Wandering Eyes

Belmont Stakes (G1) and Haskell Stakes (G1) runner-up Mindframe emerged with bone bruising from his latest battle with Dornoch and will miss most of the remainder of the year, according to co-owner Mike Repole July 31.View the full article

By Jonny Turner Lyndon Bond hopes he can produce a special win at Winton as harness racing resumes in Southland today. The Bond stable is a family operation with Lyndon’s wife Aimee and daughter Millie contributing to the team’s great results in recent seasons. Recently the family suffered the loss of Aimee’s father Colin Argyle, whose funeral was held on Wednesday. Bond would dearly love to acknowledge his father in law’s passing with what would be a special victory at Winton. “The old fella left $50 in his back pocket to put on the first one, so we will do that and hope she can get the job done,” Bond said. Bond’s first runner today is Stella Bay in race 1, the Southland Farm Machinery Trot. The mare is overdue a maiden win following a run of consistent efforts. “She has been going well, but she just hasn’t been trotting 100%, so Franksy (farrier Brendan Franks) has made some changes to her shoeing.” “She worked pretty good at Wyndham the other day, so I have been happy with her.” “She has got the ability there, you would think she would be a pretty good chance.” “But there are some other handy ones in there.” “I’d like to think she would be hard to beat, but at the end of the day it is a maiden trot and anything can happen.” Bond also lines up Step It Up A Notch in race 7, the Winton Night ‘N Day Mobile Pace today. The pacer steps back in grade after taking on higher rating bands at Addington recently. “His last run at Addington wasn’t too bad at all … he went out hard.” “He has got the wide draw with Ollie (Kite) on so we will see what he can do.” “It will be interesting, he is up in the ratings now and he has to take on the better ones.” “We will soon see if he can handle it or whether he needs to come back a few points.” Oliver Kite’s junior claim lets Step It Up A Notch race in today’s rating 50-65 event. View the full article

Redemption is the theme for the Aug. 4 West Virginia Governor's Stakes (G3) at Mountaineer Park, as several notable entries attempt to regain their best form.View the full article

A review released July 31 by the office of New York State Gaming Commission equine medical director Dr. Scott Palmer examined 17 equine fatalities at Saratoga Race Course last summer and generated a series of recommendations. View the full article

The Godolphin European fleet has been stronger than ever this year, as evidenced by their six stateside graded stakes wins in the last two months. Eternal Hope will look to continue that momentum in the Aug. 1 Glens Falls Stakes (G2T) at Saratoga.View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a daughter of American Pharoah and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). 17.20 Goodwood, Mdn, £60,000, 2yo, f, 7fT DREAMY (IRE) (American Pharoah) is an eye-catching newcomer for Ballydoyle, being a daughter of the G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). From the stable that won this with Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2016, the Niarchos colour-bearer faces a field stacked with potential including the fellow newcomer Ghaiyya (GB) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Mascalls Stud's half-sister to Subjectivist (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}) and Sir Ron Priestley (GB) (Australia {GB}) trained like those staying stars by the Johnston stable. The post Ballydoyle’s Daughter Of Tapestry Debuts At Goodwood appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Jockey Club will rebrand its wholly-owned commercial subsidiaries–The Jockey Club Information Systems, The Jockey Club Technology Services, and InCompass Solutions Inc.–under a single commercial brand called TJC Innovations, according to a late afternoon Wednesday press release from the organization. “To more efficiently meet the evolving demands of customers looking for comprehensive datasets and solutions that span the entire breadth of our businesses from breeding to racing to sales to retirement, TJC Innovations can service the customer with one call,” said James L. Gagliano, president and COO of The Jockey Club. “In addition, a growing segment of the market is seeking more diverse and robust datasets to support big data applications such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. TJC Innovations has the raw data and expertise to work with the customer to ensure their unique demands are met.” As part of the rebranding, TJC Innovations also announced three initiatives. TLore TJC Innovations executed an agreement to purchase the TLore Management LLC (TLore) business, a leading provider of racing stable management services and products to trainers in North America. Tracy Attfield, principal owner of TLore, said, “I am thrilled to become a part of The Jockey Club team and look forward to working alongside their industry-leading technology group to continue to build out the TLore platform and grow market share.” “We are excited to bring Tracy on board to help materialize her vision of creating the industry-leading, feature-rich platform for trainers to manage their racing stables, share content with clients, and transact business directly with racing offices leveraging the speed and convenience of their mobile devices,” said Gagliano. Attfield will continue to provide customer support and engagement while working closely with the professional software development team at TJC Innovations to continue to develop new tools to assist TLore's customers in more efficiently conducting their business. Halo TJC Innovations will supply North American Thoroughbred data to Halo for its AI initiative. “The Jockey Club is pleased to work with Halo and other entrepreneurs as they seek to use AI technology to develop predictive tools and unlock the power of data,” said Gagliano. Halo founder and CEO Neil Sands said, “We want to introduce the power of artificial intelligence and big data technology to the Thoroughbred industry to help people turn data into actionable information for decision making and prediction. As the official source for North American Thoroughbred data backed by a renowned technology group, The Jockey Club was our preferred choice, and we look forward to working with them for our data needs.” Database Modernization Initiative TJC Innovations recently launched a comprehensive project to modernize and expand The Jockey Club databases for growth and future initiatives utilizing an Amazon Web Services partner, Mission Cloud Services. The cloud environment is expected to provide efficiencies with administration and enable accelerated time to market for customers increasingly seeking larger and more complex datasets to power next generation applications that rely upon AI and machine learning. “While we have built several of our more recent products and services using cloud computing, this partnership with a leading Amazon partner will thoroughly modernize our database, which has served us well as the backbone of all of our data-focused companies,” said Gagliano. “Through a comprehensive set of tools and training programs to guide technical and support teams, the official racing, pedigree, and breeding databases for North America will soon reside in a strong, secure cloud foundation with unlimited cloud computing and innovative technologies available to meet the increased demand for the foreseeable future.” The post Jockey Club Commercial Subsidiaries Reorganized As TJC Innovations appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

TDN Rising Star Mindframe (Constitution), runner up in both Grade I attempts, will be sidelined because of bone bruising through the remainder of this year, according to DRF Wednesday. Campaigned by Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable, the Todd Pletcher trainee was sent to Ocala, Florida earlier this week and was examined by Dr. John Madison. With the defection of Mindframe, Repole also indicated that recent GII Jim Dandy Stakes winner Fierceness (City of Light) is a possibility to run in the Aug. 24 GI Travers S. “He's clear go to back into training in 60 days,” Mike Repole told DRF. “If Todd and I want to give him 90 days we can do that. In all honesty, we were probably skipping the Travers anyway with him. He's had four incredible races in about 3 1/2 months.” Following a jaw-dropping 13 3/4-length win at Gulfstream in March, Mindframe returned to gallop home a winner in a 1 1/16-mile optional claimer on the Kentucky Derby undercard. A half-length shy of victorious Dornoch (Mage) in the June 8 GI Belmont Stakes in Saratoga, the Maryland-bred colt finished in the same spot behind that rival in the GI Haskell Stakes at Monmouth July 20. The post Mindframe Sidelined Due to Bone Bruising appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

“My friends thought I was nuts when I got back into the horse business,” says Maynard Thompson. “But when those babies are about three to five days old, and you take them outside and turn them loose for the first time, every one of them thinks he's the toughest thing out there. And if that doesn't put a smile on your face, you're not breathing.” Which is why Thompson perseveres on 15 acres of gently undulating terrain, a few miles south of Tama on the Iowa River. “I'm 71 years old, and supposed to be retired,” he says. “But I still fool with the horses. That's all I've got anymore, is the horses. Some cats, couple of dogs. But I am just an old Iowa farm boy that likes horses.” There's obviously something in the blood. His father used to tell him about traveling a Percheron stallion around as a kid, spring and early summer. And his uncle had a flair for horses, too. “He was one of those types that if he heard of one in the neighborhood that was kind of an outlaw, he had to go trade for him,” Thompson says. “Because he just wanted to prove to everybody that he could make that horse work.” Maynard Thompson with his granddaughters | Joyce Schmitz Well, that will seem a familiar trait by the time we are done. But one step at a time. When they put the interstate straight through the family farm, about 20 miles farther south, his brothers opted to go off to college. A couple became mechanical engineers. “They liked cars and stuff,” Thompson says. “If I took a car apart, I would put 10 pieces back together and have 50 left over. But the cows and the horses, I got along a lot better with them. I always liked being with the livestock.” So for most of his life Thompson would make no more claim for himself than being “a hired man for a farmer.” Then, when Prairie Meadows reopened in the late 1990s, he decided to buy the odd Quarter Horse—and found that to be “just a good way to go broke.” The final straw was when he sent a favorite mare to be bred, and she died in an accident. “I just sold out then,” he recalls. “All the horses, the saddles, hauler, everything. Figured I'd never owned another horse in my life. But you never lose the itch, and in 2019 it got so it was a pretty good scratch. So I bought three mares from Texas. And the day they came up, it was 55 below zero here. It was January and, the guy who delivered them, I tried to talk him out of it. He said, 'It's the only weekend my boy can come with me.' And when they got here, with that windchill factor, they couldn't believe that anybody could live in that kind of weather.” One of the mares had herself only recently changed hands, in foal to Flat Out at the 2018 Keeneland November Sale, for just $1,000. “My idea was, I was keeping none of the babies,” Thompson says. “They were strictly going to be sold. Well, the girlfriend and I fell in love with her filly, we called her Flat Out Stormin. And she's now made over $200,000 up at Prairie Meadows.” Another of the mares had similarly made a bare $1,000 at the November Sale, in foal to an unproven Constitution. Unfortunately she died shortly after foaling. But her baby was one that Thompson did return to Keeneland, as a short yearling. Consigned by Ballysax, and buoyed by Constitution's first juveniles, he made $135,000. “To me, that was hitting the lottery,” Thompson marvels. “I mean, I didn't know there was that much money.” But it now turns out that Thompson had done something more remarkable still, in between, at the 2019 November Sale. He was on his way home when Connie Brown, who helps him at the sales, called about a Flatter mare in the dregs of the auction: Hip 4424. Though only nine, Applelicious was making her seventh appearance in a sale ring. How typical of the way commercial breeding operates! She had been an $11,500 weanling; pinhooked as a $50,000 yearling; and made $120,000 as a Timonium 2-year-old. But she failed to win in nine starts, once managing second in a maiden claimer, and her price had been steadily dwindling as various people tried to eke a few dollars out of her pregnancies. Her first foals had been plainly sired, with her latest weanling–a Firing Line colt–selling at the same auction for $18,000. “Connie said she probably wasn't going to cost me a lot,” Thompson says. “And that she wouldn't hurt me any. Connie knows what I like: those big Quarter Horse types, not those tall greyhounds. And she knows what I can spend too. So I told Connie to buy her.” Applelicious cost only $2,000, but this time things did not appear to work out so well. Two of the three mares he shipped up from that sale “got in a real scuffle” and both aborted. And then, the following year, they lost her first Iowa-bred foal. Nakatomi | Sarah Andrew In the meantime, however, her Firing Line colt was coming to life. Resold to Marc Detampel as a yearling for $25,000, he had won on debut for Wesley Ward at the Keeneland Spring meet and later that year added the Bowman Mill Stakes. Racing for a new partnership after a $205,000 transfer through the HRA Sale at Fasig-Tipton, last year he reached the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint with four graded stakes placings to his credit. He added a fifth when beaten just a couple of lengths by champion Elite Power, secured another elite podium in Dubai, and last weekend made his Grade I breakout with success in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes. For this son of Applelicious, of course, is none other than Nakatomi. And suddenly the $2,000 mare is hot property. He's been urged to try a digital sale, though at present he's leaning to sending her back to Keeneland in November. She's 14, admittedly empty this year, but duly primed for an early cover–and there's more in her pedigree than might be expected, in terms of explaining Nakatomi: her half-sister by Maria's Mon is the graded stakes-placed dam of four stakes scorers, including GI Clement L. Hirsch Stakes winner Lady of Fifty (After Market). Significantly, moreover, Nakatomi is the image of his mother. “If you were 100 yards away, you could switch horses and nobody would know,” Thompson says. “It has been exciting, following Nakatomi along. I thought it was a big deal last year, when he ran at the Breeders' Cup. I know I got lucky here. Like I said, I'm just an old Iowa farm boy. I don't know what she's worth–but I do know she's worth a hell of a lot more since last Saturday.” Whatever happens next, Thompson has meanwhile made his own contribution to the Applelicious story, with a show of exactly the same maverick belief that made him purchase a $2,000 reject in the first place. For Nakatomi has two Iowa-bred siblings. The first, a 2-year-old filly by Timeline, is training at Prairie Meadows. “I'm not a big believer in trying to get a lot out of a 2-year-old, but she has some motor on her,” Thompson said. “The trainer is very, very happy with her. He just gets this gleam in his eye. 'Next year,' he says, 'you've got something special.'” And then there is a young colt by a stallion that Thompson stands himself. Prince of War finished down the field as favorite for his only racetrack appearance, but he's a half-brother by Cairo Prince to Instagrand. He was another find at the November Sale, a year after the one that produced Applelicious. As usual, Thompson had asked Connie Brown to take a look, and she loved him too. “There's one thing wrong, Maynard,” she said. “You can't afford this horse.” “Well,” he replied. “It doesn't cost me anything to watch him go in.” In the event, he made a single unanswered bid. When he called her, Brown thought Thompson was kidding. “You didn't buy that horse! What did you give for him?” He had cost $450,000 as a yearling; Brown thought him still worth six figures. Thompson had paid $12,000. “And his oldest babies are 2-year-olds now,” he reports. “I took three of his daughters to this Iowa sale last year, and they all looked the part. Some friends came up and said, 'If these babies can run anything like they look, you hit a goldmine on that stallion.' He has no race record, obviously, so people don't like that. But like I told them, 'If he'd won $1 million, he wouldn't be here.' So he's going to have to prove it himself, this no-name, shot-in-the-dark-stallion. But I think this mare's baby is awful nice myself.” Nakatomi | Sarah Andrew Of course, Thompson has the option of keeping the colt to promote Prince of War at the track–while either cashing out the mare, or setting a reserve that leaves him the option of a foal share to a top Kentucky stallion. “I can part with the mare if I have to,” Thompson admits. “It's the baby that's bothering me, because I think he's kind of special. So that's where the dreaming part comes in. Maybe he's the big-time horse that'll prove your stallion, and show you had the right idea when you bought him.” He hasn't forgotten something his dad always used to say: “If you buy something, always be able to give it a better home than where it's been.” “And some of these horses you see down in Keeneland, there's no way I could do that,” he admits. “They're so beautiful, not a hair out of place. So I tell you what, it's kind of hard on the sleep at night. I go to bed about 10 o'clock and at two in the morning I'm still awake thinking. I've had some friends say, 'Keep the mare, Maynard, she's what everybody wants from this game.' But maybe she's worth more than I should be fooling with.” But the bottom line is that he has put himself in a win-win situation, and should be proud of what he has done. After all, he's similarly confounded expectations with other mares that nobody wanted. Whatever he decides, he has earned the right to his own decision–and, above all, to enjoy the ride. “My daughters think I'm crazy for working at it as hard as I do,” Thompson says. “But it seems to me, the old farmers that I knew, they quit, they were going to move to town and relax… And, hell, in three months they were dead of boredom. They'd worked hard all their lives and then suddenly had nothing to do. “Last year I had to have major back surgery. I went out to do chores one morning, and I'm taking steps eight inches apart. I'm all bent over. I got tears running down my face. I mean, I was a hurting unit. So we go to the surgeon, and he wanted to do it right away. And I said, 'I can't.' And my daughters were with me, and my girlfriend, and they all said, 'Why ever not?' I said, 'I've mares going to have babies. And I got to get those mares bred back.' “So I suffered through it, and then went and had the surgery. And for the first three months I thought, 'I don't know if this is the smartest decision I ever made.' But hell, I'm getting along pretty good for an old man. And with these horses, there's always something to look forward to.” The post $2,000 Mare In Iowa Hits Grade I Update appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The older Emily Upjohn will need to defeat top-tier younger rivals Opera Singer and Elmalka as she bids for her third group 1 career victory.View the full article

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.–Just over seven weeks ago, National Treasure (Quality Road) made his claim as the best older in the country when he rolled in the GI Metropolitan Handicap at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, National Treasure dominated five others on the way to a 61/4-length win. What can he do for an encore? We'll find out Saturday when Baffert saddles National Treasure–the 9-5 morning-line favorite–in the 97th running of the $1 million GI Whitney Stakes at the Spa. The race is a “Win and You're In” for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar in November. Baffert doesn't ship a horse across the country unless he thinks he has a big chance. And National Treasure certainly has that. He arrived in Saratoga on Tuesday. “We are in the business to have these top-quality horses,” Baffert said by phone from his summer base at Del Mar in California. “There are a lot of expectations, coming out of my barn, when you have a horse like that. That's why we are in the business, to play at that level. The same goes for all those other big trainers back there.” Owned by SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Robert E. Masterson, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Jay A. Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC and Catherine Donovan, National Treasure is at the top of several lists when it comes to the older male division. He has had just three starts this year but has two big wins. Beside the Met Mile, he also won the GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park in his first start as a 4-year-old. What followed was a fourth in the Group 1 Saudi Cup at King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “His Pegasus was terrific,” Baffert said. “We shipped him probably a little bit too soon (to Dubai), but we had to take a crack at it.” In the Met Mile, National Treasure had little resistance as Flavien Prat let his mount do his thing. Baffert is not too concerned about the added distance in the Whitney. That race is 1 1/8 miles. The Pegasus World Cup Invitational was also run at 1 1/8 miles. In three other attempts at the distance in his career, National Treasure has finished fourth in all of them. It's no secret that National Treasure does his best running on the front end–“pace makes the race,” Baffert said–and that is likely where he'll be in the Whitney. “We are going to stretch his speed out a little bit further and see if he can handle it,” said Baffert, who won back-to-back editions of the Whitney in 2019 with MCKinzie and 2020 with Improbable. There are 11 other signed up to challenge National Treasure, three of them from Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. He will saddle Bright Future (Curlin, 5-1), Crupi (Curlin, 15-1) and Charge It (Tapit, 30-1). “I think (the division (is pretty wide open),” Pletcher said outside his barn on the Oklahoma Training Track. “National Treasure is certainly the divisional leader, but I don't think he has a death grip on it.” Last year, National Treasure only won once in seven tries, but it was a big one. He went gate-to-wire to win the GI Preakness Stakes and then finished the year with four straight Grade I races. He was sixth in the Belmont Stakes, fifth in the Travers Stakes and fourth in the Awesome Again before closing the season with a gut-wrenching loss by a nose to Cody's Wish in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Losing that race might have done more for National Treasure than winning the Preakness. Heading into 2024, National Treasure got on more people's radar. Of course, it has helped that the brown colt, who went for $500,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton New York Yearling Sale, has won some major races. “He was a whisker away from beating Cody's Wish,” Baffert said. “He has always been a good horse, but people didn't pay attention to him. Once you win a sexy race like the Pegasus or the Met Mile, you start getting paid attention to.” The post Baffert Hoping for a Saratoga Encore with National Treasure appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

2nd-SAR, $100K, Msw, 3yo/up, 5 1/2fT, 1:44 p.m. ET. LSU Stables's LETTER PERFECT (Audible), a $425,000 OBS March breezer (:10) from the Eddie Woods consignment in 2023, kicks off his career–weather permitting–sprinting on the grass for Christophe Clement. Letter Perfect, previously a $140,000 FTKJUL yearling, was the highest-priced colt from his sire's first crop to change hands at the 2-year-old sales in 2023 and the third most expensive from 44 sold overall. He is the first foal from his winning dam Syllable (Super Saver). TJCIS PPS The post Thursday’s Insights: Clement Unveils Pricey Son of Audible at the Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country. Among this week's rulings, two trainers have been issued short suspensions. Trainer Jonathan Thomas has been stepped down for five days and fined $4,000 for breaching the intra-articular injection rule, barring such joint injections within 7 days of a timed and reported workout. Trainer Fernando Abreu has been suspended for seven-days and fined $1,000 after one of his trainees, Scat Tu Tap, tested positive for two controlled substances: Magnesium Sulfate, which can be used as a calming agent in horses, and the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory Methylsalicylate. NEW HISA/HIWU STEWARDS RULINGS The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the HIWU “pending” and “resolved” cases portals. Resolved ADMC Violations Date: 07/30/2024 Licensee: Fernando Abreu, trainer Penalty: 7-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on July 31, 2024; a fine of $1,000; imposition of 2 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Pending medication violation for the use or attempted use of Magnesium sulfate and Methylsalicylate–Controlled Medications (Class B and C respectively)–during the race period from an event dated 6/16/24. Date: 07/30/2024 Licensee: Rodolphe Brisset, trainer Penalty: A written Reprimand (per 9/26/23 HISA Guidance). Admission. Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Lakota Territory on 6/3/24. Date: 07/29/2024 Licensee: Juan Carlos Avila, trainer Penalty: Nothing. Withdrawal of Equine Controlled Medication charge for an alleged intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout. Date: 07/29/2024 Licensee: Carlos Martin, trainer Penalty: A fine of $3,000. Admission. Explainer: Intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Autumn on 6/27/24. Date: 07/29/2024 Licensee: Jonathan Thomas, trainer Penalty: 5-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on July 30, 2024; a fine of $4,000. Admission. Explainer: Intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Esme on 12/13/23. Date: 07/25/2024 Licensee: Gerald James, trainer Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision by HIWU. Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Hercules, who raced, was pulled up and ambulanced off at Churchill Downs on 6/7/24. Date: 07/24/2024 Licensee: Aaron Shorter, trainer Penalty: A fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Admission. Explainer: Vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Business as Usual on 6/18/24. Pending ADMC Violations 07/31/2024, Emmanuel Tzortzakis, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Cannabidiol (CBD)–Controlled Medication (Class B)–in a sample taken from The Gatekeeper, who won at Parx Racing on 6/26/24. 07/31/2024, Richard Dutrow Jr., trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)– Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Dame Cinco, who won at Aqueduct on 6/21/24. 07/30/2024, Paul Aguirre, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine–Controlled Medication (Class B)–in a sample taken from Never Not Once on 6/24/24. 07/30/2024, Isidro Tamayo, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone– Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Lilly's Journey on 5/11/24. 07/26/2024, Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Phenylbutazone– Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Return Fire, who won at Delaware Park on 6/20/24. 07/26/2024, Miguel Hernandez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol–Controlled Medication (Class C)–in a sample taken from Frisco Frills, who won at Emerald Downs on 6/16/24. 07/25/2024, William Pribble, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Metformin–a banned substance–in a sample taken from Moringa, who finished fifth at Churchill Downs on 6/29/24. 07/24/2024, Johnny Collins, trainer: Pending intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Greatest Dancer on 7/7/24. 07/24/2024, Michael Tomlinson, trainer: Pending intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Beaver State on 7/6/24. 07/24/2024, Neil Drysdale, trainer: Pending intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Love Alive on 7/4/24. 07/24/2024, Eric Foster, trainer: Pending intra-articular injection within 7 days of a timed and reported workout on the horse Publius on 7/3/24. Violations of Crop Rule One important note: HISA's whip use limit is restricted to six strikes during a race. Belterra Angel Serpa – violation date July 25; $500 fine and one-day suspension Delaware Park Ederik O. Robles – violation date July 25; $250 fine and one-day suspension Hawthorne Gregory Romero – violation date July 25; $250 fine and one-day suspension Thistledown Jhorma Cespedes – violation date July 25; $250 fine and one-day suspension The TDN also publishes a roundup of key official rulings from the primary tracks within the four major racing jurisdictions of California, New York, Florida and Kentucky. Here's a primer on how each of these jurisdictions adjudicates different offenses, what they make public (or not) and where. CALIFORNIA Del Mar Jeremy Laprida – violation date July 27; seven-day suspension for careless riding NEW YORK Saratoga Eric Cancel – violation date July 26; three-day suspension for interference The post Weekly Stewards and Commissions Rulings – July 25 – 31 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainers Edward O'Grady and Jessica Harrington have led the tributes to leading owner and breeder Dermot Cox following the death of the successful businessman on Tuesday. A pillar of the community in Kildare, Cox owned many leading lights over jumps, including Cheltenham Festival hero Back In Front and Paddy Power Gold Cup winner Tranquil Sea. Father to David of Baroda Stud, Cox played an instrumental role in the development of Punchestown racecourse. He has been attributed to being the driving force behind forging and developing relationships with overseas trainers, the fruits of which were on show when the Nicky Henderson-trained reigning Champion Chaser Sprinter Sacre lit up the track with victory over Sizing Europe in 2013. His role within the track was acknowledged this year when Cox, along with champion national hunt trainer Willie Mullins and leading owners Sean and Bernadine Mulryan, were inducted into Punchestown's hall of fame. Harrington supplied one of Cox's most recent big-race wins, the family's homebred mare Madam Bovary, who landed a valuable handicap chase under Robbie Power at that same meeting. She said, “Dermot was just a lovely person–great fun to be around. He lived life to the full. I know he was a great sportsman and loved his hunting and shooting as well. He obviously loved his racing and something that was also dear to his heart was the Kildare Hunt and Punchestown races–he absolutely loved Punchestown.” Along with Back In Front and Tranquil Sea, O'Grady sent out 2002 Troytown Chase winner Takagi on behalf of Cox, who the trainer described as “a real sportsman.” O'Grady said, “Back In Front, Tranquil Sea and Takagi-we had many great days. Dermot loved his hunting, racing, shooting, rugby and generally loved his sport. He was a real sportsman. If I had to think of our best day together, perhaps it would be Tranquil Sea winning the Paddy Power at Cheltenham [in 2009]. That was a superb race. Obviously winning the Supreme Novices' in 2003 with Back In Front would also have to rank up there as well. You'd have to describe a man like Dermot as a complete sportsman.” Away from racing, Cox ran a successful cash and carry business [Cox's Cash & Carry] in Newbridge, which was sold in 2022. He lived at Rosetown Stud, which is beside his son David's Baroda Stud, of which he is understood to have been immensely proud of. But it was his exploits at Punchestown that were revered among those who knew him best on Wednesday, including racecourse manager Conor O'Neill, who said days like Sprinter Sacre winning at the festival wouldn't have been possible without Cox. “On behalf of all at Punchestown, we extend our deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to the Cox family,” O'Neill said. “Dermot played an instrumental role at Punchestown for many years. He was a former vice chairman of Punchestown racecourse, he was a proud member of the Kildare Hunt Club and was also a master of the Kildare Hunt Club. His significant contribution to the track was acknowledged at this year's festival. “He leaves behind him a number of legacies and played a pivotal role in establishing a tradition of UK-trained horses coming to Punchestown after Cheltenham. He created that tradition-more or less single-handedly to be fair to him-and also played a massive role in the redevelopment of the racecourse in 1998. He is a massive part of Punchestown's history, there is no doubt.” Husband to the late Ann, and much loved father of David, Louise, Aoife and Patrick, Cox is also survived by daughters-in-law Tamso and Vicky, son-in-law Kevin, and grandchildren Dermot, India, Isla, Sarah, Patrick, Louis and Tiger. Reposing at his residence (W12 FC89) for friends and family on Friday from 2pm to 6pm. Funeral on Saturday to arrive at St. Conleth's Parish Church, Newbridge for 11am Mass. Burial afterwards in St. Conleth's Cemetery, Newbridge. Funeral Mass in celebration of Dermot's life may be viewed online at https://newbridgeparish.ie/parish-church. The post Tributes Flow For Cheltenham Festival-Winning Owner Dermot Cox appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Virginia Racing Commission has appointed Waqas Ahmed to serve as its executive secretary, effective Aug. 10, the commission said in a Wednesday press release. Most recently, Ahmed served as the deputy executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC). In that role, he carried out several strategic initiatives, including the launch and implementation of sports wagering. Prior to that, Ahmed served as the KHRC's director of pari-mutuel wagering and compliance, and oversaw the launch of several tracks, historical horse racing facilities as well as advance deposit account wagering providers. “We are pleased to welcome Mr. Ahmed to the Virginia Racing Commission,” said Commission Chair Stephanie Nixon. “His vast experience will continue to promote, sustain, grow and control a native horse racing industry. On behalf of the entire commission we look forward to working with Mr. Ahmed for many years to come.” “I am honored to join the Virginia Racing Commission as Executive Secretary,” said Ahmed. “Virginia's horse racing industry boasts a proud history and plays a significant role in the Commonwealth.” The post Virginia Racing Commission Appoints Ahmed To Executive Secretary Post appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Notable Speech bounced back to form to land the Sussex Stakes (G1) July 31 under William Buick in emphatic fashion as favorite Henry Longfellow weakened to finish fourth.View the full article

Monmouth Park will host a $500 onsite and online handicapping contest on Saturday, Aug. 3, with two NHC seats, two BCBC spots and cash available for contestants, the track said in a release Wednesday. Online options to participate are TVG, 4NJBETS and Xpressbet. Onsite registration will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET on Saturday on the first floor of the Clubhouse. For TVG and 4NJBets online player registration ends at 3 p.m. ET on Friday. Xpressbet players can register through 12:50 p.m. ET on Saturday. There is a non-refundable entry fee of $250 and a tournament bankroll of $250 for wagering on races from Monmouth Park and Saratoga. Contestants must wager on a minimum of five (5) Monmouth Park races at $50 each race. The wagering format is win, place, show, exacta and daily double. Based on 150 entries the prize pool will consist of two NHC seats, two BCBC seats and $10,000 cash. The top four finishers, in order, will choose between an NHC and a BCBC seat. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top 10 finishers. For more information contact Brian Skirka at bskirka@monmouthpark.com or by calling (732) 571-6595. The post Monmouth To Host $500 Handicapping Contest Saturday appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Breeder and owner John C. Oxley has been selected by the Thoroughbred Club of America (TCA) as the 2024 Honor Guest, the organization said in a Wednesday press release. Oxley will receive the award at the TCA's 93rd Testimonial Dinner, which will be held at Keeneland on Friday, Nov. 15. “The Thoroughbred Club of America is delighted to name John C. Oxley as its 2024 Honor Guest”, said Club President Charlie Boden. “Mr. Oxley is a true horseman whose equestrian exploits in the saddle are well documented and only eclipsed by his accomplishments as the owner of a Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, and multiple Breeders' Cup winners. His generous contributions throughout his life of his time and his money put him on a short list of Thoroughbred horse racing's greatest benefactors”. The post Oxley Named As The ’24 Honor Guest By Thoroughbred Club of America appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Elinor Wolf is joining the team of Starlight Racing and StarLadies Racing as their new director of marketing, partner relations and recruiting, the syndicates said in a release on Wednesday. Wolf has spent the past few years studying abroad and working. During that time she completed the Irish National Stud Course in 2021, graduated from the Godolphin Flying Start Program last year, and for the past six months ran Thoroughbred Country in Ireland. “I am thrilled to be relocating to the U.S. and joining Starlight Racing and StarLadies Racing full-time,” said Wolf. “Reuniting with my family and preparing for the exciting times ahead–such as Justify's Hall of Fame induction, National Treasure's highly-anticipated run in the Whitney, and the upcoming yearling sales–is a true honor. Starlight and StarLadies have a remarkable track record, and I am eager to contribute to their continued success as we are now welcoming new partners on this exciting journey.” “We are thrilled to have Elinor joining us full-time in the U.S.,” said Jack Wolf, Co-Founder of Starlight Racing. “While Starlight and StarLadies are known for being exclusive groups, which might give the impression that we aren't open to new partners, that's not the case. We are actively welcoming new partners, and Elinor is leading that initiative. Her blend of youth, experience, and enthusiasm for the horses is something the entire industry will benefit from.” The post Elinor Wolf Joins Starlight And StarLadies As Marketing Director appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The big surprise about the $1 million Whitney Stakes (G1) is not who showed up. It's how many showed up.View the full article

Heroic Move, trainer Robertino Diodoro's highest-earning active runner, is among the entries who are eyeing a return to the winner's circle. He finished sixth in the Cornhusker Handicap (G3) last time out.View the full article

It's been a magical year for jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr., who rides the best 3-year-old filly in the country in Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) and one of the best 3-year-old males in Mystik Dan (Goldencents). For the veteran rider that has meant wins in the GI Kentucky Oaks, the GI Kentucky Derby, the GI Acorn S. and the GI Coaching Club American Oaks. Thorpedo Anna will take on the boys in her next scheduled start, the GI DraftKings Travers S. Appearing on the TDN Writers' Room Podcast, presented by Keeneland, Hernandez said his good fortune has yet to sink in. He was this week's Green Group Guest of the Week. “It's still surreal,” the 38-year-old jockey said. “I don't think it's ever going to sink in. I've talked to other jockeys that have won the Derby before and they say that, no, it doesn't ever sink in. Then you're sitting somewhere by yourself and you're like, 'man, wow, we really won the Kentucky Derby.' It's a life goal achievement.” Can he add a Travers win onto his growing list of 2024 accomplishments? “It's going to be another tough goal for her,” he said. “But at the same time, she's done everything we've asked of her so far. So, we're going to go into the Travers thinking she's the best 3-year-old in the country right now. We'll be very hopeful and excited. It's one of those situations where, when you get a great filly like she happens to be, that you have to go ahead and give her the test. She's dominated the fillies so far. So you have to kind of up the game on her. Just let her show how good she really is.” Hernandez has won all the aforementioned races for trainer Kenny McPeek, who rides him whenever he can. McPeek's confidence in Hernandez has clearly given him a big boost to his career. “My relationship with Kenny has to go back to a guy that hasn't gotten a whole lot of credit so far. It's my agent, Frank Bernis,” Hernandez said. “He and Kenny work so well together that he does all the entries for Kenny. He's doing all the entries right now for Kenny at Saratoga and Ellis, and he's handling all this business. They just work so well together. And then I've been fortunate enough to have Kenny in my corner. It helps in my situation where I know I'm going out there that I am riding these good horses and these better races. I don't have to worry about getting taken off.” In our breeding spotlight section, we took a look at the WinStar stallion Nashville (Speightstown). Elsewhere on the podcast, which is also sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders' Association, West Point Thoroughbreds, WinStar, XBTV.com, Stonestreet Farm and the KTOB, the team of Randy Moss, Zoe Cadman and Bill Finley reviewed last weekend's racing action, including the win in the GII Jim Dandy by Fierceness (City of Light) and the feel-good story of The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) winning the GI Bing Crosby for the second straight year. We also previewed the huge Saturday card at Saratoga, which includes three Grade I races. To watch the Writers' Room, click here. To view the show as a podcast, click here. The post Brian Hernandez Jr. Joins TDN Writers’ Room Podcast appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Unbeaten in two starts in this country as a 3-year-old last season, Godolphin's Eternal Hope (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) makes a belated seasonal debut in Thursday's $250,000 GII Glens Falls Stakes at Saratoga. A stakes winner going 12 furlongs over the Lingfield all-weather last May and third in the G2 Prix Alec Head, the homebred was the even-money pick for the GIII Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes at Aqueduct last September and was a long way out of her ground before a late flourish saw her score by a neck. She backed up that performance with a half-length success in the GII Sands Point Stakes downstate the following month, but the hurdles here are not insignificant given the layoff and the presence of some talented turf distaffers. “She hasn't been seen since her American starts last year, but her preparation has gone well,” said trainer Charlie Appleby, fresh off a bounce-back victory in Wednesday's G1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood with Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). “We feel that, at that trip, she's a filly we saw who can get to a good level in America. We're looking forward to getting her back out. There will be a bit of improvement for the run, but she goes there in great shape.” McKulick (GB) (Frankel {GB}) upset heavily favored War Like Goddess (English Channel) in this event 12 months ago and added this year's GIII Orchid Stakes over the winter at Gulfstream Park. Fourth as the 3-4 favorite behind her front-running stablemate Royalty Interest (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) in the GIII Sheepshead Bay Stakes at the Big A May 3, the Klaravich runner exits an even fifth to Didia (Arg) (Orpen) in the GI New York Stakes over an insufficient 9 1/2 furlongs June 7. Chop Chop (City of Light) hasn't missed the exacta in six outings this term and defeated Atomic Blonde (Ger) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}) in the Apr. 26 GIII Bewitch Stakes at Keeneland before the latter turned the tables in the Keertana Stakes at Churchill May 25. The 4-year-old was a latest runner-up to the aforementioned War Like Goddess in the GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes at Delaware July 7. The post Eternal Hope Returns To Action In Glens Falls appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Like stablemate Henry Longfellow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), there is a sense that Ballydoyle's Opera Singer (Justify) is only just beginning to get her season underway as she steps up to a mile and a quarter for the first time in Thursday's G1 Qatar Nassau Stakes at Goodwood. Reportedly ring-rusty when third in the G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas at The Curragh and looking in need of further than a mile when runner-up in Royal Ascot's G1 Coronation Stakes, last year's impressive G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine has the opportunity to truly express herself once again. “Obviously she is stepping up to a mile and a quarter from a mile for the first time and we think that is going to be really interesting,” Aidan O'Brien said. “We were delighted with her at Ascot, really. That was just her second run and, to be honest, we couldn't believe how well she'd run first time in the Irish Guineas, given the setback she had in the spring. We thought her Ascot run was very good and obviously the form has been franked as Donnacha's filly came out and won the Falmouth at the July meeting. She's an exceptional filly, so she lost little in defeat.” What Next For Emily Upjohn? While this trip could bring out the best in Opera Singer, it may be that she is simply not as good as the seasoned Emily Upjohn (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) whose fortunes it is fair to say have been mixed since storming on to the scene early in her 3-year-old career. Brilliant despite being narrowly denied in the 2022 Oaks and in capturing the G1 Coronation Cup last term, she is unbeatable when things fall right but has yet to convince this trip is her thing and needs to race with more restraint than when suffering another reversal in the G1 Pretty Polly Stakes. While the winner of that Curragh contest, Bluestocking (GB) (Camelot {GB}), has thoroughly franked the form in the King George and the third Content (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) was probably the moral winner of the Irish Oaks in the interim, the Gosdens' mare showed a tendency to overdo it there once again and a similar tendency on this tricky circuit could compromise her. “She wasn't entered originally, because the plan was to go for the Pretty Polly and then maybe go on to Ascot for the King George, but we decided after the Curragh to stay at a mile and a quarter and go against the fillies again, then step her back up to a mile and a half again in the Yorkshire Oaks,” John Gosden explained. “She's a top-of-the-ground filly and she ran a great race at the Curragh, but that rain came and she's not happy on it. She's won on it, but it's not her best surface. All being well, she'll run a big one.” Plenty To Offer… The Nassau has drawn the G1 Prix de Diane winner every year since 2019, with two completing the double and it falls to Sparkling Plenty (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) to attempt the feat this time. Now part-owned by Al Shaqab Racing, Jean Pierre Dubois's homebred needs to improve on that but showed dramatic acceleration which will serve her well in this affair. Interestingly, despite the speed advantage of the Patrice Cottier-trained Chantilly Classic heroine, Al Shaqab have supplemented the Ralph Beckett-trained Doha (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) as a possible pacemaker. More To Come From Elmalka? Like Opera Singer moved up from a mile for the first time, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's G1 1,000 Guineas heroine Elmalka (GB) (Kingman {GB}) has strong claims as a daughter of the middle-distance star Nahrain (GB) (Selkirk). Fourth in the Coronation, trainer Roger Varian thinks the step up in trip will bring about further improvement from the homebred who remains dangerously unexposed. “We're looking forward to running Elmalka, she's really well and she looks like she is ready to step up to 10 furlongs,” he said. “It will give us some direction for the autumn and we entered her for the Prix de la Opera this week and she will probably have an entry back at a mile in the Sun Chariot. She's in great form and has done nothing wrong all year, even her run at Ascot was a great run under the circumstances, so we're very excited to run her. It looks a strong race but we decided to get her out again.” Strikin Impression… To say that Thursday is a big day in the life of Hamad Al-Jehani is an understatement, with the Qatari-based trainer preparing to saddle Wathnan Racing's acquisition The Strikin Viking (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}) in the G2 Richmond Stakes. Off the mark in a warm contest at York in mid-June, he was second to Ballydoyle's Henri Matisse (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in The Curragh's G2 Railway Stakes later that month so has the previous required to make an impact. “He's a big, imposing colt and it's not just about this year with him,” Richard Brown said. “He was on our radar after he won at York and I thought he was impressive at the Curragh. He's a thoroughly likeable colt with a big engine and he gave James a great feel last week. We're looking forward to running him in Wathnan's colours for Hamad.” Further pattern-race form is provided by Teme Valley Racing's Andrew Balding-trained maiden Tropical Storm (GB) (Eqtidaar {Ire}) who chased home Wathnan's Shareholder (Not This Time) in Royal Ascot's G2 Norfolk Stakes, while the Eve Johnson Houghton-trained Billboard Star (GB) (Advertise {GB}) was second to the Norfolk fourth Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never) in Newmarket's G2 July Stakes. There is added intrigue in the presence of Eleanora Kennedy's Fairyhouse maiden winner Black Forza, a son of first-season sire Complexity whose son Mo Plex flew his flag at Saratoga earlier this month. Teme Valley 's racing manager Richard Ryan said of the former, “It was a great run in the Norfolk and he was caught a little wide on the wing and was a bit lonely, but he put his head down and kept on it really well. Oisin [Murphy] has ridden him on two occasions and on both occasions fed back to us he was keen to ride him over six furlongs, so it looked a logical race for him based on rider comments and he's trained really well leading up to it. He's got a very good mind, he's strong and has an admirable attitude and hopefully those attributes will be useful at Goodwood.” Johnson Houghton said of Billboard Star, “He's a lovely horse and it wasn't a surprise he ran really well in the July Stakes. I think he'll go close in the Richmond. He's run at Goodwood before, so we know he handles the track and we're very hopeful.” Gordon Test For Jan Brueghel With an eye on the St Leger, Thursday's G3 Gordon Stakes offers the chance to further assess the merit of Ballydoyle's TDN Rising Star Jan Brueghel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who followed an eight-length debut win at The Curragh in May with a defeat of his elders in that track's G3 International Stakes. Up from a mile and a quarter for the first time, the full-brother to Sovereign (Ire) should be more at home tackling this 12-furlong trip with Aidan O'Brien stating after his last outing that he is viewed as a staying type. He faces Australian Bloodstock Stable's recent purchase Sayedaty Sadaty (Ire) (Anodin {Ire}), who is out for the first time since finishing fifth in the Derby. The post ‘It’s Going To Be Really Interesting’: O’Brien Keen To Stretch Out Opera Singer In Nassau appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The Texas Thoroughbred Association has catalogued 207 yearlings for the Texas Summer Yearling Sale beginning at 10 a.m. CT Aug. 26 at the sales pavilion on the grounds of Lone Star Park, the organization said in a Wednesday release. The sale, which includes 91 Louisiana-bred yearlings, along with 48 Texas-breds, 32 Arkansas-breds and 18 Oklahoma-breds will also include a special dispersal of horses consigned by CS Sales, agent for Three Feathers Farm. The dispersal, which includes weanlings and broodmares, brings the total number of horses entered in the sale to 217. “I'm pleased with both the quantity and quality of the yearlings in this year's catalogue,” said TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell. “We came down a bit in the total number compared to last year's near-record entries, but we really have some quality individuals in this offering and the entire region is well represented.” The TTA will once again host its pre-sale party Aug. 25 in the Alysheba Room at Lone Star Park starting at 5:30 p.m. CT. All buyers, consignors and horsemen are welcome to attend. Click here to access the online catalogue and for more details. The post Catalogue Out For Aug. 26 Texas Yearling Sale At Lone Star Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article