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Top-notch jumps prospects lit up day two of the Arqana summer sale on Wednesday where top French agent Bertrand Le Metayer went to €450,000 to secure the promising Mambonumberfive (Fr) (Born To Sea {Ire}), who was second in a valuable three-year-old hurdle at Auteuil when last seen. Trained by Francois Nicolle, Mambonumberfive was consigned by Eric Ventrou, who was left visibly emotional by topping the sale. He said, “I had three weeks to prepare him so I was a little bit shocked. We did what we could but didn't want to change his routine because he likes to be outside with his friends. When they are outside like that, it can be scary, because you don't want them to get cuts or anything. I didn't sleep very good last night! It's a good day. A very good day.” He added, “I am based one hour from here in Normandie. I came back from Qatar six years ago. I have to say thank you to a couple of people–to Francois Nicolle, who has supported me for a long time, and also Bertrand Le Metayer. And also my team, because without my team, I cannot do anything.” Champion jumps trainer Willie Mullins was busy strengthening his squad for the upcoming season. Along with trusted advisors and long-time agents Pierre Boulard and Harold Kirk, Mullins splashed out on geldings by Churchill (Ire) and Battle Of Marengo (Ire) as well as a filly by Authorized (Ire) to the tune of €765,000. Speaking after buying the Authorized filly Karma D'Airy (Fr), who was second when last seen at Auteuil for trainer Hugo Merienne, Boulard said, “I have been buying for Willie [for] many years. We absolutely loved her. Willie has had huge success with Authorized, especially with fillies. She's really good-looking. She has only run twice and was second at Auteuil, showing that she can go chasing. Happy with that buy and we expected that she would make that.” A total of 12 horses cleared six figures on day two of the Summer Sale at Arqana where 75% of the 144 lots offered were sold. The average was €40,449, the median stood at €13,000 while the aggregate was €4,371,500. The post ‘I Didn’t Sleep Good Last Night’ – Mambonumberfive Fetches 450k At Arqana appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Leo and Sarah Dooley can tell you a thing or two about the Thoroughbred racing industry. But don't let their youthful appearances fool you–the couple has already forged a most impressive, not to mention broad, resume in the game. And while they can hardly be called newcomers to the sales game, having sold horses through other agencies in the past, the couple will embark on new territory when selling horses for the first time under their own banner, Norevale Farm, at the upcoming Fasig-Tipton July Sale July 9. Explaining the process that has led the couple to strike out with their own consignment, Sarah explained, “We've been in operation four years in September. We've boarded yearlings that our clients have sold at [Fasig-Tipton] July, Keeneland September, the New York sales and in [Fasig-Tipton] October. Gradually over the past three years, we've also sold our own pinhooks and our slow burner project, our homebreds as well, something we are developing over the next couple of years.” “We are starting off with a smaller consignment rather heading off to a sale the scale of September, but this is the first sale that we had some horses that we thought would really fit here. It just worked out timing-wise. Ultimately, I think it'll work out that it's a smaller sale and we can get one under our belt.” While never having managed a sales consignment entirely on their own, Leo feels that the couple's past experiences will help lead the transition. “We always used several consignors in the past and they did an excellent job for us,” he said. “We've learned bits a pieces from each of them, and we just decided that we'd like to stand behind our own horses a bit more.” Among Tuesday's collection of select yearlings, Norevale will lead over Hip 106, a filly by Bolt d'Oro, who will be followed by Hip 110, a colt by Practical Joke. The Norevale consignment will be rounded out by Hip 237, a filly by Army Mule. “This year, we have a nice group of three,” Leo said. “They have sire power–they're all by proven horses. And they really is a look of precocity with all of them. We are really looking forward to offering that group here.” The dark bay daughter of Bolt d'Oro is out of Bama Belle (Giant's Causeway), a half-sister to GI CCA Oaks winner Funny Moon (Malibu Moon) and SW Throng (Silver Deputy). This represents the family of three-time Grade I scorer Vanlandingham. An $80,000 RNA at Keeneland last November, the filly was bred by a partnership of Norevale, Tony and Michael Holmes and Jacalyn Tillman. “The Bolt d'Oro filly is nice and the timing is right after the 2-year-old sales season he's had,” he said. “She's a really athletic and fast-looking filly.” Representing the sole colt of the Norvale consignment, hip 110 is out of the unraced Street Sense mare Be Joyful. The colt's 8-year-old dam is out of the Peteski mare Trickski, also responsible for GI La Brea S. winner Dearest Trickski (Proudest Romeo) and GSP Gray Sky (Tapit). The colt brought $50,000 at Keeneland last November. “The Practical Joke colt is a very solid horse,” Leo affirmed. “He's forward going and would suit end users and pinhookers. The sire is doing very well right now which is a big advantage.” Rounding out the July sale triumvirate, Hip 237 is out of stakes-winning Secret Action (Tiz Wonderful). She was purchased by Norevale for $65,000 at Keeneland last fall. “The Army Mule filly just seems like a racehorse,” he opined. “She's by a proven sire and is just beautiful.” Asked why the July sale should suit the operation's initial offering, Leo explained, “The July sale has been very good to us over the years. For this sale, they need to be a little more forward and to look precocious. We have found that, if we brought the right horse over to the July sale, we were rewarded every time.” Building on Success Norevale has already enjoyed success on the racetrack, albeit a bit more behind the scenes. Heading some of its most recent graduates is TDN Rising Star Barbara T (Army Mule), a flashy winner at Keeneland in April. Offered by Norevale on behalf of its clients at Keeneland November in 2021, the weanling filly brought $25,000 and subsequently sold for $40,000 at the same venue the following September. Offered at the OBS March last season, she brought $120,000 from Michael Warnick and Joseph Hinkhouse. TDN Rising Star Barbara T, another Norevale grad by Army Mule | Coady Another notable graduate is Common Defense (Karakontie {Jpn}), who is campaigned by David Bersen, Tony and Michael Holmes and Norevale Farm. Trained by Kenny McPeek, the colt won his second career start and subsequently finished second in the GII Rebel Stakes. The son of Allusion (Street Cry {Ire}) RNA'd for $9,000 at Keeneland November in 2021. “He's probably the flag bearer for us,” offered Leo. “He was second in the Rebel and had to take a little bit of time off before the Derby otherwise we were probably looking for a day out.” Also from the Norevale program, Snead (Nyquist) brought $125,000 for a partnership of Norevale and its partners at Keeneland November in 2021 before selling the following season as a yearling for $210,000 at Fasig-Tipton. A $325,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile purchase, Snead broke his maiden at Churchill Downs in his third start before adding a 7 1/4-length score at the Fair Grounds last November. The grey rounded out the season with a runner-up finish in the Gun Runner S. in New Orleans Dec. 23. “Since we've had a few horses go on and do well for their new owners, it has been important for us to stand a bit more behind our horses, like we are doing with our own consignment,” explained Leo. “Some of our [graduates] have done well on the track, and for a hot minute we even had two on the Derby trail. It's nice for us to stand behind our horses and create our own brand. And this also gives our clients the option to sell with us year-round if they like.” Practice Makes Perfect A native of Kilkenny, Ireland, Leo received some his earliest instruction at the racetrack under the guidance of Irish-based conditioner Jim Bolger before adding stints with a pair of renowned European Thoroughbred operations–Ballylinch Stud in Ireland and Ecurie Des Monceaux in France. “The time I spent at Ecurie Des Monceaux was like a master's degree in prepping yearlings by Henri Bozo and his team. I really loved it,” recalled Leo. Venturing to the United States in 2013, he served for a time with the late Gerry Dilger at Dromoland Farm and following a brief return to Ireland to complete college, he returned to the U.S. in 2015 for a four-year run at Hunter Valley Farm. He also held the role of broodmare manager at Indian Creek Farm. “All those past experiences give you a feeling for what these horses are going to go on and do,” Leo said. “Since the ultimate goal is to raise a racehorse, that experience is invaluable.” Also sporting a lifelong connection to the industry, Sarah grew up around horses, courtesy of her parents, Marula Park Stud's Tony and Susan Holmes. After graduating with an Economics degree from the Transylvania University in Lexington, she also completed the Irish National Stud course followed by the Godolphin Flying Start program. In addition to Marula Park, Sarah's work experience includes stints with Bluewater Sales, Hunter Valley Farm and Lane's End Farm. “I've had a different trajectory than Leo, but I think that's what makes us work so well as business partners,” explained Sarah. “We both bring so many different things from each side to the table.” While discussing her progression in the industry thus far, Sarah was quick to credit two of her staunchest supporters, her parents. “I grew up on my family farm and my parents were commercial breeders, and they are to this day. They had a lot of success with a farm that their good friend and partner calls, 'the size of a garden', endearingly of course. And I really love the life they created for themselves. They started on the bottom rung and they worked their way up. Both of them grew up around horses. They found this piece of land and made it their own. They did it the hard way and have been successful. For my brother [Michael] and I, it was a wonderful way to see the freedom they had in developing their own business and lifestyle. I loved tailing my father around at the breeding stock sales and him teaching me pedigrees.” She added, “That's what I was really after too. I wanted to chase that in Thoroughbred industry. We both knew we wanted to go out on our own one day and it was just one foot in front of the other and we built it from there.” Timing is Everything Bravely, the couple launched Norevale Farm in the throws of the COVID pandemic in the fall of 2020, and despite an understandably tepid start, the operation has made steady progress since them, although the journey was not without its challenges. “We started our farm in September during COVID but we also had our first daughter [Maeve] in December of 2020,” recalled Sarah. “We had my riding horse, his little sister and their mother. And one client sent us a mare and foal down from New York. That is literally what we started out with.” She continued, “Since then, we've added a couple of additional farms and added another daughter [Ruth] this past September. It has not been easy, but it's been so rewarding. Everyone in this industry knows how hard the days are, but we have great partners and great staff. We are surrounded by great people.” Having started with a single 110-acre tract of leased land in 2020, the couple now has expanded to three separate leased farms and the operation has grown to just over 250 acres and approximately 100 head. Relying on scouting pinhook prospects at the breeding sales in the fall, the Norevale team also works tirelessly to improve their breeding stock, which currently numbers approximately 25 mares. “When we started out, we leased our first farm because it was right around the corner from my parent's farm, which was appealing since we could share equipment until we could afford our own,” Sarah recalled. “And now is the right time to start our own consignment. We've done everything when it felt like the right time. Sure, we might want to buy our own farm one day but it would have to be the right farm at the right time in the right place. We wouldn't necessarily go seeking that out, and I don't think we'd look for anything else in this business right now because we'd really like to build on what we have. Just to keep focusing on quality, quality, quality.” Leo added, “Things have certainly progressed, but we are quite happy with where we are. This is as big as it gets.” “We just want to keep producing racehorses. Upgrade the quality of our broodmare band over time, but the bottom line is we just want to keep producing quality racehorses. It's nice to be able to balance the breeding with the pinhooking to where they complement each other and help each other out at times. So it would be nice to grow the overall quality of both of those sides of the business.” With yet another goal checked off the list, what are the plans for Norevale in the future? “We're both very involved in the day-to-day operations,” Sarah explained. “I think if we took on any more horses, we would completely change a huge element of our business which is both of us being so involved. We enjoy it that way.” “And the same goes for our consignment, right now it will be for our own pinhooks and homebreds and several of our year-round client's horses as well, but we want to stay with what we are comfortable with, what we enjoy, and we know we can do a good job.” And what is the key to continuing to grow in a career that can be fraught with setbacks, roadblocks and challenges? “Lots of elbow grease until now, but hopefully all those hard days keep paying off,” said Sarah. “Obviously, there are less days to celebrate than not, but the days we do celebrate make it all worth it.” The post Norevale Raises the Flag at Fasig-Tipton July With Initial Consignment appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Aidan O'Brien trainee Surpass (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}–Blending {GB}, by Medicean {GB}) shaped with promise when getting up late to snag his May 29 debut at Tipperary by a neck and returned to the Limerick Junction venue to attain 'TDN Rising Star' status with a powerful display in Wednesday's Glenvale Stud Race over an extended seven furlongs. The G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry, racing under a three-pound penalty, jumped out in second and was the nearest pursuer of the clear leader through halfway. Looming large going ominously well passing the quarter-mile pole, the 4-9 favourite quickened in style to hit the front approaching the final furlong and surged clear under mild coaxing to easily outclass Dakota Blue (Fr) (Sioux Nation) by an impressive three lengths. “He's a nice horse and has had two nice runs here,” said Ryan Moore. “He's impressed me both times and hopefully he has a nice future. He's very comfortable on that [good-to-firm] ground.” Surpass, who becomes his sire's first Rising Star, is the third of five foals and one of two scorers out of a winning half-sister to G3 Musidora Stakes third Ricetta (GB) (Camelot {GB}) and Listed Prix de Pontarme runner-up Spanish Intent (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). His second dam Panzanella (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a daughter of G1 Poul d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Zenda (GB) (Zamindar), is kin to four stakes performers headed by four-time Group 1-winning sire Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). The February-foaled bay is half to a yearling colt by Australia (GB) and a weanling colt by Ghaiyyath (Ire). 4th-Tipperary, €20,000, Cond, 7-3, 2yo, 7f 100yT, 1:39.28, g/f. SURPASS (IRE), c, 2, by Saxon Warrior (Jpn) 1st Dam: Blending (GB), by Medicean (GB) 2nd Dam: Panzanella (GB), by Dansili (GB) 3rd Dam: Zenda (GB), by Zamindar Sales history: 240,000gns Wlg '22 TADEWE. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $20,582. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. O-Derrick Smith, Mrs John Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-James Wigan (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. Surpass (Saxon Warrior) makes it two from two and there's surely plenty more to come from this exciting two-year-old for Ryan Moore, Aidan O'Brien and @Ballydoyle @tipperaryraces pic.twitter.com/AYHiETvQNK — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 3, 2024 The post First Rising Star for Saxon Warrior as Surpass Powers to Impressive Tipperary Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Stonestreet Stable's Emery (More Than Ready), whose lone career loss to date came when fourth in the GI Frizette Stakes at Aqueduct last October, returns to the New York oval as the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the GIII Victory Ride Stakes Thursday. The 6 1/2-furlong race with a field of five is the lone graded event on tap for the holiday. Trained by Brad Cox, Emery was a first-out winner at Saratoga last August before finishing some five lengths adrift of champion Just F Y I (Justify) in the Frizette. She returned six months later to take a six-furlong optional claimer at Keeneland in April and captured her first stakes victory in the Leslie's Lady S. at Churchill Downs June 9. The Victory Ride field also includes Mystic Lake (Mo Town), who will be looking for back-to-back graded scores following her win in the May 17 GIII Miss Preakness Stakes. Like she did in the Miss Preakness, Mystic Lake will break from the rail Thursday as the race's 124-pound highweight. “She is an older filly now, they mature,” said co-owner Mark Cornett. “She's run good races before, she is just doing it against better horses now and we hope she can carry it over.” Mystic Lake, who also has a pair of Tampa Bay stakes wins on her resume, is 5-2 on the morning line. Rigney Racing's Halina's Forte (Mitole), also 5-2 on the morning line, is already a stakes winner at Aqueduct following her victory in the seven-furlong Ruthless Stakes in February. She faded to eighth after setting the pace when trying two turns in the 1 1/16-mile GI Ashland Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 5 and was fourth in the seven-furlong GII Eight Belles Stakes May 3 before returning to the winner's circle in a six-furlong optional claimer at Churchill Downs May 31. “In the early spring, you dream of maybe having an Oaks horse,” trainer Phil Bauer said of the filly's Ashland tilt. “We took a swing at it based on her good race up there going seven-eighths, but we'll just keep her one turn. Maturity and racing always helps and we'll see how far she can stretch it, but six to seven [furlongs], for now, is what we'll do.” Although the Eight Belles effort in the slop saw Halina's Forte finish 7 1/4 lengths back of the victorious My Mane Squeeze (Audible), Bauer said he was pleased with how the filly performed and with how she responded last out. “I'm not sure if she disliked it [wet track] so much, or if she was too close [to the pace]. I was pretty proud of her effort, and it was a pretty good race overall,” Bauer said. “I don't think she got a whole lot out of the Ashland, so maybe she came up a hair short to finish top three there, but she was able to rebound with that allowance win and now we're back to trying graded stakes. “We knew we could take on a stakes somewhere last time, but we felt she could be a superior horse in that heat and we could build from there,” he added. The Victory Ride is the eighth race on the Belmont at Aqueduct card and has a scheduled post time of 4:42 p.m. The post Victory Ride Highlights Holiday Action Thursday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Asian Racing Federation (ARF) chairman Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges will give the keynote speech during the opening session of the Asian Racing Conference (ARC) in Sapporo, Japan from Aug. 27-Sept. 1. Also the CEO of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), Engelbrecht-Bresges will speak on key post-pandemic trends in racing and breeding, as well as exploring the most pressing issues facing the racing industry today. There will also be a panel discussion with Engelbrecht-Bresges being joined by Masayuki Goto, ARF vice-chairman and executive advisor to the Japan Racing Association (JRA); Suzanne Eade, chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland (HRI); Peter V'landys, CEO of Racing NSW; Drew Fleming, CEO of Breeders' Cup; and Joe Saumarez Smith, chair of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). Other speakers will be announced in due course. For more information on the ARC, please visit the ARC website. The post Engelbrecht-Bresges to Give Keynote During First Session of Asian Racing Conference appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Friday's meeting at Newton Abbot will go ahead as scheduled after the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) completed a “thorough assessment” following four equine fatalities at the track last week. A statement read, “Following four fatalities at its most recent fixture, the BHA's racecourse and veterinary teams have worked closely with colleagues at Newton Abbot to understand as best as possible the circumstances behind each incident. “The BHA's racecourse and facilities manager is satisfied that there was no issue with the racing surface or any other facility at the track that caused these incidents. This followed an inspection of conditions at Newton Abbot and a thorough assessment of the track's racing surface maintenance records. “While the individual equine fatality reviews are ongoing, it has been determined that each injury was sustained in unique circumstances and there appears to be no external factor linking them.” It continued, “Newton Abbot's record demonstrates how rare such occurrences are; in the last two full years, 2022 and 2023, a total of 1,524 runners competed at the track, resulting in three fatalities [defined as a horse being fatally injured as a direct result of their injuries on the raceday or within 48 hours of the raceday]. “This equates to a fatal injury rate of 0.20 per cent, below the current national jumps average of 0.42 per cent.” The post BHA Concludes Newton Abbot Fatalities due to ‘Unique Circumstances’ appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

White Birch will not take his place in the Eclipse Stakes (G1) July 6 after he was ruled out of the Sandown contest following an unsatisfactory blood test.View the full article

Woodbine Entertainment and Rogers Sports and Media announced July 3 that they have entered into a multi-year media rights agreement for Canada's most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race, the King's Plate Stakes.View the full article

Group 1-winning jockey Cieren Fallon will miss the height of summer racing after breaking his back in a fall at Windsor on Monday. The 25-year-old has ridden a septet of winners in the past two weeks. Already first past the post 26 times this season, Fallon was dislodged from Nanna Western (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}) on his way back to the paddock after running 12th of 14 in the British EBF Restricted Maiden Stakes. He will not require surgery. Fallon said, “It's definitely come at the wrong time. There's never a good time to have an injury but especially in the middle of the season when you are knocking in the winners left, right and centre. “It's just one of those things and I had an injury in the winter and recovered well, so if I recover well again, I can get ready for the back-end of the season. “There's no timescale been given, but luckily I don't need any operations or surgery and that's a plus. It's still a bit of an unknown really about how long it is going to be but I'm getting the best treatment I can and hope to be back as soon as possible.” The post Cieren Fallon Sidelined By Broken Back appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

1st-BAQ, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05 p.m. ET Hit the Bid Racing Stable and Morplay Racing's ITALIAN SOIREE (Uncle Mo), a $600,000 purchase following a :10 flat work at the OBS March sale, makes her racetrack debut for trainer John Terranova in this holiday card opener in New York. The filly, bred by Repole Stable, is a full-sister to stakes winner Be Better and out of a half-sister to graded winner Old Time Hockey (Smarty Jones). The Repole Stable colors will be carried by debuting Yellow (Bernardini), a $225,000 KEESEP purchase. Trained by Todd Pletcher, the filly is the 2-1 morning-line favorite. She is a half-sister to last year's GII Chandelier S. winner Chatalas (Gun Runner). Brittany Russell saddles firster Gata Brazil (Into Mischief) for Nice Guys Stables. Out of American Story (Ghostzapper), the filly is a half-sister to Grade I winner American Gal (Concord Point). TJCIS PPS The post Thursday’s Insights: Pricey Juvenile Italian Soiree Debuts appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Promising two-year-old colt Sands Of Marra (Ire) (lot 200B), an impressive winner for Ollie Sangster at Windsor last week, is one of six wildcards to have been added to the Tattersalls July Sale, the sales company announced on Wednesday. One of seven winners to date by first-season sire Sands Of Mali (Fr), Sands Of Marra is out of the dual winner Revived (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}) (lot 70) who, incidentally, is also set to be offered at the July Sale carrying a full-sibling. She in turn is out of a half-sister to the dam of the five-time Group 1 winner and sire Dream Ahead. The Camden Colt (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) (lot 800A)–consigned by Baroda Stud on behalf of Richard Hannon's East Everleigh Stables–is the most accomplished of the six wildcards with a Timeform rating of 97. He was last seen finishing in mid-division in the Britannia Stakes at Royal Ascot, while Swindon (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (829A) has also shown a solid level of form in just three starts for William Haggas, possessing a Timeform rating of 92 after his fourth-place finish in a handicap at Goodwood. The list of wildcards is completed by the four-year-old Hotaugustnight (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) (200A), a full-sister to this year's G1 Derby fourth Deira Mile (Ire), plus a pair of lightly-raced three-year-olds in Moon Man (GB) (Pastoral Pursuits {GB}) (lot 539B) and At Vimeiro (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 539A). The David O'Meara-trained Moon Man was a winner at Ayr last time, while Jane Chapple-Hyam's At Vimeiro was last seen finishing third at Windsor. The full catalogue for the Tattersalls July Sale, which takes place from July 9-11, can be found here. The post Six Wildcards Added to Tattersalls July Sale appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Barry Fowler and Steve Weston's Dundalk maiden winner Usdi Atohi (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}–Eria {Ire}, by Zoffany {Ire}) finished last of six in May's G3 Naas Fillies' Sprint when last seen and bounced back in style to register a first black-type triumph in Wednesday evening's Listed Coolmore Ten Sovereigns Tipperary Stakes. The 20-1 outsider was swiftly into stride and stalked the tempo in second from flagfall at the Limerick Junction venue. Shaken up soon after passing the quarter-mile marker, she engaged Powerful Nation (Ire) (Sioux Nation) entering the final furlong and was driven out to prevail by a neck from that rival in a thrilling duel. The duo were 2 3/4 lengths clear of the remainder, headed by long-time leader Shamrock Breeze (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}) in third. Usdi Atohi, a €150,000 Goffs Orby graduate, is the second of three foals, all by Ten Sovereigns (Ire), and one of two scorers produced by a full-sister to G3 Gallinule Stakes third Sherpa (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Listed Knockaire Stakes runner-up Emporio (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}). The March-foaled bay, who hails from the family of G1 Dewhurst Stakes hero Beethoven (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}), is a full-sister to Listed Curragh Stakes victrix Asean (Ire) and a weanling filly. Usdi Atohi's fourth dam is the dual stakes-placed matriarch Luv Luvin' (Raise A Native). Usdi Atohi was down the field behind Fairy Godmother last time but bounces back to land the Listed feature at 20/1 for Donnacha O'Brien at @tipperaryraces. A filly by Ten Sovereigns, and consequently a fitting winner of the €40,000 @coolmorestud Ten Sovereigns Tipperary Stakes! pic.twitter.com/9ORGTKeZ4i — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 3, 2024 The post American-Owned Ten Sovereigns Filly Wins Tipperary Feature 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 close relatives of two Darley sires. 15.00 Great Yarmouth, Mdn, £9,950, 2yo, 6f 3yT Godolphin homebred SHADOW OF LIGHT (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is a three-parts brother to dual Group 1-winning first-crop sire Earthlight (Ire) (Shamardal) and has William Buick in the plate for this debut. His 10 rivals include Hidetoshi Yamamoto's €200,000 Arqana August graduate Ultrasoul (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who is a Roger Varian-conditioned son of G1 Prix de Diane heroine Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}), herself knocked down to Katsumi Yoshida for €1.2 million at Arqana's December sale. 16.10 Haydock, Nov, £10,000, 2yo, 7fT Another Godolphin newcomer is 260,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 acquisition OLYMPUS POINT (IRE) (Earthlight {Ire}), a three-parts brother to last season's first-crop sire sensation Blue Point (Ire) (Shamardal), who sports the operation's second strip here. Opposition includes his winning stablemate Cavallo Bay (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), who is a homebred son of GI Natalma Stakes heroine La Pelosa (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}. The post Big Thursday for Godolphin as Siblings of Earthlight and Blue Point Set for Debuts appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Kentucky Derby fifth T O Password (Jpn) (Copano Rickey {Jpn}) has been sent to a farm to recover after surgery to remove bone chips in both front legs, trainer Daisuke Takayanagi announced on Tuesday. The news was first reported by Netkeiba.com. The chips were found on Tuesday, with the surgery performed later that day. He is expected to be sidelined six months. “He had surgery and [I] put him out to pasture today [Tuesday],” Takayanagi told the Japanese publication. “He will be fully healed in six months.” A winner of a 3-year-old newcomers' affair over 1800 metres at Kyoto in January, the Tomoya Ozasa-owned colt added the Fukuryu Stakes to his haul on Mar. 23 at Nakayama, once again over a fast dirt surface. He was not disgraced trying 2000 metres for the first time at Churchill Downs, and rallied to take fifth in the Run for the Roses won by Mystik Dan (Goldencents). T O Password is the fourth foal and fourth scorer out of three-time winner T O Rachel (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). The post Kentucky Derby Fifth T O Password To Spell After Surgery To Remove Bone Chips appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Woodbine Entertainment and Rogers Sports & Media entered into a multi-year media rights agreement for Canada's first jewel in the nation's Triple Crown, The King's Plate. The new media rights partnership will provide fans with an extensive lineup of live premier horse racing from around the world, offering more opportunities to enjoy the sport than ever before. As part of the agreement, the 165th Kings Plate on Saturday, Aug. 17 will air on both Sportsnet and Citytv, and stream on Sportsnet+ and Citytv+. The second and third legs of the Canadian Triple Crown–The Prince of Wales Stakes (run at Fort Erie Race Track on Tuesday, Sept. 10) and the Breeders' Stakes (Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday, Sept. 29)–will also air on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+. In addition, fans can watch the following races from Woodbine Racetrack on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+: Woodbine Oaks (July 20), Greenwood Stakes (Saturday, Sept. 7), Turf Champions Day (Saturday, Sept. 14) which features the newly-named Rogers Woodbine Mile, and Turf Finals Day (Saturday, Oct. 5), featuring the Neartic Stakes and bet365 Dance Smartly Stakes. Select international races will also air on Sportsnet, Sportsnet+, Citytv, and Citytv+. For more information, click here. The post Sportsnet, CityTV Forge New Partnership for King’s Plate appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

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The unforgettably named Thore Hammer-Hansen bade farewell to British racing at the end of last season to take up a retainer with leading German owner Eckhard Sauren. On Sunday he will go to post for the G1 Deutsches Derby as the leading rider in the country. In many respects it was a homecoming for the young jockey, who was born in Cologne and spent some of his formative years in Baden-Baden, where his Danish-born father Lennart was riding and later training. It can also be regarded as a wise move. Hammer-Hansen was noticed for more than just his name during his time as an apprentice with Richard Hannon, whose stable he joined in 2017. In six years riding in Britain, he partnered 124 winners, 40 of those coming in 2021, the year in which he rode out his claim. In a famously competitive racing jurisdiction, it gets tougher for young jockeys when joining the senior ranks, no matter their talent, and the quietly-spoken Hammer-Hansen is not lacking in that regard. His father had been a successful jockey in Germany and Scandinavia, and with his parents still resident in Iffezheim, home to the racecourse better known as Baden-Baden, he started to take advantage of some of his contacts with increasingly frequent visits to Germany. “I had been going backwards and forwards for the last two years but I only signed my retainer last October so I am now based fully in Germany and this is my first full season since moving back. It's been going very well so far,” says the jockey, who is now back where it all started for him, in Cologne, close to the country's largest training centre. With 28 wins to his credit so far this season, Hammer-Hansen has five in hand over the second jockey in the championship, Leon Wolff. He has won two Group 3 races this year for one of the country's leading trainers, Henk Grewe, for whom he will also ride Palladium (Ger) (Gleneagles {Ire}) in the Derby. All nine of the jockey's stakes wins to date have been in his home country, where he landed his first group win back in 2022 on Dapango (Ger) in the G2 Oettingen Rennen. His revered father joined him on the winner's podium, much to the delight of the huge crowd at Iffezheim on the day that Hammer-Hansen Jr notched a treble. He says of Grewe, who has twice been champion trainer in Germany, “I've been riding for him for a couple of years and have built quite a good relationship with him. “A couple of good horses got injured in the run up to the Derby and I was without a ride for a while but then I got the call from Lars to ride Palladium. I won his maiden on him, so it's nice to be back with him.” The Lars in question is Lars-Wilhelm Baumgarten, co-founder of Liberty Racing, the ownership group which will be aiming for back-to-back wins in the Deutsches Derby after the victory last year of Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}). Like last year's winner, Palladium is a graduate of the BBAG Yearling Sale, having been bought from his breeder Gestut Fahrhof for €80,000. He finished just over two lengths behind the winner Narrativo (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) when fourth in the G2 Sparkasse Koln-Bonn Union Rennen at Cologne on June 16, and the first five home that day will all meet again at Hamburg on Sunday. This will be a second ride in the Derby for Hammer-Hansen, who rode the 11th-placed I Fight For Lips (Ger) for Andreas Suborics last year. “I have been placed in a couple of Group 1s but I'm still waiting for that first Group 1 win,” he says and, after pausing mid-speech, he continues with a laugh, “I'm about to forget my English.” The jockey continues, “I was apprenticed to Richard Hannon for three and a half years and then was offered a job with Sir Mark [Prescott]. “I do miss the English style of racing. It's higher calibre and there's racing every day compared to only one or two race days a week here. Mr Sauren also has horses in training in France so I am lucky enough to ride there sometimes. “I was in England for seven years so this is a new environment for me, even though it's my home country. “There aren't as many jockeys over here and most of them are quite a bit older than me and it does get a bit lonely at times, especially as I had a lot of friends in England outside the weighing-room who were working in racing.” However, the 24-year-old is relishing his link with some of Germany's biggest names, not least Baumgarten, who, as well as being the syndicate manager of last year's Derby winner, also bred the 2023 G1 Preis der Diana winner Muskoka (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}). Now one of the major buyers at Germany's main yearling sale at BBAG, he is driving the idea of shared ownership in Germany, which remains a relatively rare concept in comparison to other nations. Hammer-Hansen says, “The horses that he has bought over the last couple of years have been very successful so it's great to be riding for them and I have had some luck for Liberty Racing in the past. “It's an adjustment being back in Germany but it is all going well and I am really thankful for the opportunity I have been given here.” Notes on Sunday's Classic Twenty horses look set to line up for the 155th running of the Deutsches Derby, which also features as a World Pool race. In what appears to be quite an open contest this year, the aforementioned Narrativo is likely to start favourite for champion trainer and six-time Derby winner Peter Schiergen and owner-breeder Gestut Ittlingen, who are also represented by Alleno (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}). Narrativo is one of three Derby runners for the late German champion sire Adlerflug (Ger), who died mid-covering season in April 2021, meaning that this year's three-year-olds are from his last full crop. Being responsible for 15% of the runners is an indication as to just how much the son of In The Wings (GB) is missed in Germany. Along with Narrativo, Adlerflug is represented by the French raider Mister Gatz (Fr), who is trained in Deauville by Stephanie Nigge, and Tiamo Hilleshage (Ger). The latter, as a full-brother to Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner and Deutsches Derby second Torquator Tasso (Ger) and half-brother to G1 Prosser Preis von Bayern winner Tunnes (Ger) (Guiliani {Ger}), is of particular note. He is racing in the colours of that trio's Dutch breeder Paul H Vandeberg. Paul H Vandeberg, left, breeder of Torquator Tasso and Tiamo Hilleshage | Emma Berry The Listed Premio d'Italia winner Queimados (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) races for Gestut Fahrhof, the breeding operation responsible for the above-mentioned Palladium, while G2 Derby Italiano winner Borna (Fr) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), who is trained by Markus Klug for Darius Racing, takes aim at a second Classic this season. Klug's successor as trainer for the powerful Gestut Rottgen operation is the former jockey Maxim Pecheur, who will saddle his first two Derby runners, Anspruch (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) and the sole filly in the field, Weltbeste (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}). With a name that translates to 'World's Best' she has plenty to live up to and is notable not just because of her gender but also as a full-sister to the 2018 Derby winner Weltstar (Ger) and a half to the previous year's winner Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}). Those two were the first two foals for Wellenspiel (Ger) (Sternkoenig {Ire}), who is also the dam of the dual Group 3 winner and Group 1 runner-up Well Disposed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). A third winner in the Derby for the 16-year-old mare would take her past even the great Sacarina (GB) (Old Vic {GB}), whose Monsun (Ger) offspring Samum (Ger) and Schiaparelli (Ger) both won the colts' Classic in which their sister Salve Regina (Ger) finished second. She later atoned by winning the Preis der Diana against her own sex. The only other runner aside from Mister Gatz who is trained outside Germany is Mina Rashid (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}), who represents Andrew Balding and Ahmad Al Shaikh. The Chester maiden winner is dropping back in trip after finishing ninth behind Illinois (Ire) in the G2 Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot. The post Championship Leader Hammer-Hansen Bids for Derby Glory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Just a couple of days after Darley announced that Too Darn Hot would not be shuttling to Australia, the operation revealed that he will be available to cover on southern hemisphere time at a fee of £50,000 from Dalham Hall Stud. The son of Dubawi, who is the most successful first-season sire ever in Australia and has already produced Group 1 scorer Broadsiding Down Under, will be joined by fellow Dalham Hall Stud residents Palace Pier and Cracksman to cover southern hemisphere time, at fees of £25,000 and £17,500 respectively. Three Irish-based stallions are also available; Night Of Thunder (€60,000), Space Blues (€15,000) and Naval Crown (€10,000). Too Darn Hot had travelled to Darley's Hunter Valley base for the last four seasons but he will not shuttle to Kelvinside for the 2024 season. Instead, the sire of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Fallen Angel and German 1,000 Guineas heroine Darnation, will spearhead Darley's six-strong team of stallions available on southern hemisphere time. The post Too Darn Hot To Cover On £50,000 Southern Hemisphere Time Fee appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) unanimously voted to appoint owner/trainer Mark Glatt to fill a vacancy on the board created by the recent resignation of longtime board member Rick Gold. After studying at Western Washington University, Glatt began training Thoroughbreds in 1995, handling a second string for his father at Yakima Meadows. The following year, he moved to Golden Gate Fields in Northern California; and in 2000 he relocated to Southern California. He has amassed more than 1,200 wins and career earnings of over $47 million. Glatt lives in Monrovia with his wife Dena and children Ryan, Luke, and Madison. “We are very pleased to welcome Mark Glatt,” said Bill Nader, TOC President and CEO. “He brings a wealth of experience as a trainer and owner to the TOC board. Mark is intelligent, thoughtful, hardworking, and passionate about the sport, and he will be a great asset to the organization. He has been an observer at our weekly meetings, as well as our monthly board meetings, over the past few months and has proved to be a quick study,” Nader continued. “He's ready and will be a great addition to our team.” For more information, visit www.toconline.com. The post Glatt Appointed to TOC Board of Directors appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

White Birch will not line out in Saturday's Coral-Eclipse after connections revealed the Group 1 scorer has recorded an unsatisfactory blood test. In the John Murphy-trained four-year-old's absence, City Of Troy is now as short as 2-5 to build on his Epsom heroics at Sandown. George Murphy, assistant trainer to his father John, told the Racing Post, “White Birch had a blood test this morning and unfortunately it hasn't come back 100 per cent perfect. “As a result, we've decided not to travel to Sandown for the Eclipse this weekend. The horse is in good form at home and we're looking forward to the rest of the season with him.” This is the second time that White Birch has been deemed a late defector as he missed the Prince Of Wales's Stakes due to poor bloods. In his absence, City Of Troy will be given most to think about by Dancing Gemini and Ghostwriter while a maximum field of 10 will now line out for the 1m2f Group 1. The post City Of Troy Now 2-5 Favourite For Coral-Eclipse As White Birch Ruled Out appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Odds Bookmakers News Field Past Winners Sir John Monash Stakes Group Three Betting Guide Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024 Location: Caulfield Racecourse – Melbourne, Victoria Prize Money: $200,000 Distance: 1100m The Sir John Monash Stakes is a Group 3 weight-for-age event, over 1100m, held at Caulfield Racecourse. Originally run as a 1000m sprint, the Sir John Monash Stakes has been run as an 1100m event since 2005. First run as a Listed race in 1994, the Sir John Monash Stakes was upgrade to a Group 3 event in 2014 and is now run for $200,000. Notable winners of the Sir John Monash Stakes include Super Elegant, I Am Invincible, Reward For Effort, Platelet, Pago Rock, Lord Of The Sky, Miss Promiscuity, Supido and Voodoo Lad. 2024 Sir John Monash Stakes betting odds 2024 Sir John Monash Stakes odds are currently unavailable. HorseBetting will update this page when Sir John Monash Stakes betting odds are released. 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Check … Read More Sigh looking to bring up hat-trick with Monash Stakes win Australia horse racing news 12 months ago Sigh will look to make it three-straight wins and an undefeated prep when she runs in the Group 3 Sir … Read More Mileva takes the upset win in the 2022 Sir John Monash Stakes Australia horse racing news 2 years ago Much of the post-race talk focused on $2.80 favourite Oxley Road running out of puff on the straight. 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Previous Sir John Monash Stakes Fields 2023 Sir John Monash Stakes field No. Silks Horse Trainer Jockey Barrier Weight 1 Ingratiating James Cummings Ben Melham 4 58.5kg 2 Malkovich Born Baker Joshua Parr 11 58.5kg 3 General Beau Mathew Ellerton Dean Yendall 13 58.5kg 4 Regardsmaree Nick Ryan Rhys McLeod 5 58.5kg 5 Zac De Boss Simon Zahra Jye McNeil 12 58.5kg 6 Rattle And Bang Dean Binaisse Craig Newitt 3 58.5kg 7 Sweet Ride Annabel Neasham Linda Meech 7 58kg 8 Katsu Grahame Begg Jordan Childs 9 58kg 9 Mileva Phillip Stokes Ben Allen 6 56.5kg 10 Flying Mascot Tom Dabernig Damien Oliver 10 56.5kg 11 Esta La Roca Lloyd Kennewell Beau Mertens 8 56.5kg 12 Bless Her Clayton Chief Stipelas Daniel Stackhouse 2 56.5kg 13 Sigh Peter Moody Carleen Hefel 1 56.5kg 2023 Sir John Monash Stakes result 1st – Sigh (+600) 2nd – Mileva (+140) 3rd – General Beau (+150) Recent runnings of the Sir John Monash Stakes: 2023: Nothing to Sigh about The Peter Moody-trained Sigh continued her impressive preparation when claiming the 2023 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield under Carleen Hefel. Having been scratched from the Listed Vic Sprint Series final at Flemington the week prior, the four-year-old mare relished the extra week between runs to claim her first black-type success at start nine. There was speed aplenty with Malkovich initially leading the field up, before Katsu took on the classy sprinter for the lead and tried to run away approaching the home turn. As a majority of the field opted to head for the middle of the track, Carleen Hefel and Sigh ($7) stuck closer towards the rail and booted to the lead with 250m to go. Mileva ($8.50), who claim the 2022 edition of the race emerged from the pack and loomed as a serious threat to Sigh with 100m to go. However, Hefel managed to get every bit of effort out of Sigh to go on to claim her first Group 3 as a jockey in a tight finish, with General Beau ($7) a length away in third. 2022: Mileva arrives in time Much of the post-race talk focused on $2.80 favourite Oxley Road running out of puff on the straight.But no one can discredit the performance of Mileva in taking out the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. The four-year-old mare, with Daniel Moor aboard, was brave inside the final 100m in the 1100m sprint worth $200,000. She notched up her third victory for Phillip Stokes in six starts thanks to Daniel Moor who judged his ride to perfection late in the race, going on to edge out Bless Her for Clayton Chief Stipelas. 2021: Red Can Man bounces back in style Red Can Man, a sprinter hailing from Western Australia, bounced back from a lackluster debut in Melbourne to capture Saturday’s 2021 Group 3 Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield. Having won seven of his 18 starts in Perth, Red Can Man transitioned to trainer David Brideoake’s stable at Mornington for a Victorian campaign. Despite a disappointing initial outing at Flemington on June 19, where he failed to place down the straight, the son of Gingerbread Man showed promise with a strong trial at Traralgon. Returning to firmer footing and around a turn, Red Can Man showcased his best form, thriving on the Good 4 surface at Caulfield despite the cold conditions. The Sir John Monash Stakes evolved into a thrilling speed duel primarily between Red Can Man and Sydney’s three-year-old Malkovich. Ultimately, Red Can Man prevailed in the final 50 metres, clinching victory by a neck in the $160,000 contest. 2020: Jungle Edge swims to Group 3 success Trainer Mick Bell says he is in awe of stable star Jungle Edge after the sprinter revelled in the heavy conditions to win the 2020 Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. In holding off the Godolphin-owned Viridine, Jungle Edge landed a sizeable betting move to run the $2.60 favourite in registering a three-quarter length victory. The Group Three win in the 1100m sprint avenged Jungle Edge’s narrow defeat at the hands of Oak Door in 2019. And the success provided Jade Darose her second stakes race win aboard Jungle Edge after taking out the WJ Adams Stakes at Caulfield in February. Due to COVID-19 restrictions placed on jockeys, Darose was unable to travel to Adelaide when Jungle Edge won the DC McKay Stakes at Morphettville in May. Darose was Jungle Edge’s regular trackwork partner since Bell took over the training of the rising 10-year-old five years prior, but the WJ Adams Stakes victory was her first race ride on the gelding. Previous winners of the Sir John Monash Stakes Sir John Monash Stakes Past Winners Year Horse Jockey Trainer 2023 Sigh Carleen Hefel Peter Moody 2022 Mileva Daniel Moor Phillip Stokes 2021 Red Can Man Ben Melham David Brideoake 2020 Jungle Edge Jade Darose Mick Bell 2019 Oak Door Ben Melham John Sadler 2018 Voodoo Lad Brad Rawiller Darren Weir 2017 Supido Luke Nolen Michael Kent 2016 Wild Rain Damien Oliver Mark Kavanagh 2015 Miss Promiscuity Dwayne Dunn David Hayes 2014 Lord Of The Sky Dwayne Dunn Robbie Laing 2013 Pago Rock Chad Schofield David Hayes 2012 Platelet Damian Lane Darren Weir 2011 Secret Flyer Luke Nolen Mark Young 2010 Reward For Effort Luke Nolen Peter Moody 2009 I Am Invincible Darren Gauci Peter Morgan 2008 Tesbury Jack Darren Gauci Julie Scott 2007 Lucky Secret Danny Brereton Tony Vasil 2006 Sassbee Nash Rawiller David Jolly 2005 Super Elegant Nash Rawiller Tony Vasil 2004 Super Elegant Greg Childs Tony Vasil 2003 Dantana Noel Callow Rick Hore-Lacy 2002 Rubitano Nash Rawiller Brian Mayfield-Smith 2001 Regal Shot Damien Oliver Brendan McCarthy 2000 Honour The Name Chris Munce Lee Freedman Sir John Monash Stakes winners pre-2000 Sir John Monash Stakes Past Winners Pre 2000 Year Horse 1999 Flavour 1998 Jugular 1997 Red Hope 1996 Delsole 1995 Royal Rubiton 1994 Sequalo Recommended! 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What Sale Races Where Sale Turf Club – 1227 Maffra-Sale Rd, Sale VIC 3850 When Thursday, July 4, 2024 First Race 12:25pm AEST Visit Dabble Racing heads to the Sale Turf Club in Victoria on Thursday afternoon with a competitive eight-race meeting set to greet punters. Clear skies are forecast for the day, with the track likely to remain a Soft 7. The rail will come out 4m for the entire circuit, with the Sale races on July 4 set to commence at 12:25pm AEST. Best Bet at Sale: Mansiere Despite never winning first-up from a spell, Mansiere’s form during the autumn suggests he can buck that trend. The three-year-old gelding has managed two runner-up efforts from three fresh runs, including last campaign at the Sale 1106m — the same course and distance he tackles here. He took Pantelone to within a nostril at Sandown last campaign and was far from disgraced behind the likes of Estriella and Caballus at Flemington. Best Bet Race 7 – #5 Mansiere (1) 3yo Gelding | T: Nick Ryan | J: Ethan Brown (60kg) +170 with Picklebet Next Best at Sale: Champagne Effort Champagne Effort was beaten by a length at Wangaratta on June 20, which followed a similar defeat at Cranbourne the start prior. She draws perfectly in barrier two under Rose Hammond, who claims 3kg. With just 54.5kg on her back, and an economical run in transit, Champagne Effort should have no issues accounting for her rivals this time around. Next Best Race 2 – #9 Champagne Effort (2) 3yo Filly | T: Gavin Bedggood | J: Rose Hammond (a3) (57.5kg) +320 with Neds Best Value at Sale: Reprisal Danny O’Brien’s Reprisal has been competitive in some hot form races in his three runs this campaign. The three-year-old gelding won over the Mornington 1200m two starts back, then was beaten two lengths by subsequent Caulfield winner Bossy Nic on June 10 when forced to travel wide without cover. Barrier eight is a touch worrying, but if Jason Maskiell can find cover in the second half of the field, Reprisal looks like a great bet at a nice price with horse racing bookmakers. Best Value Race 9 – #2 Reprisal (8) 3yo Gelding | T: Danny O’Brien | J: Jason Maskiell (61kg) +900 with PlayUp Thursday quaddie tips for Sale races Sale quadrella selections Thursday, July 4, 2024 1-3-5-8-9-10 5-10 4-5-8-10 1-2-7-8-11 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Debbie Sweeney had expected Willit to give a bold account of himself at Rotorua and the three-year-old duly delivered at the first time of asking on Wednesday. The Te Awamutu trainer had been more than happy with the son of Swiss Ace ahead of his debut in the Macmillan Accountants Maiden (1215m) and he proved comfortably superior to his age group rivals. He is raced by breeder and Westbury Stud principal Gerry Harvey, whose colours were also later carried to victory by Murch in the Greenlight Insurance Brokers Maiden (1215m) Willit had finished runner-up in his first trial on the all-weather track at Cambridge and showed pleasing improvement last month to go one better at Arawa Park before franking that form on race day. “He trialled well both times, he had been a little bit green but he’s a nice horse who has shown plenty of ability,” Sanders said. “We were expecting him to go well for sure, his work has been really good.” Willit had impressed Sweeney during his first preparation and patience has subsequently brought out the best in the gelding. “He showed a lot the last time around, but he went shine sore, so he had a bit more time out and he came back a stronger horse for it,” she said. Willit drew the outside barrier at Rotorua and was caught wide early before he slotted in one off the fence in third spot. He loomed up to challenge three wide at the top of the straight and forged clear under the urgings of rider Matthew Cameron to score by 1-3/4 lengths from Teak, with the debutante Florin making good ground for third after missing the start. “He got through the ground well and the further he goes the better he should be,” Sweeney said. “He’s been gelded but he acts like a colt, he’s got a bit of spirit about him and can be a bit quirky at times. “We’ll see how he pulls up after this and probably find a race for him in a fortnight or three weeks’ time. We’ll look after him and see where we end up.” Willit is a son of the More Than Ready mare Waterfalls who has a 100 percent record at stud after previous successes of her daughters Tereine and Catalina Bay. Waterfalls is a sister to the Listed Bernborough Handicap (1615m) from the family of the Gr.1 Golden Slipper Stakes (1200m) winner and sire Catbird. The Danny Walker and Aaron Tata-trained Murch posted a deserved victory in the closing event after the Telperion three-year-old had placed in three of his previous four starts. Ridden by apprentice Triston Moodley, he sat close to the pace and finished determinedly to win narrowly in a driving finish. Murch’s dam is the Encosta De Lago mare Rubi DI Lago who is a half-sister to the Gr.2 Bill Stutt Stakes (1600m) winner and Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas (1600m) placegetter Divine Calling. View the full article

Sulabella made the journey down to Rotorua worthwhile for Michelle Bradley on Wednesday, producing a tough win in the Arawa Park Hotel Rotorua 1560. A five-year-old by Proisir, Sulabella has performed on all surfaces with three wins to her credit prior to her midweek triumph and was rated a $6.70 chance in a market headed by stakes winner Itza Charmdeel. Jumping from an outside barrier under Kelly Myers, the mare was prominent early sitting outside pacemaker Kahma Suitsya and the pair were never headed, eventually fighting out the finish with Sulabella prevailing by a short head. Bradley was pleased to see her mare back in form and appreciating a step-up in distance after finishing midfield over 1400m at Ruakaka last start. “I thought it was a pretty tough effort, I did have concerns about the track conditions even though she won on a heavy 10 at Pukekohe before. I think this was probably a bit more testing,” she said. “I said to Kelly that we had to be positive out of the gates and be right up there, I didn’t need her leading and she rode her perfectly sitting outside the leader, giving her every possible chance and she was tough to hang on. “She’s been there or thereabouts this preparation. She was probably looking for the mile at her last run on her home track (Ruakaka) and she’s run some nice races at Te Rapa so it was quite pleasing to get the win with her today.” Sulabella was bred by Cam and Eva Heron of Highline Thoroughbreds, who remained in the ownership after Bradley purchased her as a yearling at Karaka for $12,000. She has gone on to win four races and $87,590 in stakes. The mare was in winning form this time last season winning the 1400m progressive contest at the ITM/GIB Finals in July, a day Bradley remembers fondly after also claiming the stayers final with Bosch. “She (Sulabella) is well and truly beyond the 1400m now, we haven’t tried her at 2100m yet but I did say to the owners that I could see her getting the distance, it’s just when I decide to do that,” Bradley said. “We’ll have to sit down and decide what our options are going forward. “Bosch won the stayers final last year and he’ll be back again next weekend, and depending on the order of entry, No Plan Be will be starting there too.” View the full article

Promising staying three-year-old Phats will tick an exciting box for Chrissy Bambry on Saturday at Flemington as her first runner in Australia. A homebred son of Embellish, Phats secured his maiden victory comfortably at Waverley in April and subsequent placings at Rating 75 level warranted a start in the Kiwifruit Cup (2100m), where he finished a creditable fourth behind Khan Hunter. Phats will contest the Mahogany Challenge Final (2500m) at the iconic venue, a race also featuring fellow Kiwi-bred and trained galloper Eliud. “Everything we’ve thrown at him he has coped with really well, he’s been racing above his grade very consistently,” Bambry said. “This race was always at the back of our minds, so we threw him in the deep end in the Kiwifruit Cup and he was running through the line well, so we thought it was definitely worth a crack bringing him over.” Bambry had an insight to the Victorian racing scene when preparing Lord Bouzeron to win their Australian debut in 2020 under brother-in-law Francis Finnegan, and is looking forward to having Phats under her name on Saturday. “He’s my first runner in Australia which is pretty exciting, but I’m pretty nervous too,” she said. “I prepared Lord Bouzeron for a similar race four years ago while my sister and her husband (Finnegan) were over in Cranbourne, so we’ve based his preparation pretty much on that. “We’ve just kept him in his little routine, he had a nice gallop on Monday on the course proper at Foxton and is flying over today. You never know how they will travel but he’s pretty chilled out, so I think he’s got everything ahead of him. “We’ll see how he goes on Saturday, he may stay over here for a couple of other races as well.” Closer to her Foxton base, Bambry will have one representative at the Awapuni Synthetic meeting on Friday in Saint Leonard, who will be chasing back-to-back wins in the Carters Ashhurst-Pohangina Cup (2140m). A son of Dial A Prayer, Saint Leonard entered the winner’s circle at the course at his second start for Bambry a fortnight ago, and will have Kavish Chowdhoory back in the saddle. “I’ve only had him this prep and he’s still very green and doesn’t know a lot,” Bambry said. “He can over race a little bit, so I asked Kavish not to let him pull his head off last time and he did the right thing when the brakes went on, letting the horse go around them. He’s a very fit horse and he just outstayed them. “I’ll leave the ride up to Kavish this time based on how the race pans out, he’s a horse that doesn’t really like being told what to do and Kavish knows him, so it’ll be in his hands.” View the full article