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The million-dollar parade at the Keeneland September sale continued early in Thursday's fourth session of the auction when April Mayberry went to $1.4 million to acquire a colt by Flightline (hip 794). The bay colt, bred and consigned by Dixiana Farms, is out of Layla (Union Rags), a full-sister to Grade I winner Express Train. Mayberry was bidding on behalf of C R K Stable's Lee Searing. The colt was the 49th of the auction to bring seven figures and the eighth from the first crop of Lane's End's champion Flightline to reach the mark. The post $1.4-Million Flightline Colt Kickstarts Keeneland Thursday Session appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Friday's Observations features a Wootton Bassett daughter of Qemah. 4.10 Doncaster, Mdn, 2yo, f, 7f 6yT WID (IRE) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) debuts for Al Shaqab Racing in this race won 12 months ago by the sire's Whirl and is a homebred daughter of the Coronation Stakes and Prix Rothschild heroine Qemah (Danehill Dancer). Ralph Beckett has charge of the newcomer, whose peers include the similarly-unraced Fractional (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Dunchurch Lodge Stud's William Haggas-trained daughter of the Prix Marcel Boussac winner Proportional (Beat Hollow) whose daughter First Instinct (Bated Breath) is a Listed winner who was placed in the Sandy Lane. They have it to do taking on experienced fillies including Newsells Park Stud's Classic Cuvee (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a Roger Varian-trained half-sister to Legatissimo (Danehill Dancer). The post Qemah Filly Set For Donny Maiden appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

As a former professional jockey, I reached a point where I had to step away from the sport and change professions to prioritize my mental health. Because I know what it feels like to be in that position, I never want another jockey to feel they are without support or options. September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month–a time to shine a light on mental health, share hope, and remind people that reaching out for help is a sign of strength. I've been working with the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority (HISA) and Jockeys' Guild to address the unique mental wellness challenges jockeys face and drive change across the sport. I spent 12 years as a jockey before retiring due to mental health struggles. What the public sees on race day often hides a much harsher reality–one that nearly destroyed my life and family. Being a jockey means putting your life on the line every day while also maintaining incredibly demanding physical standards. At 5'9″, I had to keep my weight at 114 pounds through strict dieting and constant self-discipline. Even as I won 253 races in 2019, the strain on my body and mind was mounting, and by 2024, my win total had dropped to just 42. The combination of physical strain and injuries took a real toll on my mental health. Like many professional athletes, I tried to push through and keep everything bottled up. For a long time, I saw therapy as a sign of weakness, something that went against the toughness and resilience the sport demands. But the stress became overwhelming, and it was affecting both my career and my family life. With the encouragement of my wife, jockey Katie Davis, I finally sought help, and that decision changed everything. Instead of losing what mattered most, I found the tools to cope, heal, and continue forward with a healthier perspective. Therapy changed my life. It gave me a safe space to express my problems to someone who truly understood. I learned to sort out what I could and couldn't control, practiced meditation, and focused on positivity. These tools taught me how to stay strong and calm through the toughest situations. I started eating healthier and taking ice baths to help with pain management. Most importantly, I realized that seeking help wasn't weakness, it was the strongest thing I could do. My decision to retire was not just about leaving racing. It was about choosing to be a better father and husband. Walking away from the only profession I had ever known was scary, but it was also the clearest decision I have ever made. Now, working with HISA and Jockeys' Guild, my goal is to make sure other jockeys do not have to go down the same destructive path I did and are able to remain in the sport while safely and effectively managing their mental health. This is where Congress can make a real difference. We need federal funding to develop comprehensive support systems: therapists who understand the unique pressures of our sport, nutritionists who can help jockeys maintain weight safely, personal trainers for injury prevention, education programs, and recovery equipment – all the things most other professional athletes already have access to. The industry has made progress in recognizing these needs, including new initiatives like HISA and the Jockeys' Guild's partnership with Onrise, which gives jockeys access to confidential, athlete-specific mental health care. But we still need greater, well-funded support that reaches every corner of the racing community. HISA and Jockeys' Guild, along with the congressional Bipartisan Mental Health Caucus, will host a Professional Athlete Roundtable on mental health at the United States Capitol on September 16. The goal is to raise awareness of the issues jockeys face by bringing together jockeys and other professional athletes to discuss our unique mental health challenges and the importance of access to appropriate resources. The stigma around mental health in sports is slowly breaking down, but lasting change requires real, institutional support. Jockeys, like other professional athletes, have long provided the American public with entertainment and relaxation, and the racing industry provides economic value to communities all over the country. Now it is time for policymakers to provide its athletes with support in return. I made the difficult decision to step away from racing to focus on my well-being and my family. With congressional funding and industry commitment to mental health, future jockeys can access the support they need without facing that same difficult choice. –Trevor McCarthy is a retired jockey, winner of 1,871 races and member of the Jockeys' Guild who now works with HISA and the Guild on mental health initiatives. The post Letter To The Editor: Congressional Action Needed to Support Jockeys’ Mental Health appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's purple patch continued at Doncaster on Thursday as Santorini Star (Golden Horn) proved strongest in the G2 Park Hill Stakes over the St Leger trip. In front from the outset under Tom Marquand, the 7-2 second favourite outstayed the year-younger Consent (Lope De Vega) in the closing stages to prevail by a neck. “She won over two miles at York and the fact that she stays so well is what has won her the race,” Maureen Haggas said of the four-year-old. “She's really tough and Tom gave her a beautiful ride. We gave her a break in the summer and she seems to have come back a changed woman! She's going to be a broodmare for Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy, who are top-class people with top-class advisors so this was really important.” Gutsy! Santorini Star grinds it out to score in the Group 2 @Betfred Park Hill Fillies' Stakes under @TomMarquand! A first win in the race for @WilliamHaggas pic.twitter.com/fT14TNUeW6 — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025 The post More Big-Race Glory For Bloom And McAleavy As Santorini Star Wins The Park Hill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Of course, my Dad introduced me to the Thoroughbred business. Both of my parents did. They met each other in the Thoroughbred business at Walmac where my Mom worked. I remember from my childhood, if only vaguely, running around Johnny Jones's offices, pretending to be a cowboy like he was. I dressed as Zorro for Halloween one of those years and couldn't wait to show off to Johnny! My Dad was working at Vinery or maybe Watercress at that time. I remember his red Toyota truck and I remember his work boots. They didn't fit me yet, but I sure tried to wear them. What a stinging and emblematic memory trying to fit into his boots. My feet are bigger now, but he was still the better man. My Dad didn't take me along too often during his workdays. They were too long for me and I was too impatient as a child to tolerate looking at a hundred or more horses a day. But I remember a few trips. I remember visiting Castleton Lyons to see Malibu Moon. I wore that yellow Malibu Moon hat for years until it was bleached white by the sun. It was so stretched out and rancid that I simply could not be seen in public with it! I remember scurrying across the street to Taylor Made after a junior golf tournament at what was known then as the Highpoint Golf Course or more affectionately the 'Goat Patch.' I didn't even know if my Dad was there that day, but if I got to walk around the property to soak it all in that was fine with me. If I could see my Dad it would be even better. If John Hall was around too that would be the best, even though he was a Red Sox fan. I remember jumping up and down in our living room with my Mom, watching Mine That Bird win the Kentucky Derby. I knew it was a big deal for my Dad, but I don't think I really understood the gravity of that win. I was especially excited because I had placed a $2 win bet on that 50-1 gelding and was about to have $100. That was a lot of money for a 14-year-old kid. My Dad's phone was swamped from all the calls before the race even went off. That was a better excuse than the time he ruined his phone dropping it into a bowl of sausage gravy at Paula Deen's restaurant. My Dad taught me golf and the sport sent me to college. For years as I was growing up he told me, “Keep your left arm straight, and your right elbow in your side.” Not perfect advice, but it served me well for a long time. At least long enough to start beating him at the game we loved and enjoyed together. Of all my Dad's horse friends, I met many of them on the golf course for the first time. I cherish those memories from Cabin Brook, Houston Oaks, and Widow's Watch. He carried my bag as my caddie in our first Lexington Junior City Championship when I was maybe 12, and he helped me get over myself when I didn't break 100 that year. He almost certainly gave me a good dressing down over my temper too. We won two consecutive father-son outings at The Bull when I was in high school. He surprised me in Bowling Green in my senior year at the KHSAA State Championships. Golf was what we did together. I still prefer Quarter Pounders and Diet Coke because that's what he got us for lunch on the way to Avon Golf Course when I was just a kid. I'm sure I could fill pages and maybe even a book. Maybe I will. What can I say is that he was my Dad. I share his name. He's the senior and I'm the junior. My wife Alexa and I have a foster daughter and son. If we have the opportunity to adopt them, the son will be Stuart Andrew Angus III. I like tradition and I appreciate legacy–my Dad left a legacy. The stories being shared about him are a tremendous and powerful testament to that. I thought he was larger than life and I'm pleased now to discover by all your accounts that it was true. These 'Stu Stories' will be a treasure to me forever and I very sincerely appreciate every single one that is contributed. –Drew Angus (a.k.a. Rooster) Editor's Note: Stuart Angus, a Senior Thoroughbred Advisor for Taylor Made, passed away Aug. 28 at the age of 60. His friends are encouraging those he touched to submit `Stu stories' to the TDN. Please email suefinley@thetdn.com if you have a story to share. The post Stu Story #11 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Alain and Gerard Wertheimer's hitherto undefeated Green Spirit (Kingman) made a black-type breakthrough in last month's G3 Prix Six Perfections and provided her owner-breeders, trainer Christopher Head and jockey Maxime Guyon with a quickfire pattern-race double when dominating the closing stages of Thursday's G2 Prix d'Aumale at ParisLongchamp. Positioned within range of the pace at the tail of the five-strong field through halfway, the 7-10 favourite was urged forward with 500 metres remaining and ridden out once quickening to the front approaching the final furlong to outbattle the reopposing Six Perfections placegetter and TDN Rising Star Narissa (Siyouni) in ultimately snug fashion. The winning margin was 1 1/4 lengths, with 1 3/4 lengths back to Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles victrix Clea Chope (Muhaarar) in third. Pedigree Notes Green Spirit is the eighth of 10 foals and one of six scorers out of G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial runner-up Sapphire Pendant (Danehill Dancer), herself a full-sister to Listed Feilden Stakes second King George River. Descendants of her second dam Butterfly Blue (Sadler's Wells), herself a daughter of GI Kentucky Oaks and GI Santa Susana Stakes-winning matriarch Blush With Pride (Blushing Groom), include GI American Oaks heroine Paris Lights (Curlin) and the Grade I-placed mother and son America (A.P. Indy) and First Captain (Curlin). The February-foaled homebred bay is a half-sister to G3 Prix des Chenes and G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil victor Ecrivain (Lope De Vega), Listed Prix Occitanie third Starifique (Sea The Stars), a yearling colt by Curlin and a weanling filly by Good Magic. A good day for @CHeadRacing, just gets better! Green Spirit comes home strongly to score in the Group Two Prix d'Aumale at ParisLongchamp! pic.twitter.com/zTHSmDaOyh — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025 Thursday, ParisLongchamp, France PRIX D'AUMALE-G2, €119,000, ParisLongchamp, 9-11, 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:39.95, sf. 1–GREEN SPIRIT, 126, f, 2, by Kingman (GB) 1st Dam: Sapphire Pendant (Ire) (GSP-Ire), by Danehill Dancer (Ire) 2nd Dam: Butterfly Blue (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 3rd Dam: Blush With Pride, by Blushing Groom (Fr) O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Christopher Head; J-Maxime Guyon. €67,830. Lifetime Record: 4-4-0-0, €136,430. *1/2 to Ecrivain (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), MGSW-Fr, $214,922; and Starifique (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Narissa (Ire), 126, f, 2, Siyouni (Fr)–Narmeen (Fr), by Le Havre (Ire). TDN Rising Star. O/B-Aga Khan Studs; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €26,180. 3–Clea Chope (Fr), 126, f, 2, Muhaarar (GB)–Mercifully (Fr), by Whipper. 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (€32,000 Ylg '24 ARQOCT). O-Alain Jathiere, Gousserie Racing & Gerard Augustin Normand; B-Alain Chopard; T-Francis-Henri Graffard. €12,495. Margins: 1 1/4, 1 3/4, NK. Odds: 0.70, 3.10, 8.80. Also Ran: Princess Petrol (GB), Madame Ly (Fr). The post Wertheimers at the Double as Undefeated Green Spirit Notches Prix d’Aumale Success appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Howden and Ascot have renewed their partnership for another five years until 2030, the racecourse announced on Thursday. The partnership, which began in 2021, underscores both organisations' commitment to excellence in horse racing and the broader equine industry and ensures continued collaboration across all Ascot racedays, with Howden's branding prominently featured around Ascot Racecourse, including throughout Royal Ascot. The Howden Christmas Racing Weekend has also become a highlight of the festive season, featuring prominent races such as the G1 Howden Long Walk Hurdle and the G2 Howden Noel Novices' Chase. Felicity Barnard, CEO, Ascot Racecourse, said, “We are thrilled to extend our partnership with Howden, a company that shares our passion for horse racing and commitment to excellence. We look forward to continuing this successful collaboration and exploring new opportunities together over the next five years.” David Howden CBE, CEO, Howden, added, “I'm absolutely delighted that we're renewing our partnership with Ascot Racecourse – the best of British and the supreme pinnacle of the racing world. I couldn't be more excited to extend this glorious relationship and continue bringing the thrills, the magic and the joy to racegoers for another five years.” The post Ascot And Howden Renew Partnership For Another Five Years appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Not seen since snagging July's Listed Prix Roland de Chambure, Alain and Gerard Wertheimer homebred Nighttime (Wootton Bassett) continued on the upgrade with a first pattern-race triumph in Thursday's G3 Prix La Rochette at ParisLongchamp. The Christopher Head trainee, who graduated over seven furlongs at Saint-Cloud in June, was on the front end early and accepted a tow from fellow Wertheimer entry Kenzel (Zelzal), who had been baulked at the break, after the first two furlongs. Shaken up to launch his bid with a quarter-mile remaining, the 7-10 pick gained an edge passing the furlong pole and was ridden out to hold the late threat of Komorebi (Pinatubo) by 3/4-of-a-length. Francis Graffard nominee Vardif (Siyouni) kept on well in the closing stages and finished the same margin adrift in third. Pedigree Notes Nighttime is the third of four foals and one of two scorers out of a full-sister to Listed Height Of Fashion Stakes winner and G2 Ribblesdale Stakes runner-up Mori (Frankel). His dam Daytime (Frankel) is also kin to G3 Sandown Classic Trial and G3 N E Manion Cup victor Midterm (Galileo), stakes-winning G3 Musidora Stakes second Noon Star (Galileo) and the dual stakes-placed Indelible (Shamardal). Nighttime, whose second dam is multiple Group 1-winning GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Midday (Oasis Dream), is a half-brother to G3 Prix Cleopatre victrix Halfday (Lope De Vega) and a weanling colt by Zarak. A colt of real potential for @CHeadRacing! Nighttime digs deep to land the Group Three Prix la Rochette at ParisLongchamp! pic.twitter.com/TYqReypcAC — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025 The post Nighttime Continues Ascent With La Rochette Triumph at ParisLongchamp appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The signs are that the end of summer is bringing a new force into the reckoning in St Mark's Basilica and Coolmore's first-crop sire was at the forefront again on Thursday as his daughter Aylin captured Doncaster's G2 May Hill Stakes. Third last time in Goodwood's seven-furlong G3 Prestige Stakes, Al Shaqab and Amo Racing's 5-1 second favourite relished this stamina-sapping mile test and stayed on for David Egan to overhaul Pacific Mission (Lope De Vega) late on and score by 3/4 of a length. “I thought she was going to struggle three out, but the extra furlong suited her,” trainer Karl Burke said. “She ran well last time, but got in a little bit of trouble. The question is now whether to go again in the Fillies' Mile or Marcel Boussac. She was very fit today and so it's a little bit of a question mark as to how she will take this race and whether another run will be one too many.” So game! AYLIN battles to victory in the Group 2 @Betfred May Hill Stakes…@DavidEgan99 | @karl_burke | @DoncasterRaces pic.twitter.com/5yoX7wBSPL — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025 The post St Mark’s Basilica Momentum Continues As Aylin Takes The May Hill appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Due to the structure of Doncaster's Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes on Thursday, Advertise's Calendar Girl was “chucked in” as they say in Britain and duly scooped the big 6 1/2-furlong pot for her Kennet Valley Syndicate. Carrying 8-3 due to her sire's Sales median, the Owen Burrows-trained 45,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 purchase who had won at Newbury and been second at Epsom over seven was produced late by Saffie Osborne to overwhelm the Harry's Half Million winner Song Of The Clyde (Sergei Prokofiev) in the closing stages and prevail by half a length. “Dropping back a half-furlong wasn't ideal, but they went quick and her ability got her through,” Burrows said of the winner, whose yearling three-parts brother also goes to the October Book 2 Sale as lot 1090. “She had 8-3 as well and that helped. She's a big girl and she wants a mile, Jim [Crowley] really liked her first time and thought she was a Stakes filly, but she's had a hard race there so we'll see.” Off bottom weight, Calendar Girl lands the Weatherbys Scientific £300,000 2-Y-O Stakes! @DoncasterRaces | @OsborneSaffie | @OwenBurrowsRace pic.twitter.com/6lEV2iGivY — At The Races (@AtTheRaces) September 11, 2025 The post Calendar Girl Swoops For Valuable Doncaster Prize appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Presenter-driver-trainer Brittany Graham knows a thing or two about racing on both sides of the Tasman and now that the Queenslander is working for Trackside in this country she’s (reluctantly) agreed to write a weekly column. By Brittany Graham As the harness racing scene really starts to heat up, here is what has caught my eye this week. Black Booker War Chief was exceptional on debut in the first heat of the Woodlands Sires Stakes for two-year-old colts and geldings behind Cyclone Rebel and appears to have a very bright future. Drawing gate 12, the big son of Captaintreacherous was spotting the leaders close to 10 lengths with a lap to go before charging home to only be beaten a length. He tracked the eventual winner, before tipping extremely wide on the turn and doing his best work in the last 100 metres. He recorded the quickest closing sectionals of the race and gives all impressions that he will improve from the debut run and a better gate next time. He also lacks for nothing in the breeding department and operates out of the right stable (Purdon and Phelan). Trial Star Treasure Cove was of many eyecatchers at the Rangiora trials on Wednesday as part of a star-studded line up. A two-time winner from 13 career starts to date, the Stonewall trainee has seemingly enjoyed a mid-season break after making a mistake at his last start in the Kotare Downs Rangiora 3YO Stakes back in May. I noticed some gear changes to try and iron out some of his previous tractability issues, and he went to the line under a strong hold in a quick last section. Returning on a kind enough rating of 45, he should find himself in the winner’s circle at short notice if that trial was anything to go by. Australian News Kevin Seymour has confirmed that ‘Operation New Zealand Cup’ is officially underway with his superstar pacer Leap To Fame. While it has been a long-term plan, the enticement to stay home for the revamped Queensland Summer Carnival including the Blacks A Fake and Sunshine Sprint was a topic of contention. The now richest standardbred of all time in the Southern Hemisphere is only a fortnight away from trialing before he targets the Victoria Cup on October 18 at Melton. ‘Larry’ is doubtful to have a preparatory race start on New Zealand soil, instead likely heading to the Cup Trial to get familiar with Addington Raceway. His stablemate Aroda is once again nominated after taking his place in the 2024 edition of the great race, however, would need to improve his current ranking 23. More likely to join his stablemate is star three-year-old Fate Awaits who is being targeted towards The Velocity and New Zealand Derby post his luckless Eureka 9th last Saturday at Menangle. Milestone Watch After his successful steer aboard stable runner The Night Agent in the last at Alexandra Park last Friday night, Scott Phelan now sits on 599 career driving successes. He will partner Im Sandra Dee as his lone drive this weekend when the in-form filly takes on a Nevele R Fillies heat as race 6 in Auckland on Friday night. Despite taking a back seat for regular stable driver Zachary Butcher more often than not these days, Phelan is operating with a very healthy UDR of .254 in the sulky this season. Best of the Weekend Belle Neige is a trotting mare in excellent form, in search of three straight victories at Alexandra Park on Friday night. With an excellent mobile record and plenty of prior gate speed, she should be able to maintain the gate advantage over her main market rival Matty A. View the full article

What Geelong Races Where Geelong Racecourse – 99 Breakwater Rd, Breakwater VIC 3219 When Friday, September 12, 2025 First Race 1:10pm AEST Visit Dabble Geelong Racecourse is set to host a competitive eight-race meeting this Friday afternoon on a track rated a Soft 5. Showers are forecast for race day, but it shouldn’t see the track downgrade further than the Soft 5 posted at the time of acceptances. The rail will be out 4m from 1700m to 800m and 6m for the remainder, with the first race jumping at 1:10pm AEST. Best Bet at Geelong: Bring Forth Progressive stayer Bring Forth has found his groove and strikes a BM66 (2440m) that sets up beautifully. He’s rock-hard fit, stays all day, and draws to park on speed without working from gate five. The Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) yard rarely misses when they aim one at these provincial staying races, and the 1.5kg claim for Luke Cartwright keeps him nicely in at the weights. Tactically, he can control the race outside the leader, build from the 800m and break them with a sustained run. If the track plays fair, his staying strength should prove the difference late. Best Bet Race 5 – #2 Bring Forth (5) 5yo Gelding | T: Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr) | J: Luke Cartwright (a1.5) (62kg) Next Best at Geelong: Act Natural Phillip Stokes looks to have found the right maiden for Act Natural. He’s been ultra-consistent with a picket fence of seconds around him, and the race shape here looks perfect: genuine tempo from a few drawn wide should let Daniel Stackhouse slide across from gate nine, land one-off with cover, and produce at the 300m. His ratings are already good enough to win an average provincial maiden, and a Soft 5 shouldn’t blunt his turn of foot. With race fitness on side and a tidy map, Act Natural gets every chance to break through. Next Best Race 2 – #1 Act Natural (9) 4yo Gelding | T: Phillip Stokes | J: Daniel Stackhouse (59.5kg) Best Value at Geelong: Rubology At double-figure odds with horse racing bookmakers, Rubology appeals each-way in the penultimate event. He resumes off a stable switch with a strong fresh record and brings metro-benchmark form lines that read well against this lot. The map looks kind: from barrier 11 Craig Newitt can slide across to sit one-off just behind a hot tempo, then angle into clear air from the 400m. If the inside chops out late, that wider lane suits his style. Best Value Race 7 – #2 Rubology (11) 6yo Gelding | T: Peter Gelagotis | J: Craig Newitt (61kg) Friday quaddie tips for Geelong Geelong quadrella selections Friday, September 12, 2025 5-10-11 1-2 1-2-3-11 4-6-10-14 Horse racing tips View the full article

Tom Marquand has been confirmed as the partner of Goodwood Cup hero and ante-post favourite Scandinavia (Justify), who is set to head a field of seven in Saturday's G1 Betfred St Leger. With Ryan Moore on the sidelines and Wayne Lordan suspended, Sean Levey will partner dual Derby hero Lambourn (Australia) and Mickael Barzalona picks up the ride aboard Great Voltigeur fourth Stay True (Galileo). In addition to the Ballydoyle trio, Ireland is represented by Queen's Vase victor and Great Voltigeur runner-up Carmers (Wootton Bassett), who will be partnered by Billy Lee. The home defence consists of the Andrew Balding-trained duo Furthur (Waldgeist) and Tarriance (Frankel), and Roger Varian trainee Rahiebb (Frankel). Across the Irish Sea, Leopardstown plays host to the opening day of Irish Champions Weekend and Christophe Soumillon is on duty aboard Eclipse hero Delacroix (Dubawi) in the eight-runner G1 Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes, while Chris Hayes deputises for the injured Jim Crowley aboard Anmaat (Awtaad). Susumu Fujita's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe entry Shin Emperor (Siyouni) will be piloted by regular jockey Ryusei Sakai in the Foxrock venue's feature event. Earlier on the Leopardstown programme, a mouthwatering clash is in store with 11 fillies declared for the G1 Coolmore America Justify Matron Stakes. Last month's Prix Rothschild first and second Fallen Angel (Too Darn Hot) and January (Kingman) are set to renew rivalry in the one-mile contest with James Doyle aboard the Wathnan Racing contender and Christophe Soumillon on duty for the latter. Coronation Stakes heroine and Nassau Stakes runner-up Cercene (Australia) has been ridden by Gary Carroll in all eight career starts and the Kildare native maintains his association with the Joseph Murphy trainee. The post Marquand Set for Scandinavia Ride in the St Leger, Soumillon at Leopardstown for Delacroix appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The dust is settling on a big opening week of the 2025-26 Hong Kong racing season and it seemed like as good a time as any to run through a few things to look out for this term. The return of the Warrior It’s now been over five months since Romantic Warrior raced and the clock is ticking if trainer Danny Shum Chap-shing wants to get the world’s highest-earning racehorse ready for a tilt at a fourth straight Group One Hong Kong Cup (2,000m) victory in December. Last seen running a brave second in...View the full article

Chris So Wai-yin has high hopes that Lightness Of Music can make a winning return at Sha Tin on Sunday despite fearing the exciting debut winner might need further than 1,000m. One of several progressive youngsters unveiled by So last season, Lightness Of Music backed up his strong trial form to cruise to a two-length success up the straight in June. The performance left a lasting impression on So and champion jockey Zac Purton, who teams up again with the now four-year-old in Sunday’s Class...View the full article

Jamie Richards’ stable stocks continued to rise at Happy Valley on Wednesday night after the New Zealand trainer slotted his second double in two meetings as Storming Dragon (Star Turn) claimed joint leadership of the HK$1.5 million DBS x Manulife Million Challenge. Fresh from a brace at the season-opening fixture at Sha Tin on Sunday, Richards struck with Storming Dragon and To Infinity (NZ) (Darci Brahma) to erase the memories of a challenging 2024/25 campaign when he saddled 21 winners. “It’s incredible. We had 21 winners for the whole of last season and now we’ve had four winners in two meetings,” Richards said after Brenton Avdulla drove Storming Dragon to an emphatic victory in the Class 3 Wan Chai Handicap (1200m). “I’m very, very happy. It’s quite hard to explain, really. To Infinity was a bit of a surprise but Storming Dragon had run consistently well all last season, and he trialled well behind Ka Ying Rising and My Wish and Brenton gave him a lovely ride. “It’s a wonderful start to the season for the whole team and I must thank them for all the work they’ve done in the off-season.” To Infinity won the second section of the Class 4 Kwun Tong Handicap (1650m) under Alexis Badel for Richards, securing his seventh course and distance success. Bred by The Oaks Stud, To Infinity was purchased after a trial placing in New Zealand, while Storming Dragon is another graduate of the New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale, purchased for $330,000 by Richards and Andrew Williams from the draft of Kilgravin Lodge. Earning a maximum 15 points for the win in the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge, Storming Dragon shares early leadership with Danny Shum’s Wrote A New Page (NZ) (Wrote), who slotted his third win in a row with a typically gritty performance in the Class 3 Central Handicap (1650m) under Harry Bentley. Having lost touch with leader Highland Rahy on the home turn after sitting second in the run, Wrote A New Page responded with trademark application to wear down the race favourite. “It was a tough effort. I really liked him last season but was always conscious of the fact he grinds out his races and he’s got stamina in bags,” Bentley said. “At the top of the straight, Highland Rahy put a good bit of distance between the two of us and I thought it was a lot to claw back. “But his stamina kicked in and saw him through and there should be more with this horse. He’s a bit unearthed. I feel he’s one of those horses where you are always scratching away at the surface and finding a little more each time. “I’m not sure where his top is at the moment but, for me, he’s just going to be a better horse over long distance.” Wrote A New Page was purchased by Sammy Ma for $75,000 from the Karaka yearling draft of Highview Stud. View the full article

An Australian winter spell has agreed with Group One winner Pier (NZ) (Proisir), who is set to kick-off his spring preparation in the Gr.2 Theo Marks Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The six-year-old son of Proisir performed with distinction in Brisbane earlier this year, placing in the Gr.3 BRC Sprint (1350m) before winning the Listed The Wayne Wilson (1600m), and enjoyed some downtime in the warmer climes of Queensland. Trainers Darryn and Briar Weatherley have been pleased with the way he has returned, with the gelding undertaking his early preparation in Queensland before joining Darryn Weatherley in Sydney where he finished runner-up in his 790m trial at Warwick Farm last week. “He spelled and pre-trained up in Brisbane, so he has been over here the whole time,” Darryn Weatherley said. “He has settled in at Warwick Farm really well, is eating well and working well. He trialled up really well, I am very pleased with him.” While pleased with his charge ahead of his first-up run, Weatherley said the wet weather in Sydney may hamper his chances this weekend. “He is looking good and whatever he does on Saturday he will improve on. He will be in need of the run,” he said. “They have had quite a bit of rain over here so that track is going to be a little bit testing. He handles all types of footing, but it just may be a bit too testing for his fitness.” Weatherley has some lofty ambitions with Pier this spring, with the Gr.1 Epsom Handicap (1600m) his next target, and his performance in that race will dictate whether they press on towards the Gr.1 Cox Plate (2040m) at The Valley next month. “I am really happy with the was he is,” Weatherley said. “I would just like to see him run a nice race and give us confidence going into the next run, which is the Epsom, which he will be spot on for. “His form will dictate where he goes. If he runs a battling 12th in the Epsom, you wouldn’t want to be putting him on a float to take on Via Sistina in the Cox Plate. He would have to be pretty competitive in a race like the Epsom to warrant going to Melbourne.” Meanwhile, back in New Zealand, stablemate Mali Ston (NZ) (El Roca) will be on trial for an elite-level assignment when he heads to Te Rapa on Sunday to contest the Power Farming – We Keep You Growing 1200. The Group One performer disappointed when finishing 11th in the Gr.2 Foxbridge Plate (1200m) at the Hamilton track last month, and Weatherley is hoping for an improved showing from the eight-year-old gelding this weekend. “He was a little bit disappointing in the Foxbridge Plate at first glance but being that little bit older he probably needed it,” he said. “We are going back to 1200m, he is probably ready for a 1400m, but if they are getting the rain, a 1200m will be like a 1400m. He has got a lot of weight to carry (62kg) and we have elected to go with a claim with Ashlee Strawbridge (apprentice jockey). “It would be nice to see him hit the line and tell us that he still wants to be there because I know he certainly has got the ability, but as they get older and whether he is as genuine as he used to be, that is also a bit of a question mark, so I am looking forward to watching him on Sunday.” Mali Ston holds a nomination for the Gr.1 Howden Insurance Mile (1600m) later this month, but Weatherley said those plans are reliant on Sunday’s performance. “It is still in the mix, but for him to go there he will need to win and win impressively,” he said. On Friday at Matamata, his half-sister Nasha Mala (NZ) (Proisir) will be out to break through for her maiden win in the Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series (1400m). “She just needs a bit of luck in the running,” Weatherley said. “She has had a couple of hard runs in her last campaign and she probably isn’t blessed with the same ability as Mali Ston, but I think she has got a win in her somewhere.” View the full article

Jamie Richards is off to a flyer in Hong Kong, training 4 winners from 7 runners. Richards says “The success couldn’t have come at a better time”. Listen Here : Jamie Richards 11.09.2025 View the full article

The curtain has come down on the career of champion jumper The Cossack (NZ) (The Cossack). A winner of 15 jumping races, The Cossack returned this season after sustaining a suspensory ligament injury that he suffered just days out from last year’s Grand National Steeplechase (5500m), but after fourth placed efforts in the Wellington Steeplechase (4900m) and Pakuranga Hunt Cup (4300m), his trainers Paul Nelson and Corrina McDougal decided he had nothing left to prove. “We’d been talking about it and he hadn’t been performing quite as well this season as he had done, so we were very cautious of him going out and finishing on a low point, having been such a great performer,” Nelson said. “We were happy to finish with the Pakuranga, he possibly doesn’t handle 6400m on a Heavy track as well, which we would probably get in the Northern.” Bred and initially raced by Ivan Grieve, the son of Mastercraftsman commenced his career in the care of John Bary, who prepared him to two victories on the flat and a fourth placing in the Gr.3 Manawatu Classic (2000m). Late in the 2018/19 season, The Cossack stepped out over fences for the first time, and on the recommendation of top hoop Aaron Kuru, Nelson decided to purchase the promising gelding for $30,000, alongside Ivan’s brother Peter and nephew Chief Stipe Grieve, and John Frizzell. Nelson and McDougal took over The Cossack’s training and he rose rapidly through the ranks in his second season hurdling, culminating in his first prestige success in the Great Northern Hurdle (4190m) at Ellerslie. While he was still a relatively inexperienced jumper, that first Northern crown and what followed came as no surprise to Nelson. “Aaron Kuru schooled him over jumps and he recommended him to us, he thought he felt the goods,” he said. “He ran second in his first hurdle start for us, then won two hurdle races at Te Aroha by 19 and 20 lengths, so we knew from there that he was a pretty fair horse. “After that first Northern, he won another eight jumping races in a row, as well as the Road to the Jericho. “We just looked forward to the next race with a horse like him.” Among his nine-straight jumping victories was the Waikato Hurdle (3200m), Wellington Hurdle (3100m), Grand National Hurdles (4200m), a second Great Northern Hurdle (4200m), KS Browne Hurdle (3100m) and Hawke’s Bay Hurdle (3100m), nearly the complete set of New Zealand’s prestige hurdle races. “He always gave 100 percent every time,” Nelson said. “Although he could be hard to settle early in his races, when he did settle, you could ride forward or back, it didn’t matter, and he could sprint at the end of these races if he needed to.” After his Hawke’s Bay win, Nelson and McDougal decided to test The Cossack across the Tasman, and despite carrying six kilos more than the winner, he came agonisingly close to claiming the Australian Grand National Steeplechase (4500m), going down by a short head to St Arnicca (Canford Cliffs). “We wanted to have a try, but unfortunately he was so high in his hurdle rating, so when he ran in the Grand National Hurdles, he was weighted well above any other horse over there,” Nelson said. “He lost a point or two for running fifth, but in Australia, they don’t have separate ratings for hurdles and steeples, so he was only having his second steeplechase start in the Grand National Steeples there and carried topweight. “I don’t think that system is doing the jumping in Australia any good because the good hurdlers are so high in the handicap so they don’t convert to steeplechasing. Whereas in New Zealand, a good hurdler can go out on the minimum in a maiden steeplechase, and move up the ratings accordingly, as he was able to here. “It was pretty tough on him, but he ran a hell of a good race and we were very proud of him, as we were every time he raced.” Upon his return to New Zealand, The Cossack continued steeplechasing and added two successive Waikato Steeplechase (3900m) wins, a Pakuranga Hunt Cup and Wellington Steeplechase to his record. The 12-year-old heads into retirement having shown serious versatility, with four wins on the flat, nine over hurdles and six in the steeplechasing role accumulating over $700,000 in stakes. He was twice crowned Champion Jumper at the Horse of the Year Awards and is right up there in the best Nelson has trained. “I couldn’t really pick between him and No Hero, this horse won nine in a row, and No Hero won eight steeplechases in a row,” he said. “I think of them in the same class. “He’ll go out to a nice paddock now for a spell, and after that, we will look for someone that he will suit. He’s not the easiest to ride as he does like sticking his head in the air when it’s time to go so we’ll be careful, but he can have a good rest first. “It’s been a great ride for myself and the owners, he’s a very special horse and provided them with a lot of exciting times.” View the full article

by Jessica Martini, Christina Bossinakis, and Jill Williams LEXINGTON, KY -The only thing that could slow down the momentum of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale was a brief interruption in Wednesday's action when the fire alarms late in the day caused the evacuation of the pavilion. “We joked in the back ring the market was so hot, it set the fire alarms off,” Keeneland's Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy said with a chuckle after the dust had settled on another competitive day of bidding at the first of two Book 2 sessions. During the session, 221 yearlings grossed $85,702,000. The average rose 22.02% from last year's opening Book 2 session and the median rose 18.18% to $325,000. At last year's corresponding session, 220 horses sold for $69,917,000 for an average of $317,805 and a median of $275,000. “It was incredible,” Lacy said of Wednesday's market. “I think we knew there was a really, really good group of horses. A lot of these horses who were bringing big money were ones that we were lobbying to get into earlier sessions, so we knew the fire power was still here. And the money was obviously well represented.” With 100 horses reported not sold at the close of business Wednesday night, the buy-back rate for the session was 31.15%. “There is realism in the market as well,” Lacy said, pointing to the buy-back rate. “It was not that it was all easy going. You had to be realistic with your reserves. That's a testament that it's not just people throwing money at stuff. People are doing their homework, they are doing what they feel is their due diligence and they are paying a premium for what they want. Quality is getting rewarded heavily.” Trade was brisk during day three, book 2 | Keeneland Spendthrift Farm purchased the session topper late in the day, going to $1.9 million for a colt by Gun Runner from the Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa consignment. The colt was one of 13 to bring seven figures on the day–up from three at the same session a year ago. “The 13 seven-figure horses were bought by 11 different buyers and they are by 10 different stallions,” said Keeneland Senior Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach. “There is still a great variety of activity here and great variety in the catalogue. Pretty much everybody who was here over the weekend is still here and still hunting and still with money to spend trying to find fast horses. That's really rewarding to us and the whole team at Keeneland.” Wednesday's 13 seven-figure yearlings–a record for an opening Book 2 session–brought the total through three days of the auction to 48, surpassing the auction's previous all-time record of 40 set in 2005. The buzz felt throughout the pavilion and grounds had buyers and sellers reminiscing about another sales era. “It's incredible,” said bloodstock agent Mike Ryan. “I don't think we've seen anything like this since Keeneland July in the '80s with the likes of Sheikh Mohammed and Robert Sangster. I think the strength of the sale will trickle down to the rest of the sale. With the dark day Friday, Saturday's horses will get shopped very well.” Peter O'Callaghan, who sold a $1.3-million son of Jackie's Warrior through his Woods Edge Farm consignment Wednesday, said these home runs are needed for the health of the breeding industry. “Horses like this have to make up for a lot,” O'Callaghan said of the million-dollar yearling. “Big farms like ours, we can't continue to operate unless we get a couple of scores like this. Operational costs are so astronomical now with the payroll, vet bills, stud fees, everything, that if we don't get a couple of scores, we can't continue. That's what we all need. Anybody who gets a score in this game has absolutely earned it.” The Keeneland September sale continues with a final Book 2 session Thursday beginning at 11 a.m. ET. Following a dark day Friday, the auction continues through Sept. 20 with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m. ET. Baffert 'Humbled' as Co-Breeder of $1.9-Million Gun Runner Colt Sold to Spendthrift Bob Baffert is not usually one to be lost for words, but the Hall of Fame trainer admitted he was still processing the experience after watching a Gun Runner (hip 731) colt he co-bred sell for $1.9 million to Spendthrift Farm Wednesday at Keeneland. “I have never been in this situation before,” Baffert said. “I am taking it all in right now.” Baffert trained the session topper's stakes-placed dam Ginja (Quality Road) on behalf of his wife, Jill. The colt was co-bred on a foal share with Three Chimneys' Goncalo Torrealba. “I am not much of a breeder,” Baffert said. “I did it for my wife, Jill. I asked Goncalo if he would do a foal share because I really liked the mare. I have to thank him for doing the foal share, and Hill 'n' Dale for raising him and selling him.” Of his expectations sending the colt through the ring with the Hill 'n' Dale consignment Wednesday, Baffert said, “You never know. It's a crazy sale. Jill is watching and we sold one earlier for $100,000. I thought this one would bring more. But all of a sudden everybody was liking him. I thought maybe $500,000 or something. Jill was very excited about it. She called me up and asked if it was for real.” Ned Toffey with Bob Baffert | Keeneland Jill Baffert was back on the West Coast where her colors were carried to victory in the GI Del Mar Debutante by Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) last Saturday. “Jill has had a good week,” Baffert said with a smile. Baffert's limited breeding program also produced Grade I winner Misremembered (Candy Ride {Arg}), who won the 2010 GI Santa Anita Handicap for Jill Baffert and George Jacobs. “I bred Misremembered and he made $1 million and was a Grade I winner,” Baffert said. “Now I can say I sold a horse for a million dollars. I will just add it to my resume.” Baffert watched the colt sell while sitting alongside Summer Wind Farm's Jane Lyon just a section removed from the Spendthrift team. He spoke briefly with Spendthrift's Ned Toffey after the farm's general manager purchased both his colt and the Summer Wind Farm-bred Flightline colt who sold immediately afterwards. “I said, 'Thank you, Ted,” Baffert joked of the conversation. “He said I could stop by in the spring and see if I want to train him.” Baffert added, “I have to thank Spendthrift and everyone who bid on him. I am very humbled by this moment.” .@spendthriftfarm delivers $1.9 million for a Gun Runner colt, consigned by @HillnDaleFarm! #KeeSept pic.twitter.com/fj4tfVWo2E — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 11, 2025 Baffert sold Ginja, in foal to Coady's Wish, for $290,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton November sale. Meanwhile, Toffey, asked about the session topper, quipped, “I'm a little concerned if Bob is getting rid of him.” Toffey added, “He was a beautiful colt. We thought he was one of the best colts in the sale today. We are really happy to get him because it's been a tough market. Nobody is really stealing much here.” Of plans for the yearling, Toffey said, “He will go to Raul Reyes in Ocala who breaks for us. We generally let them get to where they are breezing in the spring before we make a decision on where it makes sense to send each horse. We've got some good options.” @JessMartiniTDN Gainesway Opens Book 2 with a Bang Antony Beck's Gainesway, which sold nine million-dollar yearlings during Book 1 at Keeneland September, rode the market's momentum into Book 2 with a tour de force day of selling Wednesday. The operation sold three of the day's top five priced lots–led by a $1.4-million homebred son of Curlin (hip 652)–and four of the day's 13 million-dollar yearlings. Gainesway was the session's leading consignor with 30 horses sold for $17,165,000. “I thought we had some good horses,” admitted Gainesway's Brian Graves. “As it turned out, it looks like we had a group that was even more competitive than I thought. It's probably a new record for us for Book 2.” Antony Beck with Mike Ryan | Keeneland In addition to hip 652, Gainesway also sold a colt by Not This Time (hip 480), co-bred with Whisper Hill Farm, LLC, and Graves, for $1.35 million to St. Elias, Albaugh Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Railbirds. Mayberry Farm purchased a Gainesway-consigned colt by Tapit (hip 413), bred by Nick Cosato and Tapit Syndicate, for $1.3 million. Rounding out its four million-dollar yearlings Wednesday, Gainesway sold a colt by Constitution (hip 536) on behalf of Stonestreet for $1 million to Spendthrift Farm. “Every year, you look at them and you divide them by what your eye tells you,” Graves said of placing the farm's yearlings between Books 1 and 2. “You make a split and this year we had a high volume of horses. Obviously, the line was a high one. The horses just fit highly into the book and sold probably even better than anticipated.” $1.4 million in the ring for a Curlin colt from the @Gainesway consignment, purchased by Mike Ryan, agent. pic.twitter.com/EHbiZThsnJ — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 10, 2025 During Book 1, Gainesway sold nine million-dollar yearlings, led by a $2.2-million daughter of Flightline (hip 338). The farm was Book 1's second leading consignor with 28 sold for $23,050,000. Graves added, “I would like to thank all of our clients that trust us with their yearlings and make a day like this possible. I am grateful for each and every one of them.” @JessMartiniTDN Looking for More 'Magic' at Keeneland September In 2017, Good Magic rose to the top of the juvenile division, winning the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile for e Five Racing Thoroughbreds and Stonestreet Stables, ultimately garnering the Eclipse Award as champion 2-year-old. At Keeneland Wednesday afternoon, another chestnut colt by Curlin was among the main attractions, commanding a $1.4 million final bid from Mike Ryan, the very same agent that had extended to seven figures at this venue for Good Magic nine years earlier. “He was a duplicate of Good Magic,” Ryan said. “He has the same size, shape, color, movement and class.” Consigned by Gainesway, Hip 652 is out of the Bernardini mare SW and GISP Cherry Lodge, a half-sister to GI Hollywood Futurity winner Stormello, in addition to GSWs My Best Brother and Gala Award. Canadian champion 2 and 3-year-old filly Curlin's Voyage can also be found under second dam Wilshewed. Cherry Lodge was purchased by Gainesway for $450,000 at KEESEP in 2015. “The Curlin was a gorgeous horse,” said Gainesway's Brian Graves. “He was everything you'd want physically with a good pedigree. He could be a stallion prospect, but I'd say that his price exceeded our expectations.” According to Ryan, the Mar. 30 foal has been purchased on behalf of a partnership that includes Jeffrey Drown, who also campaigned GI Blue Grass and GI Woodward winner Zandon (Upstart), third in the Kentucky Derby. Both Good Magic and Zandon were trained by Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown. “I loved him when I saw him at the farm at Gainesway,” recalled Ryan. “At the time, I said how much he reminded me of Good Magic, who turned out to be a really good sire and a great racehorse. I'm hoping lightening can strike again.”” Ryan continued, “I got a chill when I saw him at the farm. He showed himself very well here and came from a great consignment that raised a lot of good horses. The Good Magic factor is what really sold me. He's so like Good Magic.” Of obvious talent at two, Good Magic extended his form into his sophomore season, winning the GI Haskell Stakes and GII Blue Grass and finishing runner-up behind ultimate Triple Crown winner Justify. Regarding his latest acquisition, Ryan explained, “He'll be a 2-year-old, but he won't be limited to one turn. Good Magic was a very good 2-year-old which had the class to stretch on. This colt is one of the nicest Curlins I've seen in a while. Hopefully, I'm proven right.” Ryan also purchased the colt's full-brother at this venue last year for $700,000. Named Mr. Miracle, the colt is also under the care of Brown. “He hasn't run yet,” said Ryan. “He was ready to run at Saratoga, but had a minor setback and he's back training again. We really like him. So that played into the decision as well.”—CBossTDN Albaugh Partners with West Point, St. Elias on Not This Time at KEESEP For the Albaugh Family Stables, homebred Not This Time (Giant's Causeway) showed a world of ability on the racetrack at two, including a win in the GIII Iroquois Stakes and a close-up second in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, but sadly, never had the opportunity to realize his full racing potential after being forced into retirement after the World Championships. $1.35-million Not This Time colt (hip 480) | Keeneland What may have seemed a stroke of misfortune for the Albaughs and trainer Dale Romans at the time, has turned into spun gold in the breeding shed, with the striking dark bay ascending to be among the leading stallions in the nation. Clearly sold on the sire, the Albaugh family joined forces with St. Elias Stable, West Point Thoroughbreds and Railbirds to secure a colt by the Taylor Made sire for $1.35 million during Wednesday's Book 2 opener at Keeneland. It was the fourth highest-priced yearling by the sire at Keeneland through three days of selling. Offered as Hip 480 by Gainesway, the Apr. 8 foal is out of Ridingwiththedevil (Candy Ride {Arg}), making him a half-brother to MGISW Reinvestment Risk (Upstart). “By Not This Time, we own the horse, and it means so much to us that we thought this [colt] was the best one–the best Not This Time of the sale,” said Albaugh Stables' Jason Loutsch. “It's a great cross with Candy Ride, so we're really excited for the opportunity to partner up with Vinnie [Viola] and West Point. Couldn't be more happy to get the colt.” Asked about what Not This Time has meant to the Albaugh family, Dennis Albaugh explained, “He's unbelievable. We couldn't be happier.” “We started him out way young,” he recalled. “He's a homebred, so we raised him out of our mare, [GSW] Miss Macy Sue [Trippi], too. Now to come to the sale and see Not This Time just routinely going for high prices. The only negative is we're trying to buy them! And now we're having to pay up on our own bloodstock. It couldn't be better and we are very fortunate.” Jason Loutsch and Dennis Albaugh | Keeneland The chestnut was bred by a partnership of Whisper Hill Farm, Gainesway Thoroughbreds and Brian Graves. Gainesway secured Ridingwiththedevil–in foal to Practical Joke–for $210,000 at Fasig-Tipton November in 2022. A total of 11 yearlings by Not This Time sold for $7,790,000, averaging $708,182 Wednesday. The media was $700,000. “The versatility of [Not This Time's offspring], they run on everything, every distance,” said Albaugh's son-in-law, Loutsch. “That's what is so important to all these buyers. If they don't run on dirt, try them on turf–they are all going to run. We can't be more proud of them.”—CBossTDN Tapit Colt to C R K Stable The Keeneland September sale produced its 36th million-dollar yearling when April Mayberry, bidding on behalf of CRK Stable's Lee Searing, went to $1.3 million to acquire a colt by Tapit (hip 413) from the Gainesway consignment early in Wednesday's third session of the auction. “April Mayberry and her staff loved that horse,” Searing said of the purchase. “They had been looking at him for a couple of days. So we got here and loved that horse.” Searing said he knew he was going up against some big guns bidding on the half-brother to Grade I winner Drain the Clock (Maclean's Music). “When it stopped at $1.15 and we knew it was Spendthrift, I was surprised they stopped,” Searing said. “I was about where I was going to stop, but we threw a few more bids in there and it worked.” The gray colt is out of Manki (Arch) and was bred by Nick Cosato and Tapit Syndicate. Cosato also bred Drain the Clock and his Slam Dunk Racing was co-owner of the chestnut who won the 2021 GI Woody Stephens Stakes and now resides at Gainesway. Searing was hoping to be active in Book 2 after making one purchase during the auction's boutique Book 1. “We bought one horse in Book 1,” he said. “Book 1 was more money than I think most people imagined. But Book 2 has always been really good. So we are here to buy more horses. We are specifically looking right now for colts. We have a lot of fillies, raced a lot of good fillies, too, this year.” @JessMartiniTDN 'Very Special Horse': $1.3-Million Jackie's Warrior Colt Rewards O'Callaghan's Faith After Peter O'Callaghan paid $385,000 for a colt from the first crop of Jackie's Warrior at last year's Keeneland November sale, the horseman admitted, “It was a ridiculous amount of money for him last November. My parents told me I was a crazy man. And I have been sweating it all the year.” It all came right in spades Wednesday at Keeneland when the colt (hip 546) sold for $1.3 million to the bid of Jacob West, acting on behalf of Robert and Lawana Low. $1.3-million Jackie's Warrior colt (Hip 546) | Keeneland “He was a very special horse,” O'Callaghan recalled of his early impressions of the bay. “In my personal opinion, he was the best foal in the whole November sale last year. I overpaid for him at the time, for a freshman sire, but I wasn't leaving the sale without him. He was a special individual–the athleticism, the natural strength of him and his conformation was flawless. He had a beautiful head and expression. And everything moved. He took one step and he was halfway down the lane. Those kinds of horses are hard to come by.” The yearling, bred by Dixiana Farm, is out of Taking Aim (Trappe Shot) and is a half-brother to graded winner Taking Candy (Twirling Candy) and graded-placed Rascality (Into Mischief). Taking Aim is a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar (Tapit). “He came back a spectacular animal,” O'Callaghan said. “He was not in his stall for two days. He walked up and down there like a champion every time. He had absolutely bottomless energy. Not many have that. We are extremely grateful to Jacob West and Mr. and Mrs. Low for buying him. And all of the people who were interested in him. It is a privilege for us when we bring a horse to sale and so many people like him.” @JessMartiniTDN 30 Minutes of the Best Kind of Fun for McDonald The principal of Eaton Sales, accustomed to seeing top horses pass through his consignment, had two seven-figure yearlings in a short time Wednesday, but wasn't about to rest on any laurels. “I'll take more,” said Eaton's Reiley McDonald. “You never really know if you have a seven-figure horse until it goes through the ring.” Hip 522, the first of Eaton's two millionaires in the first session of Book 2, is a chestnut colt by Not This Time out of MSW & GSP Stageplay (Curlin). Bred by Mike G. Rutherford in Kentucky, the April colt sold for $1.2 million to Repole Stable and Delta Squad Racing. McDonald was full of praise for the colt. $1.2-million Not This Time colt (hip 522) | Photographer “He's just an extraordinarily good-looking horse,” he said. “I think if you took that horse and took a picture, that could be the one in the conformation book for people to study to see what a profile should look like. Beautiful neck, great shoulder, perfect length, good hip, great mover. Just all the quality in the world to be around.” McDonald thinks the colt has a big future. “He's just a really, really good physical,” said McDonald. “We're talking sire right now.” Just 30 minutes later, McDonald got a second millionaire on the day when hip 544, a bay colt by Good Magic out of Tactical Range (Union Rags) brought $1 million when selling to Donato Lanni, agent for SF Racing/Starlight/Madaket. Bred by Perrine Time Thoroughbreds, the colt was a pinhook, having gone through the Keeneland November ring last November for $275,000 when picked up by BT Stables. “This one was just a beautiful colt,” said McDonald. “Everybody that saw him loved him. Great mover, beautiful neck and shoulder, average length. Big, big walker and just a lovely horse.” Like several others around the sales pavilion, McDonald commented on the positive market. “It's a good market and fortunately we brought two good horses to the right spot.” ––JillWilliamsTDN Hugo Merry Goes to $1.175M for Ghostzapper Half to Late Ruling Court In 2023, Nursery Place brought a Justify yearling to this sale who was purchased for $150,000, pinhooked to the Arqana Breeze-Up Sale for €2.3 million, and went on to win the 2,000 Guineas. It's a success story only tempered by news two weeks ago that Ruling Court has since been euthanized following complications from laminitis. Wednesday, consigner Nursery Place was back late in the session with a Ghostzapper half-sister to Ruling Court, and was rewarded by a prolonged bidding war that saw Hugo Merry Bloodstock sign the ticket for $1.175 million. Bred in Kentucky by Nursery Place, Manfuso, and Wilhite, the daughter of Inchargeofme (High Chaparral {Ire}) was sold as hip 762. “I knew there was a lot of interest in her and it was frustrating me because I didn't want to go anything like that sort of money,” said Merry, “but it's what the market is today, isn't it? It's an extraordinary market. It feels like the 80s, when I was very young here.” Merry bought the bay filly on behalf of Imad Al Sagar's Blue Diamond Stud, which added Stonereath Farm near Paris, Kentucky to his portfolio in 2023. Griffin Mayer and Hugo Merry | Keeneland “This filly will probably go to Europe to race where he's got another farm and where he's a very successful breeder and owner,” said Merry, who added that Al Sagar usually uses John Gosden and Andre Fabre as trainers. “Imad is a very brave man and he's a very successful owner. He owned Authorized, who won the Derby. Nashwa is his most recent top, top filly and hopefully this one will live up to her price.” When asked about the Ghostzapper filly, Merry said, “She is just a very sweet filly who is a beautiful horse. Ghostzapper gets some turf horses and we thought she was a very nice, lovely, balanced filly and hopefully would work in both America and Europe.” He continued: “Also, she's a half to a Classic winner by a tremendous broodmare sire, so for a breeder like him there's a lot of residual value there.” Merry said this filly was the only yearling he'd been able to purchase over the three days of the sale so far. He'd been beaten out on several others and said it was “very tough” to successfully buy a good horse this week, but he was delighted to get this one for Blue Diamond. “[Al Sagar] is very committed to the business, loves the business, and hopefully he's got many years and a lot of success ahead, otherwise I'm going to get the boot,” Merry said with a laugh. The 25-year-old Ghostzapper, who most recently stood in 2024 in Kentucky at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, spent the 2025 season at Adena Springs North covering a limited book of mares. He's had a resurgence of sorts these last few years, winning Breeders' Cup races the last three years running with Goodnight Olive and Moira. ––JillWilliamsTDN Tom Ryan's Team gets a Repeat of Last Year with Nyquist Colt When Donato Lanni, agent for SF/Starlight/Madaket, signed for a Nyquist colt Wednesday out of SP Velvet Sister (Bernardini) for $1.05 million Wednesday, it may have sparked a little bit of deja vu for SF Racing's Tom Ryan. “We bought a beautiful colt by Nyquist here last year called Kristofferson that we're very excited about,” said Ryan. The team had gone to $1.15 million for Kristofferson a year ago, now a winner at Del Mar in his only start Aug. 31. The group's other Nyquist purchase at last year's edition of this sale is named Taj Mahal and has not yet seen the starting gate in the afternoon. The group paid $525,000 for him. This year's Nyquist yearling is a bay colt consigned by Summerfield. Sold as hip 573, he was bred by Stonestreet. “He's bred and raised the right way,” said Ryan. “A Stonestreet colt by Nyquist, looks very fast. We've seen it with [Baoma Corp's 'TDN Rising Star', MGSW, & GISP] Nysos: Nyquist can really produce brilliance. Nyquist to us is a very elite stallion and we're happy to be involved.” He continued: “[Hip 573] is a horse that has to jump through a lot of hoops. One, [bloodstock agent] Donato [Lanni] needs to like him. Two, [Hall of Fame trainer] Bob [Baffert] needs to get there. He's a colt that met all the criteria that we've put in place.” The SF Racing, Starlight, and Madaket partnership closed out Wednesday with 10 yearlings purchased over the first three sessions of the September sale. Their purchases included a Good Magic colt (hip 544), who brought $1 million, and two $900,000 colts by Gun Runner, including a son of multiple champion Songbird (hip 128). “It's been a great market here the last couple of days,” said Ryan. “We feel fortunate to be on the board again, so we'll keep rolling.” ––JillWilliamsTDN Lael Remains Active at Keeneland Wednesday Gun Runner continued to be popular at Keeneland this week, with a filly out of SW Stronger Than Ever (Congrats) bringing $950,000 from agent Chief Stipe Cauthen, acting on behalf of Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stables. The filly named One Family Strong was the sole purchase for the Jacksons in the Book 2 opener. Consigned by Gainesway, Hip 536 is a full-sister to MSP Denington. This represents the family of GI Hollywood Gold Cup winner Rail Trip. The Apr. 19 foal was bred by GRS, Fern Circle Stables and Magdalena Racing. A $310,000 purchase at Keeneland September in 2016, Stronger Than Ever–in foal to Candy Ride (Arg)–RNA'd for $285,000 at Keeneland last November. $950k One Family Strong (Hip 536) | Keeneland “It was a foal share,” confirmed Cauthen. “I've been fortunate enough to see her a couple of times and just the development she's had even in the last month has been pretty tremendous.” He added, “She's by a great sire…she just moved so well, she was kind of the top filly for the Jacksons today.” Pointing to the stalwart Three Chimneys sire, Cauthen explained, “He gets runners of all shapes and sizes. They all walk, they all move well and they've got great minds. He can get a sprinter type, he can get a two-turn type, and he can get a turf horse. It's kind of amazing. Obviously, he's known in the U.S. for dirt horses, but we think he can do anything. The Jacksons wanted to pick up some Gun Runners, so it worked out well.” In Book 1, the Jacksons purchased a filly by Practical Joke out of Collegeville Girl (Hip 285) for $975,000, in addition to a colt by Speightstown out of Golden Review (Hip 344) for $750,000. “It's pretty crazy wild. It's very strong,” said Cauthen of the sale's activity thus far. “But I just heard somebody saying that you have to participate in the market that you're in and it's a really strong market so you have to adjust your expectations.”—CBossTDN After a Scare, Candy Ride Filly Gives Penns a Career High Kendra Penn and her husband Alex enjoyed their biggest sales success as breeders when a filly by Candy Ride (Arg) (hip 493) sold for $900,000 to the bid of Pin Oak Stud Wednesday at Keeneland, but the path to the sales ring was anything but smooth sailing. “Something spooked her and she just went flying backwards and reared up and landed by the tree and then she got up and leapt backwards again. And I went down,” Kendra Penn, sporting ripped jeans and skinned arms, recalled of the walk from Penn Sales's barn 28 to the sales pavilion. Of her thoughts as the filly careened through the Keeneland backstretch, Penn smiled and said, “Don't let go. I can't let go. Stop baby.” The yearling did indeed stop and made her way to the sales ring without further incident. She even earned a big kiss from Penn after the hammer fell. “The reserve was $200,000,” Penn said. “We thought she would do better than that, but we can't afford to push them. We are not in the market to race. We had all of the right people on her. She had shown lights out for the last four days and every day just kept working harder and harder. I walked over 22 miles in four days showing her. Every time, she came out a class act and put on a show.” $900k Candy Ride filly (Hip 493) | Keeneland Alex and Kendra Penn, who have six or seven broodmares, purchased the yearling's dam, Seeking a Star (Pioneerof the Nile), for $25,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale. “This is the third filly we have out of that mare,” Penn said. “And they are all the same. They will work so hard for you. My husband and I and his dad, we do everything ourselves. We have all been there from the time they are born. We are there every day. And they work so hard for you, but they are very tough. There is no forcing them to do anything. They do things out of kindness and out of respect. “This filly got really tired yesterday morning showing and somebody came up and started loving on her and she flipped that switch back on and went back to work for the rest of the day. When they work that hard for you, you just hope the next person can realize that and foster that and let it take off. The goal is to give them the best chance. We take a lot of pride in raising a good and sound horse and a respectful horse, too. And hope they go on and the next person can go and do the same.” Penn said Wednesday's career high hadn't quite set in yet and she was trying to keep an even keel in the face of all the peaks and valleys the breeding game can throw at you. “This game has a lot of lows and we've had a lot of lows this year,” she said. “So honestly, it hasn't set in because you have to keep the emotions in check. We lost a full-sister to this filly in a paddock accident in the spring. So I told her, 'You have to bring enough for you and your sissie.' It's heartbreaking to not have a Candy Ride again next year.” On the peaks side of things, Seeking a Star is back in foal to Forte and her yearling half-sister is shaped with promise. “I hope she goes on and Pin Oak can go all the way with her,” Penn said. @JessMartiniTDN NOTHING BUT NET Constitution Colt a Home Run for Bregman Alex Bregman may have been on the West Coast for his day job as third baseman for the Boston Red Sox, but he was well represented at the Keeneland September sale where his homebred Constitution colt (hip 519) sold for $775,000 to D J Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds. The yearling is the first foal out of Spare Cash (Quality Road), a mare the Bregman family acquired for $240,000 at the 2022 Keeneland November sale. “The Bregman family bought Spare Cash as a maiden,” Bregman's advisor Mike Akers said. “The Klein family of Louisville raced that entire family and it was very sound and there were lots of good racehorses in there.” Spare Cash, who failed to win in eight lifetime starts, is a daughter of multiple graded stakes winner Cash Control (Pioneerof the Nile). The yearling's third dam is graded winner Hidden Assets (Mt. Livermore). Of expectations for the mare's first foal, Akers said, “We were hoping that $500,000 was a nice round number. And it hung around that for 30 seconds and then it took off again. We are very happy with that result. That can be a 'Nothing But Net,' for sure.” The 7-year-old Spare Cash produced a colt by Into Mischief this year and was bred back to the Spendthrift stallion. “Obviously, she is throwing nice foals,” Akers said. Bregman has been slowly building a broodmare band and will be picking spots to race or sell his foals. “We are building a broodmare band for Alex to race and sell out of and we are looking at different strategies,” Akers said. “I think he could offer them all for sale and play it from there. I think that's a good way to approach it.” Akers continued, “Right now, Alex has seven mares, six pregnant, and we have a couple of stakes fillies that will probably come in eventually. The plan is to build the band by racing nice fillies and buying the occasional broodmare or broodmare prospect and to build a breeding stock base that he can have long term to race or sell out of.” Bregman is currently in the midst of his first season playing for the Red Sox, who sat in third-place Wednesday morning in a tight battle in the American League East. “Right now, he is totally locked in on getting Boston into the playoffs,” Akers said of Bregman. “He loves Boston.” @JessMartiniTDN The facts and figures through Session 3 of The World's Yearling Sale. #KeeSept pic.twitter.com/qSOKMTugV5 — Keeneland Sales (@keenelandsales) September 11, 2025 The post Keeneland Bonanza Continues Into Book 2; $1.9-Million Gun Runner Leads The Way appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Cambridge Stud mare Joliestar (Zoustar) has been locked in for next month’s A$20 million The Everest (1200m) following slot holder Chris Waller Racing and Partners announcement that she will be their representative in this year’s edition. It will be the second consecutive year the Group One-winning daughter of Zoustar has represented the Chris Waller Racing and Partners slot, having finished seventh in last year’s running. Joliestar has been all class on the track since that run, winning the Gr.1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) and Gr.1 Kingsford Smith Cup (1300m), and runner-up in the Gr.1 All Aged Stakes (1400m) behind Kiwi-bred Jimmysstar, who will also line-up in The Everest. Trainer Chris Waller has been pleased with her progression and is excited to test her talent in the world’s richest turf race once more. “She’s just gone from strength-to-strength,” he said. “What she did in the Newmarket was exceptional, and to back it up in Brisbane shows the quality she possesses. “She’s matured beautifully and we couldn’t be more excited to have her back for The Everest.” Cambridge Stud principals Sir Brendan and Lady Jo Lindsay are pleased to renew their association with the slot holders and they are looking forward to seeing their mare take on the world’s best sprinters next month. “Joliestar means a great deal to us,” Sir Brendan Lindsay said. “She’s not only flying the flag for Cambridge Stud in Australia, but she’s also building a legacy that will one day return home with her to New Zealand. “She had already achieved so much early in her career, but now she’s elevating herself into that top echelon, arguably one of Australia’s best sprinters. To see her represent our farm on a stage like The Everest is incredibly special.” Joliestar will begin her preparation towards The Everest in the Gr.2 Sheraco Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on Saturday, a race she placed in last year. “Zac Lloyd has ridden her before when second in the All Aged Stakes,” Waller said. “She has come back really well and it’s a nice starting point.” Joliestar becomes the third Kiwi connected contender for next month’s The Everest, with New Zealand-breds Ka Ying Rising (NZ) (Shamexpress) and Jimmysstar (NZ) (Per Incanto) set to represent the Hong Kong Jockey Club and TAB slots respectively. View the full article

Thursday, Doncaster, post time: 15:00, THE BETFRED PARK HILL FILLIES' STAKES-G2, £150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 14f 115yT Field: Chorus (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Danielle (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), Elana Osario (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Queens Fort (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), Santorini Star (Ire) (Golden Horn {GB}), Strassia (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), Zilfee (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Consent (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Crepe Suzette (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Floresta (Ire) (Waldgeist {GB}), Secret Of Love (GB) (Sea The Monn {Ger}). TDN Verdict: Connections of Danielle will be hoping it gets softer for the Lillie Langtry runner-up, who is a different kettle of fish altogether when it rains. Sir Mark Prescott will have a plan in mind for the Prix Lady O'Reilly runner-up Consent now that she has hit her stride and three-year-olds have a fine record in this “Fillies' St Leger”, having won the last five runnings. With the Give Thanks winner Elana Osario and Enable's half-sister Zilfee engaged, this is a fascinating affair with plenty of intrigue. [Tom Frary]. Thursday, Doncaster, post time: 14:25, THE BETFRED MAY HILL STAKES-G2, £120,000, 2yo, f, 8fT Field: Aylin (Ire) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Moon Target (GB) (Cracksman {GB}), Pacific Mission (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), Rose Ghaiyyath (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Samra Green (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), Sugar Island (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Swift Winds (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), Timeforshowcasing (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), Venetian Lace (Ire) (Masar {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Sir Mark Prescott was notably disappointed that Moon Target met with defeat in the Prestige last month and will be expecting her to make amends here, with Aylin re-opposing having chased her home at Goodwood. Aidan O'Brien collected the Prestige and supplies Sugar Island, who interestingly is out quickly after failing to meet expectations in the Flame of Tara, while Rose Ghaiyyath has her debut in Britain having made an unusual start to her career when winning Deauville's Arqana Series des Pouliches. [Tom Frary]. Thursday, ParisLongchamp, post time: 16:05, PRIX D'AUMALE-G2, €119,000, 2yo, 8fT Field: Narissa (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), Princess Petrol (GB) (St Mark's Basilica {Fr}), Clea Chope (Fr) (Muhaarar {GB}), Madame Ly (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Green Spirit (Kingman {GB}). TDN Verdict: Christopher Head, successful in the 2023 and 2024 editions of this contest, sends forth likely favourite Green Spirit, who finished two places and just over 1 1/2 lengths in front of TDN Rising Star Narissa in last month's G3 Prix Six Perfections. July's Listed Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles victrix Clea Chope was last of eight, just under 3 1/2 lengths behind Green Spirit, in that seven-furlong Deauville contest and needs to find improvement here. Ed Walker trainee Princess Petrol was denied by a neck in Newmarket's G3 Sweet Solera last month and is the lone overseas contender, while Chantilly claiming winner Madame Ly completes the five-strong field. [Sean Cronin]. Thursday, ParisLongchamp, post time: 15:30, Prix La Rochette-G3, €73,200, 2yo, 7fT Field: Vardif (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), Komorebi (Ire) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Kenzel (Ire) (Zelzal {Fr}), Nighttime (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). TDN Verdict: Small fields are the order of the day in France and another Christopher Head representative, Nighttime, will bid to add to the trainer's wins in 2022 and 2024. The Alain and Gerard Wertheimer homebred is the only contender with black type and comes back off a clear-cut success in July's Listed Prix Roland de Chambure. Andre Fabre has eight victories in the books, but none since Visionario prevailed in 2006, and relies on Godolphin's dual winner Komorebi to rediscover his mojo in this event. Champion trainer-elect Francis Graffard saddles Chantilly conditions winner Vardif in what will surely become a tactical affair, while Christophe Ferland trainee and dual winner Kenzel is better than a seventh-of-seven finish in last month's G3 Prix Francois Boutin. [Sean Cronin]. Thursday, ParisLongchamp, post time 18:35, PRIX GLADIATEUR-G3, €73,200, 4yo/up, 15 1/2fT Field: Double Major (Ire) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), Goya Senor (Fr) (Anodin {Ire}), Bel Et Bien (Fr) (Hunter's Light {Ire}), Coetzee (Frankel {GB}), Mr Diafoirus (Sir Percy {GB}). TDN Verdict: Double Major is pointing towards an unprecedented treble in next month's G1 Prix Royal-Oak and appears to have this marathon at his mercy. He defeated Goya Senora for a second straight year in the recent G2 Prix Kergorlay and should confirm form again. Goya Senora finished ahead of Coetzee and Mr Diafoirus in a Dieppe conditions heat at the end of July, while dual Listed winner Bel Et Bien should not be discounted coming back off a close-up third in June's Listed Prix Moskowa. [Sean Cronin]. Friday, Doncaster, post time: 15:00, THE BETFRED HOWARD WRIGHT DONCASTER CUP-G2, £150,000, 3yo/up, 17f 197yT Field: Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Hipop De Loire (Fr) (American Post {GB}), Kyle Of Lochalsh (GB) (Highland Reel {Ire}), Sunway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}), Sweet William (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Tashkhan (Ire) (Born To Sea {Ire}), Oxford Comma (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Pendragon (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). TDN Verdict: Last year's winner Sweet William remains in good heart and is the obvious choice, but there is a chance that proper Group 1 horse Sunway could enjoy this extreme trip at the track at which he was third in the St Leger 12 months ago. Sir Mark Prescott saddles the only three-year-old and while Pendragon has improvement to find, he has a healthy weight-for-age advantage over what amount to largely beatable older horses. The trainer exploited it with the filly Alleluia in 2001, so knows what it takes. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Doncaster, post time: 14:25, THE CARLSBERG DANISH PILSNER FLYING CHILDERS STAKES-G2, £130,000, 2yo, 5f 3yT Field: Dickensian (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), Exclamation (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Havana Hurricane (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}), Kansas (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Military Code (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Mission Central (Ire) (No Nay Never), Argentine Tango (GB) (Mattmu {GB}), Killavia (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Lady Iman (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Palmeira (GB) (Havana Grey {GB}), Revival Power (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}). TDN Verdict: Ballydoyle's Round Tower winner Mission Central goes again and Aidan O'Brien sees no issue with the drop back to five, but he won't be able to dominate the Molecomb winner Lady Iman over this trip if she is over her Nunthorpe experience. Revival Power beat Military Code in the Listed Roses Stakes over York's flat, fast five and should be equally suited by this track, while the Windsor Castle one-two Havana Hurricane and Dickensian are no back-numbers with plenty of experience to draw on. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Salisbury, post time: 15:25, THE IRE-INCENTIVE, IT PAYS TO BUY IRISH DICK POOLE FILLIES' STAKES-G3, £45,000, 2yo, f, 6fT Field: Anthelia (Ire) (Supremacy {Ire}), Awaken (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), Azleet (GB) (Tasleet {GB}), Bella Lyra (Ger) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Dandana (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Flowerhead (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Golden Palace (GB) (Palace Pier {Ire}), Orion's Belt (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Ourbren (Ire) (Starman {GB}), Planet Seeker (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Reimagined (Ire) (Kodi Bear {Ire}), Spinning Lizzie (GB) (Kameko), Vishaka (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Rescheduled from last week, this features the Albany runner-up Awaken, who has since shed her maiden status at Leicester and will be a warm order. Also in the mix is the Queen Mary runner-up Flowerhead, but she hasn't really gone on from Royal Ascot while Jeff Smith's Goodwood maiden winner Planet Seeker could be anything at this stage. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Doncaster, post time: 13:50, THE BETFRED FLYING SCOTSMAN STAKES-Listed, £65,000, 2yo, 7f 6yT Field: Avicenna (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), Catullus (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Do Bronxs (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}), Do Or Do Not (Ire) (Space Blues {Ire}), Electrical (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), Frescobaldi (Ire) (No Nay Never), Hankelow (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Northern Champion (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), Sir Albert (Ire) (No Nay Never), Sunset On Leros (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}). TDN Verdict: This is a race that has grown in importance in recent years since Frankel made sure it obtained Listed status and the major stables are present with unexposed types with Classic potential. Godolphin's Catullus had it easy at Yarmouth last time, but won't here with the likes of the York winners Hankelow and Frescobaldi and the Arqana Series des Poulains winner Northern Champion. He joins fellow TBT Racing-Ed Walker representative Do Or Do Not who is a rarity as a six-times maiden with four Group 2 placings. [Tom Frary]. Friday, Saint-Cloud, France, post time: 15:28, PRIX TURENNE-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 12fT Field: Surabad (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), Sea Scout (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), Prosecutor (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), Zarraf (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), Gethin (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}), Maneki (Ire) (Cracksman {GB}), Waldnebel (Ger) (Reliable Man {GB}), Best Secret (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Owen Burrows trainee Gethin, who boasts a two-for-two record, has not been out since posting a wide-margin win at Newbury in April and puts his unbeaten record on the line in this black-type debut. Fellow British challenger Sea Scout has finished off the board in four stakes starts since annexing Epsom's Listed Blue Riband Trial back in May and comes back off a fourth in last month's Listed Prix Nureyev. Aga Khan Studs representative Surabad finished sixth of six in July's G1 Grand Prix de Paris and the Francis Graffard entry is better judged on his runner-up finish in Chantilly's G3 Prix du Lys and a win in April's Listed Prix de l'Avre. Wathnan Racing's Goodwood handicap winner Best Secret and G1 Deutsches Derby eight Waldnebel offer hope in an open edition, while Prosecutor and Maneki, representing Andre Fabre and Jean-Claude Rouget, merit respect. Zarraf completes the line-up. [Sean Cronin]. Click here for the complete fields. The post Black-Type Analysis: Moon Aiming For May Hill Target 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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After Three Chimneys sensation Gun Runner sired the session toppers of the Keeneland September sale both Monday and Tuesday, he was back at it again Wednesday. With approximately 30 hips left to go, a Gun Runner colt hammered for $1.9 million Wednesday to Spendthrift Farm. Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent, hip 731 is out of stakes-placed Ginga (Quality Road). The mare is a half-sister to 2014 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies runner-up Top Decile (Congrats), who sold to Shadai Farm for $950,000 at the 2017 Keeneland November sale. She has since been exported to Japan, where she has produced Danon Decile {Jpn) (Epiphaneia {Jpn}), a champion in Japan and winner of the G1 Longines Dubai Sheema Classic in Dubai. Trainer Bob Baffert co-bred the colt with GRS. The post Spendthrift Signs for $1.9M Gun Runner Colt appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

George Messina and Michael Lee's Fionn was as game as could be in the $2 million Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T) Sept. 10, proving best in an all-out slugfest to the wire with Candy Quest for her third consecutive graded victory.View the full article