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Calandagan Puts No. 1 Rating on the Line in Japan Cup

Blood-Horse - Fri, 2025-11-28 15:41
Calandagan is the world's top-rated horse and rides a string of three straight group 1 wins but faces one more challenge this season--the Nov. 30 Japan Cup (G1).

Alpine Princess Lands First Graded Stakes in Falls City

Blood-Horse - Fri, 2025-11-28 15:41
Alpine Princess put away 27-1 longshot Corningstone in deep stretch to win the 110th running of the $385,000 Falls City Stakes (G3) by two lengths in the traditional Thanksgiving Day fixture at Churchill Downs.

Tapit’s Aeolian Rolls Home Best Against Maidens on Churchill’s Thanksgiving Card

Thoroughbred Daily News - Fri, 2025-11-28 15:06

On a day many gathered with friends and family to reflect on the good fortune and blessings in their lives, AEOLIAN (f, 3, Tapit–Danzatrice {MSW & GSP, $312,145}, by Dunkirk) gave her connections a Thanksgiving Day thrill in the eighth race at Churchill Downs.

The grey bobbled at the break in her unveiling Aug. 31 at Saratoga, and was a well-beaten fifth against those maidens. She returned last out Oct. 17 at Keeneland, got an extra sixteenth of a mile to work with, and ran a much-improved second to be beaten by a nose in the shadow of the wire by a 12-1 longshot.

Brushing with Delicious Diva (Hard Spun) on their way out of the gate here, Aeolian watched the race unfold from midpack as the frontrunner cruised through fractions of :23.53 and a half in :46.65 with pressure coming at her from all sides. The grey was rolling from the four path as the complexion up front changed around the bend, and Glamorama (Justify) briefly held the lead as they swung into the lane, but it was short-lived. Collaring that one in upper stretch, Aeolian drew off to win by six lengths.

A full-sister to 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Tapit Trice, GISW, $1,873,650, the victress is the most recent full-sibling to the races for dam Danzatrice. All three of her Tapits–Aeolian, Tapit Trice, and Danzit–have all gotten their picture taken and the aforementioned eldest brother is her lone elite-level runner. The mare, a half-sister to champion juvenile filly MGISW Jaywalk (Cross Traffic),  has a fourth Tapit, a yearling, and a 2025 weanling by Not This Time. She returned to the breed-shaping stallion for a fifth cover for 2026. One of Danzatrice's half-sisters is the mother of SW Jupiter (Upstart) while a second claims SP Abdul (Tapit).

8th-Churchill Downs, $120,000, Msw, 11-27, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:36.62, ft, 6 lengths.
AEOLIAN (f, 3, Tapit–Danzatrice {MSW & GSP, $312,145}, by Dunkirk) Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $94,750. O-Gainesway Stable (Antony Beck); B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds LTD. (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. *Full to Tapit Trice, GISW, $1,873,650. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Zia Park Derby Winner Brotha Keny Leads Record-Sized Inglis Digital USA December Sale

Thoroughbred Daily News - Fri, 2025-11-28 14:37

Inglis Digital USA has attracted a record-sized catalogue for its 2025 December sale, led by the multiple Grade 3-placed Brotha Keny (Mo Town), who enters the auction off a victory in the Zia Park Derby Nov. 25, according to a press release on Friday from the online auction company.

Bidding is now open for the 79-horse sale, and the first lot will close Wednesday, Dec. 3 at 2 p.m. Eastern, with subsequent listings hammering in three-minute increments. The auction offers horses available for inspection in eight different states, giving buyers a local option to shop and buy all over the map.

The December catalogue is highlighted by Brotha Keny, a 3-year-old gelding whose steady climb up the ladder has led him to become a Grade 3-placed multiple stakes winner, with room to keep climbing at age four.

Trained by William Morey for owners Lance and Steve Kinross, Brotha Keny has won two of his last three starts, first taking the Bourbon Flight Stakes Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs, and most recently shipping west to Zia Park, where he swung wide and charged down the stretch to take the listed Zia Park Derby by a half-length.

Earlier this year, Brotha Keny showed his first flashes of upward mobility, finishing third in the GIII Indiana Derby and GIII West Virginia Derby. A versatile runner, the dark bay has won at distances from one mile to 1 3/16 miles, has already beaten older competition as a 3-year-old, and earned a Beyer Speed Figure of 93 in four of his last five starts, showing he is capable of competing at a high-level for a broad spectrum of buyers.

Brotha Keny is consigned by Paramount Sales, agent, and is available for inspection at Turfway Park.

Also included among the sale's racing prospects is New York-bred Share the Ludt, a stakes-placed runner who comes to the December sale off a hard-charging score in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance race at Aqueduct. He earned a 77 Beyer Speed Figure for winning the Nov. 15 race.

It was the second career win for the 3-year-old Catalina Cruiser colt, who graduated in May of this year in an Aqueduct maiden special weight by six lengths. He has already made an impact on the lucrative New York-bred stakes calendar as a 2-year-old, finishing second in last year's New York Breeders' Futurity at Finger Lakes.

Share the Ludt is offered by New York-based Melanie Giddings, who owns and trains the colt.

Breeders looking to expand their broodmare band will find plenty of quality options in the December catalog, including Mo Pro, a 6-year-old Uncle Mo mare who is offered in-foal to the red-hot young sire Vekoma, and believed to be carrying a colt.

Consigned by Small Batch Sales, agent, Mo Pro comes from a page rich with black type, as a half-sister to SW Oscar Eclipse (Oscar Performance) and Grade II-placed Malibu Curl (Curlin). Her extended family adds further stakes success with Grade I winner A.P. Indian (Indian Charlie) and Grade II winner Tiz Shea D (Tiznow).

Sea Rocket, a 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief carries a foal from the debut crop of GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch. Consigned by Norevale Farm, Sea Rocket is a half-sister to just-retired MGSW Royal Spa (Violence), and she hails from the family of Grade I winner Sippican Harbor (Orb) and Japanese multiple stakes winner Awesome Result (Justify).

Clicquot | Sarah Andrew

Erna, a winning 5-year-old Curlin mare, is offered in-foal to another debuting stallion in Grade I winner Arabian Knight. She has recent graded black-type on her page, in 2025 GI Cotillion Stakes winner Clicquot (Quality Road), along with Grade I winner and black-type producer Magnificent Song (Unbridled's Song). She is offered by Consign Ltd., agent.

Other mares in the catalog are pregnant to stallions including Bolden, Cairo Prince, Cyberknife, Flameaway, Flat Out, Greatest Honour, Irish War Cry, Known Agenda, Mr. Jagermeister, Oxbow, Proxy, Sacred Life, and Speaker's Corner.

Those shopping for the long-term will find yearlings sired by Basin, By My Standards, Central Banker, Coal Front, Free Drop Billy, Heart to Heart, Holiday Promise, Omaha Beach, Rock Your World, Tapiture, Thousand Words, and War Dancer. Stallions with weanlings in the catalogue include Americanrevolution, Country Grammer, Global Campaign, Kantharos, Modernist, Mucho Macho Man, Silver State, Tourist, and Union Rags.

“We're offering our biggest catalog to date, and I'm really proud of what we've put together,” said Inglis Digital USA CEO Kyle Wilson. “The quality is top-notch, and should suit any breeding or racing operation.”

Interested parties must register for an account on the Inglis Digital USA website and request a bidding limit in order to place bids.

Click here to view the catalogue and register to bid.

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American-Bred, -Sired Juveniles Loom Large In Cattleya Stakes

Thoroughbred Daily News - Fri, 2025-11-28 13:34

The 2026 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby kicks off Saturday afternoon with the running of the $196,541 Cattleya Stakes, an allowance race over the one-turn 1600-meter configuration at Tokyo Racecourse. And if the ante-post market is anything to go by, horses bred in and/or sourced out of American bloodstock markets should have a giant say in the outcome with the first Saturday in May just over five months away.

The cat was very much out of the bag when Magna Victor (Maxfield) made his first trip to the races in a 1400-meter newcomers event at Hanshin back on Sept. 6. A $75,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $1-million OBS March breezer, the son of the dual stakes-winning and Grade II-placed Eyeinthesky (Sky Mesa) was hammered into 1-10 favoritism and kicked away in the final 400 meters to graduate by some nine lengths (see below, SC 10), good for 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard honors. Leading rider Yuga Kawada was on board that afternoon and has a return call from gate seven for trainer Mitsu Nakauchida, an increasingly important presence at U.S. yearling and juvenile sales.

 

 

Satono Voyage (Jpn) (Into Mischief) carries the recognizable silks owner Hajime Satomi and looks to remain perfect in three tries since a debut effort on the grass this past June. A 10-length maiden winner over 1200 meters at Niigata Aug. 9, he easily accounted for allowance rivals by five lengths going the metric seven furlong at headquarters on Nov. 9. A son of the extremely talented Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer)–who was sold to Japanese interests for $675,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton November Sale–Satono Voyage is the mount of Keita Tosaki and will break from the four hole.

 

 

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— 『優駿』編集部 (@YUSHUN_Magazine) November 9, 2025

 

A distant third choice in the wagering is Koichi Nishikawa's Arcadia Cafe (Into Mischief), a $550,000 Keeneland September yearling and a half-brother to the same owner's Cafe Pharoah (American Pharoah)–champion dirt horse in Japan and back-to-back winner of the G1 February Stakes over course and distance–and Luxor Cafe (American Pharoah), who took the third and fourth legs of the 2025 Japan Road to the Kentucky Derby. Narrowly beaten on debut, Arcadia Cafe graduated over the 1600 meters on a rain-affected Tokyo main track Nov. 1 (see below, SC 2) and once again has the services of Damian Lane. The progeny of Mary's Follies (More Than Ready)–also the dam of 'Rising Star' Eclipse Award winner Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom)–are a combined 8-8 going a mile on the Tokyo dirt track.

 

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Backstretch Worker Commendation Added To Canadian Sovereign Awards

Thoroughbred Daily News - Fri, 2025-11-28 13:30

The Jockey Club of Canada plans to offer a new Outstanding Western Canadian Backstretch Worker Award which will be presented for the first time at the upcoming 51st annual Sovereign Awards ceremony, the organization said in a release on Friday.

The new award will go along with the Outstanding Groom Award, which has been given in the past to a stablehand working in Ontario. The Backstretch Worker Award is open to those who hold a valid Thoroughbred license in the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and/or Manitoba.

Click here to submit nominations for all awards.

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In 1938, Thanksgiving Was Celebrated on Travers Day

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
After a lightning strike threatened his life, Thanksgiving would not only recover; he would thrive.

Havana Grey Colt Tops Day 2 of Tatts Foal Sale

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
Bidders practically formed an orderly queue to take a crack at a well-related Havana Grey colt during Day 2 of the Tattersalls December Foal Sale Nov. 26. Haras de Meautry manager Nick Bell went to 260,000 guineas to secure the colt.

Kansas' Approval of HHR Paves Road for Racing's Return

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
The state of Kansas approved 1,000 HHR machines, which is a precursor to the return of Thoroughbred racing in the state. While Kansas has not had live Thoroughbred racing since 2008, the goal is for the sport to return in the fall of 2026.

HISA Investigates Rodriguez for Vets' List Violations

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
HISA has issued a show-cause notice and is considering a provisional suspension for New York-based trainer Rudy Rodriguez, alleging he failed to provide required veterinary care and diagnostic follow-up for horses placed on the veterinarians' list.

Worrie, Ferraro Top Standings as Finger Lakes Meet Ends

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
The 2025 live Thoroughbred racing season at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack came to an end Nov. 26.

NTRA Hopeful for Industry-Favorable Tax Legislation

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
In its Nov. 26 legislative update, "What's Racing Through Washington," the NTRA noted that there has been progress for legislation that would restore the ability of taxpayers with gambling winnings to claim 100% of their losses against the winnings.

Cox Looks for Back-to-Back Wins in Golden Rod Stakes

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
The $400,000 Golden Rod Stakes (G2) Nov. 29 at Churchill Downs is the next stop on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Trainer Brad Cox will look for a second consecutive win with Rags to Riches Stakes winner Life of Joy.

Woodbine to Offer Grants to Support Welfare, Education

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
Woodbine Entertainment announced Nov. 26 the launch of the Woodbine Cares Horsepower Fund, a new grant program designed to support charities and not-for-profit organizations that champion horse welfare and grow the bond between horses and people.

Luana Miss Set to Tackle Heavyweights in Winterbottom

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
She may be the small filly taking on some seasoned sprinters, but Trevor Andrews insists Luana Miss is well capable of punching above her light weight as he gets set to unleash his stable star in the Nov. 29 Winterbottom Stakes (G1) at Ascot.

Hollywood Turf Cup Features Top Three Rematch from 2024

Blood-Horse - Thu, 2025-11-27 15:41
The top three finishers from last year's Hollywood Turf Cup (G2T) return for a rematch Nov. 28 at Del Mar. Up for grabs is the lion's share of a $200,000 purse. 

Donate a Season to Support NY-Breeding

New York Thoroughbred Breeders - Thu, 2025-11-27 11:13

New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will conduct its annual Stallion Season Auction from Wednesday, February 4, through Friday, February 6.

The annual auction raises funds that enable NYTB to carry out its two-fold mission: promoting New York breeding and racing, and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders.

Each year, more than $60 million is distributed in purse money, breeding incentives, and awards for New York-breds eligible to compete in more than 600 New York-bred races run on the New York Racing Association circuit and at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack.

The auction routinely attracts donated seasons from farms in the Empire State, Kentucky, and the greater Northeast region.

“Each year, the proceeds from our stallion season auction support NYTB and the interests of our members and breeders who participate in the New York-bred program,” said Najja Thompson, Executive Director of New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. “The auction offers breeders a diverse selection of stallions based in New York, Kentucky, and additional states, allowing them to match their mares appropriately.”

If you are interested in donating a season, please complete the donation form here and email it to NYTB at info@nytbreeders.org, or contact the NYTB office at 518-587-0777.

 

 

 

 

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Field of Nine Ready to Put on a ‘Show’ in Loaded Clark

Thoroughbred Daily News - Wed, 2025-11-26 16:57

Ain't she a beaut, Clark?

A fantastic field of nine, led by 3-1 morning-line favorite and G1 Dubai World Cup hero Hit Show (Candy Ride {Arg}), will line up for the GII Clark S. at Churchill Downs on Black Friday.

The Wathnan Racing colorbearer defeated last year's re-opposing Clark winner Rattle N Roll (Connect) by a length in the GIII Hagyard Fayette S. at Keeneland last out Oct. 25.

“We were really proud of Hit Show's effort in the Fayette,” trainer Brad Cox said. “He hasn't missed a beat since winning the Dubai World Cup. We're looking forward to another top effort in the Clark.”

Cox will also saddle 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' and Godolphin homebred First Mission (Street Sense), who fell just a nose short in the 2023 Clark. The MGSW was a disappointing fourth in the GI Goodwood S. at Santa Anita last time Sept. 27.

“The Clark is First Mission's final start before he retires to stud duty,” Cox said. “We expect him to bounce back on Friday.”

The field for the Clark also includes talented sophomores: GI Preakness S. runner-up and last-out Fayette third Gosger (Nyquist); runaway GII Fasig-Tipton Risen Star S. winner and GI Pennsylvania Derby runner-up Magnitude (Not This Time); and GIII West Virginia Derby winner Chunk of Gold (Preservationist).

After bringing $3.7 million from Dixiana Farm at Keeneland November, GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. heroine Lush Lips (GB) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) is the horse to beat in the GII Mrs. Revere S. on the undercard. Friday's graded stakes action also includes the GII Hollywood Turf Cup S. at Del Mar.

The GIII Falls City S., featuring GI Breeders' Cup Distaff third-place finisher Regaled (Mohaymen), anchors the 12-race Thanksgiving Day program at Churchill Downs.

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Commission Turmoil Underscores Challenges in Minnesota

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-11-26 15:42
The resignation of Minnesota Racing Commission chair Dr. Camille McArdle highlights issues facing the state's horse racing and breeding industry, including continued tension between regulators, political leadership, and tribal gaming interests.

Japanese Triple Tiara Heroine Gentildonna Dies at 16

Blood-Horse - Wed, 2025-11-26 15:42
Gentildonna became just the fourth filly to win Japan's Triple Tiara (fillies' Triple Crown) in her 3-year-old campaign and was crowned Japanese Horse of the Year in 2012 and 2014.

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