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Unwoke's Easy Score Provides Barrow a Milestone Win

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Veteran Finger Lakes trainer Paul Barrow secures 1,000th victory of his career Sept. 9.

Torres Earns Jockey of the Week With Three Stakes Wins

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Jaime Torres usually rides between Kentucky tracks and Fair Grounds but a trip to Colonial Downs in Virginia on Old Dominion Derby Day proved to be worthwhile with three mounts leading to three stakes wins including the Gr. III Old Dominion Derby.

Aloha Breeze Named Top Horse of Emerald Downs Meeting

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
George Todaro's ultra-consistent 5-year-old mare Aloha Breeze was voted Horse of the Meeting at the 30th Emerald Downs season that concluded Sept. 7.

Records Continue to Fall on Day 2 of Keeneland Sale

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Day 2 of Keeneland's September Yearling Sale brought another day of spirited bidding, with 20 horses bringing seven figures. The highest prices included co-toppers at $2.2 million, Hip 243, a colt by Gun Runner, and Hip 338, a filly by Flightline.

Gun Runner Keeps Racking Up Seven-Figure Yearlings

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Gun Runner was a first-ballot inductee into the Racing Hall of Fame in 2024 for his accomplishments on the track. If there was a Hall of Fame for breeding and sales exploits, the son of Candy Ride would be on a fast track to induction there, too.

Repole Breaks Through Competitive Keeneland Market

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Despite a competitive market during the Sept. 9 second session of Book 1 at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, Repole Stable acquired 14 horses for more than $8.2 million, including four seven-figure yearlings.

Runaway Again Upsets Mansetti in Prince of Wales

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Runaway Again upsets Mansetti by a half-length Sept. 9 at Fort Erie in the CA$400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.

Top-Priced Flightline Brings $2.2M at Keeneland

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
A filly (Hip 338) from 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline's first crop brought $2.2 million from LSU Stables, becoming the co-top-selling lot of the day and Flightline's top-priced offering to sell at public auction.

Third Meeting for Comport, Spice Runner in Iroquois

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
The 2026 Kentucky Derby (G1) at Churchill Downs is still 33 weeks away, but the Derby trail officially begins Sept. 13 beneath the twin spires.

Boyd Romps 'In Hand and In Command' in Del Mar Debut

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
Maiden Watch: Week of Sept. 1-7

A $1.7M Colt Hits Early for Not This Time

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-09-10 16:00
A $1.7 million colt (Hip 211) consigned by Taylor Made Sales tops two seven-figure yearlings by leading sire Not This Time that sold within the first 20 hips offered during the Sept. 9 second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

Jackie’s Warrior Colt Sells for $1.3M to West Bloodstock

Thoroughbred Daily News - Wed, 2025-09-10 15:26

Spendthrift's first-crop yearling sire Jackie's Warrior cracked the seven-figure barrier Wednesday at the Keeneland September sale when a bay colt out of the placed Taking Aim (Trappe Shot) sold for $1.3 million to West Bloodstock, agent for Robert and Lawana Low. A half-brother to GSW Taking Candy (Twirling Candy), while his dam is a half to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Tapizar (Tapit), hip 546 was bred by Dixiana Farms and consigned by Woods Edge Farm, agent. He had previously gone through the Keeneland November ring for $385,000 when selling to Bolter Bloodstock.

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National Regulatory Rulings: Sept. 4-10, 2025

Thoroughbred Daily News - Wed, 2025-09-10 14:34

Every week, the TDN posts a roundup of the relevant Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) related rulings from around the country.

The following rulings were reported on HISA's “rulings” portal and through the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit's (HIWU) “pending” and “resolved” cases portals.

Resolved ADMC Violations

Date: 09/08/2025
Licensee: George Papaprodromou, trainer
Penalty: 7-day period of Ineligibility for Covered Person, beginning on September 9, 2025; Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $1,000; imposition of 2 Penalty Points. Admission.
Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Capsaicin—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Sneaker, who won the Fran's Valentine Stakes at Santa Anita on 5/24/25.

Date: 09/08/2025
Licensee: Saffie Jospeh Jr., trainer
Penalty: Disqualification of Covered Horse's Race results, including forfeiture of all purses and other compensation, prizes, trophies, points, and rankings and repayment or surrender (as applicable); a fine of $500; imposition of 1.5 Penalty Points. Final decision of internal adjudication panel.
Explainer: Medication violation for the presence of Ranitidine—a Class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Whiskey Park, who finished second at Gulfstream Park on 4/20/25.

Pending ADMC Violations
09/10/2025, Michael Moore, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from One More Scoop on 8/15/25.

09/09/2025, Elias Lopez, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Methocarbamol—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Late Blacksmith, who won at Belterra Park on 8/6/25.

09/09/2025, Richard Joseph Hendriks, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Acepromazine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Overspent on 8/3/25.

09/08/2025, Michael V. Pino, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Omeprazole (Gastrogard)—a class C controlled substance—in a sample taken from Et's Moon Maiden on 8/8/25.

09/05/2025, John Garner Vinson, trainer: Pending medication violation for the presence of Lidocaine—a class B controlled substance—in a sample taken from Money Trail, who finished third at Gulfstream Park on 7/25/25.

09/04/2025, Carrie Jo Robertson, trainer: Pending alleged violation concerning Rule 3510(b), “Refusal/failure to cooperate promptly and completely with HISA/HIWU under the ADMC Program Rules.” The horse in question is Witsec.

09/04/2025, Erin Thompson, trainer: Pending vets' list medication violation for the presence of Clenbuterol—a banned substance except in specific circumstances—in a sample taken from Motion to Adjourn, who finished fifth at Belterra Park on 6/5/25.

Violations of Crop Rule
Colonial Downs
Gavin Ashton – violation date September 4; $500 fine, one-day suspension

Del Mar
Juan Hernandez – violation date September 5; $500 fine, one-day suspension
Ricardo Jaime – violation date September 5; $250 fine, one-day suspension

Prairie Meadows
Alredo Triana – violation date September 5; $250 fine, one-day suspension

Thistledown
Joam Toledo – violation date September 8; $250 fine, one-day suspension

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Albaugh, St. Elias, West Point, and Railbirds Join Forces, Going to $1.35M for Not This Time Colt

Thoroughbred Daily News - Wed, 2025-09-10 13:43

A Not This Time colt out of the winning Ridingwiththedevil (Candy Ride {Arg}) sold to Albaugh Stable, St Elias, West Point Thoroughbreds, and Railbirds for $1.35 million Wednesday during the first session of Keeneland September's Book 2. The chestnut colt, consigned by Gainesway, is a half-brother to MGISP Reinvestment (Upstart). Bred in Kentucky by Whisper Hill Farm, LLC, Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD, and Brian Graves, the April-foaled colt went through the ring as hip 480.

Taylor Made's Not This Time had an additional six yearlings top the $1-million mark during Book 1.

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Thirty Year Farm yearlings highlight Book 1 at Keeneland September

New York Thoroughbred Breeders - Wed, 2025-09-10 12:53

Hip 207, a colt by Constitution bred by Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs, sold for $675,000 to highlight Book 1 of the Keeneland September yearling sale. Photo courtesy of Taylor Made Sales Agency.

Kristen and Matt Esler sent two yearlings from their Thirty Year Farm in Saratoga Springs to sell in Book 1 of this week’s Keeneland September yearling sale and came away with $1,025,000.

Case Clay Thoroughbred Management landed the first of the two yearlings, going to $675,000 for Hip 207, a colt by Constitution out of the unraced Into Mischief mare Walking Miracle. Bred by and foaled at Thirty Year Farm, the colt is the sixth foal out of Walking Miracle. He was consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

Thirty Year Farm bought the mare carrying the Constitution colt in utero for $525,000 at the 2023 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. She delivered the colt about two months later, Jan. 26, at the farm not far from Saratoga Race Course.

The Constitution colt is the sixth foal out of Walking Miracle, who is a half-sister to the Grade 3 winner and $279,052-earner Sound Money. Walking Miracle’s first two foals – Swill and Stitched – are stakes winners.

Swill, a 7-year-old gelding by Munnings and a winner in 2025, sports a record of 7-4-3 in 28 starts with $406,924 in earnings. He won the 2023 Challedon Stakes at Pimlico Race Course and finished fourth in three other stakes, including the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club in 2020 at Churchill Downs.

Stitched, a 6-year-old by Mizzen Mast who made two starts in early 2025, has won six of 22 starts with $955,689 in earnings. He’s a three-time stakes winner, taking the Grade 2 Wise Dan in 2023 at Ellis Park and the Caesar’s Stakes at Horseshoe Indianapolis and Mystic Lake Derby at Canterbury Park in 2022.

Walking Miracle is also the dam of a New York-bred weanling colt by Good Magic, foaled March 12 at Thirty Year Farm.

Hip 231, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Casa Creed, also starred for breeder Thirty Year Farm and sold for $350,000. Photo courtesy of Paramount Sales.

The second Thirty Year Farm yearling went through the ring about a half hour later, Hip 231, a filly by Life Is Good and half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Casa Creed, that sold for $350,000 to Mike Repole’s Repole Stable. The filly is the eighth foal out of the unraced Bellamy Road mare Achalaya, who is the dam of five winners from five foals to race. She was consigned by Paramount Sales, agent.

The five winners include Charlotte’s Heart, a New York-bred daughter of Authentic bred by Thirty Year Farm who sold for $725,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings. Campaigned by Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Plantation, Charlotte’s Heart won her debut in 2024 at Saratoga Race Course before a second in the Glorious Song Stakes at Woodbine. She’s 1-2-0 in six starts with $114,732 in earnings.

Achalaya’s seventh foal, a daughter of Curlin, sold for $500,000 to be the top-priced New York-bred and top overall filly at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale.

Thirty Year Farm purchased Achalaya, in foal to Charlotte’s Heart, for $725,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale. She’s the dam of three other winners, including graded stakes winner and $238,908-earner Chess’s Dream.

Casa Creed, who stood his first breeding season in 2025 at Mill Ridge Farm in Kentucky, retired with nine wins in 36 starts and earnings of $2,691,308. He won back-to-back editions of the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga Race Course in 2022 and 2023, along with back-to-back renewals of the Grade 1 Jaipur Stakes at Belmont Park in 2021 and 2022.

Those were the lone New York-bred yearlings through the ring for the Book 1 sessions. Book 2, which features 19 New York-breds in the catalog, started at 11 a.m. Wednesday.

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LSU Stables Picks Up Flightline Filly for $2.2M

Thoroughbred Daily News - Tue, 2025-09-09 17:24

About three-quarters of the way through the second session of the Keeneland September sale's Book 1 Tuesday, a filly by Horse of the Year Flightline out of MGSW & GISP Four Graces (Majesticperfection) hammered for $2.2 million to the Sarf family's LSU Stables. Consigned by Gainesway, hip 338 was bred in Kentucky by Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm LLC. A half-sister to MGSW McCraken (Ghostzapper), Four Graces was purchased by Whisper Hill at the 2022 Keeneland November sale for $2.3 million. Tuesday's $2.2-million dark bay filly, a March foal, is her first produce.

At the time she went through the ring, the Flightline filly was the highest-priced filly of Tuesday's session.

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Chance McKeever and Mark Schrenger Awarded Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarships

Thoroughbred Daily News - Tue, 2025-09-09 17:17

The board of the Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation has selected Chance McKeever and Mark Schrenger as recipients of its awards granted for the 2026 Thoroughbred Breeding Management Course at the Irish National Stud.

McKeever, a Lexington, Kentucky native is the son of Grade I-winning trainer Andrew McKeever and has gained track experience as an assistant to his father at Keeneland and with Michael McCarthy. He is currently employed at Hunter Valley Farm and has prepped yearlings at Springhouse Farm.

“I am delighted to have been awarded this scholarship, and, through the Irish National Stud Program I hope to expand my understanding of the breeding business and build connections that will guide my future in the industry,” he said.

Schrenger obtained a degree in finance from the University of Kentucky and in his spare time decided to immerse himself in all things equine that his home state has to offer. Coincidentally, he has also worked on the track for Andrew McKeever and is currently with Springhouse Farm. His experience includes completing an internship at Churchill Downs and working on the starting gate at The Thoroughbred Center in Lexington.

“My experience and mentors have given me a deep appreciation for the commitment and attention to detail required at every stage, from breeding to racing,” he said. “I am truly humbled to be a recipient of this Gerry Dilger Foundation scholarship and grateful for the opportunity it will give me to continue my journey in this exciting industry.”

The Gerry Dilger Equine Scholarship Foundation was established in 2020 by Gerry's family and friends in his memory and awards several scholarships annually in conjunction with various partners.

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Keeneland Book 2 Features Siblings to New Stallions

Blood-Horse - Tue, 2025-09-09 16:00
Book 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale opens Sept. 10, and the session includes full siblings to 2022 champion 3-year-old male Epicenter and 2023 champion turf male Up to the Mark, plus a half to grade 1-winning sprinter Drain the Clock.

Gun Runner Colt First Over $2M on Day 2 at Keeneland

Blood-Horse - Tue, 2025-09-09 16:00
Trainer Wesley Ward went to $2.2 million for a Gun Runner colt and full brother to 2022 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Early Voting during the Sept. 9 second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The colt was bred by Three Chimneys Farm.

Kentucky Downs, Woodbine Highlight Radio/TV Week

Blood-Horse - Tue, 2025-09-09 16:00
A rundown compiled by America's Best Racing of this week’s TV, streaming, and radio horse racing coverage.

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