racing on Thursday, September 12. Horse racing news View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Ten days before the start of the Saratoga season, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott was typically optimistic and realistic about how his stable might follow yet another solid summer at the Spa. Long a force at Saratoga, where he has won or shared nine titles, Mott was without most of the heavy hitters from the lineup that carried him to an Eclipse Award: – Horse of the Year and champion Cody's Wish (Curlin), third in the GI Whitney in the experiment at 1 1/8 miles, was retired. – Champion Elite Power (Curlin), winner of the GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt, was retired. – Champion Just FYI (Justify), who broke her maiden at Saratoga, was getting some time off at the farm. – GII Wood Memorial winner Resilience (Into Mischief), sixth in his 2023 debut at Saratoga, who was sixth in the GI Kentucky Derby and 10th in the GI Belmont Stakes, was also out of training at a farm. – Veteran Channel Maker (English Channel), winner of the GII Bowling Green, was retired. A week later, Mott lost another veteran star, Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed), who was sent off to retirement. Casa Creed won the GIII Kelso and the GI Fourstardave in 2023. “We're rebuilding this year,” Mott said on that morning in early July. “We're looking for some new guys. We need some new faces and hopefully some of the 2-year-olds turn out and maybe some of the 3-year-olds from last year are going to show up.” As rebuilds go, this one has been sprinter-quality quick. Through the midpoint of the season Wednesday, Mott had 12 wins from 50 starts and earnings of $1,587,654. He picked up another third with his lone starter on Thursday. He is tied for third in victories with Todd Pletcher and is second to Chad Brown in purse money earned. His 56 percent in-the-money rate is second only to Brad Cox's 60.7 among the top 10 on the earnings table. Last year, he won 17 of 119 starts and earned $2,805,937. Mott said that he understood that he faced the task of restocking a deep and talented roster. “I knew that was coming,” he said. “I saw it coming last year. It's not like it snuck up on me. I was well aware of it. It's hard to replace some of those horses we had. They were older horses that had won Breeders' Cups, and we got them back for another year. And they won another Breeders' Cup. It's hard to come up with those horses for one year, much less to be lucky enough to have them two years.” Arthur's Ride | Sarah Andrew In August, the Mott barn has been white hot with a record of 6-5-3 in 14 starts at four tracks across the country. The biggest victory of this Saratoga season was by Arthur's Ride (Tapit) in the GI Whitney Stakes on Aug. 3 in his first try in a stakes. With a dozen different winners–Scotland (Good Magic) is the only one who won for Mott in 2023–and three stakes victories, Mott gave his stable a solid grade at Saratoga. “I'd say, excellent so far,” he said. “Up to this point, we're very fortunate. They've been running good. We've been in some spots that the horses have run well. They've fit. I was lucky enough to have Arthur's Ride ready to go. That was huge having him winning that race. For everybody. Huge for Arthur's ride and the connections.” Mott picked up a pair of decisive firsts Wednesday, which pushed his win total at Saratoga to 497, second to Pletcher's 714 and just ahead of Brown's 493. Equibase stats show that Mott made his first foray to Saratoga in 1984 with three seconds in seven starts. He was winless again as a shipper in 1985, but was second in all four starts. In 1992, Mott tied for the meet title with D. Wayne Lukas with 14 wins. It was first of the 30 years that he has won at least 10 races at Saratoga. He also won the training title in 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 and once more in 2007 with a personal-best 27 victories. While Mott is a major player at all of the high-level meets he competes in, he no longer carries the number of horses needed to vie with Brown and Pletcher for championships. He is planning to go after a some more Grade I Saratoga scores–his first Whitney success was his 28th overall–with 10-time graded stakes winner War Like Goddess (English Channel) in the Flower Bowl and GIII Ohio Derby winner Batten Down (Tapit) in the Travers. Junior Alvarado | Sarah Andrew Veteran jockey Junior Alvarado is Mott's go-to rider and has been up for eight of his wins this summer. Alvarado said there was some question about how the stable would fare this year with the departure of so many standouts. “We were worried because there were a lot of horses–Elite Power, Cody's Wish–that were going away,” he said. “We knew we had to replace them and now it is mid-year and there are a couple horses showing up and we hope it puts us into a good spot at the end of the year. And we are hoping for some of the babies to start waking up.” Through Thursday Mott has saddled 16 2-year-olds at the meet and has a record of 2-2-2. “He has a lot of good babies here,” Alvarado said. “They're just a little behind mentally and late-developing horses. I think that's what Bill's best for. He gives them time, and they eventually come around as good as they can be.” Mott, 71, a member of the Hall of Fame since 1998, uses a patient approach to improve and grow the many types of horses that come into his barn. “He lets them find themselves,” Alvarado said. “That's what he's known for and that's why his horses really develop into nice horses and they are very good later on.” Mott said he is dealing with what he said was “a little virus” in his stable that may have an impact on some 2-year-olds starting in the coming weeks. Looking toward the second half of the meet for his stable, Mott is typically optimistic and realistic. “It's day to day,” said. “We're lucky to have some more horses to run, and hopefully we can make them fit in.” The post Despite Losing Many Stars, Mott’s Stable Remains a Force at Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The celebrity teams for Hurling for Cancer Research, set for Netwatch Cullen Park on Monday Aug. 12, were revealed by Jim Bolger and Davy Russell on Thursday. The event, which starts at 7 p.m. aids the Irish Cancer Society and will be broadcast on TG4 for the first time. To date, Hurling for Cancer Research has raised an incredible €1.5m for cancer research. Liam Griffin and Brian Cody wil act as Bainisteoirí. Others signed on include John Kiely, Mark Landers, Jimmy Barry Murphy, Paul Townend, Rachael Blackmore, Bernard Dunne, Cora Staunton, Ursula Jacob, Peter Canavan, Paul Nolan, Michael Darragh MacAuley, Michael Duignan and Joanne O'Riordan are among those stepping up to act as selectors, commentators, side-line officials, umpires and maor uisce. To buy tickets (€10/person, €20/family), please visit the Hurling for Cancer Research website. The post Hurling For Cancer Research Teams Announced appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The upcoming entertainment roster for the inaugural California Crown will include VIP area trackside performances including Griffin, Lil Yachty, Shaboozey, Frank Walker and Zack Bia. Tickets for the event, which will take place at Santa Anita Park Sept. 28, are available at www.californiacrown.com. The California Crown marks the second race in 1/ST's Grand 3 $25-million racing and incentive series connecting the GI Preakness, The California Crown and the 2025 GI Pegasus World Cup. The California Crown race day will offer $3,000,000 in purses, including the $1,000,000 GI California Crown, replacing the Awesome Again Stakes for 3-year-olds & up run on 1 1/8 mile. The day will also feature the $750,000 GII California Crown John Henry Turf and the $750,000 GII California Crown Eddie D. Turf Sprint. 1/ST joins forces with Los Angeles-based hospitality and lifestyle marketing company The h.wood Group, which will create an old Hollywood glamor theme for the day with luxury hospitality experiences curated by Delilah, Funke by Chef Evan Funke and Wally's. For more information on premium seating, contact premiumseating@californiacrown.com. For more information or to explore accommodation options, click here. The post California Crown Entertainment Lineup Unveiled, Tickets on Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 172 horses, including Group 1 winner Dubai Mile (Ire) (Roaring Lion) (lot 172) have been catalogued for the Tattersalls Online August Sale. The sale begins at noon on Wednesday, Aug. 14 and ends beginning at noon on Thursday, Aug. 15. There are 139 horses in/out of training, 16 broodmares, nine stores, four yearlings, three foals, and the aforementioned Dubai Mile, who will be offered by Martyn Meade's Manton Park Stud, where he stood his first season in 2024. Baroda Stud will consign Useful (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 119), who is out of Group 1 winner Nickname (Scat Daddy). Another lot of note is James Ferguson Racing's lot 59, Gulf Legend (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is currently rated 88. He is a half-brother to Group 1 winner Feed The Flame (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Group 3 winner and Group 1-placed Sacred Life (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). The Gigginstown Annual Dispersal is also part of the sale and features eight lots. The post Dubai Mile Among Tattersalls Online August Lots appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Last year's renewal of Leopardstown's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden was garnered by subsequent G3 Gallinule Stakes victor Chief Little Rock (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Thursday's latest edition witnessed the 'TDN Rising Star' performance of Adrian Murray trainee and G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry Hill Road (Quality Road–Exotic Notion, by Lemon Drop Kid). Hill Road, a $350,000 Keeneland September yearling who registered a May 27 Naas barrier-trial 'win' between missed engagements at the Curragh in May and June, broke well and raced in a handy third after the initial exchanges of this debut proper. Nudged along rounding the home turn, the 11-2 chance was ridden to the front passing the quarter-mile marker and lengthened clear in style inside the final furlong to easily defeat Shackleton (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) by an impressive five lengths. “We've always held this lad in good regard,” revealed Murray. “We had him ready early in the year and he won a barrier trial in Naas. We backed off him as we wanted to give him time to strengthen up and mature. He's all there now and we'll probably come back here for the Group 2 [Golden Fleece Stakes] over a mile on Champions Weekend. He's a very laid-back horse and takes a bit of revving up. It's a good sign in a horse.” Hill Road is the third of five foals and first scorer produced by the stakes-placed Exotic Notion (Lemon Drop Kid), herself a half-sister to G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational hero and multiple Grade I-winning sire City Of Light (Quality Road) and the stakes-placed Pointsman (Mt. Livermore). The April-foaled bay, whose dam was bred to Practical Joke this year, is kin to a yearling colt and a weanling colt by Uncle Mo. $350,000 buy Hill Road (Quality Road) is related to @BreedersCup Turf Mile winner City Of Light and makes a fine start on debut for Adrian Murray at @LeopardstownRC @amoracingltd pic.twitter.com/NWrULTPtat — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 8, 2024 The post Quality Road’s Hill Road Wins At Leopardstown For Amo Racing, Snags TDN Rising Star appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 1 winner Al Riffa (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) will race for the Al Riffa Syndicate and Masaaki Matsushima beginning in Sunday's G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin. The Joseph O'Brien trainee's long-term goal remains the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Matsushima has already enjoyed some success in Europe as the part-owner of G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud winner Broome (Ire) (Australia {GB}). The 4-year-old won the G1 National Stakes at two, and added runner-up finishes in both the G3 International S. and G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano. Fourth in the G1 Prix Ganay this April, he was sixth in the GI Manhattan Stakes in America in June. In his latest appearance, he was an encouraging second in the G1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown behind City Of Troy (Justify) in early July. “Obviously, it was a fantastic run at Sandown,” O'Brien told the Nick Luck Daily. “The Arc is a big target for him in the autumn. It would be great if we could have a good run in Germany at the weekend on the way there. “I think we always had it in our minds that he would stay a mile-and-a-half. His dam is a sister to a horse that was placed in the Ascot Gold Cup, so there's plenty of stamina in his family. And she's obviously by Galileo (Ire). He's a Group 1 winner at seven furlongs and it was a big run in the Eclipse last time at 10 [furlongs] last time in the Eclipse. We have always expected that the best of him would be seen when he gets to go 12 furlongs. “He's a very big horse. He was a big yearling and was a high class 2-year-old. That was why we decided not to run him again after the National Stakes. He had a good 3-year-old year. He had a little setback on the eve of the Champion Stakes, and he's come back on the back of a career best at Sandown. This looks like an open Group 1 and it's a logical spot for him.” The post Arc Still The Goal For Al Riffa, As Masaaki Matsuhima Joins Ownership appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races canceled its Aug. 8 card due to the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby moving through the area, and Delaware Park and Laurel Park canceled racing Aug. 9.View the full article

Dominant Dubai World Cup (G1) winner Laurel River retains his spot as the highest-rated horse in Longines' recently published World's Best Racehorse Rankings.View the full article

Delaware Park has cancelled the live racing card scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9 due to the expected impact from the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. Live racing is scheduled to resume on Saturday, Aug. 10. Laurel Park has also decided to cancel its nine-race card Friday. Both tracks are expected to resume racing Saturday, Aug. 10. For more info., click here for Delaware Park and here for Laurel Park. The post Delaware, Laurel Cancel Friday Cards Due to Tropical Storm Debby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article