Wandering Eyes

Luke Oliver after Spanish Tides won the Mia Kleer Hand Sanitiser Handicap at Moonee Valley Racecourse on July 30, 2022 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Reg Ryan/Racing Photos) Trainer Luke Oliver is facing charges from Racing Victoria Stewards due to prohibited substances being found in Hey Bella under Australian Rules of Racing 240(2) and 104(1). Luke Oliver Charges Charge One: AR 240 Prohibited substance in sample taken from horse at race meeting Charge Two: AR 104(1) Trainers must keep treatment records The horse, Hey Bella, tested positive for dexamethasone, an inflammatory drug that is banned in Australian horse racing. These charges relate to a urine sample taken after Hey Bellas win in Race 7 (Rosemont F&M Maiden Plate, 1300 metres) at Cranbourne Racecourse on April 12, 2024.The stewards report details two charges based on the Rules of Racing. The first charge concerns the presence of substances from Prohibited Lists A and B in racehorses, with Hey Bellas sample containing dexamethasone, which is not permitted during races. The second charge accuses Oliver of not documenting all treatments given to his horses within the timeframe, with discrepancies noted before the race. These charges will be reviewed by the Victorian Racing Tribunal in a session that currently does not have a date. The results could have consequences for Oliver’s career. Horse racing news View the full article

After placing twice in group 1 company in her last two starts, Content lands her first top-level score in the Aug. 22 Yorkshire Oaks (G1). View the full article

A celebration of the remarkable and impactful life of John Hendrickson will take place at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m EST.View the full article

There's no uncertainty in Ken McPeek's mind as to how the filly Thorpedo Anna will handle the 1 1/4 miles of the Travers Stakes (G1).View the full article

Once again, the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (TAA) will be present to raise awareness for retired racehorses during Pacific Classic Day at Del Mar on Saturday, Aug. 31, the non-profit said in a Thursday release. After a named race on the undercard, a presentation will be made to the winning connections, featuring a TAA-branded gift bag and blanket sponsored by Fenwick Equestrian and Dean Dorton. A VIP experience will be also be auctioned and a variety of other events are planned. “Del Mar is extremely committed to the well-being of Thoroughbreds, both on and off the track,” said Josh Rubinstein, president, Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. “Our partnership with Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance reflects our dedication to supporting responsible aftercare practices.” Additionally, a combined check presentation for donations from Commonwealth and Ocean Reef Racing will take place during racing. The post TAA Onsite During Del Mar’s Pacific Classic Day appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

WITH THE ANGELS (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Sister Margaret, by Pulpit) was accorded a 6-1 chance on the morning line for Thursday's state-bred opener from Saratoga but she was well-tried in the market and ultimately made even-money look like a gift in a debut romp that was worthy of the 'TDN Rising Star' designation. Having breezed an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 before selling to agent Justin Casse for $350,000 at this year's OBS April Sale, the dark bay filly worked equally well over a conventional dirt surface and signaled her readiness for this assignment with a half-mile hit-out from that gate that was timed in :47 flat over a 'good' strip Aug. 16. Drawn wide, With the Angels hit the ground running beneath Jose Ortiz and went along in hand through an opening couple of furlongs in :22.51. Maintaining a safe distance on her rivals rounding the turn, she passed the quarter pole in :45.62, went farther in front with every stride while never feeling the crop and had a good 12 lengths on the well-meant Stone Smuggler (Honest Mischief) after six furlongs in a snappy 1:10.40. Princess Mischief (Honest Mischief) was clearly last from the stalls, but gained ground down the backstretch and sustained a long run to round out the triple at 29-1. Sales history: $65,000 Ylg '23 FTNAUG; $350,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0. O-Winning Move Stable, Oxley, John C., Lady Sheila Stable and Rideau Racers LLC; B-Joseph DiRico (NY); T-Linda Rice. Remember the name WITH THE ANGELS, the 2YO daughter of @spendthriftfarm stallion Omaha Beach, who broke her maiden impressively in today's opener with @jose93_ortiz up for trainer @LindaRiceRacing. pic.twitter.com/bFxYpvnTYW — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 22, 2024 The post Omaha Beach Filly Runs To the Money and Earns a ‘Rising Star’ 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 Irish National Stud will host the fourth event in IEVA 's CPD 2024 Series Saturday, Aug. 31. Entitled “Surgery and Lameness”, the event is geared toward recent veterinary graduates and veterinary surgeons and will cover a wide range of topics from field anesthesia, castration, wounds and fractures. It will also look at the global career opportunities for equine veterinary practitioners as well as the importance of good client consultancy and engagement. The panel includes Simon Hennessey, Leah McGlinchy, Patricia Romero Marco, John Ortega McCormack and Marcus Swail. IEVA President Sabrina Barnwell will be the overseeing the event proceedings. Registration will commence at 9am in Osborne Hall at the Irish National Stud. Lunch and an optional stud visit will follow the last lecture. CVI points are pending. To purchase your ticket visit www.irisheva.ie. The post Irish National Stud Hosts IEVA Veterinary Lecture appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

No two racing fans ever experience the same journey into the sport. For some the excitement of the punt comes first and a true appreciation for what the Thoroughbred is capable of comes later. Others have always known and still couldn't care less how the bookies bet on the next big race in the calendar. But if there is a common thread in it all, then it most likely comes in the shape of that one horse nearly all of us have, the horse who did more than any other to help speed up the realisation that this was the game for you. Perhaps they won you enough money to pay for a nice holiday, or maybe they were the most stunning example of horseflesh you'd ever seen. It doesn't matter which; what does matter is that they got you here today as the sort of racing nut we like to think of most TDN readers as. For me that horse was Borderlescott (GB), the small, bay gelding who gained a devoted fan from the moment he stepped foot in the York parade ring on Saturday, October 8, 2005. This nascent racegoer, aged all of 11, was one of the few paddock watchers to brave the elements on that particular afternoon, a day as miserable as any I've experienced on the Knavesmire in the near 19 years since. As the horses filed out of the paddock for the day's feature contest, the £75,000 Coral Sprint Trophy, my mind was made up. £1 win on no. 13 were Mum's strict instructions, once I'd finally persuaded her to leave the dry and warmth of the grandstand. The rest, as they say, is history. How I spent my winnings of a saturated £20 note I couldn't tell you, but that Coral Sprint Trophy will always be remembered for it being the day I first started on the Borderlescott journey. And, boy, what a journey it was. For Jim Edgar and Les Donaldson, the two men lucky enough to own Borderlescott throughout his 85-race career, spanning a remarkable 12 seasons in training, the story began a couple of years earlier in the autumn of 2003. Whilst I left my first encounter with Borderlescott smiling from ear to ear, Edgar left his grateful that he still had a full set of teeth to smile with, looking forward to what the future might hold with the yearling by Compton Place (GB) out of the winning Touching Wood mare Jeewan (GB). “We went down in October and it was a really windy day,” Edgar says of the trip to Goosemore Farm, near Wetherby in Yorkshire, to inspect the colt bought by trainer Robin Bastiman for just 13,000 guineas at Doncaster. “They brought out this wee, scrawny-looking thing and when the wind got up he tried to headbutt me–I managed to get out of the way just in time! You could see the look on their faces, thinking that's the deal kiboshed, but we decided to buy the horse and never looked back after that.” Donaldson continues, “Jim said we'd take all of it and he was the first horse in the stable that Robin didn't keep a wee share in. He never hesitated to remind us of that as time went on!” Borderlescott raced four times at two, culminating with his first success in a Hamilton nursery, the 20-year anniversary of which recently passed on July 31. Lining up from a BHA rating of just 64, he ultimately ran out a decisive winner but not before giving his supporters a few anxious moments when threatening to boil over in the preliminaries. “I was a teacher and we'd brought a full minibus loaded with teachers with us from the school,” Donaldson recalls. “Of course, I went and said to them, 'Look, the trainer says he hasn't got any chance at all because he's already run his race'. You can imagine the stick I took after it when he actually coasted home.” “Mr Bastiman, you have yourself a Group horse,” was reportedly the post-race feedback from jockey Paul Hanagan. How right he proved to be, but first Borderlescott's three-year-old campaign was one of gradual progression through the handicap ranks, with his Coral Sprint Trophy win being his last of four that season. “That was the day I nearly fell in the River Ouse,” Edgar says of the post-race knees-up in York city centre. “We were in this pub next to the Ouse and I was really drunk. I think if I'd taken one more step forward, I wouldn't be sitting here now!” “He was lucky he got into the drink,” Donaldson chimes in regretfully. “I had to drive the car back to Robin's.” Edgar avoided disaster, thankfully, and for Donaldson it wasn't long before Borderlescott came up trumps again to satisfy his wish for a proper celebration, notably beating 26 rivals to win the following year's Stewards' Cup, one of the marquee handicaps in the Flat racing handicap. “The wee horse coming from a small, small stable, compared to some of the trainers who were there, it was just marvellous,” Edgar says of that day, before telling a story which suggests Donaldson didn't entirely lose the run of himself in the aftermath. “We were sitting in the lounge at Gatwick Airport with two hours to wait for the plane, so we said we'll go and get something to eat,” he remembers. “We get the menus and mister sitting next to me goes, 'Oh my god, £2.50 for a plate of soup!'. I just looked at him and said, 'You've just won 62 and a half grand and you're worried about £2.50!'.” “I tell you, he's never let me forget that,” Donaldson laughs. “But we were drinking with the hoi polloi that day. When the horse won they took us up the stairs to the reception and we met the various people from Goodwood, etc. I'm just a wee boy from Whitecross and Jim a kid from Glasgow, but there we were drinking with Lord Derby–it was just surreal.” Lord Derby was no doubt toasting the thrilling win of his beloved Ouija Board (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) in the Nassau Stakes which preceded the Stewards' Cup, the sort of contest which showed this young racing fan just how enthralling the sport can be, even before Borderlescott had gained the biggest success of his blossoming career to date. However, you soon learn that there are highs and lows to be navigated in this game, with no better demonstration of that for me than in the summer of 2008 when one of the wettest summers on record caused the Ebor Festival at York to be lost, so too my hopes of seeing Borderlescott race in the flesh for the first time since that Coral Sprint Trophy. The Nunthorpe he'd been due to contest, along with the meeting's other Group 1 events, the Juddmonte International and Yorkshire Oaks, was transferred to Newmarket's July Course, but it was of little comfort to a 14-year-old resigned to watching on from afar as star names such as Duke Of Marmalade (Ire), New Approach (Ire) and Lush Lashes (GB) were rerouted away from Yorkshire. Instead, it was left to local superstar Borderlescott to salvage a moment of cheer from the week for God's Own Country, with the joy of my old pal's Nunthorpe success overpowering the feeling of disappointment that I wasn't there to see it happen. “He just came flying up that hill,” Edgar recalls of the day Donaldson and himself became Group 1-winning owners. “That South African horse, the big grey [National Colour {SAf} (National Assembly)], went off at a tremendous pace that blew everything out of the water, bar the wee guy who came up on the outside. That was just a tremendous day.” “To win it at Newmarket, the home of racing, was great,” Donaldson adds. “And for Robin, Pauline, Rebecca and Harvey, who all put so much effort into getting a win like that, it was fantastic for them, too.” In 2009, Borderlescott's whole campaign was geared around to trying to defend his Nunthorpe crown, back in front of his adoring home crowd at York, around 15 miles from where Bastiman had masterminded his stable star's career, together with wife Pauline and children Rebecca and Harvey. Sent off at 9/1, carrying the weight of my £2 having doubled my stake since 2005, Borderlescott typically found plenty to get the verdict by a neck, providing one of the most memorable days on a racecourse for myself and so many others. “That was extra special for everybody,” Donaldson concurs. “When he won that day, I've never heard applause like it. Everybody was around the parade ring and Rebecca was in tears because that was her baby. “Robin, Jim and I were stood out the back as he took over in front and we couldn't speak. Tears were running down our cheeks. It was just a phenomenal experience and it will never leave me for the rest of my days. To win it at York was just something special.” The word “special” comes up again when Donaldson describes the experience of travelling to Hong Kong with his pride and joy in December of that year, while the first few months of the 2010 season followed a similar pattern to previous years for Borderlescott, who took until Goodwood to give the impression of a horse at the peak of his powers. With Kieren Fallon in the saddle for the first time, Borderlescott ran out a ready winner of the King George Stakes, on paper the perfect stepping stone to York where he was due to bid for a record-equalling third success in the Nunthorpe. However, it later transpired that he'd suffered an injury at Goodwood which threatened to curtail his season. “When he took it up and they went by the line, he hit a bit of false ground,” Edgar explains. “Whilst he won the race, he injured a leg and was taken away to the vets. He was there for seven or eight days and had x-rays, the whole thing. It was nothing major, but I would say he was never the same horse again after that.” The facts and figures tell their own tale. Though making it to the Nunthorpe just 22 days later, the injury said to be not as bad as first feared, Borderlescott was understandably not on his A-game in finishing sixth behind Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}). All told, he won just one of his 35 starts after that King George and his days of being a factor at the top table were a thing of the past. Regardless, his popularity with the racing public remained the stuff of legend, so too his enthusiasm for the game. The old warrior ran no fewer than 11 times in 2012 at the age of 10, with the day he won the Beverley Bullet under Freddie Tylicki threatening to take the roof off the grandstand at the East Yorkshire track. The retirement of Borderlescott was announced in November 2012 before a U-turn on that call saw him return to racing in July the following year, with Bastiman reporting that the then-11-year-old was still annihilating his younger work companions on the gallops. Though the final chapter of his career failed to deliver another success, he did achieve the notable feat of twice filling the runner-up spot in a race named in his honour, the Borderlescott Sprint Trophy at Musselburgh, in 2014 and 2015. “Jim and I were delighted to sponsor that race,” says Donaldson. “And at the paddock it was just incredible, the number of people who wanted to see him. He was nothing stunning to look at, but by god, he had a heart beyond all hearts.” The decision was made to bring the curtain down on Borderlescott's career, once and for all, after he finished fifth of six in a handicap at Ayr on Saturday, June 20, 2015, fully 11 years and nine days on from his debut at York. Back then I still had over a year left of primary school. By the end of Borderlescott's racing life I was in my final term at university, hell bent on a career in racing journalism and forever indebted to my favourite racehorse for setting me on that path. “There was a woman who used to send him a box of polo mints every month,” Donaldson says of my competition for the position as Borderlescott's number one fan, with a heavy concentration of his fan base able to be traced to the ancient town of Linlithgow and its surrounding area. “Where we come from, there's maybe another seven or eight towns within a few miles,” Donaldson continues. “When he won every race, none of the bookmakers could pay out on that day–they didn't have enough money. You have no idea how many people followed him. It all started with our pals and then it blossomed all over the place. It didn't matter if it was a trainer, an owner or a punter–they loved him.” Donaldson adds that he penned 76,000 words when he started to document the Borderlescott journey during Covid. Now a few days into this feature, I'm starting to see how it could easily happen, but it's time for the final word from Edgar and Donaldson on a horse who is now living a happy retirement in the 35 acres of Goosefarm Farm, with the 27-year-old Maromito (Ire) (Up And At 'Em {GB}), a seven-time winner for the Bastiman stable, for company. “I just think we had a tremendous time with him,” Edgar sums up. “And I think it was tremendous for racing itself because there's not many stories like that going about. Les was a school teacher, I was just a guy who worked in the railway, and we basically went around the world with this guy, starting at his home course at York and finishing up in Hong Kong. Not many horses will do that. “We had several people trying to buy him, people telling us to take it elsewhere, but we did it the way we wanted to do it. They [the Bastimans] were good to us and we'd like to think we were good to them. “Where he is now, he's just running about with his old pal. There's the two of them there and they're chalk and cheese–a bit like the partnership that we've had through the years, chalk and cheese again! Sometimes I wanted to go down one path and he [Donaldson] wanted to go down the other, but we always met somewhere in the middle.” “Jim moved into Linlithgow 30-odd years ago and we didn't realise we both had this great enthusiasm for racing,” Donaldson says of the common ground they initially found. “I can't thank Jim enough for helping me at the start. I was a teacher and I wouldn't have been able to go to very many things or afford it. Thanks to Jim, I was able to become a half-owner of Borderlescott with him. When I took early retirement at 55, little did I think that I would have the life that I had–and that was all through Borderlescott. “As Jim said, we didn't always agree and we had our moments, but the one thing we did agree on was how lucky we were to have a horse like Scotty.” Hear, hear. And whoever your Borderlescott was, I'm sure you feel lucky, too. The post Nunthorpe Hero Borderlescott and the Story of Yorkshire’s Favourite Son appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The GI Breeders' Cup Classic has been confirmed as the next port of call for City Of Troy following his dominant win in Wednesday's G1 Juddmonte International at York. Trainer Aidan O'Brien said, “It looks like City Of Troy is going to go straight to the Classic, I think, listening to everybody. I think he's going to go to one of your tracks [for a racecourse gallop], either Southwell or Ryan [Moore, jockey] mentioned Wolverhampton. “We just want to get him on a different surface, so that's where he could go and then he'll go straight on [to America].” On going to the Breeders' Cup Classic, Coolmore partner Michael Tabor added, “It is very difficult, trying to prepare the horse for a different situation and it is a big ask. I noticed someone quoted him at 3-1. That is a short price–that's a ridiculous price when he's not used to that surface. “Naturally we'd love to win it. We've gone pretty close with Giant's Causeway and maybe one day we'll win–hopefully this year with City Of Troy.” Beaten just once in seven career starts, City Of Troy produced a career-best effort when adding to this year's Derby and Coral-Eclipse victories on the Knavesmire, making every yard of the running to win by a length and in course-record time. Timeform confirmed on Thursday that the son of Justify has been awarded a rating of 130p for that blockbuster performance–the 'p' attached to his rating denotes that he is open to further progress–which identifies him as the highest-rated horse in training ahead of runner-up Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}), who improved his rating to 129p. Described by O'Brien as the best horse he's ever trained, City Of Troy still has work to do on Timeform's figures to surpass the likes of Hawk Wing, whose peak rating of 136 puts him ahead of Galileo (Ire) and Rip Van Winkle (Ire)–both of whom achieved a rating of 134–among O'Brien's highest-rated horses. The post Breeders’ Cup Next for City Of Troy Following World-Leading Win at York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A synthetic track is necessary for the survival of New York breeding farms, such as Sequel. The New York Bred program and the breeder awards generated are incredibly beneficial and fundamental to the financial stability of the New York farms and breeders. However, New York breeders only earn awards for horses competing within New York. Unfortunately, horses that are predominantly competitive on turf are often shipped to Florida or Louisiana for turf racing as owners want to see their horses race. As such, several prominent New York trainers base their “winter” operations in these warmer climates. The breeders of these migrating horses earn no award money during that time. Our farms require an immense amount of capital to operate as our employees, blacksmiths, veterinarians, feed companies, etc. all require year-round jobs to survive. The addition of a guaranteed winter racing surface has allowed those of us with farms to breathe a sigh of relief as we depend upon these award monies to fund our operations. As NYRA continues to build the best turf program in the United States, the ability for some of these horses to remain in New York, gives breeders more earning opportunities. The potential for additional award monies is greatly embraced as turf horses, in many instances, convert very well to synthetic surfaces. The synthetic surface has already increased Sequel's scope of operations. Following the announcement of a new synthetic surface at Belmont Park, leading racing entity, Three Diamonds Farm, chose New York to stand their Breeders Cup winning turf stallion. In addition, they earmarked 15-20 mares to join the New York program. There is no shortage of quality stallions capable of producing successful offspring on multiple surfaces. Notable stallions such as Uncle Mo, War Front, Into Mischief, Justify and even our own Freud have produced exceptional graded stakes horses on multiple surfaces, including synthetic. As more trainers become familiar with our new Belmont surface, I believe there will be an increased comfort level and participation. Ultimately, our operation is protected by the guarantee of year-round racing. We, the New York breeding industry, need to embrace this concept and unite in support of our future. –Becky Thomas, Sequel, New York The post Letter To The Editor: Why Synthetic Surfaces Makes Sense For New York Breeders appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 213 entries for its August Digital Sale, which opened bidding Aug. 22 and will close Tuesday, Aug. 27 at 12 p.m. ET., the auction house said in a press release on Thursday. The catalogue features 70 horses of racing age, led by GISP School Dance (Animal Kingdom) (hip 2), who is both a racing and broodmare prospect. Breeding stock offerings include 90 broodmares or broodmare prospects, many with stakes qualifications. Headlining these offerings are: MGSP Pantsonfire (Ire) (Sir Percy {GB}) (Hip 1); Social Matrix (Jimmy Creed) (Hip 4); SW Grazed My Heart (Grazen) (Hip 15). Covering sires represented include Complexity, Gunite, Maclean's Music, Mage, McKinzie, Taiba, Thousand Words, Vekoma and Yaupon. The catalogue also includes 25 New Mexico-bred yearlings being offered by 2023 New Mexico Breeder of the Year A & A Ranch. These yearlings–which are by leading New Mexico sires Marking, Sporting Chance, as well as American Anthem–are available for inspection by appointment. Weanlings, two-year-olds, and a stallion prospect are also catalogued. “Fasig-Tipton Digital continues to gain impressive momentum, evidenced by the size of this catalogue,” said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “We have quality offerings at all price points, including some exciting racehorses and mares in foal on attractive covers.” Click here to create an account or register to bid. The post Fasig-Tipton Opens Bidding For August Digital Sale With Over 200 Entries 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, f, 1 1/16mT, post time: 3:54 p.m. ET Chad Brown saddles a pair of debutantes in this spot, led by Klaravich Stables' $310,000 Keeneland September purchase LEANER AND MEANER (Munnings). The Jan. 28 foal's dam Revitalized (Uncle Mo) was acquired for $360,000 with this filly in utero at the 2021 Keeneland November Sale and is a daughter of 2011 GIII Virginia Oaks heroine Excited (Giant's Causeway), the dam of SW & MGSP Thrilled (Uncle Mo) and GSP Beside Herself (Uncle Mo). The stakes-winning third dam Path of Thunder (Thunder Gulch) was a full-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Distaff upsetter Spain. Brown also sends out Wise Racing homebred Rescue Me (More Than Ready), whose dam Fools Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) recorded her biggest career victory in this track's GIII Waya Stakes for the same connections in 2019. Our Prosperity (Tapit), a half-sister to MSP For the Flag (Uncle Mo), is out of a half-sister to GI Flower Bowl Stakes victress Civil Dispatch (War Front) and French GSW/G1SP War Dispatch (War Front). Third dam Black Speck (Arch), a half-sister to Dynaformer, produced Group 1-winning champion Hong Kong stayer Helene Super Star (ex Lines of Battle) (War Front)–also winner of the G2 UAE Derby–and Flower Bowl victress War Flag (War Front), herself responsible for Grade III winner Personal Best (Tapit). American Justice (Justify), a half to MSW & GSP Yulong Warrior (Street Cry {Ire}), is out of a half-sister to GSW Summer Raven (Summer Squall), the dam of MGSW/MGISP Lewis Bay (Bernardini) and GSWs Misconnect (Unbridled's Song) and Winslow Homer (Unbridled's Song). TJCIS PPs 1st-SAR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 12:35 p.m. ET SENZA PAROLE (Gun Runner) is set to become the first starter out of the winning Senza Te (Street Cry {Ire}), whose three-time graded-winning dam Sacristy (Pulpit) produced five winners from six to race, including SW & GSP Catiche (Arrogate) and SW/GISP 'TDN Rising Star' Flor de la Mar (Tiznow). Sacristy's half-sister Mozu Superflare (Speightstown) was a seven-time winner in Japan, including a victory–via DQ–in the 1200-meter G1 Takamtsunomiya Kinen on the turf. Alyeska (Vekoma) would be a poignant debut winner for the Marylou Whitney Stables and trainer Norm Casse. The chestnut is a maternal granddaughter of 2003 GI Kentucky Oaks winner Bird Town (Cape Town), dam of GSW sire Bird Song (Unbridled's Song). This is also the family of Birdstone (Grindstone), who won the GI Travers Stakes under the cloak of darkness and approaching storm some two decades ago. TJCIS PPs The post Friday Insights: Brown Has Turf Maiden Surrounded appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

One of the fillies with the capability of playing a spoiler Friday in the Personal Ensign Stakes is Rigney Racing's Xigera, who figures to be the longshot in the betting but could return to top form at an opportune time.View the full article

Building on her debut second over seven furlongs at Leopardstown last month, Newtown Anner Stud Farm's Chantez (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}–Lady Lara {Ire}, by Excellent Art {GB}) returned to the same course and distance to stamp her authority on the card's opening maiden on Thursday. Another from Ger Lyons' talent-packed team of juvenile fillies, the 220,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase was restrained to track the leading duo by Colin Keane throughout the early stages. Let loose passing the two-furlong pole, the 5-6 favourite whose GII Honey Fox Stakes-winning dam produced Ballydoyle's G2 King Edward VII Stakes scorer Changingoftheguard (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) surged to a three-length success from Indigo Dream (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), with a neck back to Proxima Centauri (Ire) (Circus Maximus {Ire}) the daughter of Alpha Centauri (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) in third. “We're looking at the [course-and-distance Listed] Ingabelle,” her trainer said. “I was thinking at the start of the year they can't all be nice, but luckily we are blessed with a nice bunch of fillies this year. She shouldn't really be doing this at two, as she's one for next year so we'll take baby steps.” Exciting filly – Chantez (Wootton Bassett) is a half-sister to Royal Ascot winner Changingoftheguard and scores with little fuss second-time out for Ger Lyons, @ctkjockey and Newtown Anner Stud @LeopardstownRC pic.twitter.com/tpC3WJdV0f — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 22, 2024 The post Impressive Leopardstown Win For Newtown Anner’s 220K Wootton Bassett Filly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

A colt by Justify who is a half-brother to GSW Clearly Unhinged (Into Mischief) has been supplemented to Book 1 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the company said in a press release on Thursday. Out of the Smart Strike mare Smart Win, the colt (hip 372) is consigned by Thorostock, agent, and is scheduled to go through the ring Sept. 10 during day two of the auction. A total of 4,407 horses have been entered across 12 sessions, which will run from Sept. 9 through Sept. 21. Click here to access the online catalogue. The post Colt By Justify Added To Keeneland September Book 1 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

American owner-breeder John Stewart of Resolute Racing has completed a deal to buy a majority share in the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Goliath (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}). The four-year-old gelding, who is trained in Chantilly by Francis-Henri Graffard, was bred by Gestut Schlenderhan and races in the colours of Schlenderhan's Baron Philip von Ullmann. The owner's father, Georg, raced the 2005 GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner Shirocco (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) among a host of top-class horses, and this year's Breeders' Cup will be among the options under consideration for Goliath. Based in Kentucky, Stewart is the owner of Resolute Farm and has become a major player on the bloodstock scene in recent years. His high-profile purchases include Puca (Big Brown), the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Mage (Good Magic) and his dual Grade I-winning full-brother Dornoch. Now 12, Puca was bought at Keeneland last November for $2.9 million. He has made no secret of his desire to expand his racing interests into Europe and had his first runners at Royal Ascot this June. Over the weekend, Stewart bought three yearlings for €2.17 million at the Arqana August Sale. Goliath, who also won the G3 Prix d'Hedouville earlier this season, holds entries for the G1 Qipco Champion Stakes and G2 Qatar Prix Foy but he also has potential targets farther afield. Stewart told TDN, “So many people over here [in America] have changed to where it's a breed-to-sell programme. What are the chances somebody else is going to buy a gelding who's the number two horse that year? He's already got his 'Win And You're In' for the Breeders' Cup and for the Japan Cup and could point to the Sheema Classic. I negotiated a 75% controlling interest in the horse. That's some of the flexibility I have with my focus being the racetrack. I want to have the best-bred horses on the track.” Graffard, who sent Goliath's stable-mate Calandagan (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) to York on Wednesday to run a gallant second to City Of Troy (Justify) in the G1 Juddmonte International Stakes, has issued an update on the King George winner. He said, “I'm very happy with Goliath. He's in top form. We gave him time in August and the plan is to run him in the second half of September, either in the Prix Foy at Longchamp or the Preis von Europa in Cologne. After that he has the option of the Champion Stakes at Ascot, the Breeders' Cup or the Japan Cup.” He added, “We are delighted to welcome a new owner to our yard in Mr Stewart and we look forward to some international competition.” The post John Stewart Buys Controlling Interest in King George Winner Goliath appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Residences at The Adelphi Hotel will celebrate their grand opening this afternoon, Aug. 22, with a ribbon cutting at 3:00 p.m. ET and a set of tours from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. ET., the property management said in a press release Thursday. The event, which includes a cocktail reception, will be attended by the Mayor of Saratoga John Safford and Senator James Tedisco. Created by Michael Dubb and Larry Roth, the development complements the history of the hotel–established in 1877–with 21st century amenities. The post The Residences At The Adelphi Hotel Celebrate Grand Opening appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Everyone has their superstitions before a big race. For Mark Edwards, it's the shirt he was wearing when Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) broke her maiden by over eight lengths and became a 'TDN Rising Star' at Keeneland last October. He's worn the same shirt for every one of her races since then other than her only career loss last year in the GII Golden Rod, so you can bet that Edwards will be sporting his shirt this weekend when Thorpedo Anna takes on the boys in the GI Travers Stakes. “I'm doing my best to find some pink stuff that will go with it before Saturday,” said Edwards, a lawyer from Paducah, Kentucky who owns the superstar filly in partnership with Brookdale Racing, Judy Hicks and Magdalena Racing. Along with a boisterous group of his kids, grandkids and other family members, Edwards will make the trip to Saratoga on Friday. Right now, he's feeling pretty sure of his filly's chances. “Oh, she's got this,” he said with a chuckle. “I mean, it's a horse race. All of these horses are great. But I'm confident as can be that if she runs her race, she will win.” Thorpedo Anna's nearly undefeated career has been somewhat of a dream come true for Edwards as the filly has taken him to winner's circles from Keeneland, Saratoga and of course Churchill Downs with her victory in the GI Kentucky Oaks. Edwards may not have the same numbers as some owners, but as a lifelong racing fan he understands that very few get to experience the ride he's been on over the past ten months. From left: Mark Edwards, Thorpedo Anna's breeder and co-owner Judy Hicks, and Kenny McPeek | Coady Media At a young age, Edwards inherited a love of racing from his uncle. The pair would watch the sport together and every year when his uncle went to the Kentucky Derby, Edwards sent him $6 to put an across-the-board bet in for him. After graduating with a degree in broadcasting, Edwards attended law school at the University of Kentucky. He would plan his class schedule to be jam-packed in the mornings so that afternoons were free for him to go to Keeneland in October and April. After law school, Edwards served in the Marine Corps. He spent five years of active duty at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego, California. Once a year, he was required to spend a week in Oceanside–which is just a few miles up the road from Del Mar–at the Camp Pendleton base for rifle and pistol training. “I had to be at Camp Pendleton at like zero-dark-30,” Edwards recalled. “As soon as the sun would come up, we would start shooting and be done by 11:30 or noon. I would always plan to do this in August because that's when Del Mar runs. I would take my lawn chair, fill my cooler with a six pack, and go sit on the rail and watch Del Mar every day.” In 2009, Edwards joined a group of fraternity brothers from his undergraduate days at Western Kentucky University in buying a racehorse. In college, the friends had hosted a luau party every Derby week, so they named their filly Luau Queen (Include). Unfortunately, she never won a race for the group. Edwards may have gotten his fill of horse ownership, but by then his oldest son Brian had caught the bug. Brian incessantly sent his dad information on West Point Thoroughbreds until eventually, Edwards got involved. He owned several horses through West Point, including millionaire and Grade I winner Ring Weekend (Tapit). A few years ago, a friend had a horse with Kenny McPeek and asked Edwards to join the partnership. Rated R Superstar (Kodiak Kowboy) raced to multiple stakes wins for the group including a score in the 2018 GIII Ben Ali Stakes at Keeneland. Edwards was impressed with McPeek and asked the veteran trainer if he could pick out horses for people. He soon learned that McPeek not only did that, but he was pretty darn good at it. Edwards has gotten more involved in ownership since, owning a share of around six to 10 horses in training with McPeek each year. In October of 2022, Edwards was at Keeneland to watch his horse Ten Days Later (Collected). The colt broke his maiden that day, but McPeek was not there for the winner's circle photo. He was busy shopping at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. As soon as the race was over, Edwards called McPeek to see if there were any yearlings he could buy in on. McPeek told him there was 20% left of a Fast Anna filly he had purchased for $40,000. Edwards replied that if he could name the filly, he would take her. “Truth be told, I would have taken her anyway,” admitted Edwards with a laugh. An ecstatic winner's circle after the GI Acorn | Sarah Andrew The filly was named after Edwards's granddaughter Anna Thorpe, who swims competitively with the nickname “Thorpedo.” Edwards has been at every one of Thorpedo Anna's races other than her most recent victory in the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. He had a previous commitment to visit a friend who was performing at a concert in Mexico, so he sent the rest of his family to Saratoga to cheer her on. In Mexico, realized that he wasn't going to be able to pull up the race on a streaming service, so he Facetimed a friend he knew would be watching from home. Through his friend's television in Massachusetts, Edwards tuned in to Saratoga from Mexico as Thorpedo Anna hit the gate at the start and broke last, quickly raced to stalking position in second, then surged past at the quarter pole and won by 4 ½ lengths. This weekend in Saratoga, Edwards will have his four children and all eight of his grandchildren on hand for the Travers, including Thorpedo Anna's namesake and Edwards's youngest granddaughter who is just five months old. Edwards said that the opportunity to share this journey with his family is the greatest gift Thorpedo Anna could have given him. “It's unbelievable,” he said. “I mean, who would have ever thought it. It's really cool to have a horse that is this good, but to have my kids and all of their kids getting into it, it's just really cool.” The post “She’s Got This,” Mark Edwards Riding High with Thorpedo Anna appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Open to the public, a celebration of the life of John Hendrickson will take place at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame on Friday, Aug. 30 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET., the Saratoga repository said in a Thursday press release. Hendrickson, the museum's chairman since August 2017, passed away unexpectedly Monday at the age of 59. His services will be private. The post Life Of John Hendrickson To Be Celebrated At Saratoga Racing Museum Aug. 30 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Continuing Aidan O'Brien's incredible week, Content (Ire) created history on Thursday by bringing up the 100th individual group 1 winner for the legendary Galileo (Ire) in the G1 Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks. Unlucky when second to You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in the G1 Irish Oaks last month, the daughter of the high-class sprinter Mecca's Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) who captured two editions of this meeting's G1 Nunthorpe Stakes was keen early for Ryan Moore anchored behind the leaders. Finding plenty when delivered towards the far side in the straight, the 3-1 favourite had to chase down that rival and Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) but managed to do it inside the final furlong and prevail by 3/4 of a length. You Got To Me was second, a length ahead of Emily Upjohn who had looked the likely winner for much of the early part of the straight before tiring in the closing stages. This came a year on from Galileo's 99th group 1 winner in the same race. EIGHT wins in the Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks for Aidan O'Brien! 3/1 favourite Content lands the Group One feature on day two to continue a fine Ebor Festival for Ryan Moore and Ballydoyle @yorkracecourse pic.twitter.com/0LrkhppgKW — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 22, 2024 The post Ballydoyle’s Content Gives Galileo Landmark 100th Group 1 Winner In The Yorkshire Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Clive Cox trainee Diligently (GB) (Harry Angel {Ire}–Anna Of Lorraine {GB}, by Dutch Art {GB}) had failed to strike in five prior outings, but timed his breakthrough success to perfection and swooped late to garner Thursday's £626,462 Harry's Half Million By Goffs Premier Yearling Stakes at York. The February-foaled bay, a 30,000gns Tattersalls December foal turned £100,000 Goffs UK Premier yearling, was positioned in a handy seventh after an alert getaway in this six-furlong contest. Inching closer from halfway, the 22-1 chance was bustled along to go fourth entering the final furlong and kept on relentlessly under a drive to deny 11-8 favourite Arizona Blaze (GB) (Sergei Prokofiev) by a head in the dying strides. The victory provided Cox with back-to-back renewals having garnered last year's edition with Dragon Leader (Ire) (El Kabeir). Thrilling finish to the #HarrysHalfMillion By @GoffsUK Premier Yearling Stakes! Arizona Blaze looks home but 22/1 chance Diligently has other ideas, snatching the £250,000 first prize on the line for @Rossaryan15 and Clive Cox pic.twitter.com/6jW7gnPdYI — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 22, 2024 The post Harry Angel’s Diligently Swoops Late To Snag Harry’s Half Million Pot at York appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Friday at Saratoga and Del Mar: Friday, August 23, 2024 Saratoga 1, $100k, 2yo, f, 6f, 12:35 p.m. ET Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze Hay Evabody (Mitole), OBSAPR, 75,000, :10 C-Grassroots Training & Sales, agent; B-Calumet Farm Saratoga 7, $100k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 3:54 p.m. ET Hampton's Affair (Authentic)-MTO, OBSAPR, 130,000, :10 C-Global Thoroughbreds LLC, agent; B-Wellbourne TB Invesments LLC Del Mar 4, $75k, 2yo, 5fT, 7:30 p.m. ET Cullen J (Sir Prancealot {Ire}), OBSAPR, 75,000, :10 2/5 C-Paul Sharp, agent; B-Grey Price, agent Panic Stable Grinnell (Vekoma), FTMMAY, 47,000, :10 4/5 C-Tom McCrocklin, agent; B-Harris Farms Inc The post Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 23, 2024 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Rockcliffe Stud's Listed Empress Stakes victrix Celandine (GB) (Kingman {GB}–Pepita {Ire}, by Sir Prancealot {Ire}), who collected minor prizes in last month's G2 Prix Robert Papin and G3 Molecomb Stakes, regained the winning thread with a pillar-to-post victory in Thursday's G2 Sky Bet Lowther Stakes at York. The 13-2 chance broke sharply and seized an immediate lead in this six-furlong 2-year-old contest. Holding a slender advantage throughout, she came under pressure soon after passing the quarter-mile marker and was ridden out inside the final furlong to hold the late charge of Time For Sandals (Ire) (Sands Of Mali {Fr}) by a neck for a career high. Wathnan Racing's Leovanni (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), lumbered with a three-pound penalty for her G2 Queen Mary Stakes success, made late headway to finish 1 1/2 lengths back in third, a half-length in front of Aidan O'Brien trainee Heavens Gate (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}). Celandine blossoms on the Knavesmire! The Kingman filly is quick and tough and makes all in the Group 2 @SkyBet Lowther Stakes for @TomMarquand, @edwalkerracing and Rockcliffe Stud pic.twitter.com/tMKTZTSWKp — Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 22, 2024 Pedigree Notes Celandine is the third of five foals and one of two scorers from as many runners out of Listed Maggie Dickson Stakes victrix and G3 Summer Stakes third Pepita (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}), herself kin to three black-type performers headed by stakes-winning G1 Criterium International third Redolent (Ire) (Redback {GB}). Descendants of her second dam Esterlina (Ire) (Highest Honor {Fr}) include G1 Flying Five runner-up Son Of Rest (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and G2 Gimcrack Stakes second Johannes Brahms (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}). The March-foaled homebred bay, who hails from the family of G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Forest Flower (Green Forest), is full to a yearling colt and half to a weanling filly by Starspangledbanner (Aus). Thursday, York, Britain SKY BET LOWTHER STAKES-G2, £250,000, York, 8-22, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:10.77, g/f. 1–CELANDINE (GB), 128, f, 2, by Kingman (GB) 1st Dam: Pepita (Ire) (SW & GSP-Eng), by Sir Prancealot (Ire) 2nd Dam: Esterlina (Ire), by Highest Honor (Fr) 3rd Dam: Shaquick, by Shadeed 1ST GROUP WIN. O/B-Rockcliffe Stud (GB); T-Ed Walker; J-Tom Marquand. £141,775. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 6-3-0-1, $238,729. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Time For Sandals (Ire), 128, f, 2, Sands Of Mali (Fr)–Days Of Summer (Ire), by Bachelor Duke. 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€35,000 Ylg '23 TATIRY). O-D Bevan & Mrs D Bevan; B-Ballyhane (IRE); T-Harry Eustace. £53,750. 3–Leovanni (Ire), 131, f, 2, Kodi Bear (Ire)–Kassandra (Ire), by Dandy Man (Ire). (20,000gns Ylg '23 TATOCT; £190,000 2yo '24 GOUKB). O-Wathnan Racing; B-KCS Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-Karl Burke. £26,900. Margins: NK, 1HF, HF. Odds: 6.50, 10.00, 3.00. Also Ran: Heavens Gate (Ire), Perfect Part (Ire), Miss Lamai (Ire), Tales Of The Heart (Ire), Betty Clover (GB), Unspoken Love (Ire). The post Kingman’s Celandine Makes All For Lowther Triumph appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Group 1 winner Riff Rocket. (Photo by George Sal/Racing Photos) The Group 1 Winx Stakes (1400m) field is littered with previous Group 1 winners, but the Chris Waller-trained Riff Rocket has been the one who has been best backed since final field markets opened on Wednesday morning. The 2023 Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) winner returns to the track for the first time as a four-year-old, and with a record of seven wins from 11 starts, punters are hoping he can return a winner. Having opened at a $13 quote with horse racing bookmakers, the three-time Group 1 winner is now listed as an $8.50 chance on the fourth line of betting with Picklebet. The son of American Pharoah was a dominant winner first-up last campaign over 1400m in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes when disposing of a handy field at Flemington. Watch Riff Rocket win the 2024 CS Hayes Stakes Truth be told, Chris Waller dominates the Winx Stakes betting markets, with a strong hand of six for the first Group 1 of the 2024/25 season. Fangirl won the 2023 Winx Stakes and is set to have her first start since finishing second in the Group 1 Verry Elleegant Stakes (1600m) on March 2. Having opened as a $2.10 favourite, punters are happy to keep her Fangirl safe in betting, with the mare a $2.20 favourite. Watch Fangirl win the 2023 Winx Stakes Stablemate Via Sistina made a strong impressions during her initial Australian campaign during the Sydney autumn, winning stylishly in the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), before finishing a distant second to Pride Of Jenni in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m). Quoted at $5.50 when markets opened, bookies have pushed the mare out a full point to a $6.50 quote, with that price likely to drift further with the former European tending to her best work over a mile and beyond. Watch Via Sistina win the Ranvet Stakes Group 1 winners Tropical Squall and Zougotcha have both stuck firm at a $9 quote, with the pair expected to play prominent roles in Handicap events throughout the Sydney spring, whilst Semana ($13) and Detonator Jack ($19) will be looking to build on impressive autumn campaigns. Atishu ($26) is the best of the rest, whilst Just Fine ($27), Zardozi ($34), Buckaroo ($71) and Zeyrek ($126) are all looking to use the Group 1 as somewhat of paid barrier trial as they look to step up in trip as their campaigns roll on. 2024 Winx Stakes Final Field 1. Buckaroo (8) T: Chris Waller J: Joshua Parr W: 59kg F: x6535 Age: 6YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Fastnet Rock Dam: Roheryn (IRE) +7000 +1200 2. Detonator Jack (2) T: Ciaron Maher J: Jason Collett W: 59kg F: x8263 Age: 6YO Colour: Brown Sex: Gelding Sire: Jakkalberry (IRE) Dam: Red Delicious (NZ) +1500 +270 3. Zeyrek (3) T: Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes J: Reece Jones W: 59kg F: x9269 Age: 8YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Sea The Stars (IRE) Dam: Zerkaza (IRE) +12500 +2000 4. Just Fine (4) T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott J: Rachel King W: 59kg F: x58x0 Age: 7YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: Sea The Stars (IRE) Dam: Bint Almatar (USA) +2600 +450 5. Riff Rocket (12) T: Chris Waller J: Nash Rawiller W: 58.5kg F: x1131 Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Gelding Sire: American Pharaoh (USA) Dam: Missile Coda +750 +145 6. Fangirl (9) T: Chris Waller J: James McDonald W: 57kg F: x21x4 Age: 6YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Sebring Dam: Little Surfer Girl +120 -333.33 7. Via Sistina (7) T: Chris Waller J: Kerrin McEvoy W: 57kg F: x21x2 Age: 7YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Fastnet Rock Dam: Nigh (IRE) +550 +110 8. Atishu (10) T: Chris Waller J: Tyler Schiller W: 57kg F: x2318 Age: 7YO Colour: Brown Sex: Mare Sire: Savabeel Dam: Posy (NZ) +2500 +450 9. Zougotcha (6) T: Chris Waller J: Tommy Berry W: 57kg F: x111x Age: 5YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Zoustar Dam: Fast Talker +800 +160 10. Semana (5) T: Ciaron Maher J: Dylan Gibbons W: 57kg F: x20x3 Age: 5YO Colour: Chestnut Sex: Mare Sire: Winning Rupert Dam: Festivity +1200 +220 11. Tropical Squall (11) T: Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott J: Adam Hyeronimus W: 56.5kg F: x641x Age: 4YO Colour: Brown Sex: Mare Sire: Prized Icon Dam: Squalls +700 +135 12. Zardozi (1) T: James Cummings J: Zac Lloyd W: 56.5kg F: x2310 Age: 4YO Colour: Bay Sex: Mare Sire: Kingman (GB) Dam: Chanderi (GB) +3300 +550 Horse racing news View the full article

After winning at The Valley’s first race meeting of the season, New Zealand import Lincoln Rocks (NZ) (Road To Rock) is entered to head back there on Saturday aiming to make it back-to-back victories. The six-year-old gelding made it two wins from three Australian starts when he took out a 2040-metre Benchmark 70 on August 10 at The Valley and will run run over the same distance in Saturday’s Benchmark 78 on the Carlyon Stakes program. “He won there two weeks ago and he heads back,” co-trainer Annabel Neasham said. “He’s been a horse the owners have had to be patient with, he’s had his few little setbacks, but he seems in a good frame of mind. He’s a talented horse.” Lincoln Rocks was restrained from his draw to settle back in the field last start, before jockey Mark Zahra got going before the home turn to put the gelding into the race. Neasham is hopeful for a better barrier draw this time. “He won from back in the field and had to loop the field and was strong late,” Neasham said. “Hopefully he can just draw a bit better. He’s had a few bad gates now, so if he can draw a bit better and settle a bit closer without doing any work, he should run well again.” Lincoln Rocks, who races in the colours of OTI Racing, has an overall record of four wins and three placings from 12 career starts. He has now had three starts in Australia for two wins and a placing, having originally been prepared by Lisa Latta in New Zealand, for whom he won two of nine starts. View the full article