A seemingly wide-open renewal of Chantilly's G1 Qatar Prix du Jockey-Club ultimately produced the most straightforward outcome as Ballydoyle's Camille Pissarro prevailed as the 12-5 favourite. Drawn against the rail, one of the stable's abundance of Wootton Bassett colts only had to follow the pace aided by the yard's Trinity College taking the shortest route. Ryan Moore's only complication came in the closing stages as he needed to thread the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere winner through a gap no more a horse's width but he had all the momentum with his mount having saved so much energy throughout. At the line, the sire's second Classic winner of 2025 had half a length to spare over Godolphin's Cualificar, Lope De Vega's G3 Prix la Force and G3 Prix de Guiche-winning son of the Oaks heroine Qualify who covered himself in glory from stall 12. Juddmonte's Detain was a neck away in third, making it a one-three for Wootton Bassett as it had been in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains when Camille Pissarro had been two places behind stablemate Henri Matisse. “He did everything right today and Aidan had him in a beautiful frame of mind,” Moore said after steering his second Prix du Jockey Club winner and first for Ballydoyle. “Fair play to Christophe [Soumillon], he said he'd have no problem with the trip and he showed nice acceleration there. He put them away.” The post ‘He Put Them Away’: Moore Charmed By Wootton Bassett’s Jockey Club Hero Camille Pissarro appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Trainer Michael McCarthy confirmed Sunday morning that Preakness Stakes winner Journalism (Curlin) will run in Saturday's Belmont Stakes at Saratoga. The announcement came after Journalism worked four furlongs in :47.50 Saturday morning on Saratoga's main track, with regular jockey Umberto Rispoli on board. “Based off what I saw here this morning, I would be hard-pressed to find a reason not to enter,” McCarthy said, standing outside Journalism's stall at the Oklahoma training track. McCarthy said the horse would be entered Sunday when entries are taken. The draw takes place Monday in downtown Saratoga. Journalism finished second in the Kentucky Derby as the favorite, behind Sovereignty (Into Mischief), who is also being pointed towards the Belmont. Asked if was looking forward to the race, Aron Wellman, president and founder of Eclipse Thoroughbreds, the colt's owner, said, “Absolutely. This is an American classic, man. You only get three shots at them. We have been fortunate to particpate and compete in the first two. It would mean a lot. There is a lot of importance associated with this race. And we feel like we've got the goods.” The post Journalism A Go For Belmont Stakes After Saratoga Work appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

The unbeaten Midak will represent the Aga Khan Studs in the G1 Betfred Derby on Saturday, June 7, after connections announced he would be supplemented for the Epsom feature. This year's edition of the race will be run in memory of the late His Highness Aga Khan IV. A homebred, the son of Footstepsinthesand won a maiden on the all-weather at first asking in March and prevailed over turf a month later in a conditions affair both over 2200 metres. He ran out a 2 1/2-length winner of the G3 Prix Greffulhe at Saint-Cloud on May 9. Princess Zahra Aga Khan confirmed the colt's participation to Racing TV on Sunday and said, “He's unbeaten in three starts, we know he gets the trip, he's got the right kind of character to be able to handle Tattenham Corner and all the noise that comes with the Epsom Derby. “It's nice to have a runner this year because the race is being run in honour of my father and he's done everything he should to be a valid runner in the Epsom Derby.” She added, “When Midak won his last race, I asked Francis [-Henri Graffard] 'this is a Jockey Club horse isn't it' and he said 'we can't as you have another runner for that race and there is also another horse in our stable'. “I then asked 'what are you thinking of doing' and he just looked at me and replied, 'Epsom'. We all thought it would be lovely to have a runner in the race and he has ticked all the boxes and there is no reason not to run him.” The late Aga Khan won his first Derby with Shergar in 1981, with Shahrastani following in 1986 and Kahyasi in 1988. Midak's broodmare sire Sinndar stamped his name on the Blue Riband in 2000, with Harzand bolting up under Pat Smullen in 2016. Said Graffard, who will run Calandagan (Gleneagles) in the G1 Coronation Cup the day prior, “The Derby at Epsom is a dream race for me, I have walked the course and my grandfather would always talk to me about the Epsom Derby. “We have this horse Midak who needed supplementing for either the Prix du Jockey Club or Derby, so I said to Princess Zahra 'you already have two runners in the Jockey Club, so why not give it a go in the Derby'. “British racing has very kindly named the Derby in honour of His Highness the Aga Khan this year, so we will take our chance.” The post Unbeaten Midak To Be Supplemented For Betfred Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Godspeed's finishing sectionals in the G3 Prix de la Grotte showed us that she was a class act and Peter Bradley's colour-bearer confirmed that in Sunday's G2 Prix de Sandringham at Chantilly. This was effectively won at the break, with Christophe Soumillon instantly getting a length on the inexperienced favourite Vadinska and able to sit in mid-division while that peer was anchored out the back. Slipping by the leader Eponine with ease passing two out, the Carlos and Yann Lerner-trained daughter of Hello Youmzain was in cruise control from there en route to a length verdict over that daughter of Tamayuz. Time Test's Betty Clover was a length further away in third, with the 9-10 market-leader Vadinska ending up fifth in a race that proved a write-off in all areas bar the educational. “We had plenty of confidence, as we know she has a lot of talent,” Yann Lerner said of the winner, sent off the 7-2 second favourite after her eighth in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches from stall 13. “The [G1] Diane is an option, but first I need to talk with all the partners. She is a very easy filly and it's a question of whether she can use that turn of foot over 2,100.”   Sunday, Chantilly, France PRIX DE SANDRINGHAM-G2, €130,000, Chantilly, 6-1, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:35.07, gd. 1–GODSPEED (FR), 126, f, 3, by Hello Youmzain (Fr) 1st Dam: Mary's Precedent (Fr) (SW-Fr, $115,373), by Storming Home (GB) 2nd Dam: Suvretta Queen (Ire), by Polish Precedent 3rd Dam: Allwaki, by Miswaki 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. O-Peter R Bradley III, F&O Hinderze Racing & Ecurie JML Racing; B-Ecurie Haras du Cadran, Ecurie Melanie & Stephane Gilibert; T-Carlos & Yann Lerner; J-Christophe Soumillon. €74,100. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-2, €103,800. *1/2 to Mary's France (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}), SP-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Eponine (Ire), 126, f, 3, Tamayuz (GB)–Porcelaine (Ire), by Kodiac (GB). 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Cotton House Bloodstock; T-Philippe Sogorb. €28,600. 3–Betty Clover (GB), 126, f, 3, Time Test (GB)–Reprieval (Fr), by Kendargent (Fr). O-The Ascot Revellers & Partner; B/T-Eve Johnson Houghton. €13,650. Margins: 1, 1, HD. Odds: 3.50, 10.00, 5.60. Also Ran: Relaxx (Fr), Vadinska (Ire), Ghoufrann (Ire), Tigress Of Gaul (Fr), Mimos (Fr). The post Hello Youmzain’s Godspeed Wins The Sandringham appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

New Zealand bred horses won five of the seven races carded at the final meeting to be staged by the Penang Turf Club in Malaysia on Saturday. Trainer Simon Dunderdale was full of praise for jockey Blaike McDougall after he piloted Sacred Buddy (NZ) (Sacred Falls) to victory in the RM150,000 Penang Turf Club Memorial Trophy (1100m). Making his third appearance in the country after notching five wins from Open Maiden to Class 4 at Kranji, the Sacred Falls gelding overcame a check halfway through the Cosmo C set-weight race and took a split between runners in the final 200m to claim victory by a neck. “He (McDougall) is a class jockey,” said Dunderdale who also combined with McDougall to take out the opening event on Bull Fight. “The horse (Sacred Buddy) has been improving since he came over from Singapore.” Sacred Buddy rewrote the 1110m track record with a time of 1 min 2.80 second, shaving 0.9 second off the previous best set in 2013. “We got a check but he (Sacred Buddy) refused to be beaten and came home strongly,” said McDougall who was riding at the track at the first and last time. “It is a lovely track and it’s sad racing has to end here.” Talkingtalkingguru (NZ) (Telperion) got his second win in succession in the Special Class 5 (1200m). The former Singapore runner has got all three career wins since arriving in Malaysia. Graphjet Express (NZ) (Belardo) got a hard fought victory in the in the RM100,000 Jockey Club of Turkiye Trophy (1400m) he returned to racing earlier this month after being on the sidelines for nine months. Another former Singapore galloper, previously raced as Tenebrosi with Te Akau Racing, Contarelli (NZ) got his third win since arriving in Malaysia in the Special Class 4 (1400m). Lucky Magic (NZ) (Mendelssohn), who won the Penang Gold Cup on this track last December, will go down in history as the very last winner in Penang, taking out the last race (Special Rapid Stakes A- 1300m). The Mendelssohn gelding has now won seven of 12 starts since arriving in the country from New Zealand. “I had some good winners here. I will miss the place,” said trainer Cheng Han Yong as he and the connections of Lucky Magic unhurled a banner with the words “We will miss you forever Penang Turf Club” at the winner’s enclosure. View the full article