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With the attendees in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion at Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga sale barely able to control their applause, a Not This Time colt from the family of GI Travers Stakes winner Colonel John (Tiznow) brought $3.4 million from Donato Lanni, agent for Zedan Racing, midway through Monday's session. The dark bay, consigned as hip 72 by Nardelli Sales, agent, is a half-brother to 2019 GIII Schuylerville Stakes winner Comical (Into Mischief). Winning dam Kayce Ace is a full-sister to Colonel John, who also captured the GI Santa Anita Derby. Susan Casner bred the Mar. 9-foaled, $3.4-million yearling in Kentucky. The dark bay was the lone horse brought to the sale by Nardelli Sales. #FTSaratoga Monday: The lone horse consigned by Nardelli Sales, Hip 72 – a colt by Not This Time out of Kayce Ace – brings the hammer down at a whopping $3.4 million. His dam a sister to COLONEL JOHN, the colt is a half-brother to COMICAL. pic.twitter.com/mZncmA87hD — TDN (@theTDN) August 6, 2024 The post Amr Zedan Picks Up Not This Time Colt for $3.4 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Canterbury trainer Andrew Carston will be represented in two of the $100,000 synthetic races across the country this week, including the TAB 2000 at Cambridge on Thursday with Sincere (NZ) (Savabeel). Sincere has recorded each of his three career victories on the synthetic surface, with two coming in the current campaign giving Carston confidence to look further afield for a more lucrative stake. His final lead-in run was a sterling and luckless effort from last on the corner to run down all but Peecee Pussycat and Tomyturbo last month on his home course. “It’s obviously the innovation race and I sort of set him for that since he’s been so good on the poly track,” Carston said. “He’s headed up and is currently staying with Lisa Latta and has settled in well, then he’ll travel up to Cambridge on Wednesday. “I haven’t done a lot of form in the race, but I know he likes the surface, it’s a $100,000 race so it’s worth having a crack at.” Carston has a similar mindset with the Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m) at Riccarton Synthetic on Wednesday, having three runners in Magneto, Thats Charming and Mumbo Jumbo engaged in the local feature. Magneto is the highest rated of the stablemates with two wins in his last three starts, with one of last season’s top hoops in Joe Doyle set to ride the son of Showcasing out of barrier 14. “They’ve all qualified for the race and deserve their chance to be there for the owners. They’ve all got polytrack form but will need a little bit of luck to be getting a fair amount of the money,” Carston said. “Magneto is racing in career-best form you could argue, and the other two have both won twice on the poly so it’s worth a shot.” Carston scored the trifecta in last year’s Nautical Insurance Grand National Amateur Championship (2200m) with Bad Flamingo, Take That and Dame County, and the first two horses will line-up again in this year’s contest. A six-year-old by Zacinto, Bad Flamingo will be partnered by experienced amateur jockey Michelle Northcott, while Carston has given local riders Ruby Rae and Tylor Solomon an opportunity aboard Reggie Ruler and Take That respectively. “I think it’s important to support these riders in the amateurs, they are important to the industry,” Carston said. “Take That has had two runs back after a brief let-up and I set him for this race again, he ran second last year and he’s an each-way chance again. “Bad Flamingo is going well, he just pulled a bit hard last start but he’ll improve off the run and he’s not without a shot either.” Of his five remaining runners at the meeting, Tough Time was a last-start winner at the track and will line-up under a very in-form Lisa Allpress in the Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge Rating 65 (1600m). “I thought his win was good, and it was great to see him back in form because he’s a horse that has shown a fair amount of ability,” Carston said. “This is a stronger race than last time, but this is a feature meeting and he deserves to be there. He’ll need a bit of luck from the barrier he has, but he’s going well.” View the full article

Ryan Thistoll is looking forward to the inaugural Ripple Creek Equine Polytrack $100,000 (1200m) at his home course of Riccarton Park on Wednesday, where he will line-up synthetic specialist Strike Force (NZ) (Battle Paint). Strike Force has won four races over his favoured 1400m distance and two of them have come on the Riccarton Synthetic, most recently two starts back before finishing fifth behind race-rival Sorcha in mid-June. Thistoll considered a trip north to Awapuni for the 1400m equivalent race on Friday, but being based at Riccarton made the local contest a more suitable option, with Lee Callaway booked to ride the gelding out of barrier seven. “After his last run we thought we’d freshen him up, we did consider taking him to Awapuni but it’s just too far for him to travel and with this on our back doorstep, we thought we’d have a go,” Thistoll said. “We put him in the paddock for two weeks and have bought him up slowly, just keeping the drop back in distance in mind. He hasn’t done a hell of a lot, but we think he’s ready to go. “Hopefully he can jump and hold his place just in behind the leaders, that would be great. Coming back in distance, hopefully he’s not left flat-footed too early. “Having these races is great, it gives horses like that a chance to run for decent stakes when they probably wouldn’t get that sort of opportunity.” The son of Battle Paint has just turned nine but has been carefully handled by Thistoll throughout his career since returning from Hong Kong in 2019, having just 17 starts. “He spent a year in Hong Kong and had a tendon injury over there, so during his first year with us we really looked after him to get the mileage back into his legs and avoid the injury reoccurring,” Thistoll said. “We’ll give him a decent break after this race and then hopefully look at a race like the Southern Alps next year, but I don’t think he’s got a lot of time left being rising ten. I don’t want to flog him for too long.” View the full article

One of the most anticipated yearlings to grace the ring Monday evening in Fasig-Tipton Saratoga's opening session was Hip 57, a half-brother to breakout first-crop sire star Complexity by popular and well-supported first-year yearling stallion Charlatan. He didn't disappoint, hammering for $1.5 million to John Stewart's Resolute Bloodstock, who had made no secret of his desire to purchase the colt over the weekend. Consigned by Warrendale Sales, agent for Stonestreet Bred & Raised, the chestnut colt is also a half to 2018 GIII Doubledogdare Stakes winner and 2016 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Valadorna (Curlin). The son of the unraced Goldfield (Yes It's True), a ridgling, is a Feb. 22 colt and was bred in Kentucky by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. The colt was among those featured Sunday in a TDN feature on Warrendale's consignment. Resolute Bloodstock (@rresoluteracing) goes to $1,500,000 for this colt by CHARLATAN (@HillnDaleFarm) at The Saratoga Sale! Consigned by @WarrendaleSales, agt for @StonestreetFarm, the colt is 1/2 brother to leading freshman sire Complexity and GSW/G1P Valadorna. #FasigSaratoga pic.twitter.com/uFePCU4SOR — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) August 6, 2024 The post Complexity Half by Charlatan to John Stewart for $1.5M appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Top Sydney jockey Tyler Schiller after winning the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m) on Haudoken for Gold Coast trainer Peter Robl at Fannie Bay on Monday. Picture: Darwin Turf Club He may have been riding at Fannie Bay for the first time on Monday, but leading Sydney jockey Tyler Schiller showed his class by guiding Hadouken to victory in the $200,000 Darwin Cup (2050m). Schiller, fourth in last season’s Sydney premiership, rode the six-year-old gelding for Gold Coast trainer Peter Robl. In his only other ride on Monday, Schiller won the race before the Cup aboard Iknowhatyouredoing for trainer Kevin Lamprecht over 2050m. Schiller had partnered Hadouken previously when second over 1500m (Class 2) at Goulburn in September 2022 for former trainer Gabrielle Ellis. After drawing the outside gate in the Darwin Cup’s 12-horse field, the son of Real Impact travelled wide throughout before overcoming Gary Clarke’s Wolfburn (Jarrod Todd) and Neil Dyer’s Bear Story (Noel Callow). Hadouken ($3.40) had played second fiddle to Bear Story – the $2.30 favourite with online bookmakers – and Wolfburn ($6) in betting leading up to the Cup. The trio brought good form to the table, and they were the only Cup runners under double-figure odds. Victory made it eight wins from 35 starts for Hadouken. Interestingly, Callow rode the horse to victory in its final start for Ellis on the Gold Coast, and Todd partnered the gelding when it won the Buntine Handicap (2050m) before the Cup. Hadouken was victorious first up in the NT in early July over 1600m (BM66) with Gold Coast apprentice Jasper Franklin as pilot. That made it four wins out of four on the synthetic and three wins out of three on the dirt for Haudoken. Schiller is also three from three on the dirt after winning his first race at Hillston (NSW) in April 2019. By dictating the pace in the Cup, Schiller felt that a fit Hadouken would outstay his rivals. In the end, the Queensland galloper proved far too good despite covering plenty of ground. “We stuck it out, the horse was very brave,” Schiller said. “I didn’t think he did too much because I was actually pretty quiet on him early. “I let him jump, see if I could get across early. “When I couldn’t, I thought I may as well try and ride him a touch quiet. “Still had that kick back out wide, I wasn’t using him to go forward at that point. “It wasn’t until we straightened up down the back, until we got down that down-hill I thought I could use him without doing too much while the others were all stacked up. “To his credit, he kept going.” Schiller remained confident despite Wolfburn refusing to yield in the home straight despite spotting Hadouken 2.5kg. “I was just questioning whether Wolfburn was going to keep going with me or not,” he said. “When he did, it was sort of worrying my horse out of it – but to his credit he kicked again at the 100 and inside the 50 he was never going to get beat. “I knew Bear Story was somewhere behind me, I was hopeful that he wouldn’t stay second up. “For Haudoken to come all this way and win a Listed Cup, it’s fantastic.” Horse racing news View the full article

After a seven-figure RNA earlier in the session, an Into Mischief colt was the first to crack the $1-million threshold in Monday evening's opening session of Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Select Yearling Sale when selling to Coolmore's M. V. Magnier and White Birch's Peter Brant. The Darby Dan Farm-consigned colt was bred in Kentucky by Lothenbach Stables out of the winning Distorted Music (Distorted Humor), dam of 2022 GIII Chilukki Stakes winner She Can't Sing (Bernardini). The Feb. 28-foaled, $1-million colt, who went through the ring as Hip 30, sold earlier this year at Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky February Sale as part of the Lothenbach dispersal for $650,000 to North Ocean Equine. His extended family includes MGISW Music Note (A.P. Indy) and her G1 Dubai World Cup-winning son Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper). M V Magnier & @WhiteBirchFarm_ get INTO MISCHIEF (@spendthriftfarm) with this $1,000,000 colt at The Saratoga Sale!! The colt out of graded stakes producer Distorted Music was consigned by @darbydanfarm, agt. #FasigSaratoga pic.twitter.com/FlAkaIBYmk — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) August 5, 2024 The post Into Mischief Colt First to Seven Figures at Fasig-Tipton, Goes to Coolmore and White Birch appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ahead of a Wednesday federal court hearing to determine if a temporary injunction is warranted in Oklahoma to keep the Horseracing and Safety Integrity Act (HISA) from being enforced in that state, the HISA Authority filed a legal response Monday that stated “there is no emergency” that would merit such action. The Authority further told the court that the eight licensed Remington Park horsepeople who are plaintiffs in the case are engaging in “foot-dragging and gamesmanship” in their repeated efforts to derail HISA on the grounds of alleged unconstitutionality. In an Aug. 5 filing in United States District Court of Oklahoma (Western District), the HISA Authority went on record as opposing the “extraordinary request” for a temporary restraining order. “Plaintiffs seek to immediately block operation of a federal statute that a bipartisan Congress enacted almost four years ago,” the filing stated. “But there is no emergency: Plaintiffs have already raced hundreds of times under the congressionally mandated regulations that have been in effect for over two years. “Worse yet, Plaintiffs have sat on the sidelines while other challengers have litigated the same constitutional claims for years in multiple circuits–including the State of Oklahoma itself, [which] lost in the district court following full summary judgment briefing; lost in a unanimous Sixth Circuit decision, [and] had their petition for a writ of certiorari denied by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2024 after over three years of litigation,” the HISA Authority filing stated. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit, filed July 24, are Joe Offolter, Danny Caldwell, Elizabeth Butler, Randy Blair, Bryan Hawk, Scott Young, Boyd Caster and Michael Major. Similar to seven other lawsuits that have been introduced in federal courts since 2021, the Oklahoma licensees want declaratory judgments, injunctions, and restraining orders imposed that would invalidate HISA rules and prohibit the HISA Authority, the Federal Trade Commission, and the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) from enforcing the regulations that govern the sport. Specifically, they are claiming alleged violations of the constitutional non-delegation doctrine and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The HISA Authority response continued: “Plaintiffs ask this Court in a matter of days to second-guess the considered judgments of [other federal courts] on complex issues and enjoin operation of HISA across the entire State against everyone. That ploy is unfair to this Court, unfair to Defendants, and unfair to the thousands of racing participants that rely on the Act's operation. “Plaintiffs' 'emergency' request is all the more remarkable given that they voluntarily dismissed a challenge to the same statute and regulations in this same Court over a year ago. Yet Plaintiffs nowhere mention that prior action,” the filing stated. “That foot-dragging and gamesmanship underscore that Plaintiffs fail to demonstrate 'the single most important prerequisite' for the drastic relief they seek: irreparable harm,” the filing stated. “The only exigency Plaintiffs allege is that they plan to run races subject to the same rules that have governed the races they've already participated in for the past two years,” the filing stated. “The balance of equities and public interest also weigh firmly against disrupting that status quo by abruptly halting a transformative federal regime to which the industry has adjusted and which is saving lives-particularly on facial claims unlikely to succeed on the merits,” the filing stated. “The Court should treat the application as a motion for a preliminary injunction and deny it,” the HISA Authority filing concluded. The post HISA Authority: Oklahoma Lawsuit Amounts To ‘Foot-Dragging and Gamesmanship’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Following a pair of consecutive defeats to kick off her 6-year-old campaign, Fev Rover (IRE) attempts to get back in the win column by defending her title in the $500,000 Beverly D. Stakes (G2T) at Colonial Downs Aug. 5.View the full article

No matter their level of involvement, owners of Thoroughbred racehorses are always in search of their horse of a lifetime, the one they will shout about with pride, "That is my horse!" Michael Foster has found that horse in Next.View the full article

Nations Pride, Ancient Rome, and Highland Chief add some long-missing international flavor to the Aug. 10 Arlington Million (G1T) at Colonial Downs.View the full article

By Brigette Solomon There is another new addition to the northern junior driver ranks this week with Kate Coppins having her first race day drive at Cambridge Raceway today. The 19-year-old from Morrinsville, who is the granddaughter of trainer Jill Coppins, has long been involved with horses, competing in Kidz Kartz and equestrian events. Through family, Coppins has always been involved with harness racing and is now employed by Cambridge trainer Arna Donnelly and loving every minute. “I got my trials licence when I was in my last year at high school but when I finished school I decided to take a break from horses and worked on a dairy farm for a year,” says Coppins, “but since coming back to work for Arna at the start of the year, I’m 100 percent certain that I want to give driving a real crack, I absolutely love it.” Coppins’ debut coincides with the start of weekly lower grade races at Cambridge, an integral part of the new “The Future Starts Now” strategy implemented by Harness Racing New Zealand for the 2024/25 season and beyond. The first meeting will feature six races, each worth $8000. The Tuesday meetings are part of the “Look North” strategy aimed at revitalising racing in top half of the North Island. They have been designed to supplement the Friday Nights Lights (FNL) concept which sees dual meetings, usually at Alexandra Park and Addington, every Friday night. Coppins’ first drive is President Flynntin in Race 1, The SG Stud Handicap Trot over 2200 metres. Trained by her grandmother Jill Coppins at Morrinsville, the five-year-old gelding has been freshened since last racing on May 16. The gelding starts tonight’s race off a 30 metre handicap. “I’ve driven President Flynntin in plenty of workouts so know him well, and I’ve been given very few instructions except to go out there and enjoy it,” says Coppins, “I have a pretty big support crew coming to watch which is pretty cool.” In Race 2, the Diamond Racing Stables Mobile Pace for Junior Drivers, Coppins drives the Ross Paynter-trained She’s Apples. The four-year-old mare by Sweet Lou was a smart winner on debut here at Cambridge on the 19th July. On that occasion the mare settled back in running and ended up four wide over the final 400 metres before winding up late in the home straight to win by a length. “She won nicely at her first start but there are a few nice horses in the field and she’ll be starting off the second line (10),” says Coppins, “I had a drive of her in track work on Saturday to get a feel for her and Ross has told me he’ll be happy so long as she’s running on in the finish.” “I’m pretty excited and lucky to have a couple of nice enough horses to have my first drives on,” says Coppins “It’s also pretty special to be having my first drive in my Nana’s colours.” And while Coppins isn’t engaged to drive one of her employer’s horses today, Donnelly is pleased to see Coppins join the junior driver ranks. “She’s a good kid who sits nicely in the cart and she’s got a couple of good drives to get started with tonight,” says Donnelly “It’s so good to see a couple of new young drivers coming through.” View the full article

Matthew Cartwright will join the New Zealand jockey ranks this season. Photo: Jay Town (Racing Photos) New Zealand’s jockey ranks have been bolstered this week with the welcome addition of expat Australian hoop Matthew Cartwright. The 21-year-old jockey recorded 233 wins in Victoria, but found opportunities began to dry up after coming out of his apprenticeship, and he has elected to chance his arm across the Tasman to help revitalise his riding career. “I was struggling with opportunities in Australia, so I thought I would make a change and New Zealand is what that change is going to be,” Cartwright said. Cartwright had a successful apprenticeship and partnered a number of top-level horses in Australia, including riding subsequent The Everest (1200m) and multiple Group One winner Giga Kick to victory at just his second start. “I had a very successful apprenticeship,” he said. “I was a leading apprentice in Victoria and out rode my claim with six months to go, so I had to leave my apprenticeship early and become a senior. “I rode multiple Group One horses with a claim, the likes of Giga Kick and Lighthouse. “One of my biggest highlights would have been riding Flash Feeling on Champions Day at Flemington. That was probably my biggest win, it was massive.” Cartwright flew to New Zealand on Sunday and said he has been helped a lot with his move by a couple of Kiwis he met in Australia. “I have had a lot of help from Mason Stevens and Wiremu Pinn, they have helped me out a lot in getting over here,” he said. Cartwright will base himself in the Waikato and said he has already started networking and is receiving plenty of support from local trainers. “I am going to base myself out of Cambridge and I will be doing a fair bit of work at Cambridge and Matamata, so that will keep me busy,” he said. “I am going to branch out and help different trainers. I have already got a few trainers that are happy to support me, everyone has been very welcoming. “I just want to be out there riding, and riding winners. I am going to be working hard and hopefully I can get the support, and I can get on the right horses and show my ability. “I am looking forward to giving New Zealand a crack. It is exciting and challenging at the same time.” Horse racing news View the full article

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Today 6th August in horse racing news history From the extensive Horse Betting news archives we present the all the thoroughbred racing action in Australian and overseas racing news in history. Delve in and enjoy our walk back in horse racing time. Horse Racing Tips 58 mins ago Today’s horse racing tips & quaddie selections | August 6, 2024 Three horse racing meetings are scheduled for around Australia today on Tuesday, August 6. 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Check out James Herbert’s free preview … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Alligator Blood set to return in Goldmarket for Billy Healey Popular Queensland horse Alligator Blood is nearing his racetrack return, but it will not be with Gai Waterhouse & Adrian … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Punt Drunk: One-eyed Jack puts them to shame in debut win Friday is finally here and the Punt Drunk team reviews all the major news stories during the past week of … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Doomben racing tips & best value bets | Saturday, August 7 HorseBetting’s in-form Queensland tipster brings you his top tips and quaddie picks for the Doomben meeting on Saturday, August 7, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Randwick racing tips, top odds & value bets | August 7, 2021 HorseBetting’s Nicholas Lloyd brings you his best bets, value picks and quaddie selections for the Royal Randwick meeting on Saturday, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Belmont racing tips, best bets & quaddie | Saturday, August 7 HorseBetting’s Western Australia tipping expert presents his best bets and quaddie selections for the nine-race card at Belmont on Saturday, … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Murray Bridge tips & quaddie selections | Saturday, August 7 Murray Bridge will play host to a nine-race card on Saturday, August 7. See HorseBetting’s preview with top tips, value … Read More Horse Racing Tips 3 years ago Today’s horse racing tips & best bets | August 6, 2021 Horse racing around the country sees five meetings being held around the country on this Friday afternoon. Our racing analysts … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Wood loving his Hong Kong commentator’s role Tom Wood has come a long way since his race commentator’s debut as an 18-year-old at the Westport trots on … Read More Australia horse racing news 3 years ago Wilde daring to dream with Tralee Rose Symon Wilde is daring to dream with Tralee Rose this spring. The Warrnambool trainer has nominated the daughter of Tavistock … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Chief Sequoyah a budding jumps superstar Rhythm and ringcraft might sound like a music festival but Hall of Fame trainer John Wheeler reckons they might be … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago It’s A Wonder to resume at Wanganui It’s A Wonder may get a bit of a shock when he lines-up in the Jolt Coffee House 2060 at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 3 years ago Refreshed Pike looking forward to spring Cambridge trainer Tony Pike was savouring the last few hours of a brief Queenstown getaway on Wednesday before the focus … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Spinoff from Ablaze’s amazing run of success The flag is certainly being flown high by exciting jumper Ablaze for his White Robe Lodge sire and the spinoff … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago The Rosebud 2020 betting tips, strategy & odds A star-studded lineup of three-year-old sprinters resume at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday in the $140,000 Listed Schweppes Rosebud, which offers … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago VRC Oaks winner put on notice to perform Trainer Danny O’Brien wants to see a return to form from Group One winner Miami Bound to prove she is … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Justastate in the frame for Norvall It may have only been a maiden race at Te Aroha on Sunday, but Justastate earned her photo spot amongst … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Missile Stakes 2020 racing tips, value bets & odds Saturday’s Group 2 Iron Jack Missile Stakes over 1200m marks the first Rosehill Gardens feature of the 2020/21 Australian horse … Read More Horse Racing Tips 4 years ago Aurie’s Star 2020 betting tips, racing odds & form guide The Group 3 Aurie’s Star Handicap is the feature event on Flemington’s nine-race program this Saturday. Check out HB’s free … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Weather to determine Ryan’s rosiest chance Gerald Ryan has drawn comparisons between Return With Honour and former stakes winner Hinchinbrook as he prepares a three-pronged assault … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Kemp has another Weetwood on his radar A Weetwood Handicap start is the goal trainer Kevin Kemp has set for talented sprinter Mr Marbellouz, who resumes from … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago So Si Bon looms as a Cox Plate wildcard Connections of So Si Bon have thrown in a nomination for the Cox Plate ahead of the gelding’s resumption in … Read More Australia horse racing news 4 years ago Melody Belle on song for Missile Stakes Missile Stakes favourite Melody Belle has passed a fitness test and will kick-start her season in the Rosehill sprint … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Vaughan duo kick-off spring preparations Southland trainer Lisa Vaughan is on the hunt this season to secure an elusive stakes victory with seven-year-old mare Shirley … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 4 years ago Oaks winner pleases in Ruakaka Shaune Ritchie was beaming after Jennifer Eccles’ 1050m trial at Ruakaka on Tuesday. He was delighted to see last season’s … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Guineas races attract strong entries The Group One Caulfield Guineas for three-year-olds has received 324 nominations while the Thousand Guineas for fillies has attracted 285 … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Invincible Gem after second Missile Stakes Trainer Kris Lees will have stable stalwart Le Romain and 2017 winner Invincible Gem trying to win the Group Two … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Cox Plate attracts 187 nominations The $5 million Cox Plate at The Valley has attracted 187 nominations including 27 internationally trained horses … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Lys Gracieux nominated for Cox Plate Japanese mare Lys Gracieux has been nominated for the Cox Plate despite currently being ineligible to travel to Australia for … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Avilius shines in Rosehill barrier trial Godolphin has unveiled several spring carnival contenders in barrier trials at Rosehill including Avilius and Osborne Bulls … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Malibu Style on target for Group 3 Aurie’s Star Perth trainer Neville Parnham believes Malibu Style is well-placed to make his presence felt in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Te Akau juveniles to the fore at Te Teko Te Teko has come to be a great starting point for many of Te Akau’s top two-year-olds and trainer Jamie … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Brooks pair back-up at Riccarton Cambridge trainer Mark Brooks is hoping that his jumpers El Disparo and El Fernando will be met by a better … Read More Australia horse racing news 5 years ago Mystic Journey wins trial at Devonport Group One winner Mystic Journey has cruised to a narrow win in a barrier trial at Devonport as she continues … Read More Australia horse racing news, New Zealand horse racing news 5 years ago Allan answers Queensland call from comeback trainer Catching up with old acquaintances on a Queensland holiday last month has led to Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Tony Allan deciding … Read More United Kingdom Horse Racing News 5 years ago Too Darn Hot retired after injury found Last year’s European champion two-year-old Too Darn Hot has been retired after picking up a career-ending injury … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Appleby to target some early spring races Godolphin will send a trio of horses to Melbourne from England earlier than usual to compete during the spring racing … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Apprentice Corey Bayliss outed for betting Brisbane apprentice Corey Bayliss has been suspended for two months after being spotted gambling at a hotel across the road … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Le Romain, Redzel trial at Gosford Le Romain has won a barrier trial at Gosford ahead of his race return while Redzel has been given an … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Grunt, Mighty Boss to resume in Lawrence Some of trainer Mick Price’s spring hopefuls have had barrier trials at Cranbourne including Grunt and Mighty Boss, who will … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago I Am A Star to make Flemington return The Aurie’s Star Handicap will be the comeback race for I Am A Star who is among 10 initial entries … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Exceltic to put Golden Rose on the line Trainer Gary Portelli has Golden Rose aspirations for Exceltic but the colt needs to perform in the Listed Rosebud at … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Shoals, Santa pleasing in spring build-up Everest-bound stablemates Shoals and Santa Ana Lane have continued their build-ups to the spring in a barrier trial at Cranbourne … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Ef Troop to begin campaign at Doomben Top Queensland three-year-old Ef Troop will make his three-year-old debut at Doomben with stablemate Outback Barbie to head to Sydney … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago More Sundays impresses in Geelong debut Blue blood colt More Sundays, by Fastnet Rock out of More Joyous, has started his racing career with an impressive … Read More New Zealand horse racing news 6 years ago Gary Vile hoping for smooth return from injury for Jacksstar Gary Vile is taking it a day at a time with Jacksstar, but he’s hoping to get the top stayer … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Racing NSW buys Cummings’ Princes Farm Princes Farm, the former home of master trainer Bart Cummings, has been bought by Racing NSW as a multi-purpose horse … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Decision looms on Jameka’s racing future Star mare Jameka has finished unplaced in a barrier trial at Cranbourne, with a decision on whether she returns to … Read More Australia horse racing news 6 years ago Le Romain scores stylish Gosford trial win Le Romain has been given a solid hit-out to win a 1000m-barrier trial at Gosford ahead of the triple Group … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Ability goes four straight in Bletchingly Ability has risen to the challenge of weight-for-age company to take out the rescheduled Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Sandown … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Byrne’s winners keep coming Jockey Jim Byrne four winners at Doomben have added to his claim for more Brisbane records … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wells finally gets another win at Sandown Wells has outstayed his five rivals to score a narrow win in the Crisp Steeplechase at Sandown … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Devil Hawk special winner for Waller Winx is top of the tree at the Chris Waller stable but Devil Hawk has claimed a significant win in … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Allen adds GN Hurdle to feature jump wins John Allen has collected another feature jumps win, guiding Ancient King to victory in the Grand National Hurdle at Sandown … Read More Australia horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wells grinds out Crisp Steeplechase at Ladbrokes Park THERE were concerns that Wells wouldn’t handle the heavy conditions at Ladbrokes Park on Sunday, but the 10-year-old proved too … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Sanadaat impressive in Sandown return Sanadaat has scored an impressive first-up win at Sandown with Lindsay Park now looking towards richer spring races … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Best to come for Shogun Sun Trainer Kelly Schweida believes Shogun Sun can run well in the Golden Rose but believes his best will be seen … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Stanley is looking ahead to spring riches Brent Stanley is looking forward to the upcoming spring carnival as he puts together a nice team of horses … Read More Australia horse racing news, Horse Racing News 7 years ago The Thousand Guineas awaits classy Sandown winner Sanadaat BLETCHINGLY Stakes day kicked off with a bang for Lindsay Park as quality three-year-old Sanadaat returned an easy winner of … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Wilson has cobalt penalty varied A Queensland Racing Integrity Commission review has increased the penalty for trainer Marcus Wilson on cobalt related charges … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Yankee Rose Queensland award favourite Dual Group One winner Yankee Rose is favourite to be named the Queensland Horse of the Year … Read More Horse Racing News 7 years ago Hayley Turner to take advantage of claim Trainer Francis Graffard has backed Hayley Turner to shine when Britain’s most successful female Flat jockey relocates to France during … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Hidden Pearl untroubled in winning return Hidden Pearl has made a successful comeback from injury, winning the Tim Bell Memorial by 4-1/2 lengths at Eagle Farm … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Apprentice 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Sydney stakes meeting of the season has been completed despite some early doubts with the track as heavy … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Adelaide stable benefits Lindsay Park team Shaf and Zunbaqa have returned from an Adelaide campaign to score impressive wins at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Hidden Peark untroubled in winning return Hidden Pearl has made a successful comeback from injury, winning the Tim Bell Memorial by 4-1/2 lengths at Eagle Farm … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Bott in ideal start at Tulloch Lodge Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have made a winning start to their training partnership with Thronum taking out the Listed … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Bott makes ideal start at Tulloch Lodge Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have made a winning start to their training partnership with Thronum taking out the Listed … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Jockeys remembered during Aust meetings Australian riders have been remembered and recognised at Jockey Celebration Day events across the country … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Ulmann completes Weir treble at Flemington Darren Weir could not have asked for a better start to the new season with a race-to-race treble at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Waterhouse/Bott claim first win in the Rosebud IT was a memorable day for Adrian Bott who scored his first win for Tulloch Lodge, in partnership with Gai … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Tycoon Tara wins wet Gr 2 Missile Stakes In the absence of star colt Capitalist, new stablemate Tycoon Tara has won the Missile Stakes for Peter and Paul … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Deanne Panya rides double at Randwick Apprentice Deanne Panya has scored a Sydney Saturday double, riding Snappy One and Lie Direct to victory on a heavy … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Tycoon Tara braves conditions in Missile Stakes IT was anything from the usual quality of a Missile Stakes field, but despite the scratching of stable star Capitalist, … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Country life, jumps a tonic for Best Case Former Sydney galloper Best Case has been backed from $13 to $9.50 before improving his form to win at Eagle … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Zunbaqa gives Ben Hayes a Flemington win Lindsay Park has spring aspirations for Zunbaqa after the daughter of More Than Ready led throughout at Flemington … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Valley Girl impresses in New Zealand with Australia on the agenda THE Donna Logan and Chris Gibbs show continued at Ruakaka in New Zealand on Saturday when four-year-old mare Valley Girl … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Beloso goes back to back with Brisbane win Beloso has rewarded trainer Kim Craft’s patient approach with a city win over General Assault and Royal Tithe … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Birds Of Tokyo relishes wet Randwick track Victorian mare Birds Of Tokyo has made light of a heavy Randwick track to demolish her opposition … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Caroun tackles Grand National for Dwyer Henry Dwyer has Grand National Hurdle hopes for Caroun, a horse he inherited from the Peter Moody stable … Read More Horse Racing News 8 years ago Dettori eyeing 3000th win in Britain Frankie Dettori has moved to within two wins of a landmark 3000 in Britain and will try to do it … Read More View the full article

7th-Ellis, $71,000, Msw, 8-5, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:04.84, ft, 3 3/4 lengths. SEXAGENARIAN (c, 2, Practical Joke–Whats Yur Story, by Liaison), given a 6-1 chance facing seven rivals, had to stay wide behind pacesetter Correlation (Complexity) up the backstretch through fractions of :21.79 and :45.60. Looming large off the turn, he hit the front past the furlong marker with a wide bid and stayed away down the stretch to defeat a hard closing Zandvoort (Good Magic) by 3 3/4 lengths. Out of a half-sister to MGSW Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), herself the dam of both MGSP Nash (Medaglia d'Oro) and GSP Sara Street (Street Sense), and to the GSW dam of MGSW/GISP Forbidden Kingdom (American Pharoah), Sexagenarian has a yearling half-sister by Maclean's Music and a weanling half-sister by Speaker's Corner. Whats Yur Story was bred to Vekoma for 2025. Sales History: $70,000 RNA Ylg '23 KEESEP; $70,000 2yo '24 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,505. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Paradise Farms Corp., David Staudacher and Chase 'n Dreams Stable; B-Springhouse Farm, Ballysax Bloodstock & Lynn Lodge Stud (KY); T-Michael J. Maker. #3 SEXAGENARIAN ($14.46) makes his move right before the stretch and pulls away nicely to win race 7 at Ellis Park. The 2yo son of Practical Joke was ridden by @jaimetorresjcky and is trained by Michael Maker. Watch more on @FanDuelTV. pic.twitter.com/vX9t5qRAKb — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 5, 2024 The post Practical Joke’s Sexagenarian A Debut Winner At Ellis appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Newly crowned Australian champion first-season sire Too Darn Hot (GB) may not be shuttling to Australia this year but he will still be covering a number of mares to southern hemisphere time in Newmarket Those to be visiting the son of Dubawi (Ire) at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud include a sextet from Anthony Mithen and Ryan McEvoy's Rosemont Stud in Victoria. “We are actually sending more mares to him than we would've had he shuttled,” said Mithen. Three of that group, who are all currently in foal to the Aga Khan Studs stallion Siyouni (Fr), are already in Europe and will return to Australia once those foals are on the ground and they are scanned in foal to Too Darn Hot. Boarding at Tweenhills Stud, they are the Group 3 winners Aryaaf (Aus) (Epaulette {Aus}), Khulaasa (Aus) (Epaulette {Aus}) and Sneaky Five (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). En route from Australia and set to remain in Europe for two seasons is the other group of three, which is comprised of the I Am Invincible Spirit (Aus) mares Salateen (Aus), a Listed winner, and Skidamarink (Aus), as well as Joyous Legend (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}), a daughter of the multiple Group 1 winner More Joyous (NZ) (More Than Ready). “It was a bit of a happy coincidence that the three mares already in Europe all match up very well with Too Darn Hot,” Mithen continued. “He has done well with a Fastnet Rock mare, [with] Simmering winning the G3 Princess Margaret Stakes and his best Australian runner Broadsiding is out of a mare whose dam is by Redoute's Choice. “So there is some science in our matings to Too Darn Hot. It has been good to build up a relationship with Darley and we are very pleased and excited that they have accepted our six mares into Too Darn Hot's book.” The post Rosemont Sextet for Too Darn Hot’s Southern Hemisphere Book appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

When people discuss Horse of the Year candidates, the name Next (Not This Time) almost never comes up. That's despite what is currently the most impressive winning streak and show of dominance in the sport. He's won eight of his last nine, all of them stakes, by a combined 81 3/4 lengths. On Sunday at Saratoga, he won the Birdstone Stakes, doing so while never appearing to do more than galloping across the track in what amounted to a paid workout. We haven't seen a horse like this for a long time. His speciality is running in marathon dirt races, where he is so much better than the competition that you get races like the Birdstone, where he paid $2.10 and won by 22 1/4 lengths. Only one other horse even finished the race. If trainer Chief Stipe Cowans and Michael Foster stick to the script, Next will be seen next in the 12-furlong Greenwood Cup on Sept. 21 at Parx. It's a mile-and-a-half dirt race with a $200,000 purse. You can look at it two ways. The connections have figured out exactly where the horse belongs, in marathons, and that he's made $1,228,361 is a testament to their “ain't-broke-don't-fix-it” mentality. The other school of thought is that the horse is squandering opportunities and limiting his earnings potential by ducking the male dirt races with the biggest purses, all of them run at a mile-and-a-quarter or shorter. For the first time, Cowans is at least giving some thought to trying shorter, more lucrative races. “I'm not going to rule out the Jockey Club Gold Cup,” Cowans said. “It would mean coming back in 27 days. It's not normal for me to run any horse back that quick. Especially one that ships that far back and forth. I honestly don't know where this thing is going to go. For now, we'll have to kick than can down the road a little bit.” It's true that most marathon races include a slow early pace, which fits Next as he seems to able to lope along on or near the lead and keep grinding away while his competition struggles with the demands of the distance. Should he go next in the Greenwood, he will win, will pay 2.10 or 2.20 and earn $137,500 for his connections. What does he have to gain? The better question is what does he have to lose? He's already “shortened up” once this year to run in the mile-and-three-eights GII Brooklyn Stakes, which he won by 9 1/4. The race for him that jumps off the page is the mile-and-a-quarter GI Jockey Club Gold Cup, which is only one furlong shorter than the Brooklyn. The real distinction between the two races is that the Greenwood winner gets $137,500, while the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup pays out $550,00 to the winner. Should he win the Gold Cup, Next will have earned more in that race alone than he has made in his last four starts combined. An eighth of a mile shorter or not ,The Jockey Club Gold Cup can't be that different a race than the Brooklyn. In his 2024 Brooklyn win, Next went :49.29 to the half and 1:37.89 to the mile. In the 2023 Jockey Club Gold Cup, the pace was 48.86, 1:38.59. No one's asking him to go a mile. The pace in the Gold Cup should fit his style, where he can keep grinding away until he opens up daylight on his foes. It makes all the sense in the world. If Next, who is a 6-year-old gelding, comes up short in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, that would hardly be a step back They would have learned their lesson and go back to Plan A, the marathon races. But what if he wins? That would mean that a whole new door of opportunity will have opened for him. A Gold Cup win would certainly mean a try in the Breeders' Cup Classic. If everything breaks right, he actually could be Horse of the Year, and they should not be afraid of that challenge. At any distance, you rarely see horses like this, ones where the pertinent question is not whether they will win but how much will they win by. But there's also something boring about races where you have a superior odds-on favorite sure to beat up on the small collection of horses that will oppose him. We love Next. We don't love races like the Birdstone. Next is six, still a peek age for a thoroughbred. He ran a 109 Beyer in the Brooklyn, just one point shy of GI Whitney Stakes winner Arthur's Ride (Tapit), who ran a 110 in the Whitney. Cowans said that if he passes the Jockey Club Gold Cup for the Greenwood, that wouldn't necessarily mean he would duck the Classic. “I would take on anybody in the country going a mile and a half,” Cowans said. “That's where it's at. I keep telling everybody it would be like taking a good sprinter and then deciding to run him at 4 1/2 furlongs. This isn't about money. It's about enjoying this horse. He looks so unique when he does this. It's eye-catching to watch him run. I'm not in a hurry to make any decisions. I try to weigh out the benefits. At some point this can't keep up because everybody in the marathon races will duck him and they won't be able to fill these races. I like the set up for the Greenwood to the Classic. There's plenty of time between the Greenwood and the Classic. If it were left solely up to me, that's something I'd really have to think about.” This is the year to test him and find out truly what kind of horse is he. At least try it once. There is absolutely nothing to lose. He's a very good horse who deserves the opportunity to prove just how good he is. What if he can make the grade in shorter races? The connections could be leaving a lot of money on the table, with a lot of big races like the $7 million GI Breeders' Cup Classic. There's one other scenario. How about trying him on the grass? Those races tend to go at a slower pace than the dirt ones and it would be fascinating to see if Next could do the same to the grass horses what he has done to the dirt horses. The logical spot to try the grass is the Aug. 24 GI Sword Dancer Stakes at Saratoga. It's a $750,000 race run at a mile-and-a-half on the grass. He is 3-for-7 in his career on the turf and all seven races took place before he made the transformation into a dirt marathon monster. Cowans and Foster have stuck carefully to a plan and it is working. But even they have to be curious. How would Next do in races like the Gold Cup and the Breeders' Cup Classic or even the Sword Dancer? Do they have a one-track pony who can only win marathon dirt races or do they have a horse worthy of a start in a Jockey Club Gold Cup or even the Breeders' Cup Classic? It's time to find out. The post It’s Time For Next To Step Up To The Big Leagues appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Third in the G2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes and G3 Albany Stakes, Ballydoyle's Heavens Gate (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}–Itqaan, by Danzig) had a class edge in Monday's Irish EBF Ballyhane Stakes at Naas and duly collected the valuable prize to return to winning ways. Sent straight to the forefront by Ryan Moore, the 4-6 favourite never looked likely to be caught and hit the line strong with 1 1/4 lengths to spare over Fiery Lucy (GB) (Without Parole {GB}). Too good Heavens Gate stamps her class on the €300,000 Ballyhane Stakes at @NaasRacecourse pic.twitter.com/GZTRinzTOu — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 5, 2024 The post Churchill’s Heavens Gate Makes Class Tell In The Ballyhane appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

At the risk of making anyone who knows me choke on their cornflakes upon reading this, I'm rather enjoying the big sprint races this year. The rivalry between Big Evs (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) and Asfoora (Aus) (Flying Artie {Aus}) now stands at honours even, though it was hard not to feel that Asfoora was a little hard done by when Live In The Dream (Ire) (Prince Of Lir {Ire}) edged left just at the moment the Australian was launching her challenge down the stands' side in the G2 King George Qatar Stakes. So it's on to York we go, with the Nunthorpe set to be one of the most thrilling contests of the Ebor meeting. An extra level of intrigue was added by the winning return of the Archie Watson-trained Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) in the Listed Prix du Cercle after almost 11 months off the track. Fragile he may be, but the likeable four-year-old is also abundantly talented and it would be rewarding for his patient connections if he could improve on his third-place finish in last year's Nunthorpe. He's Apples Mick Appleby was rightly crowned leading trainer at Glorious Goodwood. He took seven horses to Sussex from his base in Leicesterhsire and came away with four wins (including a Group 2 and Group 3), a second and two thirds. Top work indeed. Appleby must be high on the Christmas card list of Paul and Rachael Teasdale, the owners of Big Evs and the Molecomb winner Big Mojo (Ire) (Mohaather {GB}). With luck we will both horses again at York. Appleby's Molecomb third, Mr Lightside (Ire) (Earthlight {Ire}), looks set to head to the G2 Mill Reef while Big Mojo will tackle the G2 Gimcrack. According to her husband, Mrs Teasdale is already working on a rough draft for her Gimcrack speech. Bizakov Dominates Deauville The Teasdales were not the only owners in clover this week. Nurlan Bizakov has been enjoying a terrific year ever since Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) won the Listed Doncaster Mile on the opening day of the British turf season. The four-year-old Charyn has subsequently added the G2 Bet365 Mile and G1 Queen Anne Stakes to his tally and is on course for a tilt at Sunday's G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois. Bizakov, however, has already plundered several of Deauville's major trophies this summer. On Sunday, Ramadan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) landed his third stakes win of the year in the the G3 Prix Daphnis for Christopher Head before the Jerome Reynier-trained Lazzat (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) really brought the day to life, remaining unbeaten to capture the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. Bizakov is now a major player in the French stallion business through his Sumbe operation, and while both Ramadan and Charyn are potential future residents of Haras de Montfort et Preaux, that will not be the case for the gelded Lazzat, who joins Dubai Honour (Ire) and Goliath (Ger) on the list of Group 1-winning geldings in Europe this year. That anatomical status could however mean that he has a longer racing career than most, and along with the more obvious target of the G1 Prix de la Foret, his ambitious trainer, who already has a proven international record, has also suggested that the Golden Eagle in Sydney on November 2 could be in Lazzat's travel plans. There's no black type attached to that relatively new 1,500-metre contest at Rosehill which was first run in 2019, but there is the not insignificant matter of A$10m (approximately €5.9m) in prize-money attached to the race. Bizakov bought Lazzat's granddam Lashyn from her breeder Charles H Whacker for $625,000 at Keeneland September back in 2010 and, as a daughter of Mr Greeley and the 1,000 Guineas winner Sleepytime (Ire) (Royal Academy), she naturally commanded such a price tag. Lashyn won a 10-furlong maiden for Sir Michael Stoute and her first living foal, by the Derby winner Australia (GB), became known as Lastochka (GB), who also won a maiden in Britain, over a mile as a juvenile. Now ensconced in Bizakov's French-based broodmare band, the eight-year-old Lastochka has struck gold with her first foal, Lazzat, who has in turn already greatly enhanced the value of his yearling half-sister by Sumbe's Golden Horde (Ire). Endearing Performance While we may drift off a bit during the winter once the National Hunt season is in full swing, it is always good to see a major winner for Henry de Bromhead, and it's even better when that winner comes in the glorious sunshine of midsummer. Step forward (again) Term Of Endearment (GB) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), who may just have earned herself a trip to Australia, though for the far more sensible early November target of the Melbourne Cup. The five-year-old mare was bred by Andrew Whitlock and bought for the Acheson family by Alex Elliott for 50,000gns from Book 3 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. She now has three Group victories to her name, including this season's G2 Lillie Langtry Stakes and the G3 Bronte Cup and is surely now too valuable a prospect for a dual-purpose racing career. Blue in the Pink While the absence of Rosallion (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}) was the major disappointment of Glorious Goodwood, his 2,000 Guineas conqueror Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) upheld the Classic form in the G1 Sussex Stakes and was the highlight of a good week for some of the Darley stallions. It seems likely that he will end his year at Del Mar in a bid to give his trainer Charlie Appleby a fourth consecutive win the GI Breeders' Cup Mile with a fourth different son of Dubawi after Master Of The Seas (Ire), Space Blues (Ire) and Modern Games (Ire). Even without Rosallion, his sire Blue Point had a decent week on the Sussex Downs, with the group winners Big Evs (Ire) and Raqiya (Ire) as well as handicap winner Blue Prince (Ire). The leading first-crop sire last year, Blue Point is now, unsurprisingly, at the top of the second-crop sire table. Sing Praises Another young stallion who cannot be overlooked of course is Coolmore's Justify, whose daughter Opera Singer showed great tenacity when making all to win the G1 Nassau Stakes. There's talk of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe now for the Evie Stockwell-bred filly, and it really would be quite something if Justify, the American Triple Crown winner based at Ashford Stud in Kentucky, could supply the winner of the Derby and the Arc in one season. That Derby winner, City Of Troy, should be seen next at York in the Juddmonte International which, if the Dante winner Economics (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) reappears to line up alongside Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) and Japanese raider Durezza (Jpn) (Duramente {Jpn}) among others, could well be the race of the season. Rottgen Revels At Dusseldorf on Sunday, Gestut Rottgen claimed the G1 Preis der Diana with the front-running Erle (Ger), by home stallion Reliable Man (GB), one of the last remaining representatives of the Mill Reef line at stud. As one might expect from the Rottgen operation, Erle was certainly bred for the job as her granddam Enora (Ger) (Noverre) landed the same fillies' Classic back in 2010, while her dam's half-brother Erasmus (Ger), also by Reliable Man, won the G3 Preis der Winterfavoriten. Erle's Rottgen-bred dam Kizingo (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) actually raced for Juddmonte, having been bought by the operation as a foal for 270,000gns, but when she was subsequently reoffered as a three-year-old at Tattersalls with two placed efforts to her name she returned to the Rottgen fold at the reduced price of 35,000gns. Erle's win also gave a boost to Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud, which owns her two-year-old half-sister from the final crop of Adlerflug (Ger). Bought for €300,000 at BBAG last September, she is named Eleganz (Ger) and is in training with Andre Fabre in France. Since 1972, Gestut Rottgen has won the Preis der Diana four times, including with the subsequently influential Anna Paola (Ger) in 1981. In the previous two years their representatives Wagnis (Ger) and Kassada (Ger) had been beaten a head and a neck respectively when finishing second, so Erle's win was a welcome back-of-the-net moment after a few clashes with the crossbar. It was particularly memorable for trainer Maxim Pecheur and jockey Martin Seidl, each of whom was winning the Diana for the first time, and in Pecheur's case in his first season since swapping his jockey's licence for that of trainer. The Rottgen draft at the forthcoming BBAG September Yearling Sale features nine yearlings, including three from the first crop of the stud's homebred Deutsches Derby winner Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}). Complexity Forcing the Pace In Saturday's TDN, we heard all about the background of G2 Richmond Stakes winner Black Forza, who had the misfortune of being born at a sales complex and sold alongside his mother later that day. Not for the first time one wonders when this practice of mares being consigned for sales so close to their foaling date will be outlawed on welfare grounds. The young Complexity colt has had plenty of sales experience since then, being sold again that November as a weanling, the following July as a yearling, and this April as a breezer from Powerstown Stud. “I just write the cheques, Michael does the work,” said his owner Eleanora Kennedy of Black Forza's trainer Michael O'Callaghan when congratulated on her success last week at Goodwood. Kennedy is also the owner of the G3 Ballycorus Stakes winner Mustasarref (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who could extend the owner's good run in this Thursday's G3 Desmond Stakes. Black Forza is one of two black-type winners from the first crop of Complexity to date, along with the GIII Sanford Stakes winner Mo Plex. The young Airdrie Stud stallion, who is a son of the Distorted Humor horse Maclean's Music, is setting a good gallop in the freshman sires' championship in America, with 13 individual winners, including Shin Forever in Japan. One to watch. The post Seven Days: Running With the Fast Crowd appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Kenny McPeek has the horse that all eyes will be on this summer because his 3-year-old filly Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) is taking on the boys in the GI Travers Stakes Aug 24. He talks about the experience of having a horse like this and what it's like dealing with all the people that want to see her. He also tells us about his four-legged friend Sonny and what his life is like away from the racetrack. Read all about it in this week's Saratoga Conversation. TDN: You have become the trainer of the hour because of a 3-year-old filly. You're having fun with all of this associated with Thorpedo Anna taking on the boys in the Travers. KM: I'm definitely enjoying it. You have to. It's what it's all about. TDN: And this is a real serious racehorse. KM: As many years as you train horses and you hope to be around these kind of horses, it takes a long time to find one. You have to enjoy them while they're here. TDN: You found some pretty good ones. She still has more racing in her career, but where does she rank on your bar right now? KM: With Take Charge Lady, I never thought I would have a filly that good again. And then I had Swiss Skydiver. And I thought, well, I'll never have a filly that good again. And now, this filly. I have been fortunate to bring those kind in. When I go to a sale now, that is the kind of horse I am looking for (laughs). TDN: Since the Travers announcement, what has it been like around here? Is it like a revolving door with people wanting to come and see her? KM: A lot of people came to see her (last) Sunday after I made the announcement (Saturday). Twenty? Thirty? I think it's good. The biggest thing is we have to keep people from feeding her all the time. But she likes the attention. I think she is enjoying it. I don't mind having a bit of an open-door policy but, within limits. TDN: I'm sure at some point, you'll cut it off. KM: As we get closer to the race. When she is sleeping and resting, that's when they have to leave her alone. People do. They use common sense. She's the queen. People want to see her. TDN: Is he (referring to Kenny's dog Sonny, a 5-year-old yellow Labrador, who is barking, looking for treats, while this conversation goes on) the king? KM: (laughs) I don't know about that. He's a knucklehead. TDN: I have to ask about Sonny the dog. You two seem joined at the hip. KM: The older I've gotten, the more relaxed I am. I had a black Lab when I was younger. I'm a dog person. Sherri (wife) and I are dog people. It's fun having him around. He lightens everything up, makes you laugh a lot and keeps everything interesting, especially when he's hungry. TDN: Which is all the time. KM: Yes. All the time. TDN: I got a huge kick out of him at the Preakness when he was given his own credential. KM: (laughs) I told them I wasn't coming unless they let me bring him. TDN: You were half serious, right? KM: No, I was completely serious! TDN: He goes everywhere you go. KM: Pretty much. TDN: Tell me the story how Sonny became a member of the McPeek family. KM: Sherri wanted a cat and I said, 'sure.' She scrolled and showed me a picture of a puppy and I said, 'that's not a cat. This is going to be a big dog.' She thought it was so cute and wanted to go look at him. I said there was no sense looking at him because if you go look at him, you're going to buy him. (The seller) brought him to the farm in Lexington and he said (Sonny) was useless to him. I said, 'why?' He said he would not hunt. He was gun shy. Even lightning. He is under the bed. TDN: He's a scaredy cat. KM: He's scared of lightning, guns, loud noises, cars backfiring. He gets right up next to me, like 'help me! Save me!' He's a good dog. TDN: I was talking to someone and he said, 'if you talk to Kenny, ask him who is roommate was in the 1980s.' KM: Dale (Romans). For sure. TDN: What was that like? KM: Interesting. Interesting summer, Days Inn Hotel. If you had a girlfriend in the room, you had to put a sock over the door. He had more girlfriends than me. He was an assistant to his dad and I was just getting started. TDN: Do you like the attention brought on by one horse, aka, Thorpedo Anna? KM: It depends. I don't think about it too much. There is a lot to worry about every day beyond one horse. You work hard to get good horses. Why wouldn't you enjoy it? I would be more worried if I had a barn full of average to bad horses. When you have a bunch of average horses, you worry, 'how can I get a better one?' TDN: How many do you have up here? KM: Thirty. That's a healthy number. TDN: Do you miss (Kentucky Derby winner) Mystik Dan (he is on the farm in Kentucky getting some R&R)? KM: Yeah. They are keeping me posted on him every day. That's just doing the right thing. Nothing major, but that horse really deserves time to fill out and recoup and reset. I'm lucky that I have good clients to let me do that. I'm trying to do it with a clear mind. I don't want any schedule and I don't want any expectation other than let's put a little weight on him and let any creaks and any issues disappear. TDN: There is no timetable for him to do anything. KM: No, and there shouldn't be. We didn't think he liked the Saratoga track (in the Belmont, where he finished eighth). If I was going to rush him back into the Travers, I was going to be bringing him back to a racetrack where I kind of questioned whether he cared for it or not. And what other 3-year-old races are out there? Pennsylvania Derby and that is still a bit of an away game for us. I didn't feel any pressure to try to make either one. Mystik Dan | Sarah Andrew TDN: In all likelihood, we'll see him at (age) four. KM: You might see him before the end of the season. You might see him at the Malibu in California. We've got some things to prove with him as a stallion prospect. We'll let that all come together. We'll see. TDN: When you won the Kentucky Oaks and then the Kentucky Derby the next day–becoming the first trainer to do it in the same year since Ben Jones did it in 1952–you must have been in a surreal place. KM: It was very surreal. It was something I thought we could do, and knew we could do, but for it to come together in one weekend was amazing. I have been kind of around the bullseye in both races over the course of my career, but to hit them in the same weekend was very satisfying. TDN: Were you more confident in her (Thorpedo Anna in the Oaks) or him (Mystik Dan in the Derby)? KM: Oh, her. I thought she was literally a two-foot putt, almost a cinch to win. I was reeking confidence with her. TDN: Have you ever been as confident? KM: No. Not that in kind of race. TDN: You put your neck out before that race. KM: Not really. I said, 'they better bring a bear because I've got a grizzly.' She was just doing super, and she continues to maintain that. That's hard to do with most of these horses. TDN: I ask everyone the same two questions. One, If you could have dinner with three people, living or dead, who would they be? KM: (Trainers) Vincent O'Brien, Federico Tesio and Horatio Luro. TDN: The other one is if there was a movie made about your life and you can pick the actor to play you, who you got? KM: (laughs). The Rock! TDN: Who plays Sonny? KM: Sonny plays Sonny! TDN: In your spare time, what are you doing? KM: We try to go out on the (Saratoga) lake every chance we get. I try to spend time with my wife and my daughter (Annie). Last night (Tuesday) we went to the concert (Foreigner at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center). We've been to three concerts in the last couple weeks. Every summer, we go to five, six concerts. TDN: Is it hard to have a normal life when you're a horse trainer? KM: I try. I do better the older I get. When I was younger, I didn't do anything else. I love being a father and a husband. Those are the number one jobs. TDN: On Sundays, you make them for the family, correct? KM: I learned that going to Australia. Sundays, they don't train or race too much in Australia. I think you can do this in six days as well as seven. TDN: Do you watch much TV? KM: Not too much. We did “Yellowstone.” “Game of Thrones.” Little HBO on occasion. TDN: Do you cook? KM: Sherri is a fantastic cook, if you haven't noticed (smiles). Let's just say she feeds the bear well. TDN: Favorite racetrack. KM: Keeneland. TDN: Where is Saratoga on your list? KM: Probably third. TDN: Churchill second? KM: Yeah. TDN: Biggest win at Saratoga. What would it be? KM: Tough one. The Golden Ticket dead heat (in the 2012 Travers with Alpha) was a lot of fun. Swiss Skydiver winning the Alabama (in 2020). Eskimo Kisses winning the Alabama (2018). The Acorn and the Coaching Club (American Oaks with Thorpedo Anna this year) were great wins. I would say Swiss Skydiver's Alabama was ultra impressive. Swiss Skydiver with Ken McPeek and Sonny | Katie Petrunyak TDN: You have won just about every race there is to win. Almost. Is there one race on your bucket list? KM: Way outside the box. I want to win the English (Epsom) Derby and English (Epsom) Oaks one day. Those are two races that are iconic that Americans have never even taken a shot at. In the next 10 years, I am going to do it. TDN: If you could spend one hour in this office–shut the door–with any trainer from history, who would it be? KM: Federico Tesio. His depth of knowledge of the thoroughbred and the development of the thoroughbred… he started as a horse trainer. He became a breeder. He was the breeder of I don't know how many Italian Derbies. He was just a student of the thoroughbred. And that's what I am. I could sit and talk to him forever. I think that would be really cool. Of course, he was Italian. We would have a little language barrier. He analyzed the confirmation of the thoroughbred, he analyzed how they ran, he analyzed how they should be bred, how they should be crossed. TDN: When you were growing up, was it always about being around the horses? KM: I didn't grow up in a horse racing family, but I grew up in what I would call a horse racing neighborhood. My grandfather, this is on my mom's side, was vice president of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and he loved to go to Keeneland and play the ponies. When I first started going to Keeneland, it was with him. TDN: What sport did you like growing up? KM: I played all sports. I played basketball mostly. TDN: Any good? KM: I was really good. I probably could have played small college ball. TDN: If you could have one superpower, what would it be? KM: Seeing the future! TDN: If you could have a walk-up song–like baseball players do –when you bring a horse onto the track, what would it be? KM: I listen to this band called J J Grey & Mofro. Really great. There is a song called “I Believe (In Everything).” Fantastic song. I listened to it every morning for two weeks going into work going into the Derby and the Oaks. I rode into Churchill every day and you got to believe you can do something. If you don't believe it, it won't happen. If you believe it, it can happen. The post The Saratoga Conversation: Kenny McPeek appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Hill 'n' Dale consignment at Keeneland November this year will feature 2023 Canadian Champion Older Male Tyson (Tapit–Honouring, by Smart Strike) the farm announced Monday. A winner at first asking at Gulfstream Park for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, the homebred would go on to win a pair of graded races at Woodbine in the GIII Dominion Day Stakes and the GII Seagram Cup Stakes. He also ran third in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga en route to being named Champion Older Male in Canada. A well-bred son of Tapit, Tyson is out of a full-sister to both GISW Streaming and SW Treasuring, each of whom has already produced a stakes runner. This is the family of MGSW Cezanne (Curlin), MGSW/GISP Greatest Honour (Tapit) and last year's champion 3-year-old colt Arcangelo (Arrogate). Third dam Better Than Honour, broodmare of the year in 2007, produced a champion filly in Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy) along with SW Man of Iron (Giant's Causeway), GSW/G1SP Casino Drive (Mineshaft) and a second GI Belmont Stakes winner in Jazil (Seeking the Gold). The post Hill ‘n’ Dale To Offer Sovereign Award Winner Tyson At Keeneland November appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Multiple Classic winner Seamie Heffernan, Royal Ascot-winning teenager Billy Loughnane and French Group 1 scorer Marie Vélon are among the 12 jockeys today confirmed to ride in Saturday's Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup at Ascot. Nine countries will be represented across the four teams, while new ground is broken this year with an equal number of male and female jockeys for the first time in the history of the Shergar Cup. Vélon, the first French female jockey to win a French Group 1 race with her victory in the 2022 Prix Royal-Oak, will join the Ladies' team which is captained by Hayley Turner as she makes a record-extending seventeenth appearance in the competition. The team is completed by Saffie Osborne whose final race heroics secured the title for the Ladies last year. The Rest of the World team will be captained by Australian-based five-time Group 1 winner Rachel King. The team will also feature Japanese rider Nanako Fujita, who made her Shergar Cup debut in 2019 and became the first female JRA jockey to compete in a Group 1 when doing so the same year. South African jockey Rachel Venniker, successful in over 250 races already at the age of just 23, completes the line-up. Bauryzhan Murzabayev, from Kazakhstan and a four-time champion Flat jockey in Germany, captains the European team. He will be joined by Italian Alberto Sanna, who has ridden over 400 winners, notably winning back-to-back editions of the Italian 2,000 Guineas in 2021 and 2022. Spaniard Jose-Luis Borrego, victorious in Classics in his home country and the winner of nearly 500 races, also makes his debut in the competition. The Great Britain & Ireland team, led by Dubai World Cup-winning jockey Tadgh O'Shea, will see 18-year-old Loughnane make his Shergar Cup debut, returning to the scene of his first two Royal Ascot victories back in June. Loughnane's youth will be combined with Heffernan's experience, the 52-year-old bringing over 1,000 career victories, including both the Derby and the Oaks at Epsom. A record £500,000 will be available in prize-money across the six race programme, with prize-money paid down to tenth in each race. £25,000 in stable bonuses is also available, split between the three leading yards. The post Heffernan, Loughnane and Vélon Feature Among Shergar Cup Participants appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The racing public will have the opportunity to decide which 'Turn of the Century' Flat horse should be inducted into the QIPCO British Champions Series Hall of Fame. Voting is now open to select from Daylami (Ire), Dubai Millennium (GB), Giant's Causeway and Montjeu (Ire). Voting closes just before midnight on Monday, August 26. The globetrotting Daylami won seven Group 1 races during his illustrious career, including the Poule d'Essai des Poulains as a three-year-old when trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre for the Aga Khan. He was later purchased by Godolphin and counted the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and Breeders' Cup Turf among his four top-level wins during a sparkling five-year-old campaign in 1999. At stud his standout performer was the Irish Derby and Tattersalls Gold Cup hero Grey Swallow (Ire). Dubai Millennium was another outstanding talent for Godolphin and trainer Saeed bin Suroor, suffering just one defeat in a career spanning 10 races. As a four-year-old, in 2000, he memorably won the Dubai World Cup by six lengths and the Prince Of Wales's Stakes by eight lengths, before injury brought his racing career to a premature end. His career at stud was also short-lived as he was unable to be saved after contracting grass sickness, but his best son from his only crop of runners, Dubawi (Ire), has since become a hugely influential stallion in his own right. Dubbed “The Iron Horse” because of his remarkable constitution, Giant's Causeway contested no fewer than nine top-level contests as a three-year-old in 2000, notably winning the St James's Palace Stakes, Coral-Eclipse, Sussex Stakes, Juddmonte International and Irish Champion Stakes. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, he was also beaten just a neck in the Breeders' Cup Classic on his final start before a successful stud career which saw him produce the Classic winners Shamardal and Ghanaati, among others. Lastly, the John Hammond-trained Montjeu was the outstanding three-year-old over middle-distances in 1999 when he won the Prix du Jockey Club, Irish Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. At four he added three more Group 1 victories to his tally, including an effortless success in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, before retiring to Coolmore stud. He went on to sire four Derby winners at Epsom–Motivator (GB), Authorized (Ire), Pour Moi (Ire) and Camelot (GB)–as well as other top-class runners such as Fame And Glory (GB) and St Nicholas Abbey (Ire). Rod Street, non-voting chair of the expert panel which put together the shortlist, said, “There were many outstanding horses to discuss, but ultimately these four stood out for their exceptional ability and racecourse performances, and for the way they live on in the memory. “All were great horses who had a significant impact on the sport and for whom racing fans had immense respect and affection. I am looking forward to seeing how the vote progresses over August as I think this year it will be a very tight competition.” The post Which ‘Turn of the Century’ Flat Horse will be Voted into the Hall of Fame? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

July 2024 saw declines across the board compared to the same month last year with only average field size (+0.98%) and average available purses per race day (+3.42%) seeing gains for the month. With race days down to 383 from 423 last year (-9.46%), wagering, available purses, races and starts all saw declines. Race days are down year-to-date (2,173 vs. 2,284) leading to declines in wagering (-3.20%), races (-4.63%) and starts (-3.87%). Available wagering per race day (+1.74%) and average available purses per race day (+8.88 %) both showed gains as did average field size (+0.79%). The post Fewer Race Days In July Drop Economic Indicators appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article