Wandering Eyes

The connections of 3-year-old sprint sensation Inisherin, an impressive winner of the Commonwealth Cup (G1) last month at Royal Ascot, believe the stiff finish will play to the strengths of their rapidly progressive colt in Newmarket's July Cup (G1).View the full article

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who last month favored running Seize the Grey in the July 20 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park, now appears inclined to await the July 27 Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) at Saratoga with the Preakness Stakes (G1) winner.View the full article

Irish Derby (G1) winner Los Angeles is the most obvious contender for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) among Coolmore's clutch of potentials. But in Delius they have a largely unexposed colt who has created a positive visual impression.View the full article

Inglis Digital USA's July Sale catalogue is now available online and lots are open to bidding, the group announced via release Friday. The debut sale has in-foal broodmares, broodmares prospects, yearlings, and horses of racing age. Bidding is currently live and lots will begin closing Wednesday, July 17 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern in three-minute increments. Interested parties must register via an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to participate. All verified bidders and sellers in the July sale will be entered into a drawing for a trip for two to the 2025 Inglis Easter Sale in Sydney, Australia. Featured among the offerings is SW Gabaldon (Gone Astray), who ran his competition to the wire in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting to finish second, as well as MSW Lucky Girl (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), who is being pointed toward the GII Yellow Ribbon Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 10. A yearling half-sister to Gabaldon, by Girvin, is also included in the catalogue as well as an unraced fill-sister to Graded-placed Kinchen (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), named Bongos (Ire), among several other stakes-quality offerings. Also among the offerings is the 6-year-old mare Hazelbrook (Bayern), who is carrying to leading sire Justify on an Apr. 8 covering date. The Sovereign Award-winning female sprinter of 2022, Hazelbrook was a two-time winner at Grade III level and is a half-sister to Grade III winner Zuzanna (Wilburn). The extended female family includes Royal Academy and Terlingua, the dam of Storm Cat. To view the full catalogue online and register to bid, please visit the Inglis Digital USA website. The post Inaugural Inglis Digital USA July Sale Catalogue Released appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Due to the severe weather and excessive rainfall in the New Kent, Va., area, racing July 12 at Colonial Downs has been canceled.View the full article

Jockey Melissa Iorio will undergo precautionary X-rays at the Monmouth Medical Center after being involved in a spill on Friday's opening race at Monmouth Park, the track announced via presser Friday. Iorio was pitched forward and onto the track in Friday's opener when Summer Flower (Summer Front) stumbled at the start, and the jockey fell into the path of Me So Lucky (Madefromlucky) on the rail. Dr. Angelo Chinnici, Monmouth Park's medical director, reports that Iorio suffered “lacerations to the chin but there was no loss of consciousness”. Her mount, Summer Flower, did not appear to suffer any injuries, according to trainer Mike Dini. The post Melissa Iorio to Undergo Precautionary X-Rays After Spill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Industry participants are holding a fundraiser for Grant and Tracy O'Shaughnessy at McCarthy's Irish Bar in Lexington Thursday, July 25. Grant was involved in a farm accident recently that has resulted in injuries including a broken ankle, pelvis, ribs, and lower vertebrae. These injuries will require multiple surgeries and Grant will face months of intensive physical therapy to regain his strength and mobility. The funds raised will be used to cover medical expenses, hospital stays, rehabilitation, physical therapy, and medications. Please contact Ben Burger 859-230-1574 or Neil Clarke 859-333-4682 to donate items for the auction. A GoFundMe page has also been set up to aid Grant's recovery. The post Fundraiser In McCarthy’s for Grant O’Shaughnessy appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

"This is a result of hundreds of owners, trainers, grooms, the media, my family, the racetracks, and everyone else who supported me over decades," Wilson said after breaking Julie Krone's all-time purse earnings record for a female jockey,View the full article

Hudson River Farms' newly-minted grade 1 winner L'Imperator will look to earn his second consecutive top-level victory over jumps in the $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial (NSA-G1) at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

Finger Lakes & Gaming's signature race, the Finger Lakes Derby, features stakes winner Pandagate July 15.View the full article

Porta Fortuna followed up her Coronation Stakes (G1) win with an easy success over older fillies and mares in the July 12 Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket.View the full article

After Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's Inisherin (GB) (Shamardal) had crossed the line in Royal Ascot's G1 Commonwealth Cup, all logic pointed to Newmarket and Saturday's G1 My Pension Expert July Cup. Imperious there, as he had been in Haydock's G2 Sandy Lane Stakes the previous month, Kevin Ryan's latest sprinting luminary is unbeaten over this six-furlong trip and open to abundant improvement from a family which breeds class acts at a ridiculous rate. Whatever his obvious merits, the fact is that with the ground drying out by the hour Inisherin will have never been as fast in his life as he will be over the first four furlongs of this contest. Not bred to be a pure sprinter, he has been over this trip only twice in his career with the conditions that met him on both occasions very much playing to his strengths. At a rain-softened Haydock in May, he was allowed to saunter through the Sandy Lane without breaking 11 seconds per furlong and on Ascot's climbing straight course was able to repeat that trick. The Sandy Lane was won in 1:12.77 and the Commonwealth Cup in 1:12.51, but the July Cup is a considerably faster examination with the race generally completed two seconds quicker by the winner. His chief rival Vandeek has already covered the six furlongs of the G1 Middle Park Stakes on the Rowley Mile track here in 1:10.76 in September, while Jasour took only 1:11.11 to win the G2 July Stakes at this meeting 12 months ago. Of the Commonwealth Cup winners to try and double up here since its inception in 2015, only Muhaarar (GB) and Shaquille (GB) (Charm Spirit {Ire}) have managed the feat with Quiet Reflection (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Caravaggio, Eqtidaar (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Advertise (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Golden Horde (Ire) (Lethal Force {Ire}) and Perfect Power (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}) all failing. That is not to say that Inisherin cannot up his sprinting a notch, with his brilliant closing sectionals on Newcastle's stiff finish in March offering an insight into his raw power, and this steep uphill climb to the line will also be in his favour. Ryan stated after the Commonwealth that he believes the homebred will ger faster as the season wears on, so this promises to be a fascinating study of his adaptability. Jockey Tom Eaves has full faith in his mount. “Inisherin is a very good horse. He's the best I've sat on, so I'm looking forward to Saturday,” he said. “He's got a very good mind and a lot of pure ability. I was placed twice in the July Cup on Brando at biggish prices, so you'd hope that Inisherin would have an even better chance as favourite, but it's a very strong Group 1.” 'We Couldn't Be Happier with Him': Vandeek Team Ready for Rematch… One of the key members of that “very strong” cast is the aforementioned Vandeek, who was meeting with defeat for the first time on his seasonal bow in the Sandy Lane and who was forced to miss Royal Ascot. Juveniles who pull off the G1 Prix Morny-Middle Park double are rare commodities and Ed Crisford is keen to see what he can produce in 2024. “It was unfortunate we couldn't run at Ascot because of the abnormal bloods, but he's been in great form since and has bounced back to health. It's been a testing first half of the year, but he's just got to get racing now. He's had that run at Haydock on that bad ground, this is his second run and we couldn't be happier with him going into Saturday.” The Undercurrent… Since Stravinsky's impressive display in 1999, Aidan O'Brien has added another four renewals to his tally in a race he is always keen to target. Last year's G2 Coventry Stakes-winning TDN Rising Star River Tiber (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is the lone Ballydoyle representative this time and comes in on the back of a disappointing effort when eighth in Royal Ascot's G3 Jersey Stakes. Previously, he had finished third in the Morny when reportedly undercooked, third in the Middle Park and third in the Irish 2,000 Guineas a la the stable's 2001 July Cup hero Mozart (Ire). He has never looked a pure sprinter, so it will be intriguing to see how he fares now that he has been firmly pointed in that direction. Of the remainder, Ed Bethell's stable star Regional (GB) (Territories {Ire}) showed he can really shift when capturing the G1 Haydock Sprint Cup in 1:10.60 in September and warrants respect as one of the race's genuine pure sprinters coming off a solid second in Royal Ascot's five-furlong G1 King Charles III Stakes. Marc Chan's Kinross (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is back a year after finishing third when conditions were more in his favour, so it is probably a stretch to believe he has got faster in that time. Fitri Hay's dual G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes hero Khaadem (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) enjoyed one of his career-defining moments here when winning the G3 Palace House Stakes on good ground two years ago and it is very possible that he could at last escape being pigeon-holed as just a Royal Ascot horse. Moment of Truth in the Superlative… If one thing is certain, it is that Charlie Appleby will approach the G2 Superlative Stakes with genuine intent each year and this time it is up to the unbeaten TDN Rising Star Ancient Truth (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) to fly the flag. Following a debut win over six furlongs on the Rowley Mile track in May with a course-and-distance novice success last month, the homebred looks to do better than his ill-fated full-brother Great Truth (GB) who was fourth in this 12 months ago. Successful on four occasions in this, including with three subsequent Group 1 or Grade I winners, Appleby has his latest protagonist honed and ready. “He's two from two and has got that experience on this track now and I feel he has come forward again from his last run if anything,” he said. “The timing is hopefully suitable and I feel he has hopefully come forward mentally and physically.” Wathnan Racing's G2 Coventry Stakes third Columnist (GB) (Ardad {Ire}) represents the form of that Royal Ascot juvenile feature which took a knock on Thursday in contrast to the Royal meeting's Listed Chesham Stakes. Already boasting two subsequent winners, the seven-furlong contest played host to Teme Valley and Ciaron Maher's runner-up Pentle Bay (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) and he gives further indication as to what we are dealing with in terms of Ballydoyle's supremo Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). Trainer George Boughey is hoping that Pentle Bay's inherent stamina will help here. “I think a stiff seven will suit him and he looks like he has a more stout pedigree than a few of them at the top end of the market.” Delius Poised for Grand Prix… ParisLongchamp's G1 Grand Prix de Paris is one of the key races in France that has mainly evaded Jean-Claude Rouget and Coolmore's unbeaten TDN Rising Star Delius (GB) (Frankel {GB}) looks to end a 14-year drought for the Pau-based maestro. He beat Saganti (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}) comfortably enough in Chantilly's G3 Prix du Lys last month, but he will have to be every bit as good as he promises to be to deal with the G1 Prix de Diane third Tamfana (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), the Wertheimers' G1 Prix du Jockey Club third Sosie (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Ballydoyle's G2 Queen's Vase scorer Illinois (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). The card's G2 Prix de Malleret also over a mile and a half sees the Diane runner-up Survie (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}) tackle The Aga Khan's G3 Prix de la Grotte winner Candala (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) who can be forgiven her eighth in that Chantilly Classic. The post Can Inisherin Pass the July Test? appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With severe weather and excessive rainfall expected to continue to make its way through the New Kent area, Colonial Downs has cancelled live racing for Friday, July 12. A plan for rescheduling the missed races will be provided by Colonial Downs as soon as it is available and all ticket purchases for Friday will be refunded. The track does expect a full card of live racing for Saturday, July 13. The post Colonial Downs Cancels Friday Racing on Account of Severe Weather appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Proceeds from the 2024 Jess Clark Memorial Silks & Satins 5k Race will benefit the nonprofit Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga, the group announced via presser Friday. Set to start and end at the Fasig-Tipton grounds Saturday, July 13, the race will run through the streets of Saratoga Springs, which will be closed to traffic for about an hour. Proceeds donated to the group will go toward their mission of retraining retired racehorses to aid in therapeutic work by way of contribution to mental health programs and providing support to individuals in need. There will be an opportunity to meet two retired Thoroughbreds in the program as well as learn more about what the group offers. Interviews with race organizers, participants, and representatives from Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga will also be available. Miniature horse Upset from the Dark Horse Mercantile is set to make an appearance. More details may be found online. The post Silks and Satins 5k to Benefit Therapeutic Horses of Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

7th-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 3:54 p.m. ET. SAM'S ROCKET (American Pharoah) debuts for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott. The colt went for $115,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Fall Yearling Sale before going to Frank Fletcher for $925,000 as the second highest price during this year's OBS April Sale. Dam More Roses (Uncle Mo) was purchased by D.C. Goff for $475,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale while Sam's Rocket–her only foal to date–was in utero. The first-time starter's stakes-winning second dam Flattermewithroses (Flatter) also produced two-time GII Santa Monica Stakes heroine Merneith (American Pharoah), who was a $2 million buy for Spendthrift Farm at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. The pricey mare foaled a colt by Flightline Mar. 12. TJCIS PPS The post Saturday Insights: American Pharoah Colt Ready For Inaugural Launch At The Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Chehboub family's Haras de Beaumont has purchased a 50 per cent share in last weekend's G1 Prix Jean Prat winner Puchkine (Fr) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) from his owner-breeder Alain Jathiere. The three-year-old colt, trained by Jean-Claude Rouget, was unbeaten in three races as a juvenile and has now won five of his eight starts. He is likely to be seen next in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest in Deauville on August 4. Last year, the Haras de Beaumont team made a similar strategic mid-season purchase when buying into Serge Stempniak's Ace Impact (Ire) (Cracksman {GB}) following his victory in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club. He subsequently won the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano and brought his unbeaten career to a close in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Installed at Haras de Beaumont for the 2024 season, Ace Impact was the busiest freshman sire in France this year, having covered 183 mares. Nicolas de Watrigant, racing manager for Alain Jathiere, said of Puchkine, “He produced a remarkable performance last Sunday, finishing only 20/100ths of a second outside Too Darn Hot's race record. The offers for him, from both France and abroad, soon began to come in and, after reflecting on the matter, Alain Jathiere decided he wanted to enter into a partnership with the Chehboub family.” He continued, “He is delighted that his horse will therefore remain in France and that, in time, he will stand as a stallion at Haras de Beaumont.” A former TDN Rising Star, Puchkine is out of Vadyska (Ire) (So You Think {NZ}), an unraced half-sister to the Listed Diana-Trial winner Romina Power (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), and descends from Meon Valley's celebrated foundation mare Reprocolor (GB) (Jimmy Reppin {GB}). Mathieu Alex, stud director at Haras de Beaumont, said, “When the time comes we will be extremely happy to welcome Puchkine to Haras de Beaumont. Our policy is to do our best to retire high-level performers in France. “Just recently in the Prix Jean Prat, Puchkine confirmed himself a top-class sprinter. Unbeaten at two and showing enormous speed, he boasts a wonderful profile for a stallion. Spoiler alert: Puchkine is a magnificent horse and by a top sire in Starspangledbanner.” He added, “We are delighted to enter into partnership with Monsieur Jathiere, who has been so successful and who, like Haras de Beaumont, will support him as a stallion.” Puchkine lands the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at @fgdeauville for Ioritz Mendizabal and Jean-Claude Rouget! pic.twitter.com/GUYUNj0Ttq — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 7, 2024 The post Haras de Beaumont Buys Into Jean Prat Winner Puchkine appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A share in Group 1 winner and sire Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) brought €710,000 from American chef and owner/breeder Bobby Flay during Arqana Online's Pop-Up Sale on Friday. A resident of The Aga Khan Studs' Haras de Bonneval, Zarak (lot 1) has produced a trio of top-flight winners led by G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Metropolitan (Fr), G1 Prix Ganay victor Haya Zark (Fr), and G1 Grosser Preis von Baden scorer Zagrey (Fr). His worldwide stakes winners stand at 20. His 2024 fee was €60,000. Also selling on Friday was a share in first-season sire Hello Youmzain (Fr) (Kodiac {GB}) (lot 2), which was knocked down for €160,000 on the bid of an anonymous buyer. The young sire's best progeny so far is G2 Coventry Stakes runner-up Electrolyte (Ire). He stood for €22,500 at Haras d'Etreham this term. The post Bobby Flay Buys Zarak Share For €710,000 On Arqana Online appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Romantic Warrior (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), winner of five Group 1 races in three different jurisdictions in 2023-2024, was named Hong Kong's Horse of the Year during a black-tie ceremony held Friday evening in the Grand Ballroom of the Rosewood Hotel in Hong Kong. The human connections of the champion 4-year-old and two-time champion middle distance horse–owner Peter Lau and trainer Danny Shum–made the G1 W S Cox Plate their early-season objective and the 300,000gns Tattersalls October graduate was a sound fourth in the G1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington before willing himself to the wire to just touch off Mr Brightside (NZ) (Bullbars {Aus}) in Australia's weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley in late October. His battling qualities were on full display in his next three runs at Sha Tin, each over his pet distance of 2000 metres. Just able to hold off a resurgent Luxembourg (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) in defence of his title in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Cup in December, he defeated fellow Hong Kong Derby hero Voyage Bubble (Aus) (Deep Field {Aus}) to take out the G1 Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup in February and overcame dreadful underfoot conditions and a torrid trip to best Prognosis (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) for an unprecedented third straight success in the G1 FWD QE II Cup in late April. Despite a demanding campaign, Romantic Warrior pressed on to the G1 Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo June 2, defeating G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile third and G1 Dubai Turf runner-up Namur (Jpn) (Harbinger {GB}) by a half-length. His five Group 1 wins in a single season is a record for a Hong Kong horse. Romantic Warrior, who was sold to Lau for HK$4.8 million at the Hong Kong International Sale in 2021, was also named champion middle-distance horse for the third straight season and is within shouting distance of becoming the richest horse in Hong Kong history. That record is currently held by Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), the three-time defending Horse of the Year, whose breathtaking victory off an April layoff in the Hong Kong Mile was deemed enough to earn him champion miler honours for the fourth consecutive year. He failed to handle the easy ground in the G1 FWD Champions Mile in April, but remains in training with an eye on a fourth Hong Kong Mile in December. California Spangle (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was named champion sprinter after belying odds of 10-1 to win the G1 Queen's Silver Jubilee Stakes (1400m) before getting the better of Godolphin's Star of Mystery (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) to give Hong Kong another victory on foreign soil in the G1 Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan in March. California Spangle, an €150,000 Goffs Orby yearling, is trained by Tony Cruz, who also conditions Five G Patch (Ire) (Camelot {GB}), the season's champion stayer on the strength of runner-up efforts in the G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup Handicap and behind Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G1 Standard Chartered Champions and Chater Cup, both over the 2400 metres. Pierre Ng is involved in a pitched battle for champion trainer with his former boss Francis Lui, and Galaxy Patch (Aus) (Wandjina {Aus}) was a major contributing force to the second-season conditioner's success. A cracking runner-up in the Queen's Silver Jubilee, he was audaciously handed a BMW Hong Kong Derby (2000m) entry and all but won it, missing by a neck behind former Ballydoyle runner Massive Sovereign (Ire) (No Nay Never). Galaxy Patch's versatility was on full display in winning the G3 Lion Rock Trophy Handicap (1600m) June 2 and the G3 Premier Plate Handicap over 1800 metres June 23. The David Hayes-trained Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress {NZ}) was named champion griffin and most improved horse, with five wins and two seconds from seven starts, including a victory in the G3 Sha Tin Vase Handicap June 2. During the season he rose from the debut mark of 52 to 111. The season's Champion Trainer, Champion Jockey, Tony Cruz Award, Most Popular Jockey and Most Popular Horse will be announced at the conclusion of Sunday's 88th and final fixture this season at Sha Tin. ROMANTIC WARRIOR IS HORSE OF THE YEAR! 2023 G1 W.S Cox Plate 2023 G1 @LONGINES Hong Kong Cup 2024 G1 @Citi Hong Kong Gold Cup 2024 G1 FWD QEII Cup 2024 G1 Yasuda Kinen#SeasonFinale | #HKracing | #競馬 pic.twitter.com/YQOOrahzCk — HKJC Racing (@HKJC_Racing) July 12, 2024 The post Globetrotting Romantic Warrior Crowned Hong Kong Horse of the Year appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Classic heroine Elmalka (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is targeting the 10-furlong G1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood next month, according to trainer Roger Varian. Third in the G3 Dubai Duty Free Stakes in April, the bay delivered in the G1 QIPCO 1000 Guineas in May, before running on to be fourth in the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot behind Friday's G1 Falmouth Stakes victress Porta Fortuna (Ire) (Caravaggio). “She's great and she is going to go to Goodwood for the Nassau Stakes,” said the Newmarket handler of the Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum-owned filly. “I think the step up in trip will suit her and she didn't disgrace herself at Ascot, I was very pleased with her run. “She was a bit slow away and didn't get the track position. For me it was a run that showed the Guineas was no fluke, it showed she is a top filly. “She didn't quite get the run of the race at Ascot but I think she is ready for a step up in trip now.” The post Classic Heroine Elmalka Returns In Nassau, ‘Ready for Step Up in Trip’, Per Varian appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

With her second ride on the July 11 card at Woodbine, Emma-Jayne Wilson passed Julie Krone's all-time earnings record of $90,126,584 for a female jockey. Wilson finished racing July 11 with career earnings of US$90,153,109.View the full article

Hudson River Farms' newly-minted grade 1-winner L'Imperator will look to earn his second consecutive top-level victory over jumps in the $150,000 A.P. Smithwick Memorial (NSA-G1) at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

Trainer Charlie Appleby, who entered this winning at a 37% clip lifetime with his North American starters and 8-for-27 this year, will send out Godolphin's Star of Mystery in the Quick Call July 14 at Saratoga Race Course.View the full article

Baroness Dido Harding has succeeded Sandy Dudgeon as one senior steward of The Jockey Club (TJC). Her term will last for five years. A member of TJC since 2004 and part of the Board of Stewards since 2017, Harding will chair TJC's main board, and will serve as a senior steward with The Lord Grimthorpe as her deputy senior steward. Also on the board of stewards are stewards William Rucker, William Sporborg, Tim Syder, Sam Waley-Cohen, Lady Carolyn Warren, and William Wyatt. The 56-year-old was previously a racecourse committee member at TJC's Cheltenham Racecourse and a director of Racecourse Holdings Trust, which was later renamed Jockey Club Racecourses. An amateur jockey in the 1980s and 1990s, Harding eventually rode 25 winners. Her Cool Dawn (Ire) (Over The River {Fr}) won the 1998 G1 Cheltenham Gold Cup. She also had a 25-year career in business and the public sector, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2014. Upon beginning her role, Harding said, “The role of the Board of Stewards is to be both support and challenge to The Jockey Club's leadership team, to protect and champion the organisation and our sport and to ensure we all live up to our mission to further the long term good of racing. “Sandy has led The Jockey Club as senior steward through some extraordinary and unprecedented times over the last five years. He will be a very difficult act to follow and it is a huge honour and privilege to succeed him. “There is no doubt that our sport continues to face some significant challenges. The impact of the pandemic and inflation on the cost of living is creating issues for every sports and entertainment business, and we are no different. Changing attitudes to animal welfare, the role of horses in modern life and our increasingly urban society, not to mention how technology is changing how all of us spend our leisure time, mean that it has never been more important that we listen to and learn from all those who come racing and contribute to or follow the sport.” The Jockey Club group chief executive Nevin Truesdale will be leaving his role potentially by the end of the year, and he has asked the Board of Stewards to begin the process of finding his successor. The news was announced earlier this year. Harding added, “While my immediate priority is to oversee the recruitment of a new chief executive, my primary focus over the coming years is to encourage all of us at The Jockey Club to deliver the best experiences for and act in the best interests of those who love our sport and the millions of people who visit us at our various locations every year, whether as fans, trainers, jockeys, owners or breeders. “People from all backgrounds and walks of life have enjoyed a great day out watching horses race for hundreds of years and all across the world. British racing, with our incredible diversity of racecourses, history and heritage has been at the forefront of the sport for all that time and I am utterly convinced that our future is a positive one. “The Jockey Club stages events that capture the hearts and minds of the nation, runs venues that are important contributors to our local communities and we all care passionately about what we do. It's so important, therefore, that our roles on racecourses, at our training centres, The National Stud and in the many support functions is focused on delivering the best possible experiences for all.” The post Baroness Dido Harding’s Tenure as Senior Steward of The Jockey Club Begins appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Juddmonte's €530,000 Goffs November foal Field Of Gold (Ire) (Kingman {GB}–Princess De Lune {Ire}, by Shamardal) was compromised by inexperience when a debut third at Doncaster last month and overpowered one dozen rivals to earn a 'TDN Rising Star' over the same seven-furlong distance in Thursday's £21,000 Weatherbys British EBF Maiden Stakes at Newmarket. The well-backed 9-4 favourite broke smartly from the centre stall and was under a firm grip racing in a prominent fifth until tanking forward to draw alongside the front rank with three furlongs remaining. Emerging out of the dip with a commanding advantage, the March-foaled grey engaged turbo on the climb and thundered home under mild rousting to easily outclass Starzintheireyes (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) by an impressive 3 1/4 lengths. He becomes the second Rising Star in two days, and 34th overall, for his sire. This race used to be known as the Strutt & Parker Maiden, which carried major significance and saw Alhaarth (Ire) and Mark Of Esteem (Ire) meet for the first time in 1995. It was won in 1996 by Bahhare, in 2001 by Dubai Destination and in 2007 by Rio De La Plata. Field Of Gold is the third straight Rising Star to emerge from it after Arabic Legend (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and stablemate Epictetus (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). Field Of Gold is the latest of three foals, all winners, produced by a winning full-sister to dual Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed sire Puissance De Lune (Ire) (Shamardal) and G2 Middleton Stakes victrix Queen Power (Ire) (Shamardal). The March-foaled grey's dam Princess De Lune (Ire) (Shamardal) is also kin to G1 Prix d'Ispahan hero Zabeel Prince (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) and to the dam of G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes and G1 Coronation Stakes heroine Rizeena (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) and the dual Group-winning GI Just A Game Stakes and GI Diana Stakes runner-up Summer Romance (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). The latter is another of the sire's Rising Stars. Field Of Gold's third dam Serena's Sister (Rahy) is a full-sister to multiple Grade I-winning matriarch and US champion Serena's Song. The winner is kin to Listed Rosemary Stakes victor Zanbaq (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}). 5th-Newmarket, £21,000, Mdn, 7-12, 2yo, c/g, 7fT, 1:25.54, gd. FIELD OF GOLD (IRE), c, 2, by Kingman (GB) 1st Dam: Princess De Lune (Ire), by Shamardal 2nd Dam: Princess Serena, by Unbridled's Song 3rd Dam: Serena's Sister, by Rahy Sales history: €530,000 Wlg '22 GOFNOV. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, £12,085. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Juddmonte; B-Roundhill Stud (IRE); T-John & Thady Gosden; J-Kieran Shoemark. Whoosh A dominant display by #GoffsGrad Field Of Gold who strides clear to win stylishly on his second start for John & Thady Gosden & @JuddmonteFarms 2YO c. by Kingman was bred & sold by Roundhill Stud to Juddmonte Farms for €530,000 at #GoffsNovember. pic.twitter.com/dLYJSXjVt7 — Goffs (@Goffs1866) July 12, 2024 The post €530,000 Kingman Colt Powers to TDN Rising Stardom at Newmarket appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The upcoming Asian Racing Conference at Sapporo on Aug. 28-30 will feature Japanese industry members' views on the future of racing in Japan. The business programme will consist of nine sessions, and there will also be three dedicated sharing sessions. Opening speeches will be delivered by Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges, ARF chairman and Masayoshi Yoshida, president and CEO of the Japan Racing Association (JRA). Officials from the JRA, National Association of Racing in Japan, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., Shadai Farm, Northern Farm, and Big Red Farm, will be sharing their insights during the business portion. Jockeys Yutaka Take and Christophe Lemaire will also share their insights on Aug. 28, with breeder Kenichiro Michima and trainer Yoshita Yahagi speaking the day after. The Asian Racing Federation (ARF)'s vice chairman Masayuki Goto will deliver the keynote speech on Aug. 30. There will also be a regional tour on Sept. 1, with trips to Shadai Stallion Station, Northern Farm, and the Northern Horse Park. For more information on the ARC, please visit the ARC website. The post Asian Racing Conference to Feature Japanese Perspective appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article