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What Kembla Grange Races Where Kembla Grange Racecourse – Princes Hwy, Kembla Grange NSW 2526 When Thursday, October 3, 2024 First Race 1pm AEST Visit Dabble NSW racing heads to Kembla Grange on Thursday afternoon, with the Illawarra track playing host to a bumper eight-part program featuring 122 acceptors. Although the track was rated a Heavy 8 at the time of acceptances, this week’s forecast suggests a possible upgrade into the Soft range. The rail will be out +6m the whole way around, and the opening event is set to get underway at 1pm local time. Best Bet at Kembla Grange: Copacabana Copacabana was edged out by Cristal Clear at Hawkesbury on September 12 but appears perfectly placed to turn the tables. The son of Toronado was unsuited by a slow tempo in a small field, only warming into his work as they passed the post. He gets a 2kg swing in the weights this time around, and with a genuine tempo expected in this 1600m contest, Copacabana should be much stronger as he searches for his second career victory. Best Bet Race 2 – #1 Copacabana (5) 4yo Gelding | T: Michael, John & Wayne Hawkes | J: Tommy Berry (60kg) Bet with Neds Next Best at Kembla Grange: Idolised Idolised got a pass mark on debut at this course and distance on September 14. The daughter of Zoustar couldn’t sustain her run in the final furlong but did a good job to cling onto the minor money under Alysha Collett. She will be looking to adopt similar tactics in this 1200m contest, and provided she can get a softer time up on speed, watch for Idolised to boot clear late. Next Best Race 5 – #7 Idolised (3) 3yo Filly | T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | J: Alysha Collett (56.5kg) Bet with Picklebet Best Value at Rosehill: Fiftyfivechevy After an impressive performance at Muswellbrook on September 10, Fiftyfivechevy is searching for back-to-back wins. The progressive three-year-old by Puissance De Lune appreciated every inch of the 1500m second-up and should relish getting out to the 2000m third-up. While this is his toughest task to date, Fiftyfivechevy draws well in gate five and looks set to jump at a solid each-way price with top horse racing bookmakers. Best Value Race 3 – #9 Fiftyfivechevy (5) 3yo Gelding | T: Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | J: Heavelon Van Der Hoven (55kg) Bet with Dabble Kembla Grange Thursday quaddie tips Kembla Grange quadrella selections Thursday, October 3, 2024 1-4-7 1-4-5-6-7-8-9 3-4-5-8-11 1-5-6-8-11 | Copy this bet straight to your betslip Horse racing tips View the full article

Robbie Patterson had his sights set on the Gr.1 Livamol Classic (2040m) for One Bold Cat (NZ) (The Bold One), but the gelding showed he can be just as impressive at a mile with a powerful victory in Wednesday’s Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. One Bold Cat burst onto the scene with a decisive win in the Gr.3 Counties Cup (2100m) last November, and he continued to feature prominently in the top-flight staying contests, placing behind Legarto and Campionessa in the Gr.1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Returning as a six-year-old, the son of The Bold One showed positive signs finishing into third over 1200m in August before a string of abandonments, firstly at New Plymouth and then last Saturday’s Arrowfield meeting at Hastings. Patterson was hopeful his work behind the scenes would prove enough to feature in the Group One contest. Any question of that was firmly put to rest, with One Bold Cat jumping positively from barrier four before settling in the second half of the field under Ryan Elliot. As the field turned for home, $2.90 race favourite Skew Wiff pounced to the lead and maintained that position for much of the home straight, before the bounding strides of One Bold Cat came chasing and caught the mare just short of the line, with the final margin a long head. South Islanders Matscot and Lightning Jack, who paid $41 and $77 respectively on the tote, put in huge performances to fill the first four, less than a length behind One Bold Cat. 25-year-old Elliot collected his 12th Group One victory in the race, but admitted he hadn’t been full of confidence during the mid-stages. “I don’t really know the horse but he’s such a laidback character that I was thinking bloody hell, but he tracked up beautifully and we got the right split. To pick up that horse (Skew Wiff), it was a good effort,” Elliot said. “It’s a credit to Robbie Patterson, he travels the horses to Hastings and he’s had to travel back up here to Matamata, it shows the training effort that goes into these horses to be able to cop the trip, then come out and do that. “He’s going to step-up and go from there, but hopefully Gryllsy (Craig Grylls) doesn’t pop on and Robbie keeps me on (for the Livamol).” New Plymouth-based Patterson had an outstanding 2023/24 season, earning him a nomination for Trainer of the Year, and a lot of that success he credits to Eddie Bourke, co-owner and breeder of One Bold Cat. “It’s pretty big, it means a lot because Eddie puts a lot into this business and we were only getting ready for the Livamol,” he said. “Where he’s come from, he dug in and he’s a serious horse. A few of the scribes call him a b-grader, but he’s not. “The Bold One’s take time, even in the Herbie Dyke he’s only run a length and a half from Legarto, and he’s had bad draws. It didn’t matter with the good draw today as he still got back, but with a lot of tempo, he’s just a good horse. “I could see him travelling around the top and Ryan rode him beautifully, they spread and he just popped through. He didn’t look like he was going to get there, it was a good effort to get over the top of them really. “It might be (Group One) number five, it’s good to get one this early in the season.” The Bold One, who stands at Grangewilliam Stud in Waitotara, earned his first Group One winner as a sire in the race, much to the delight of his co-owner in Bourke. “Unbelievable, we didn’t really set him (One Bold Cat) for this race and we thought the Livamol would be his go,” Bourke said post-race. “The stallion is the most underrated, I think, in New Zealand. I was just talking to Garry Chittick from Waikato Stud, and he sort of agreed with me. “I’m rapt, Robbie as a trainer, the track riders back home, the stable hands, the vet, the farrier, they’re all great people. They make this sort of day happen.” Out of two-win mare Floozie Cat, One Bold Cat has won eight of his 18 starts and more than $540,000 in stakes earnings. View the full article

New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has today announced the resignation of Chief Executive Bruce Sharrock. “I joined NZTR with a genuine passion for racing and a determination to see us return to the glory days of the sport. I am immensely proud of what we have accomplished over the past 30 months, and feel the time is right to step aside and let the team continue to execute this vision for the future,” said Sharrock who has served as CEO since April 2022. Sharrock will remain in his role as CEO until 31 December and will continue as a consultant to NZTR until 31 March to oversee the implementation of current projects. “The building blocks are in place to enable a bright future for New Zealand Racing. We now need to accelerate and capitalise on the opportunities ahead,” he said. View the full article

There was plenty of drama with the abandonment of last Saturday’s feature meeting at Hawke’s Bay, and that drama continued at the transferred meeting at Matamata on Wednesday in the running of the Gr.2 AHD Animal Health Direct – Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Short-priced favourite Captured By Love reared up as the gates were released, losing six lengths at the start, and what looked to be all chance in the three-year-old feature. So Naïve took up the pace making role up front, while second favourite Savaglee (NZ) (Savabeel) was posted three-wide throughout. The race looked to be a three-way go down the straight between leader So Naïve, Poetic Champion and a brave Savaglee, with the latter getting the judge’s call following a photo finish with So Naïve, while Te Akau Racing’s Captured By Love put in the run of the race to capture third place. It took several minutes for the judge to declare a winner, and trainer Pam Gerard was sure Savaglee had failed to get up, but was relieved to hear otherwise over the loudspeaker. “We were in the stand, and it looked like a good neck or so (that So Naïve had won), but it is an angle, so I am going to take it because they don’t usually go our way,” she said. “He was a little bit fresh today, he did a lot wrong. He got posted three-wide and Sam (Spratt, jockey) said he was colty around at the gates and it showed coming for home, he wanted to lie on the other horse (Poetic Champion) a bit. “He has got a really good turn of foot and he didn’t quite have that today, so he has done it tough but he has got the job done.” The Gr.1 Al Basti Equiworld Dubai New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month remains Savaglee’s ultimate aim this preparation, and Gerard is looking forward to travelling the colt. “He is better when he is away from his home track,” she said. “We are building up, we want the Group One.” The Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa on Labour Day will likely be his next target, and Gerard said he will have the addition of some gear. “He has got to concentrate,” she said. “We have got the blinkers up our sleeve, which he had last year, and they will be going on pretty quickly, probably next start just to make sure he is totally focussed.” While Gerard was not confident of a winning result when Savaglee passed the post on Wednesday, jockey Sam Spratt was. “I thought I got it on the line, but I wasn’t sure, I thought my head was well in front,” she said. “It was a tough effort, he got posted wide, but I opted to cuddle him up because if I pushed forward they would have kicked forward with me, and it would have been even worse. I had to take a breather and embrace the three-wide train. “He was extra excited to be here. The whole way up the straight he was trying to lie on the other horse, Poetic Champion, a little bit. I think he might have been on the fresh side after it being called off (last Saturday). It was a tough effort.” Spratt believes Savaglee will take a lot of improvement from the run, and she is excited by his prospects in the 2000 Guineas. “I think there is huge improvement, and I think he just proved it,” she said. “He is definitely going to see the mile out, he is just as tough as nails.” View the full article

Group One performer To Catch A Thief is a maiden no longer after taking out the Betta Inspect It Premier (1300m) at Matamata on Wednesday. The four-year-old gelding was having his first start for Joanne Surgenor, having previously been trained by Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall, for whom he placed in 10 of his 14 starts for the Matamata conditioners. The son of U S Navy Flag was a standout juvenile, running third in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m), Gr.1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Gr.2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m). He returned as a three-year-old where he posted the same result in the Gr.1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Gr.2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m), but he was unable to breakthrough for a maiden win. He joined Surgenor’s Ardmore stable ahead of his four-year-old season and he has done nothing but impress the South Auckland horsewoman, who was hopeful of a positive result on Wednesday. In the hands of leading hoop Opie Bosson, To Catch A Thief jumped well from barrier eight and was pushed forward and assumed the lead at the 1000m mark. It didn’t look like it would be his day once more when he was headed by Richard And I when turning for home, but he dug deep and recaptured the lead, running on to win by half a length over the Andrew Forsman-trained runner. Surgenor was rapt to get the result for his ownership group, which includes Ashford Lodge’s Peter and Sherin Walker, whose silks are carried by the gelding. “It is just a relief,” Surgenor said. “He has cracked his maiden finally and we are on the road. “I was a little bit nervous (when he was headed at the top of the straight), but I thought it was his day to get in and have a fight and he did, he dug in. It was a beautiful ride by Opie as always. “I am grateful for the owners to have an opportunity with such a lovely horse.” Feature targets now await To Catch A Thief, with Surgenor’s ultimate aim being the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Karaka Millions night in January. “I am thinking the Karaka four-year-old,” she said. “I was just waiting to see what happened today, how we went, and how he was. Now I can sit down and start mapping out a plan to hopefully get there.” View the full article

Five years after being bought on gavelhouse.com for just $5,000, stakes-winning mare Casino Princess(NZ) (Casino Princess) is being re-offered as a valuable broodmare prospect on Gavelhouse Plus. Trained by the remarkable 93-year-old Cliff Goss, who shared ownership with his friend Darryl Heaphy, Casino Princess had only 13 starts for six wins, four placings and $141,360 in stakes. “She did an amazing job for Dad in just a short career, winning six races up to Listed level,” Goss’s daughter Cherry Taylor said. “Had she not had a little bleed in trackwork last week, I think she would have been very competitive in the Matamata Cup (1600m) too. “She had a lot of ability and we probably never quite saw the best of her on the racetrack. But that stage of her career has come to an end now and she’s going up for sale on Gavelhouse Plus. The only reason Dad is letting her go is because he’s 93, so it’ll just take too long for her foals to get to the races. He wants to give someone else that opportunity. “She’s here with us at Trelawney Stud now and is looking great and enjoying the grass. I think she’ll make a lovely broodmare for someone. It’s not easy for any horse to win six races, including that valuable black type. She did that in only 13 starts, so she had a bit of quality that she’ll hopefully pass on to her foals.” Casino Princess made a bold start to her career with three wins from her first four appearances in 2022 and early 2023. Her rapid rise was interrupted by a stand-down period for bleeding, but she returned to the peak of her powers in 2024 with three outstanding wins from what proved to be her final four starts. The most significant of those was the Listed Tauranga Classic (1400m) in June, in which the runner-up was the multiple Group One performer Malt Time (Adelaide). Casino Princess is by successful Australian stallion Casino Prince, who is best known for his high-class son All Too Hard but is also putting together a strong record as a broodmare sire. Casino Prince’s daughters have produced 104 winners from 161 runners, with seven stakes winners including Shadow Hero (Pierro) and Jungle Magnate (NZ) (Tarzino) at Group One level. Three-year-old colt Perspiration (Too Darn Hot) was an impressive winner of the Listed Heritage Stakes (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The auction of Casino Princess is underway now on Gavelhouse Plus, with bidding closing from 7pm (NZDST) on Monday 7 October. Meanwhile, entries for the latest mixed sale are due online by 10pm on Monday. View the full article

Another exciting edition of the time-honoured Group 1 $1.5 million Epsom Handicap (1600m) is set for Royal Randwick this Saturday, and we have a capacity field vying for success in the prestigious mile classic. Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott‘s French-bred import Royal Patronage has retained top spot as the narrow favourite in Epsom Handicap betting […] The post Royal Patronage Narrow Favourite in 2024 Epsom Handicap Field & Odds appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

One Bold Cat on his way to winning the Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Robbie Patterson had his sights set on the Group 1 Livamol Classic (2040m) for One Bold Cat, but the gelding showed he can be just as impressive at a mile with a powerful victory in Wednesday’s Group 1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Matamata. One Bold Cat burst onto the scene with a decisive win in the Group 3 Counties Cup (2100m) last November, and he continued to feature prominently in the top-flight staying contests, placing behind Legarto and Campionessa in the Group 1 Herbie Dyke Stakes (2000m). Returning as a six-year-old, the son of The Bold One showed positive signs finishing into third over 1200m in August before a string of abandonments, firstly at New Plymouth and then last Saturday’s Arrowfield meeting at Hastings. Patterson was hopeful his work behind the scenes would prove enough to feature in the Group 1 contest. Any question of that was firmly put to rest, with One Bold Cat jumping positively from barrier four before settling in the second half of the field under Ryan Elliot. As the field turned for home, $2.90 race favourite Skew Wiff pounced to the lead and maintained that position for much of the home straight, before the bounding strides of One Bold Cat came chasing and caught the mare just short of the line, with the final margin a long head. South Islanders Matscot and Lightning Jack, who paid $41 and $77 respectively on the tote, put in huge performances to fill the first four, less than a length behind One Bold Cat. 25-year-old Elliot collected his 12th Group 1 victory in the race, but admitted he hadn’t been full of confidence during the mid-stages. 2024 Arrowfield Stud Plate replay – One Bold Cat “I don’t really know the horse but he’s such a laidback character that I was thinking bloody hell, but he tracked up beautifully and we got the right split. To pick up that horse (Skew Wiff), it was a good effort,” Elliot said. “It’s a credit to Robbie Patterson, he travels the horses to Hastings and he’s had to travel back up here to Matamata, it shows the training effort that goes into these horses to be able to cop the trip, then come out and do that. “He’s going to step-up and go from there, but hopefully Gryllsy (Craig Grylls) doesn’t pop on and Robbie keeps me on (for the Livamol).” New Plymouth-based Patterson had an outstanding 2023/24 season, earning him a nomination for Trainer of the Year, and a lot of that success he credits to Eddie Bourke, co-owner and breeder of One Bold Cat. “It’s pretty big, it means a lot because Eddie puts a lot into this business and we were only getting ready for the Livamol,” he said. “Where he’s come from, he dug in and he’s a serious horse. A few of the scribes call him a b-grader, but he’s not. “The Bold One’s take time, even in the Herbie Dyke he’s only run a length and a half from Legarto, and he’s had bad draws. It didn’t matter with the good draw today as he still got back, but with a lot of tempo, he’s just a good horse. “I could see him travelling around the top and Ryan rode him beautifully, they spread and he just popped through. He didn’t look like he was going to get there, it was a good effort to get over the top of them really. “It might be (Group 1) number five, it’s good to get one this early in the season.” The Bold One, who stands at Grangewilliam Stud in Waitotara, earned his first Group 1 winner as a sire in the race, much to the delight of his co-owner in Bourke. “Unbelievable, we didn’t really set him (One Bold Cat) for this race and we thought the Livamol would be his go,” Bourke said post-race. “The stallion is the most underrated, I think, in New Zealand. I was just talking to Garry Chittick from Waikato Stud, and he sort of agreed with me. “I’m rapt, Robbie as a trainer, the track riders back home, the stable hands, the vet, the farrier, they’re all great people. They make this sort of day happen.” Horse racing news View the full article

Savaglee (white silks) narrowly takes out the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m) at Matamata. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) There was plenty of drama with the abandonment of last Saturday’s feature meeting at Hawke’s Bay, and that drama continued at the transferred meeting at Matamata on Wednesday in the running of the Group 2 Hawke’s Bay Guineas (1400m). Short-priced favourite Captured By Love reared up as the gates were released, losing six lengths at the start, and what looked to be all chance in the three-year-old feature. So Naïve took up the pace making role up front, while second favourite Savaglee was posted three-wide throughout. The race looked to be a three-way go down the straight between leader So Naïve, Poetic Champion and a brave Savaglee, with the latter getting the judge’s call following a photo finish with So Naïve, while Te Akau Racing’s Captured By Love put in the run of the race to capture third place. It took several minutes for the judge to declare a winner, and trainer Pam Gerard was sure Savaglee had failed to get up, but was relieved to hear otherwise over the loudspeaker. “We were in the stand, and it looked like a good neck or so (that So Naïve had won), but it is an angle, so I am going to take it because they don’t usually go our way,” she said. “He was a little bit fresh today, he did a lot wrong. He got posted three-wide and Sam (Spratt, jockey) said he was colty around at the gates and it showed coming for home, he wanted to lie on the other horse (Poetic Champion) a bit. “He has got a really good turn of foot and he didn’t quite have that today, so he has done it tough but he has got the job done.” The Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) at Riccarton next month remains Savaglee’s ultimate aim this preparation, and Gerard is looking forward to travelling the colt. 2024 Hawke’s Bay Guineas replay – Savaglee “He is better when he is away from his home track,” she said. “We are building up, we want the Group One.” The Group 2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m) at Te Rapa on Labour Day will likely be his next target, and Gerard said he will have the addition of some gear. “He has got to concentrate,” she said. “We have got the blinkers up our sleeve, which he had last year, and they will be going on pretty quickly, probably next start just to make sure he is totally focussed.” While Gerard was not confident of a winning result when Savaglee passed the post on Wednesday, jockey Sam Spratt was. “I thought I got it on the line, but I wasn’t sure, I thought my head was well in front,” she said. “It was a tough effort, he got posted wide, but I opted to cuddle him up because if I pushed forward they would have kicked forward with me, and it would have been even worse. I had to take a breather and embrace the three-wide train. “He was extra excited to be here. The whole way up the straight he was trying to lie on the other horse, Poetic Champion, a little bit. I think he might have been on the fresh side after it being called off (last Saturday). It was a tough effort.” Spratt believes Savaglee will take a lot of improvement from the run, and she is excited by his prospects in the 2000 Guineas. “I think there is huge improvement, and I think he just proved it,” she said. “He is definitely going to see the mile out, he is just as tough as nails.” Horse racing news View the full article

To Catch A Thief winning the Betta Inspect It Premier (1300m) at Matamata on Wednesday. Photo: Kenton Wright (Race Images) Group 1 performer To Catch A Thief is a maiden no longer after taking out the Betta Inspect It Premier (1300m) at Matamata on Wednesday. The four-year-old gelding was having his first start for Joanne Surgenor, having previously been trained by Graham Richardson and Rogan Norvall, for whom he placed in 10 of his 14 starts for the Matamata conditioners. The son of U S Navy Flag was a standout juvenile, running third in the Group 1 Sistema Stakes (1200m), Group 1 Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m), Group 2 Eclipse Stakes (1200m) and Listed Champagne Stakes (1600m). He returned as a three-year-old where he posted the same result in the Group 1 New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1600m) and Group 2 James and Annie Sarten Memorial (1400m), but he was unable to breakthrough for a maiden win. He joined Surgenor’s Ardmore stable ahead of his four-year-old season and he has done nothing but impress the South Auckland horsewoman, who was hopeful of a positive result on Wednesday. In the hands of leading hoop Opie Bosson, To Catch A Thief jumped well from barrier eight and was pushed forward and assumed the lead at the 1000m mark. It didn’t look like it would be his day once more when he was headed by Richard And I when turning for home, but he dug deep and recaptured the lead, running on to win by half a length over the Andrew Forsman-trained runner. Surgenor was rapt to get the result for his ownership group, which includes Ashford Lodge’s Peter and Sherin Walker, whose silks are carried by the gelding. “It is just a relief,” Surgenor said. “He has cracked his maiden finally and we are on the road. “I was a little bit nervous (when he was headed at the top of the straight), but I thought it was his day to get in and have a fight and he did, he dug in. It was a beautiful ride by Opie as always. “I am grateful for the owners to have an opportunity with such a lovely horse.” Feature targets now await To Catch A Thief, with Surgenor’s ultimate aim being the $1 million Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic (1600m) at Ellerslie on Karaka Millions night in January. “I am thinking the Karaka four-year-old,” she said. “I was just waiting to see what happened today, how we went, and how he was. Now I can sit down and start mapping out a plan to hopefully get there.” Horse racing news View the full article

Wiremu Pinn has been cleared to ride following an incident at the Waipa trials on Tuesday. Photo: Race Images There were some anxious moments for talented hoop Wiremu Pinn on Tuesday following an incident at the Waipa trials that could have placed his trip to Sydney this weekend in jeopardy. “One just flipped over in the barriers and crushed me a bit at the back of the gates,” Pinn said. “My x-rays and scans are clean, I am just a little bit sore. I am just thankful nothing is broken. “I will be alright to ride this week, I just thought I would have today (Wednesday) off, but I will ride the rest of the week.” Pinn breathed a sigh of relief when he was given the all clear by doctors at Waikato Hospital on Tuesday, with a trip to Sydney this weekend to ride a favoured runner in the Group 1 Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on the line. Pinn has been booked to ride lightweight chance Unusual Legacy in the A$750,000 feature for leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller, who he struck up an association with during his riding stint in Melbourne last year. The New Zealand-bred son of Unusual Suspect has had three starts this preparation for a win and two placings, and Pinn is excited about his prospects on Saturday. “Chris is a gun trainer, it is a good opportunity and the horse looks like a good chance too,” Pinn said. “He still has to get a run in the race, but I think if he does make the race, he is going to be a big chance. He looks like a big, robust horse that will definitely get the 2400m.” Pinn said his light weight and previous association with Waller in Melbourne helped him gain the ride. “I rode a little bit for Chris Waller when I did my stint in Melbourne and I think just with the light weight that the horse has (50kg), not many riders can ride 50 kilos,” he said. “I am just lucky that I walk light and that is why I got the call up. It is a good opportunity and I am just hoping I can get a result and make the most of it.” Pinn said he will likely have another couple of rides at the Sydney meeting. “Tye Angland is helping out with getting other rides over there and I think I have got about three rides there (on Saturday),” he said. Saturday won’t be the last time Australian punters get to see Pinn this season, with the Waikato-based hoop intent on being a frequent flyer over the Tasman this spring before undertaking another riding stint in Melbourne next winter. “I will be back and forth from New Zealand to Sydney and Melbourne this year because of the handicap races over there,” he said. “I spoke with my old boss Mick Kent when I went on holiday with Tayla (Mitchell, partner) to Fiji. We flew to Melbourne and went and saw him,” Pinn said. “Whatever opportunities arise over there, I am happy to get on a plane and go. “I will probably do another little stint there, maybe in the winter time when racing gets quieter here. The prizemoney is still good in Melbourne, so I will probably look at doing three months there and if things go well, I might stay for a little bit longer. “I rode for big trainers and rode some nice horses while I was over there (last time). I would like to think if I went over again that same support base will still be there. I am willing to work hard for the rewards.” Meanwhile, Pinn will ready for his weekend trip to Sydney with three rides for local trainer Clinton Isdale at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Thursday where he is hoping he can add to his current season haul of 16 wins, which currently places him third on the National Jockeys’ Premiership. “They are all good chances too,” he said. “Things are going really well at the moment. I am just riding quality horses and that makes the job a lot easier. You can’t pick them up and carry them, so I am just grateful for the opportunities.” Horse racing news View the full article

The weekend’s racing action down under is headlined by the bumper Epsom Handicap Day card at Randwick on Saturday with the undefeated Autumn Glow heading markets for the prestigious Group 1 $750,000 Flight Stakes (1600m). Nine of the season’s top three-year-old fillies face off in the mile event and The Autumn Sun filly Autumn Glow […] The post 2024 Flight Stakes Field & Odds Update: Autumn Glow Set to Shine Again appeared first on HorseRacing.com.au. View the full article

Bregman Family Racing's daughter of Justify comes into the Jessamine Stakes off a victory in the P.G. Johnson Stakes in New York. The Jessamine is a Breeders' Cup Challenge qualifier for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T).View the full article

Arzak is 2-for-2 on the Keeneland Turf while the other 11 in the main field for the Oct. 5 Woodford Stakes (G2T) are a combined 3-for-25.View the full article

The name Pete Rose has been synonymous with baseball and, more notoriously, betting on that sport. But when Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader died Sept. 30 at the age of 83, many recalled Rose's love of horse racing.View the full article

There were some anxious moments for talented hoop Wiremu Pinn on Tuesday following an incident at the Waipa trials that could have placed his trip to Sydney this weekend in jeopardy. “One just flipped over in the barriers and crushed me a bit at the back of the gates,” Pinn said. “My x-rays and scans are clean, I am just a little bit sore. I am just thankful nothing is broken. “I will be alright to ride this week, I just thought I would have today (Wednesday) off, but I will ride the rest of the week.” Pinn breathed a sigh of relief when he was given the all clear by doctors at Waikato Hospital on Tuesday, with a trip to Sydney this weekend to ride a favoured runner in the Gr.1 Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick on the line. Pinn has been booked to ride lightweight chance Unusual Legacy in the A$750,000 feature for leading Sydney trainer Chris Waller, who he struck up an association with during his riding stint in Melbourne last year. The New Zealand-bred son of Unusual Suspect has had three starts this preparation for a win and two placings, and Pinn is excited about his prospects on Saturday. “Chris is a gun trainer, it is a good opportunity and the horse looks like a good chance too,” Pinn said. “He still has to get a run in the race, but I think if he does make the race, he is going to be a big chance. He looks like a big, robust horse that will definitely get the 2400m.” Pinn said his light weight and previous association with Waller in Melbourne helped him gain the ride. “I rode a little bit for Chris Waller when I did my stint in Melbourne and I think just with the light weight that the horse has (50kg), not many riders can ride 50 kilos,” he said. “I am just lucky that I walk light and that is why I got the call up. It is a good opportunity and I am just hoping I can get a result and make the most of it.” Pinn said he will likely have another couple of rides at the Sydney meeting. “Tye Angland is helping out with getting other rides over there and I think I have got about three rides there (on Saturday),” he said. Saturday won’t be the last time Australian punters get to see Pinn this season, with the Waikato-based hoop intent on being a frequent flyer over the Tasman this spring before undertaking another riding stint in Melbourne next winter. “I will be back and forth from New Zealand to Sydney and Melbourne this year because of the handicap races over there,” he said. “I spoke with my old boss Mick Kent when I went on holiday with Tayla (Mitchell, partner) to Fiji. We flew to Melbourne and went and saw him,” Pinn said. “Whatever opportunities arise over there, I am happy to get on a plane and go. “I will probably do another little stint there, maybe in the winter time when racing gets quieter here. The prizemoney is still good in Melbourne, so I will probably look at doing three months there and if things go well, I might stay for a little bit longer. “I rode for big trainers and rode some nice horses while I was over there (last time). I would like to think if I went over again that same support base will still be there. I am willing to work hard for the rewards.” Meanwhile, Pinn will ready for his weekend trip to Sydney with three rides for local trainer Clinton Isdale at Cambridge’s synthetic meeting on Thursday where he is hoping he can add to his current season haul of 16 wins, which currently places him third on the National Jockeys’ Premiership. “They are all good chances too,” he said. “Things are going really well at the moment. I am just riding quality horses and that makes the job a lot easier. You can’t pick them up and carry them, so I am just grateful for the opportunities.” View the full article

Repole Stable's Fierceness has been making it hard for Todd Pletcher to stick to plans to train the Travers Stakes (G1) winner up to the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar. View the full article

TIMONIUM, MD – Despite a smaller catalogue, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale produced an average and median in line with its 2023 edition Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. “It was fine. It wasn't exceptional, it wasn't terrible. It was a solid day of work,” said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. at the close of business Tuesday. “There was significant demand for what were perceived to be the better horses. The lower end, the horses that were either considered conformationally lacking or were lacking in terms of commercial pedigrees, were difficult to sell. It was the same trends that we have seen in recent years and that I think we will continue to see. It was a satisfactory exercise.” A total of 180 yearlings sold Tuesday for a gross of $4,267,700. The average of $23,709 dipped 2.9% from a year ago, while the median rose 25% to $15,000. In 2023, 290 horses grossed $7,082,000 for an average of $24,421 and a median of $12,000. A filly by City of Light, one of six yearlings to bring six figures Tuesday, topped the auction when selling for $165,000 to the bid of trainer Butch Reid on behalf of LC Racing. For the third straight year, the Midlantic Fall catalogue size decreased. There were 412 yearlings catalogued last year and 284 this year. “The catalogue size is down a little bit, which I think is reflective of the regional markets right now,” Browning said. “They are not easy.” Plans for the redevelopment of Pimlico Racecourse and the consolidation of racing under the umbrella of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, may have encouraged more local participation in the auction this year, Browning speculated. “There was a good crowd here today,” Browning said. “I was a little concerned, honestly, coming in with the smaller catalogue about what kind of attendance and participation we would have. It seemed to me that there might have been a little uptick in local participation from the Marylanders, which might be a ray of sunshine. The sentiment might be a little more of a sense of optimism and hope with the changes which are taking place here which would be a good sign for the industry.” Browning said the survival of the regional marketplace in Maryland might hinge on the cooperation of the neighboring racing districts which face stiff competition from strong racing structures in Kentucky and New York. “Hopefully there is some opportunity and hope in the Maryland racing industry,” Browning said. “We see some good things that are happening in Virginia. There are some things happening in the Delaware program. Let's hope that we continue to see increased strength in the racing product in the region. “Frankly, it is incumbent on the racetracks and the breeding organizations to help create more of a regional perspective than an individual state perspective,” Browning continued. “It needs to happen in those areas. The Kentucky program is so strong right now and the New York program is really successful. It's hard to compete with those two areas, particularly east of the Mississippi. And in order to do that, you are going to need to have cooperation with Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, to say how can we be competitive on a racing and breeding perspective with our competition. There are only so many wagering and racing dollars out there and so many mares that are going to get bred, so you are going to hopefully begin to see some higher level of cooperation and collaboration among them from both a racing and breeding perspective.” City of Light Filly Tops Midlantic Sale A filly by City of Light (hip 49) was the first to breach the six-figure mark at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale Tuesday when bringing a sale-topping final bid of $165,000 from trainer Butch Reid, bidding on behalf of Glenn Bennett' LC Racing LLC. Bred by Bowman and Higgins Stable and consigned by Becky Davis, the yearling is a half-sister to Monday Morning QB (Imagining), who was a two-time stakes winner for Bennett and Reid. She is also a half to last year's Midlantic sale-topping colt by Nyquist, who sold for $205,000 in Timonium before reselling for $550,000 at OBS this April. “We had her big brother Monday Morning QB and we have her next brother, too, his name is Papa Lapa,” Reid said. “So we know the family very well.” Hip 49 f. CITY OF LIGHT sold for $165,000 at Midlantic Fall Yearlings! Congrats to the connections: B: LC Racing C: Becky Davis, agt Br: Bowman & Higgins Stable (MD)#FasigMD @LanesEndFarms @MarylandTB pic.twitter.com/qjT8Olo7M5 — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) October 1, 2024 LC Racing and Cash Is King purchased Papa Lapa (Arrogate) for $180,000 at the Midlantic sale in October 2022. That colt was a runner-up on debut at Parx in July. Of similarities he sees in the family, Reid said, “This filly is a little smaller. Monday Morning QB was a huge horse. He was 17 hands. She's a little smaller. Very typey. I loved her frame. She is really deep through the chest and has a big butt on her. So we liked a lot about her.” Reid had to see off an internet bidder to secure the filly and momentarily thought he had lost out on the youngster when bidding skipped ahead. “The bidding got a little messed up and they went by me and we were done,” Reid said. “And then we got a reprieve. So we were very lucky to get her.” Earlier in the session, Reid went to $40,000 to acquire a filly by Tapwrit (hip 11) for LC Racing. “You have to be selective, I think,” Reid said of the market. “We might even be done. We got two, spent $200,000, and it's been a nice day so far.” LC Racing added a third yearling to its Midlantic haul late in the session when going to $27,000 to acquire a colt by Maximus Mischief (hip 282), a graded-stakes winner the operation campaigned in partnership with Cash is King. Gatsas Stables Strikes in Timonium Bloodstock agent Marette Farrell secured a pair of six-figure yearlings for the Gatsas family's Gatsas Stables during Tuesday's Midlantic sale, going to $125,000 for a colt by Vekoma (hip 87) from the Marshall Silverman consignment and securing a filly by McKinzie (hip 105) for $120,000 from Becky Davis's consignment. “We got beaten up in September,” Farrell admitted. “We weren't going to do this sale, but I said why don't we go and see. It's a small sale and it had some pedigrees that I targeted.” Hip 87 is out of Mamasan (First Samurai), a half-sister to stakes winner and graded-placed P.S.U. Grad (Harlan's Holiday) and from the family of Grade I winner Richter Scale. “We really like this Vekoma colt,” Farrell said. “He needed a little bit of time. He is out of a First Samurai mare and he's all First Samurai. He is a beautiful, big easy mover with a great brain. I loved him every time I saw him. They were excited to get him.” Mike and Matt Gatsas were already familiar with the colt's sire, having campaigned multiple Grade I winner Vekoma in partnership with R. A. Hill Stable. “I had a list of pedigrees that I looked for, but they also liked the Vekoma,” Farrell said. By hot-starting freshman sire McKinzie, hip 105 is out of multiple stakes-placed Moon Virginia (Jump Start). “The filly was just beautiful,” Farrell said. “Her sire is on the up and up and she's stunningly gorgeous. She's a deep shouldered, beautiful filly. She goes directly back to My Dear Girl, the dam of In Reality. It's a beautiful pedigree that's not on the page. If she can run to her pedigree, they are going to have a lot of fun.” Hip 105 f. MCKINZIE sold for $120,000 at Midlantic Fall Yearlings! Congrats to the connections: B: Gatsas Stables C: Becky Davis, agt Br: Bowman & Higgins Stable (MD)#FasigMD @Gainesway @MarylandTB pic.twitter.com/VHuM5qOpPw — Fasig-Tipton (@FasigTiptonCo) October 1, 2024 Farrell said she sees all the ingredients lining up for a potentially vibrant marketplace in Maryland. “I love coming up here and I have gotten to know a lot of breeders over the years,” Farrell said. “There are serious breeders here who are really good at what they do. They breed good horses on a national scale. They know their pedigrees, they know their horses and they bring a good product to market. I think they just need to get a few things in place to help these breeders to continue to support the Maryland program. And the number one thing, in my opinion, is purses. I think there are a lot of positive things in the works with [interim CEO of the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority] Corey Johnson heading this new redevelopment initiative. I think he can change things for the good in Maryland given his track record with Kentucky Downs and Lone Star.” The post ‘Solid Day of Work’: City of Light Filly Tops Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale 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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Ferocious leads an 11-horse field in the 1 1/16-mile Breeders' Futurity (G1) after running second in the Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga.View the full article

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Joseph O'Brien was the big winner on day one of the Goffs Orby Sale with the trainer coming away with a number of six-figure yearlings, including the €850,000 Blue Point (Ire) half-sister to Classic contender Bay City Roller (Ire) (New Bay {GB}). Billed as one of the highlights of the sale, the sister (lot 114) to the unbeaten G2 Champagne Stakes winner was bought by European clients Agrolexica International Trading BV, who confirmed that the filly would be on her way to Owning Hill. The sale-topping figure almost brought Tom Whelan to his knees. Like Bay City Roller, the Blue Point filly was consigned by his Church View Stables on behalf of breeder John Connaughton, and there was little doubting what the result meant to those closest to the filly. Whelan said, “Ah sure I'm over the moon. I'd say I was half relaxed up until €500,000. After that, sure I lost the power in my legs! My legs started to go from under me. As the fella says, I came from a terraced house and worked hard all my life. To produce a horse like that–it's the dream of dreams. It's not a one-man job and I have two fellas at home. It's a big team effort to get these horses to the sales. Like Bay City Roller, this filly was bred by Mr Connaughton, who sends them to me for prepping. Bay City Roller has made the pedigree and, for the filly to get here in the shape that she did, everything just came together perfectly.” He added, “This is one of my biggest days in the game. I sold a horse of my own once for €220,000 while, on the track, I'll never forget a horse called Sea The Lion finishing third in the Ebor. He was bred by Mr Connaughton and, after the horse broke down, we essentially nursed him back to life. The advice was to put him down but we got him back and he won close to €200,000 in prize-money. That was a great story to be associated with but I think this would have to rival it. We are living the dream.” So, too is O'Brien. Along with the day one top lot, O'Brien will train the €500,000 Sea The Stars (Ire) colt [lot 145] on behalf of an unnamed major owner-breeder while the trainer also signed for a Starspangledbanner (Aus) filly [95] for €225,000. In total, O'Brien signed for just shy of €1 million worth of yearlings in his own name alone. Confirming that the Blue Point was on her way to O'Brien, Ananias Antoniadis said, “She has been bought by a central European client and will be trained by Joseph O'Brien. She has a very good pedigree and has good conformation also.” Of the 246 lots offered on Tuesday, 210 were sold at a clearance rate of 85%. The turnover was up 1% to €25,028,500 while the average climbed 8% to €119,184 but the median fell by 2% to €80,000. Juddmonte Lands Half-Brother To Saffron Beach Juddmonte may have earned a reputation for being one of the world's best owner-breeders but the outfit's recruitment at public auction has led to big-race success on the track, most notably in the case of 2,000 Guineas winner Chaldean (GB). The team added a Lope De Vega (Ire) half-brother to dual Group 1 winner Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) (lot 219) to the squad for €750,000 with general manager Simon Mockridge explaining why the Ballylinch Stud-drafted colt was a good fit. He said, “At the end of the day, he's a half-brother to a very good mare and Lope De Vega has had a tremendous season. All the right reasons; good individual, very nice horse, we need colts. He was an obvious one for us. You've got to pay for a nice horse.” Mockridge added, “What's important is that you've got to look for a horse with a stallion's pedigree and that's certainly what he's got. Lope De Vega has had a fantastic season and had two new Classic winners this year. He is without a doubt a horse we have to look to, as we saw with the Middle Park winner [Shadow Of Light (GB)] at the weekend. This horse looks as though he would fit into the programme quite well for us.” All told, Juddmonte spent €1.64 million on three colts after adding a Kingman (GB) [226] and a Frankel (GB) [243] to the team later in the session. Father And Son Team In Clover With 550k Lope De Vega Filly The big results for Lope De Vega just kept on coming and John and Peter Fagan of Deerpark Stud enjoyed a moment to remember when the father and son team sold their filly (lot 112) by the stallion to Godolphin for €550,000. Out of the Group 2-placed Bletchley (GB), who Deerpark Stud sourced for 200,000gns through Suzanne Roberts at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, the result on Tuesday proved to be well worth the wait. Peter said, “We're absolutely delighted. She is a gorgeous filly and hasn't put a foot wrong since she has been here. All credit has to go to the team at home. From my father John, our manager Patrick Kirwin, Rachel Harvey and Suzanne Roberts, who bought the mare for us. Lope De Vega is a fantastic stallion and he has danced every dance this year. “He's one of the best stallions in the world and is a fantastic broodmare sire on top of everything else. The mare cost us €200,000 and we had a few issues getting her in foal but this filly was worth waiting for.” Delight For Doherty As Night Of Thunder Colt Clears 500k Forenaghts Stud manager Caoimhe Doherty could scarcely hide her emotions after the farm's Night Of Thunder (Ire) colt (lot 79) out of Group performer American Apples (Fr) (American Post (GB) sold to Billy Jackson-Stops and George Scott for €500,000. Shrewdly bought at Arqana in 2021 for €130,000, American Apples has already repaid that outlay and there was no denying what the result meant to Doherty. She said, “We work so hard and there's just so much pressure. When you come here with a really nice horse you hope you are going to get paid. Like, we are a really small team; we've only 15 mares and 10 yearlings this year. This is the highest-priced horse I've ever sold. Tony Smurfit gave me a massive job and I don't know why he gave it to me!” Doherty added, “This is an amazing result and I just can't believe it. Tony and I loved the horse from day one. We love Night Of Thunder and are massively invested in him. This is the first foal out of the mare who we bought on one bid in France. She is the most beautiful mare and it's just so exciting.” It was at this sale last year where, alongside Jackson-Stops, Scott stuck his chest out on Bay City Roller. Victorious Racing has now become an increasingly important backer to Scott's Newmarket stable and the trainer shared why the Night Of Thunder colt topped his wishlist on Tuesday. The trainer said, “He showed himself better and better over the last couple of days,” said Scott. “Night Of Thunder has done phenomenally well and he's a really strong, forward-going sort of horse, just the type we try to buy. Obviously we had a lot of luck at this sale last year so we were keen to come back and find the standout horse in this year's sale. We felt he was the right horse. “He's been bought for Victorious Racing, who we've had nine stakes winners for this year. It's been an exciting year and we're looking to build on that, if possible. He was the only horse we were concentrating on today and it doesn't often work out that you manage to get the only one you want. It's a relief and we were very much stretched at that point. We got the horse though and we're really excited about him.” Top Owner Harris Finds Potential Suitor For Top-Class Sprinter Mill Stream Former breeder and owner of high-class sprinter Mill Stream (Ire) (Gleneagles {Ire}) Peter Harris marked his first trip to Goffs in over a decade by snapping up a Blue Point filly from a family he knows well for €580,000. Consigned by Castlebridge, lot 166 hails from Sea The Stars filly Copplestone (Ire), herself a sister to Irish Derby third Stellar Mass (Ire). “I bred all of the family much earlier on, that's really why I wanted her,” Harris explained. “She is a really nice filly and is well-related. You've got to keep it going. She'll probably go to Adam Kirby to be broken in and then she'll go to Jane Chapple-Hyam. It is more than I expected to pay but not dramatically so.” Asked if his new recruit might one day visit Mill Stream when he retires to stud, Harris, who bought the filly through Anthony Stroud, replied, “It would depend on distance because we'll have to see what distance she will turn out to be best over. But at least it would be free if I did decide to do that! I could save myself some money. When I was training, I used to come here and buy 12 yearlings every year. That was a good number because you would fill the lorry with 12 horses which meant they didn't have to go anywhere else on the way home. The last time I was here was in 2008. I don't think there's any chance of us buying 12 but we have a list for tomorrow so who knows.” Talking Points Oliver St Lawrence was quick off the mark to snap up lot 10, one of six Frankels in the sale, for €780,000. The well-related Frankel colt was offered by Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud. “He's by Frankel, who needs no introduction to any of us,” St Lawrence said. “He's a big, strong, good-moving horse; the type that one can't help but like. I don't really know where he'll go but he'll head back to England for a client I don't often buy for.” St Lawrence added, “I wouldn't have bid too much more than that, I think that's about what he was worth. There's some really nice stock here generally and I think it's an improvement on last year. There's some nice, solid horses out there and I think Goffs have done a good job.” Lope De Vega enjoyed a sale to remember with Juddmonte and Godolphin, two of the powerhouse operations, signing for a colt and a filly by the stallion for €750,000 and €550,000 respectively. The Ballylinch Stud-based stallion ended the session with a €2,097,000 aggregate for eight yearlings sold. Bloodstock agent Richard Knight struck for a St Mark's Basilica (Fr) half-sister to recent St Leger winner Jan Brueghel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) on behalf of Salhia Stud for €460,000. The filly was consigned by Barronstown Stud. Golden Touch A lot of pinhookers have been swimming against the tide this year. Not Peter Nolan. Following on from a successful Premier Yearling Sale at Doncaster, where, along with his wife Katy, Nolan turned €22,000 into £100,000, he hit the back of the net again. He may be better associated with his endeavors over jumps, but Nolan proved that his first forays with pinhooking foals on the level was by no means a fluke and followed up his Donny exploits by selling a Twilight Son filly for €100,000 on Tuesday. Sold to Kilbride Equine for €100,000, lot 91 had been sourced by the Nolans for just 19,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale last year. Peter said, “There's times you happen on a bunch like we did this year. We concentrated solely on buying foals last and it was probably the first year in a long time where we didn't consign foals. That meant we had more time and approached the whole thing a bit more professionally, really.” Katy added, “We worked hard. I'd say there wasn't a single foal we didn't see at the sales. Neither of us are overly fussed stallion-wise, hence why we bought a Twilight Son, but we are sticklers for conformation.” Nolan has become an increasingly important wheel in Noel Meade's operation. The pair have bought countless good horses together for a song, including this year's Oaks fifth Caught U Looking (Ire) (Harzand {Ire}). Outside of the bigger outfits, few pinhookers have had much to shout about in Europe over the past few weeks, but Nolan proves that, even in a difficult market, it is possible to turn a few quid. He said, “The two fillies that we really wanted last year were the Churchill and the Twilight Son. My father always said, 'if you like a horse that much, generally the next man will, too.' The Twilight Son was a lovely foal. She was quite toed out as a foal and we did a lot of work with her but most of it came naturally. We sold a Lucky Vega (Ire) filly as well today for €90,000. She cost us €42,000 so it has been a good few weeks for us. Touch wood, it continues. “I'm probably more of a jumps man but I have always liked the Flat side of things. Katy is more into the Flat and, since we have gotten married, it's been a good auld team. My father was a very, very good judge of a horse. He probably never had enough money to really make a go of it. But he was very good. And this one [Katy] is not too bad, either!” The post ‘Dream Of Dreams’ – Blue Point Sister To Bay City Roller Stars At Goffs Orby Sale 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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