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Michael Langlois and Gary Barber's 2023 King's Plate Stakes winner Paramount Prince attempts to continue his reign over the Woodbine synthetic as he breaks from the outside of a nine-horse field in the CA$175,000 Seagram Cup (G2) July 27.View the full article

MyRacehorse's Seize the Grey (Arrogate) recorded his final major work Tuesday ahead of an intended date in the GII Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga this weekend. Over Oklahoma's training track rated 'wet-fast,' the grey covered a half mile in :47.99. The GI Preakness Stakes winner shipped to Churchill Downs following a seventh-place finish in the GI Belmont Stakes June 8 before returning to the Spa earlier this month. “He was very strong and I'm very pleased with him,” said Lukas. “I told the rider to go :47 and a fifth, and she went :47 and four. Trainers are always going to tell you, 'He did it all within himself.' But I really was pleased. It sharpened him up I think and put him on his toes.” Exiting post 2, the colt will be reunited with Jaime Torres. Also representing this season's sophomore class, WSS Racing's Brightwork (Outwork), who hasn't been seen since finishing sixth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies at Santa Anita last fall, is likely to mark her return in next weekend's GI Test Stakes, according to her trainer John Ortiz. The winner of last summer's GIII Adirondack Stakes and GI Spinaway Stakes. “That's the plan for now. So far, all systems are go,” said Ortiz. “Listen, we are in Saratoga, you go big or go home. She's proven herself before and I know I'm asking a lot of her, but at the same time there is nowhere else that we can go with her. I'm confident in her.” Brightwork worked five-furlongs from the gate in 1:00 flat over the Saratoga main track (2/23) July 21. Hall of Famer John Velazquez was up for the solo breeze. “She had the gate work 14 days out, just a little reminder [of the gate]. We wanted to do a little more than just a maintenance work, but at the same time, not too much,” said Ortiz. “She did that very well. I was very pleased. Johnny Velazquez was on her and he is very content with their effort.” Ortiz added that Brightwork will have one more maintenance work and if all goes well, she will enter the Test. The post ‘Grey’ Posts Final Jim Dandy Work, Brightwork Likely for Test Return appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The July 25 Caress Stakes (G3T) reunites Future Is Now, Roses for Debra, and Kaufymaker who were separated by a neck in the June 7 Intercontinental Stakes (G2T).View the full article

If you didn't know the sophisticated people behind the mating, you might imagine that Puca went to Good Magic on no better premise than to double down on the alchemy implicit in both names. Because a puca (or pooka) in folklore is a shape-changing sprite, capable of bringing good or bad fortune. Shakespeare named Puck accordingly in A Midsummer Night's Dream, but my favourite example is Elwood P. Dowd's invisible drinking buddy Harvey, a rabbit standing just under six feet four inches. Perhaps you've noticed his silhouette at Harvey's Bar in downtown Lexington? If not, then check out the James Stewart movie, and meanwhile settle for a mare now resident down the road at Resolute Farm as the most celebrated Puca in town. TDN visited Puca and her latest son by Good Magic earlier this summer, after Dornoch's GI Belmont Stakes success elevated her to the select group of mares to have produced two Classic winners, his brother Mage having of course won the GI Kentucky Derby last year. In now adding the GI Haskell Stakes, Dornoch has consolidated his claims as crop leader–and so become a rising tide that floats all boats. Most obviously he has vindicated the $2.9 million purchase of his dam by John Stewart at Keeneland last November. Even as it was, her McKinzie yearling had made $1.2 million in the same ring a few weeks previously. And just about every step taken by Dornoch since, starting in the GII Remsen Stakes, has enhanced the value of a mare still only 12 years old. No wonder her weanling is nicknamed “Preakness” on the farm. Good Magic | Sarah Andrew But while Puca is now serving an ambitious new force, she's also working out nicely for others with a contrasting depth of experience–each, in their different way, outstanding exemplars for anyone trying to secure a lasting foothold in this most challenging of sports. Airdrie Stud, for instance, can now amplify the genes being recycled by Mage, who joined their roster this spring. Dornoch himself will eventually enter competition at Spendthrift, and it will be interesting to follow their fortunes, given the different approach of these two farms. Spendthrift candidly plays the numbers game, which essentially pitches lower fees against the risk of a market glut. Airdrie tends to be more restrained in book sizes, while gamely still setting value fees and trusting in an uncommon flair–one that's proving seamless, between one generation and the next–for identifying talent, and giving it a chance through an expertly assembled home herd. In fact its two most industrial rivals, Ashford and Spendthrift, owe big guns Uncle Mo and Into Mischief to Airdrie projects, in Indian Charlie and Harlan's Holiday respectively. Physically, Mage primarily evokes their sire; Dornoch, their dam. Both, however, are powerful adverts for their upbringing by the most venerable farm in town. Mage in the Derby | Coady Mage was the fourth Derby winner raised at Runnymede, founded in 1867 by the great-grandfather of current chairman/CEO, Brutus Clay III. With characteristic modesty, Clay deflects credit for the farm's commercial regeneration since the 2008 wake-up to Romain Malhouitre, who supervises day-to-day operations. Regardless, the arrival of Grandview Equine, breeders of Mage and Dornoch, itself illustrates the diversification these guys have achieved in the client base. Just like Airdrie, then, this is a farm with a great history now carrying forward its legacy in dynamic fashion–with a little help from Puca. But on this rising tide let's not forget the boat that launched Puca herself. Because her dam, Boat's Ghost, surely merits closer attention in pondering how her daughter by Big Brown has achieved stardom. After all, she had already contrived a Grade I winner by a stallion as unproductive as Powerscourt (GB). Her own sire Silver Ghost became more notorious, at stud, for his fiery temperament than for prolific success. But he left a respectable imprint as a broodmare sire–for instance through Ascend (Candy Ride {Arg}), Yonaguska (Cherokee Run) and Roadster (Quality Road)–and his mating with Rocktheboat (Summer Squall), a mare who otherwise produced limited results from limited opportunity, somehow stoked up embers in their daughter Boat's Ghost. Perhaps something clicked with Rocktheboat's damsire Native Royalty, by Raise A Native out of the important mare Queen Nasra, a daughter of Nasrullah. That's a strong echo of Silver Ghost's sire Mr Prospector: by Raise A Native, out of a mare by Nasrullah's great son Nashua. But don't forget that Silver Ghost himself belongs to the illustrious Gallorette family, his granddam Flight Dancer (Misty Flight) figuring as fourth dam of Gun Runner and third dam of Saint Liam. One way or another, to produce an outlier by Powerscourt as well as a history-making mare means that Boat's Ghost, herself stakes-placed in a light career, must be revisited as a mare of consequence. Good Magic colt out of Puca | Sara Gordon Which is pretty unfortunate for those who culled her, aged 19, for just $17,000 at the Keeneland January Sale last year, barely a fortnight before Mage made his belated debut. As a result, however, yet another of the most exemplary operations around is prospering from Dornoch's rise. For Boat's Ghost was purchased by Nursery Place, whose peerless standards will assuredly maximize the potential of daughters by Raging Bull (Fr) (acquired in utero) and now Hard Spun (Good Magic's damsire, incidentally). Unfortunately she missed this year, but the self-effacing master horseman who presides over Nursery Place is grateful for what they have. In fact he intends to race the Raging Bull, and refers to the Hard Spun as “a collector's item.” If that's a strong endorsement, rest assured that plans for now remain no more excitable than that she will “probably just hang out for a while.” Hearing that, you just feel that the confluence behind Puca of beneficiaries as diverse as Airdrie, Runnymede and Nursery Place–united by a conviction that if you do right by a horse, everything else will fall in place–can be no coincidence. THE STAR LIGHTING UP THORPEDO'S PAGE The colorful origins of Thorpedo Anna–the premature foaling of her dam, who was then kindly donated by her owner to the people looking after her so well–have understandably dominated her back story. And we have all relished, also, this fresh evidence that you don't need to be a tycoon or sheikh to strike gold somewhere along the line. (Albeit in our hearts we know that hardly any of us will get anywhere near Kenny McPeek's ability to spot the gleam of a hidden seam…) Thorpedo Anna takes the CCA Oaks | Coglianese But the fairytale element should not distract us from one or two fundamentals lurking in her page. Doubtless plenty of people out there will just be chucking her into their software as a Fast Anna-Uncle Mo cross; or, more likely, as a “Medaglia d'Oro line”-Uncle Mo cross, that kind of shorthand becoming necessary when sires are as inconvenient to any kind of “system” as Fast Anna before his sad loss to laminitis three years ago. For him to bequeath a filly as brilliant as Thorpedo Anna as his one and only graded stakes winner is enough to divert my attention to a far more luminously obvious powderkeg behind the GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner. Uncle Mo, then on the bubble at $27,500, has turned out to be a different class of stallion from almost all the others mated with Thorpedo Anna's granddam Pacific Sky. But that mare offered him some remarkable blood. Apart from anything else, she combined her damsire Seattle Slew as close as 3×2, her sire Stormy Atlantic being out of one of his daughters. Moreover we mustn't forget that Stormy Atlantic extends the storied Rough Shod bloodline, via his third dam Moccasin. And that line, in her pedigree, duly stands opposite one of the few that can look Rough Shod in the eye and ask for more. Because even producing two Grade I winners (Eskendereya by Giant's Causeway, and Balmont by Stravinsky) qualifies Pacific Sky's dam Aldebaran Light (Seattle Slew) as a fairly minor addition to the dynasty rooted in the mighty Almahmoud. Aldebaran Light (a half-sister to Grade II winner Blazonry {Hennessy}) gets to her along the Cosmah branch, her fourth dam being Halo's half-sister Queen Sucree (Ribot {GB})–herself responsible for Derby winner Cannonade (Bold Bidder). Pacific Sky's daughter by much her most potent mate was physically prevented from tapping into all this stuff, but such a concentration of big “brands,” so close up, surely explains Thorpedo Anna far better than scratching our heads over Fast Anna. Of course, Fast Anna represents a sireline that found, in Sadler's Wells, the most explosive combination of all between the Almahmoud and Rough Shod lines. And we could also mention that his damsire Rahy is out of a Halo mare; or even that his third dam, who additionally produced Kitten's Joy by Fast Anna's grandsire El Prado (Ire), was by Lear Fan–whose damsire Lt. Stevens was out of Rough Shod… But those are all straws floating in the wind. Feel free to reduce everything to data, formulas, systems. Good luck, and we'll see you at the racetrack. Some of us, at least, will always be grateful that the mystery abides. PRECOCITY DOES NOT EQUAL SPEED Interesting to see the brilliant program that produced Without Parole (among many others) launching a couple of his first crop at Saratoga last week. One ran a very promising fifth, the other won. Over the water, meanwhile, the son of Frankel (GB) has had five winners from just 17 starters on his doorstep at Newsells Park Stud. Without Parole | Amy Lanigan Starting out in Britain, Without Parole himself made his only juvenile appearance a few days before Christmas but rose quickly through the ranks to win the G1 St James's Palace Stakes on his fourth start. He's a half-brother to dirt miler Tamarkuz (Speightstown) out of a half-sister to two other accomplished dirt horses in Stay Thirsty (Bernardini) and Andromeda's Hero (Fusaichi Pegasus). The next dam, by Roberto, was second in four Grade I races, and opens six consecutive generations curated by King Ranch. Bearing in mind the transatlantic impact being made by Justify, the Gunthers are showing much bigger programs the way when it comes to reconciling the disastrous schism our industry has allowed to open between European and American gene pools. Without Parole could prove another two-way street, and maybe not just on grass either. I have never seen a turf champion that ran more like a dirt horse than Frankel. Without Parole stood for just £8,000 this year but does not have to look far for inspiration. His £17,500 neighbor Nathaniel (Ire) produced his ninth Group 1 winner in the G1 Irish Oaks last weekend. And yet European breeders still stampede to precocious sprint sires as an ostensible source of “commercial speed.” I hope they noted yesterday's TDN, which recorded Timeform's dismal verdict on the current European sprinters, continuing a pedestrian streak over the past five years. Remember the old saying: more haste, less speed. As Justify is showing, the continued viability in the U.S. of speed-carrying, two-turn stallions represents a huge opportunity for European commercial breeding. The post Breeding Digest: Riding Puca’s Rising Tide appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Approximately 40 students from Bottisham Village College attended a Racing to School event at The National Stud and Newmarket's July Course earlier this month. The Year 7 group were able to view stallions Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) and Stradivarius (Ire) at the stud, with several math-based activities held at the July Course. This visit followed on from the successful mock interviews Careers Event led by the charity back in February. The day was well supported by the horseracing industry with volunteer interviewers from both Newmarket racecourses offering advice and feedback to the Year 7 group before they embark on their chosen career and study paths. The partnership between Racing to School and the College, which began in 2022, has already supported the learning of over 270 pupils at unique events. Katie Neville-Jones, Careers Lead at the College said, “This day was a fantastic opportunity for our Year 7s to be inspired and enriched during our school's activity week. It is great to continue to work together with Racing to School after a few years, and to open up more opportunities in the future.” The post Bottisham Village College Students Attend Racing To School Event appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Horse Racing Women's Summit (HRWS) hosted their second event of the year with panels and networking opportunities taking place at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Tuesday, July 23 in Saratoga Springs, New York, the organization said in a Wednesday release. “To be clear, this is not an event where women get together to discuss female challenges,” said Shona Rotondo, Chair of the HRWS Marketing & Communications Committee. “It's an event that brings together intelligent and successful industry professionals to discuss the challenges of our sport with the ultimate goal being to connect and share ideas that become the building blocks of future innovation.” Sessions began with a keynote conversation led by Liza Lazarus, CEO of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA), that was hosted by Donna Barton Brothers, a racing analyst for NBC Sports. “I'm really delighted that there are a number of initiatives, certainly also like this, around women,” said Lazarus. “It's really important to me that we have a lot of women in the industry. My senior leadership team is more than half women.” Lazarus and Brothers not only discussed HISA and the progress being made across the country, but also delved into the topics of challenges and strategies for balancing a career and family, the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and the need for professionalization and technological advancement in the industry. “We can't stay in the dark ages. If we want to continue to build the incredible legacy that horse racing has, we've got to take advantage of the tools that are available to us. We have to professionalize,” said Lazarus. Panel at the HRWS Saratoga Conference | HRWS The first panel of the day, entitled 'Prioritizing the Equine Athlete,' featured panelists Jena Antonucci, Classic-winning trainer; Tina Bond, President of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association; Jane McMahon, Manager of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds; and Dr. Martha Misheff, DVM. Moderated by Laura Simiele, the speakers emphasized the importance of prioritizing safety and confidence in the equine athlete lifecycle, from breeding to racing and beyond. “The minute you feel your ego is more important than the well-being of the horse you are caring for, find a new job,” said Antonucci. The second panel, entitled 'After Racing: Options Beyond Racing' and moderated by Rachel Dunn, was led by panelists Keri Brion, Multiple Graded Stakes-winning Flat and Steeplechase Trainer; Lisa Malloy, Program Director of ReRun Inc.; Jen Roytz, Co-Owner/Manager of Brownstead Farm; Kim Weir, Director of Strategic Growth at Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga. With backgrounds across all aspects of not only the racing industry, but the equine world as a whole, the group discussed the importance of considering and preparing Thoroughbreds for a second career. “Aftercare is not a bad word, but it's not accurate,” said Weir. “It's not 'after' at all, it's a continuum of care. It's like the college athlete going on to their real world job after school.” A conversation with Jane Lyon, owner of Summer Wind Farm, about the full-circle journey of the Thoroughbred, hosted by Stephanie Hronis, HRWS Executive Committee Member and Thoroughbred owner, closed out the day's programming. The next event on the 2024 HRWS calendar is the annual Horse Racing Women's Summit, set for Sept. 25-27 in Arcadia, California. To learn more and purchase tickets, click here. The post Women’s Summit Event Returns To Saratoga, Hosts Panels And Networking appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Canadian champion 2-year-old colt Truth of It All (Proud Truth) died peacefully from natural causes at age 34 on Wednesday, July 24 at Hurstland Farm in Midway, Kentucky, according to a press release from the farm. By Darby Dan stallion Proud Truth, Truth of It All was born at Hurstland to MGSW Cup of Honey (Raise a Cup) Feb. 26, 1990. Trained by Sheldon Wolfe, Truth of It All won the 1993 edition of the GIII Grey Stakes en route to taking home the Sovereign Award for the top juvenile male. He also competed in the Kentucky Derby that year and finished 10th to winner Sea Hero (Polish Navy). Rescued after his last race–a claiming event at Los Alamitos Sept. 14, 1997–he was offered to Hurstland's Alfred Nuckols, Jr. for retirement. “After the Sovereign Award he received for Hurstland as his breeder and the wonderful experience he took me on with Al and Marge Schmidt and Sheldon Wolfe, I told them that he had a home at Hurstland as long as I had a farm,” said Nuckols. “I picked him up with then farm manager, Tim Overton, in our box van and we returned him, after a short ride, to his birthplace at Hurstland where he enjoyed the last 27 years of his life, constantly enjoying his peppermints.” Affectionately nicknamed “Dennis the Menace” by Wolfe, Truth of It All had side gigs as a baby sitter for weanlings early in his retirement. In 2020, the pensioner was paired with Doc's Leading Lady (Doc's Leader)–granddam to MGSW Get Smokin (Get Stormy) who was also bred by Hurstland. The post Canadian Champion Truth Of It All Passes Away At Hurstland Farm appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who saw Tapit Trice (Tapit) make a successful return in the GIII Monmouth Cup, earned a $75,000 bonus from Monmouth Park as a result of the $150,000 Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge that ended Saturday, July 20. Chad Brown, with a first (Beaute Cachee) and third-place finish (Delahaye) in the GIII WinStar Matchmaker Stakes, earned $25,000 for finishing second to Pletcher with 55 points. Pletcher totaled 98 points over the Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge that ran from July 19-21. Pletcher also had the runner-up (Mindframe) in the NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes. The top 10 point-getters all received bonuses. “As always, we are grateful for all of the owners and trainers who participated all weekend,” said John Heims, Monmouth Park's Director of Racing. “The Haskell trainer bonus debuted this year to great success and we look forward to bringing it back next year and in the years to come.” To be eligible for the bonus, trainers had to make at least five starts in at least three races during the July 19-21 cards at Monmouth Park. The NYRA Bets Haskell offered 25 points to the winning trainer, 20 points for second, 15 for third, 10 for fourth and seven points from fifth place on. The point system for the four other graded stakes on Haskell Day, July 21, were as follows: 18 points for first place, 15 points for second place, 10 points for third place, eight points for fourth place and five points for fifth through last place. Points were also awarded for all other stakes races, for maiden special weight races, allowances and handicaps, as well as the remaining races over the three-day period. Of the top 10 finishers, eight of the trainers are stabled at Monmouth Park. The final results of the Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge (bonus and points earned): Todd Pletcher $75,000 (98 points) Chad Brown $25,000 (55 points) Pat McBurney $20,000 (35 points) Christophe Clement $10,000 (31 points) Claudio Gonzalez $7,500 (28 points) Louis Linder $2,500 (24 points) Mario Serey $2,500 (23 points) Joe Orseno $2,500 (20 points) (tie) Lindsey Schultz $2,500 (20 points) Shug McGaughey $2,500 (20 points) The post Pletcher Earns $75K Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge Bonus appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sovereign Award-winning 2-year-old male, graded stakes winner, and 1993 Kentucky Derby (G1) runner Truth of It All died peacefully from natural causes July 24 at the age of 34.View the full article

Even though many of his friends and some family members had a pretty good idea of what his career path would eventually be, Chris Elliott wasn't sure if he wanted to follow in the stirrups of his father, jockey Stewart Elliott of Smarty Jones fame.View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher, who saw Tapit Trice make a successful return with a 5 1/4-length romp in the Monmouth Cup Stakes (G3), earned a $75,000 bonus from Monmouth Park as a result of the $150,000 Haskell Weekend Trainer Challenge.View the full article

Vladimir Cespedes, an owner, exercise rider and stable employee based at Parx Racing was found in possession of an electrical device and illegal human narcotics on Monday, July 23, during an integrity sweep of the barn area which was led by Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission (PSHRC) investigators who were in coordination with the racetrack and the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association (PTHA), according to a stewards' ruling (24172PP) posted on the Commission's portal. That same day, Cespedes was summarily suspended by the stewards for a potential violation of 7 PA Code Section 305.273 (h) and 185.2, and Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) Rule 2273. The Keystone State rule book's Section 305.273, which applies to a jockey and apprentice license, as well as owners, makes it unlawful for them to be in possession or control of any shocking device. Also, section 185.2–conduct of licensee–bans inappropriate, illegal or unethical conduct which violates the state's rules for racing. The integrity of the sport and public perception of the industry are covered under this provision. Finally, HISA Rule 2273 specifically states that no covered horse may have an electrical or mechanical device used on them at any time on racetrack grounds or during a workout. According to Jason Klouser, the director of enforcement for the PSHRC, searches like the one performed on Monday at Parx are part of a wider program in Pennsylvania to catch perpetrators by working with local organizations who are integral to their program. Members of the investigative team at Parx | PSHRC “The team was able to catch this individual because we used concentrated tactics,” said Klouser. “It included our own people, but also members of the Organization of Racing Investigators. For the sake of these horses, I am just glad we found this device when we did.” Jeff Matty, the executive director of the PTHA, said, “The PTHA is proud of our collaborative efforts with the Pennsylvania State Horse Racing Commission in conjunction with Parx Racing. We strive for a fair and level playing field across the board, along with a safe and secure backstretch community. Efforts like this ensure that is achieved.” As for Cespedes's horses that he owns through Yellow Stripe Stable, Klouser confirmed that Wynn Giant (Freud), who is trained by Ilias Tapsas, was scratched from the twelfth race at Parx on Monday. Also, Angelus Warrior (Jersey Town), who is trained by Osvaldo Rojas, was scratched from the first race at Parx on Tuesday. The licensee does have the right to appeal the decision with a written response within 10 days of the violation. Per the ruling, during the suspension Cespedes is denied access to all grounds under the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 25 to determine whether the summary suspension will remain in place. Then a future disciplinary hearing will formally hear the merits of the case. Cespedes's last violation occurred in late November of 2023 which resulted in a fine of $100.00 for failing to follow the instructions of an outrider and disrespect for that individual. The post Owner-Exercise Rider Found With Electrical Device And Illegal Drugs At Parx appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The G1 July Cup winner Mill Stream (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) will bid to maintain his unblemished Deauville record when he returns to the Normandy seaside for a crack at the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest on August 4. “He loves travelling so there are no worries there,” says his trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam, who has once again demonstrated her skills in guiding the four-year-old through the grades to the very top. He is currently the co-highest-rated sprinter in Europe with a Timeform mark of 122, and it was at this time last year that he first came to wider prominence by winning the Listed Prix Moonlight Cloud. On the same card, his half-brother Asymmetric (Ire) (Showcasing {GB}) won the Listed Prix du Cercle. For a time the elder of the pair, who had also won the G2 Richmond Stakes, held the bragging rights, but Mill Stream, with his Group 1 credentials, as well as picking up a Group 3 and Group 2 along the way, has now surpassed Asymmetric. In so doing, he has given another major boost to his breeders, the Murphy family of Redpender Stud. In the Chapple-Hyam stable Mill Stream has filled the void left by the dual Group 1 winner Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), who subsequently sold for 3.6 million gns to Najd Stud at the Tattersalls December Sale. “We all need that big horse,” says the trainer. “We all know how hard it is to find one, and it's getting harder and harder to hold onto them, too. Anything that's good, the phone's ringing.” There's little doubt that the stallion farms have been circling for Mill Stream, but Chapple-Hyam is in the fortunate position of already having been told by the colt's owner Peter Harris that his star performer will stay in training at the age of five. Harris, a former trainer and breeder, whose successes in both spheres notably include the G1 Middle Park Stakes winner Primo Valentino (Ire), held a dispersal of his Pendley Farm stock at Tattersalls in 2010. But he has remained a regular visitor to Park Paddocks and, with the help of bloodstock agent Anthony Stroud, has made significant investment in young stock to race. “It has been terrific to be able to reward him with a Group 1 winner,” says Chapple-Hyam. “Peter having been a trainer, he understands that there are more lows than highs, and he's a good sounding board and a great support to the yard. “I'm lucky he knocked on my door. I didn't know him before that; I got a call, and that was that.” She continues, “It's nice for him to get something back as it's been hard work on his behalf as he walks around Tattersalls and looks at all the yearlings for Book 1 and Book 2, so it's good that his homework has paid dividends.” Mill Stream's longer-term targets include the Haydock Sprint Cup and the British Champions Sprint at Ascot in October, but in the immediate future a clash with Puchkine (Fr) and co is on the cards at a course where he is two-for-two. “It's an extended six,” Chapple-Hyam says of the Maurice de Gheest, “but going on how he hit the line in the July Cup I don't think it will be a problem, and he likes the track. “There wouldn't be a Breeders' Cup on the cards because Peter is happy to keep him in training next year so I don't want to run the risk of sending him there.” Among the dozen or so horses she has in training for Harris is the two-year-old Echalar (Ire), who is set to make his debut at Ascot on Saturday in the British EBF Crocker Bulteel Maiden. The trainer clearly holds the half-brother to G3 Chester Vase winner Youth Spirit (Ire) and Listed winner Canberra Legend (Ire) in some regard and has also given him a Gimcrack entry. “He's a lovely Too Darn Hot colt and he has trained well,” she says. “I'll be expecting a big show from him, but we're up against some horses who have already run second. It's going to be a hot little maiden.” Mill Stream's memorable July Cup victory was made all the sweeter by a double that day at Newmarket being brought up by the filly Asian Daze (Ire). The star of the first crop of Frontiersman (GB) had already won three times for Johnny Murtagh and was bought by Gai Waterhouse at the Goffs London Sale for £200,000. Asian Daze winning in the colours of Gai Waterhouse | Racingfotos “It was an honour to get the call from Gai to train her and, thank God, we got the job done,” she says, though the trainer has already had to bid farewell to the three-year-old who will eventually head south for Chapple-Hyam's native country, Australia. “She's a tough little nugget and her character is like that as well. She left this morning for quarantine. It was nice that they ran her and she won, so she goes down there 104-rated and I'd be surprised if she doesn't get black type in Australia.” She adds, “I've known Gai over the years but it was a call out of the blue and, like I said, it was an honour. It's such a shame that Gai wasn't here this year, because usually she attends the July Cup, but she had commitments back in Australia. “You could see how tough the filly is by the way she fought back when she got headed. She got a great ride from Billy Loughnane and he's going to go out [to Australia] in the winter to have six weeks with Gai, which will be a brilliant experience for him. It all worked out well.” Mill Stream is not the only member of Chapple-Hyam's stable who will be having his passport stamped for France this year, as she is also planning a Deauville raid with the three-year-old Sons And Lovers (GB) (Study Of Man {Ire), who has been both Group 3 and Listed-placed this season. “I'm going to send him to Deauville on the 11th to the Prix Nureyev,” she says. “I feel he's still progressing and, back in his own age group, let's give it a go. You just never know going over to France, but he has a great attitude and character so I think he'll travel fine. He's not a worrier. “He'll be bigger and stronger as a four-year-old but the door is being knocked at.” The trainer is clearly no stranger to success in Deauville, where Saffron Beach also landed the G1 Prix Rothschild two years ago, and it would be no surprise if Sons And Lovers is the next member of her stable to come bursting through that door. The post Mill Stream Set for Deauville Return and Will Race on Next Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. To follow are the horses entered for Thursday at Saratoga: Thursday, July 25, 2024 Saratoga 1, $90k, 2yo, f, (S), 5 1/2fT, 1:10 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Heavenly Light (City of Light), OBSMAR, 55,000, :10 2/5 C-Halcyon Hammock Farm, agt; B-Victoriam Farm, B Kinsell, agt Saratoga 6, $90k, 2yo, (S), 6f, 4:02 p.m. ET Ark Royal (McKinzie), OBSAPR, 90,000, :10 3/5 C-Top Line Sales LLC, agent; B-Lewis & Roslyn Titterton Man of Mischief (Instagrand), OBSMAR, 50,000, :10 2/5 C-Grade One Investments LLC, agent; B-Kenneth McPeek, agent The post Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: July 25, 2024 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Star stayer Kyprios (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is set to spearhead the Ballydoyle team at Goodwood next week when he lines up in the G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup on the opening day of the meeting, Tuesday, July 30. The six-year-old spent the first few months of last season on the sidelines due to injury, denying him the opportunity to try and defend the Goodwood Cup crown he won so memorably when beating Stradivarius (Ire) and Trueshan (Fr) in a thrilling contest in 2022. However, this year he's set to return to West Sussex with an unblemished record of three wins from three starts so far in 2024, culminating with a gutsy performance at Royal Ascot where he regained the Gold Cup title he also won in 2022. Now a five-time Group 1 winner, Kyprios is reported to be in rude health ahead of the feature race on Tuesday's card, with trainer Aidan O'Brien describing stayers of his calibre as “very rare”. “Kyprios is lazy in his work, but we're very happy with him,” said O'Brien. “Everything has gone well since Ascot. “He's a very special horse and has a lot of class. He has a lot more class than most people think. He does stay which is unusual, but he'd have no problem being a group horse over a mile and a quarter. As he goes up in distance, he just gets better. Those good stayers are very rare. When you go to those distances, very few horses get them really, but he has the class and gets the trip as well.” Discussing the injury which forced Kyprios to miss last year's Goodwood Cup, O'Brien added, “It was a long process. At one stage we didn't think he'd live, but when he got through that part, we had to teach him how to use his joint and walk again. When he started walking again, he had to walk on a very slow treadmill with bails on either side of him to stop him falling over. That should tell you where he came from. “It's incredible really–I never thought he would race ever again. There are so many people I should be mentioning who were involved in getting him back so all credit to them.” O'Brien is also set to be represented in the other two Group 1 races at the Qatar Goodwood Festival, with Henry Longfellow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) bound for the Qatar Sussex Stakes and Opera Singer (Justify) an intended runner in the Qatar Nassau Stakes. Unbeaten in three starts as a two-year-old, Henry Longfellow was last seen finishing second in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Opera Singer was also in action at that meeting when filling the same position in the G1 Coronation Stakes. “We're looking forward to him in Goodwood,” O'Brien said of Henry Longfellow. “We always thought he was a special horse based on what he did last year. We were over the moon with his run at Royal Ascot. “If we'd got a clearer run in France, we would have known more going into Ascot, so we went into Ascot just learning about him. There's every chance he'll progress.” “We were delighted with Opera Singer at Ascot,” he continued. “The other horse who led just messed up her pace a little bit, but we were over the moon with her. “We were always going to step up to go to a mile and a quarter in the Qatar Nassau Stakes with her after that. We're very happy with her and everything has gone well since Ascot. “She has an incredible pedigree and is by Justify which just makes her extra special. We think she'll be happy with the trip and track and she can probably go even further too.” The post Ballydoyle Assemble Star-Studded Team for the Qatar Goodwood Festival appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Karl Burke trainee Miss Lamai (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}–Tough Spirit {Ire}, by Iffraaj {GB}) bounced back off a close-up fourth in last month's G2 Queen Mary Stakes to secure a career high in Wednesday's Arqana Irish EBF Marwell Stakes at Naas. The 10-11 favourite, a debut winner at Thirsk in April and runner-up in May's Listed Marygate Stakes at York, raced off the pace towards the rear through the initial fractions of this five-furlong dash. Powering forward on the bridle once past halfway, she came under pressure to launch her challenge approaching the final furlong and was driven out in the closing stages to defeat Make Haste (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}) by 1 3/4 lengths. The long-time leader Shamrock Breeze (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}) was a head adrift in third with the fast-finishing Merrily (No Nay Never) a nose further back in fourth. “She's a good, tough filly and I thought that, if she ran up to either of her last two runs, she would be hard to beat, although you never know with two-year-old fillies,” said Burke. “We walked the track and when I watch Naas on TV, they are always coming stands' side and it walked that way as well. I said to Cliff [Lee] if they all go the other way to make sure he was on this side to make his challenge and, if they split, to definitely come this way. I think that helped. She got caught in the last 50 yards in the Marygate and at Royal Ascot they were spread across the track and she never got cover. That's the first time I've really seen her finish off her race. I've always thought she'd be a better filly with a bit of cover and that's worked out today. She's in the [G2] Lowther and we'll discuss that. This is huge for [owner] Chris [Hirst], who lives in Thailand, as he's building up a broodmare band.” Miss Lamai is the third of five foals and one of three scorers produced by a winning half-sister to Grand Prix de Vichy victrix One For Bobby (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). The March-foaled bay's second dam, multiple Group-placed Listed Owenstown Stud Stakes winner One Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), is out of a half-sister to dual Group 1-winning sire Diktat (GB) (Warning {GB}). Miss Lamai is a half-sister to the stakes-placed Spirit Of Camelot (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), a yearling colt by Australia (GB) and a weanling filly by Blackbeard (Ire). Listed success! Another winner in Ireland for @karl_burke as Miss Lamai flashes home under @CliffordleexLee to land the Listed Arqana @IrishEBF_ Marwell Stakes @NaasRacecourse pic.twitter.com/pN4Fi4nYAC — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 24, 2024 The post Karl Burke Trainee Miss Lamai Powers to Marwell Triumph at Naas appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thoroughbred After Alliance will work to advance its initiatives at Saratoga in August, with a presence both at the racetrack for the GI Whitney Stakes weekend, as well as at the sales pavilion for both Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sales. The TAA will be present at the New York Racing Association's Community Outreach Booth on both Aug. 3 and 4. Patrons and race fans can visit to learn about accredited aftercare. Branded merchandise will also be available at the booth in exchange for a donation, including a limited-edition Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance 'Saratoga' T-shirt. In addition, TAA will host the winners of the Saratoga VIP Experience from the “Off to the Races” online benefit auction. This experience, donated by NYRA, the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, and Anne's Washington Inn, will include a horseman's box for five, paddock and winner's circle access for the TAA race, and a tour with Tom Durkin at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. TAA representatives will also be on-site to converse with consigners, buyers, and supporters to discuss accredited aftercare at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale Aug. 5 and 6 and will hand out New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund co-branded rub rags to consigners of the New York Bred Yearlings Sale, which will be held Aug. 11-12. While in Saratoga, TAA officials will visit accredited aftercare facilities to conduct inspections as part of the accreditation process. Staff will also meet with trainers, owners, and other supporters throughout the week to discuss accredited aftercare. TAA board members will convene for an annual board meeting Aug. 8. “We are very excited to once again participate in so many industry events and spread awareness for accredited aftercare while we are at the NYRA Saratoga race meet,” said Stacie Clark Rogers, Operations Consultant, Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance. “It's wonderful to connect with supporters and partners during the race meet and the Fasig-Tipton sale and to visit and meet with many of our New York accredited organizations.” The post TAA on Site for Saratoga Races, Sales appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a seven-figure sales graduate. 14.40 Sandown, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, 7fT Godolphin's RULING COURT (Justify) caused a stir when realising a whopping €2.3-million at this year's Arqana Breeze-Up sale and makes his eagerly awaited debut in a contest won in recent years by Arabian Crown (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), Nostrum (GB) (Kingman {GB}) and Kameko (Kitten's Joy). The Charlie Appleby trainee, a $150,000 Keeneland September pinhook by Norman Williamson, is out of the Grade III-placed Inchargeofme (GB) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and encounters one dozen opponents in this one-turn test. 14.30 Doncaster, Nov, £6,800, 2yo, 7f 6yT Wathnan Racing's DAMYSUS (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a 460,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 acquisition, is kin to a trio of stakes performers produced by G1 Prix Marcel Boussac and G1 Prix de l'Opera third Legerete (Rahy) and is opposed by nine rivals in this debut. They include Victorious Racing's Roger Varian trainee Ride The Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), himself a 400,000gns Book 1 graduate, who is out of the dual stakes-placed G1 Irish Oaks sixth Stellar Glow (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}). 17.15 Leopardstown, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, 8fT Coolmore's DELACROIX (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}), who possesses a G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry, is a son of six-time elite-level heroine and dual US champion Tepin (Bernstein) and has Ryan Moore in the plate for this debut. Rivals include his Aidan O'Brien stablemate Scandinavia (Justify), who is a half-brother to G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Above The Curve (American Pharoah). 18.20 Leopardstown, Mdn, €25,000, 2yo, f, 7f 57yT Jessica Harrington trainee PROXIMA CENTAURI (IRE) (Circus Maximus {Ire}), twice scratched from seven-furlong heats at this venue, is the second foal produced by multiple Group 1-winning Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}). Her 17 rivals include Coolmore's $550,000 Keeneland September yearling Medici Venus (Tiz The Law), who is an Aidan O'Brien-trained half to two black-type performers out of GII Adirondack Stakes third Fully Living (Unbridled's Song). 18.45 Newbury, Mdn, £12,000, 2yo, f, 7fT Cheveley Park Stud homebred FORMAL (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a daughter of G1 Falmouth Stakes heroine Veracious (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and faces a reduced field of seven in this unveiling. Opposition includes Juddmonte's Sir Michael Stoute stablemate Polygram (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), who is out of a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Mile-winning sire Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). The post €2.3m Arqana Breeze-Up Sensation Set For Sandown Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Thursday's stakes action centres on a trio of juvenile heats at Leopardstown and Sandown, with runaway Listed Chesham Stakes victrix and 'TDN Rising Star' Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) the star attraction in the G3 Jockey Club of Turkey Silver Flash Stakes over an extended seven furlongs at the Foxrock track. The five-runner field also features her Aidan O'Brien stablemate Exactly (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) and last month's G2 Airlie Stud Stakes fourth Barnavara (Ire) (Calyx {GB}), from the Jessica Harrington yard. Ballydoyle is also represented by another 'TDN Rising Star' morning-line favourite in the Japan Racing Association Tyros Stakes. The twice-raced Surpass (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}) justified odds-on favouritism when notching an impressive three-length triumph at Tipperary last month and will head postward at cramped odds for the second of two Group 3 contests on the card. He is set to be accompanied by stablemate Swagman (Ger) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who claimed a narrow victory at Naas earlier in the month, and Joseph O'Brien trainee Scorthy Champ (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who comes back off a 69-day break after shedding maiden status at this venue in May. The six-runner-field also includes Newtown Anner Stud's undefeated homebred Beckman (Ire) (Beckford {GB}). Aidan O'Brien is the winningmost trainer in both contests, with 13 prior victories in the Silver Flash and a whopping 16 wins in the Tyros. All but one of 11 entries for Sandown's Listed EBN Star Stakes are previous winners with Juddmonte's likely favourite Flaming Stone (GB) (Kingman {GB}) seeking to confirm the promise of an impressive four-length tally in a Newbury novices' heat last month. “She won well and it might not have been the strongest contest, but she hit the line well and the runner-up ran well next time when second at Newmarket,” commented Juddmonte racing manager Barry Mahon. “She looked good and Oisin Murphy was very complimentary of her. It's the next stepping stone now, into stakes company, and she will hopefully go there and have a good chance. It's a lovely time on the calendar for her to try for some black type and then there's a whole host of lovely fillies' Group races coming up later in the year. Hopefully she will be able to step up to this kind of level and then we can keep moving up the ladder slowly.” The Andrew Balding trainee's opponents include the hitherto undefeated Anshoda (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), The Terminus (Ire) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) and Del Ray (GB) (Kameko), with the latter bidding to become her freshman sire's first black-type scorer. The post Bedtime Story The Star Attraction As Juveniles Take Centre Stage At Leopardstown And Sandown appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

This year marks the 150th anniversary since legendary jockey Fred Archer was first named champion jockey, and a one-off guided tour will be offered on Sept. 4 to celebrate the milestone, Discover Newmarket announced on Wednesday. The tour will investigate the close ties between Archer and Newmarket, with his great granddaughter, Diana Reynolds, providing details on Archer's life. On the tour, there will be a visit of Sir Mark Prescott's yard, Heath House Stables, where Archer began as an apprentice, and a guided visit by trainer James Fanshawe of his Pegasus Stables, formerly Falmouth House which Archer built as a trainer's yard. Tickets to the event cost £120 per person and are bookable through Discover Newmarket. Reynolds, will also sign copies of her book Just One More Smile: Fred & Helen Archer's Tragic Love Story at the National Horseracing Museum at the end of the tour. To learn more about the tour, please visit Discover Newmarket's website. The post Fred Archer Tour To Be Offered By Discover Newmarket appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Graham Lee IJF Fund Stable Staff Stakes, sponsored by Sky Bet, will take place on Friday, July 26 in support of the Injured Jockeys' Fund and Graham Lee, Thirsk Racecourse announced on Wednesday. The race sees 10 volunteers from racing yards compete in a one-mile 'hands and heels' race. The riders will be led up by professional jockeys, with all participants having agreed to meet the minimum sponsorship obligation of £500. A Grand National-winning rider, Lee prevailed in 2004 aboard Amberleigh House (Ire) (Buckskin {Fr}). He also won the 2015 G1 Gold Cup aboard Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}). The 48-year-old sustained life-changing injuries after a fall at Newcastle last November. For more information on the charity race, please visit the Thirsk Racecourse website. Race organiser Adele Mulrennan said, “We did this a few years ago before lockdown, raising funds for Racing Welfare, and it was a great success. It was a chance for the jockeys to show their appreciation for stable staff, so we came up with the idea of swapping roles, with stable staff riding in the race and jockeys leading them up. “I have been chatting to a few jockeys this year, who said they have not had a chance to get behind any of the fundraising for Graham Lee. They were keen to do something, so I said why don't we do this again, except this time raising funds for the Injured Jockeys Fund and Graham.” The post Graham Lee Charity Race Scheduled For Thirsk On July 26 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A total of 465 yearlings have been catalogued for the fourth edition of the Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale, which will be held over two days at Park Paddocks for the first time this year. The opening session starts at 10am on Monday, September 2. Graduates of the Somerville Yearling Sale include Anisette (GB) (Awtaad {Ire}), who started her career in Britain after being bought for 26,000 guineas back in 2021. She later joined Leonard Powell in the US and was last seen gaining her third top-level win in the Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita in May. Anisette joins Bradsell (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), successful in last year's King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot, as top-level winning graduates. Bradsell sold for 12,000 guineas, also in 2021, while last year Arabian Dusk (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}) was picked up for 80,000 guineas. She went on to fetch 525,000 guineas at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale and recently showed her top-class potential when winning the G2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes at Newmarket's July Festival. The catalogue for this year's sale includes full- or half-siblings to 77 Group and Listed performers, plus 66 yearlings out of mares who achieved Group or Listed black type while racing. Highlights include lot 235, a half-sister to the GI Natalma Stakes winner La Pelosa (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}) by Earthlight (Ire); lot 279, a half-brother to last weekend's G2 Sapphire Stakes heroine Believing (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) by Inns Of Court (Ire); lot 156, a colt by Lucky Vega (Ire) out of the G2 Queen Mary Stakes scorer Gilded (Ire) (Redback {GB}); and lot 366, a Kameko colt out of the multiple Group 3 winner Rose Of Kildare (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}). All yearlings catalogued will be eligible for the £100,000 Tattersalls Somerville Auction Stakes, as well as the £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes. In addition, 110 fillies are registered for the Great British Bonus scheme and are eligible to win up to £20,000 in bonus prize-money per qualifying race. Tattersalls chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sale has quickly established itself as a leading source of top-class racehorses with Group 1 winners Anisette and Bradsell leading the way alongside recent Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes winner Arabian Dusk. “Ultimately the decision to expand the sale to two days was a straightforward one with the unprecedented demand for places reflecting not only the strength of the first three Tattersalls Somerville Yearling Sales, but also the outstanding racecourse successes. “In terms of quality we are confident that the sale has taken another step forward and Europe's most progressive yearling sale yet again looks set to attract a wide cross-section of domestic and international buyers.” The post Tattersalls Release Catalogue for First Two-Day Somerville Yearling Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Champion and Group 1 sire The Autumn Sun (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}) will miss the 2024 Southern Hemisphere breeding season as he continues to recover from a pelvic injury, Arrowfield Stud announced on X. “Leading young sire The Autumn Sun will miss the 2024 breeding season after sustaining a pelvic injury in his paddock in late March,” the stud said in a statement. “He has been under close veterinary care and restricted to box rest at Arrowfield since that time. A scan earlier this week revealed his injury is healing but not to the extent necessary for him to be able to serve this coming season. “The Autumn Sun is otherwise in good health and coping well with his recuperation. We are confident he will make a full recovery and resume stud duties in the 2025 season.” The five-time Group 1 winner, whose eldest foals will turn four on Aug. 1, already has six top-level performers to his name. The son of Azmiyna (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) also sired a trio of first-crop Group 1 Classic-winning fillies during the 2023/2024 racing season–Autumn Angel (Aus), Coco Sun (Aus), and Vibrant Sun (Aus). The post The Autumn Sun To Miss 2024 SH Breeding Season, As He Recovers From Pelvic Injury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Todd Gralla, principal at Populous, will be the keynote speaker at the 72nd annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, which will be held Aug. 1 at the Excelsior Springs Event Center in Saratoga Springs. Populous is a global design firm that focuses on sports and entertainment, from stadiums and arenas to event spaces and urban environments. Gralla will discuss cutting-edge racetrack projects around the globe and he will provide a look into the redesign of Belmont Park, which attempts to integrate modern technology into racetrack operations, while retaining the traditions of Thoroughbred racing. Joe Asher, the chair of the board of the Wilson Center and the former CEO of William Hill US and president of IGT's PlaySports business, will present on the intersection of horse racing and sports betting, and Meghan Rodgers, senior vice president of Public Affairs, National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), will give an overview of the NTRA's Safety Runs First campaign. Gary Fenton, managing partner of Little Red Feather Racing, and a member of The Jockey Club, will cover the present and future of California racing, and Dionne Benson, chief veterinary officer, 1/ST Racing, will share how California has improved the safety of its athletes, including the use of cutting-edge technology at the track. The presentations will begin with an update on The Jockey Club and its companies by president and COO, James L. Gagliano. Stuart S. Janney III, chairman of The Jockey Club, will preside over the conference, which begins at 10 a.m. ET. It will be livestreamed on The Jockey Club's website at jockeyclub.com. The website will also post a full agenda and bios of speakers in advance of the conference. The post Todd Gralla to be Keynote Speaker at Round Table Conference appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article