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Can racing withstand the addition of yet another existential threat to the ever-expanding list of practices deemed harmful to our sport's health?

Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive officer of Darby Development LLC, which operates Monmouth Park, warned last week that the rising wave of prediction markets should be met with a greater sense of urgency and should be getting more scrutiny from racetrack operators and regulators.

“I'm growing more and more concerned about the prediction market companies, such as Kalshi, Polymarket, and others that are now offering bets on sports and, I believe, their intention is to do it on horse racing in the future,” Drazin said during the Nov. 19 New Jersey Racing Commission meeting.

Prediction markets are similar to betting exchanges–even though those who operate them tend go to great lengths to get people to believe that users aren't technically “gambling” when they choose a side, stake money, have their proposition matched by an opposing, anonymous user, and then see their accounts either credited or debited based on the outcome of that event.

Users trade contracts like they might on a commodities exchange, winning or losing money on the outcomes of games, races, sports league championships, elections and other yes/no types of propositions that they strike directly with other users instead of wagering against the house (like with sportsbooks) or against other bettors (like in a pari-mutuel market).

The appeal for prediction market users is lower takeout or vigorish (instead, a small “trading fee” that might be as low as .5 to 2% gets extracted), and, as part of that equation, the prospect of more generous odds and being able to bet against an entity by backing it to lose.

But at the same time, under current models, prediction markets aren't operating with explicit permission or broad licensing deals from any United States racing entities, meaning they aren't regulated at the state level (like racing and sports betting) and don't feed back revenue to the Thoroughbred industry to pay for purses.

The Betfair exchange has for years accepted trades on American horse racing, and a quick Google search over the weekend for “horse racing prediction markets” turned up a London-based site called Smarkets that was offering buying and selling on every U.S. track running Nov. 22.

Both Betfair and Smarkets prohibit U.S.-based users from opening accounts, but both sites (as well as a number of other offshore exchanges) are seeking ways to legally operate in America.

“New Jersey has laws on sports betting and on racing,” said Drazin, an attorney who in 2018 successfully represented co-plaintiff New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association in a longshot legal odyssey to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, paving the way for legalized sports betting. “And these companies are operating under the [federal] Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). They're not paying any taxes. There's no integrity regulation. And it's invading sports betting revenue that we currently receive.”

As CFTC-licensed entities, sites like Kalshi and Polymarket can offer event contracts in all 50 states. Although Kalshi has yet to put up markets for horse racing, Polymarket had a volume of $1.2 million on its market for the 2025 GI Kentucky Derby.

“One of these companies had a meeting with me,” Drazin said. “And the first slide they showed me was [the 2026 GI] Haskell [Stakes] coming up. And they want to offer a wager, 'Will the favorite win, yes or no?' And they don't believe they have to pay a host fee. They don't believe they have to compensate the tracks at all.

“I believe, to the contrary, that this is controlled by the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA). And I certainly will be in court if they try and offer a [Haskell] wager,” Drazin said.

Earlier this year, the NBA, NFL and MLB (which each have official partnerships with sportsbooks) expressed written concerns to the CFTC about potential integrity issues regarding prediction markets.

But not every sports league is intent on fighting the newcomers.

On Oct. 22, the NHL announced multi-year licensing deals with Kalshi and Polymarket that will allow the companies to use the league's data and logos, similar to the league's contracts with its partnering sportsbooks.

According to ESPN, the American Gaming Association (AGA), a casino trade group, characterized the NHL's actions as “deeply concerning” and described Kalshi and Polymarket as “backdoor gambling schemes masquerading as 'financial products.'”

Drazin continued: “Without getting political, I think there are certain individuals, like Donald Trump Jr., that's on salary with Kalshi and an investor in Polymarket. And [President Trump] is making an appointment to the CFTC which will support this agenda…

“But most of the action so far has been by the sports betting regulators,” Drazin said. “The New Jersey [Division of Gaming Enforcement] tried to stop them and they were unsuccessful. That's on appeal to the Third Circuit. Nevada tried to stop them. There was an injunction issued, and [on Nov. 16] Nevada's judge, hearing this issue, said he may reverse that injunction…

“The California tribes filed an action. The Massachusetts attorney general filed a state court action. Maryland filed an action, [and] although they were successful in getting an injunction, then they made a deal, [that until] the Supreme Court decides it, they're going to let this continue…

“The companies are getting very, very aggressive,” Drazin said. “There's been more and more going on as the days unroll. So now FanDuel and DraftKings have entered [the prediction] market. As a result of that, the AGA has asked them to leave, because they won't tolerate someone who's offering these wagers.

“Nevada took away [FanDuel's] license. There are some states that are saying, 'If you enter the [prediction] market, you're not suitable to hold a license [for regulated sports betting] in our state,” Drazin said.

“Some suggest that you need state laws that prevent [prediction market companies] from operating in your state [and] to give regulators the ability to criminalize it,” Drazin said. “But I'm not going to venture to say what New Jersey should do on that. I'll evaluate the issue. I think our attorney general is front-and-center in handling this.

“But on the racing front, no one seems to sense the danger yet, because they say, 'We'll wait until it happens, and then we'll deal with it.'” Drazin said.

“I think you have to be proactive with these things. I don't think you can wait until it happens, and then run to court,” Drazin said.

“Ultimately, I think this is going to the United States Supreme Court. So it will [likely be decided] three or four years from now,” Drazin said.

“But I'm firing a warning to everybody, not only in New Jersey, but in all the other states, that this is an issue that we're going to have to deal with or we're going to lose revenue,” Drazin said.

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While the GI Breeders' Cup Classic may have turned out to be a jump too high for him, Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach) bounced back from that effort with a workman-like victory in the GIII Native Diver Stakes at Del Mar.

Despite only starting his career in mid-April this year, the son of Omaha Beach has cobbled together a respectable 2025 campaign with wins in the Los Alamitos Derby in late June and the 'WAYI' GI Goodwood Stakes two back Sept. 27 at Santa Anita. The lattermost effort guaranteed him a spot in the World Championships earlier this month, and he was 18-1 in that contest as Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) made history for Japan. Nevada Beach was never a factor in seventh.

On the strength of his running lines, and despite facing older horses once again here, the betting public hammered the Bob Baffert-trainee into favoritism to the tune of 1-9 odds by the time the gates opened. He watched it all unfold from third as Westwood (Authentic) stepped out to set the tempo with British Isles (Justify) never far away from him. That pair rolled through six furlongs in 1:11.25 and got a mile in 1:35.92 as Nevada Beach inched closer to them along the far bend. Challenging for the lead as Westwood threw out a white flag, British Isles was less willing to call it quits and the duo locked horns into the final furlong before the eventual winner finally got the best of his challenger. Nevada Beach came home a measured half-length victor over British Isles and it was 2 1/4 back to longtime leader Westwood. Indispensable (Constitution) trailed for the duration in fourth.

“He went easy today, but [compared to] his last race, it's almost like two different horses,” said winning rider Juan Hernandez. “He broke a step slow. I had to help him get into the rhythm. Around the three-eighths pole, I had to start working on him, because he was getting a little lazy on me. But Bob [Baffert] knows that this horse has talent. I trust Bob, so I started working on [Nevada Beach] and it worked out.”

“He is a big horse, he is a train. He got the job done though. I want to give my thanks to the owners for giving me the confidence. He may want to run a little more distance, he galloped out of the race well.”

 

 

It was a battle down the stretch! NEVADA BEACH ($2.20) took home the $100,000 Native Diver Stakes (G3) with @JJHernandezS19 in the irons. Bob Baffert trains the son of @spendthriftfarm Omaha Beach. pic.twitter.com/3hzUS1X1On

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) November 23, 2025

 

Pedigree Notes:

Nevada Beach is the lone black-type winner, and Grade I horse, for his dam–herself a multiple stakes winner who is a half-sister to an elite level runner. Morrow Cove (Yes It's True) claims a perfect strike rate with her offspring, however, as all five to make it to the races have gotten their picture taken, and four of them on several occasions, including Nevada Beach. Her last registered is a juvenile filly named Queen of Cairo (American Pharoah).

The aforementioned half-sibling to the dam is GI American Oaks victress Decked Out (Street Boss), who also ran second in the GI Del Mar Oaks in her time on the track. This is the immediate female family of GSW Katonah (Klimt) and GSW Odysseus (Malibu Moon).

 

Saturday, Del Mar
NATIVE DIVER S.-GIII, $98,000, Del Mar, 11-22, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:48.35, ft.
1–NEVADA BEACH, 122, c, 3, by Omaha Beach
          1st Dam: Morrow Cove (MSW, $182,610), by Yes It's True
          2nd Dam: Once Around, by You and I
          3rd Dam: Persimmon Hill, by Conquistador Cielo
($260,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Pegram, Michael E., Watson, Karl & Weitman, Paul; B-Paul Tackett Revocable Trust, Phil Tackett Estate & Christy Tackett (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $60,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 6-4-1-0, $426,500. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–British Isles, 121, g, 4, Justify–Purely Hot, by Pure Prize. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE. O-Slam Dunk Racing, Baltas, Richard & McClanahan, Jerry; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-Richard Baltas. $20,000.
3–Westwood, 118, g, 3, Authentic–Indian Bay, by Indian Charlie. ($700,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-C R K Stable LLC; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-John A. Shirreffs. $12,000.
Margins: HF, 2 1/4, 5 3/4. Odds: 0.10, 16.50, 8.60.
Also Ran: Indispensable. Scratched: Clouseau.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Khali Magic fends off Soloshot to win Saturday’s NYSS Staten Island at Aqueduct. Coglianese Photo.

Khali Magic, a daughter of Al Khali making her third start off the claim, scored a 12-1 upset over six other fillies and mares in Saturday’s $125,000 Staten Island division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct.

Ridden by Ruben Silvera and sent off as the fifth longest price on the board, Khali Magic relished the sloppy and sealed track and won the 7-furlong restricted stakes by a half-length over 30-1 longshot Soloshot with the 9-1 Intentious third. Trained and co-owned by Rudy Rodriguez, Khali Magic won in 1:23.84.

“Since we claimed her, she’s been a very straightforward filly,” said Rodriguez, who owns the 7-year-old mare with Steven Speranza. “She’s run three times for us now, so maybe third time was the charm. I’m lucky for the owner to give me the opportunity to put the claim up.”

Rodriguez and Speranza claimed Khali Magic for $45,000 out of a fourth in a 1-mile state-bred allowance-optional in late August at Saratoga. She finished second in a similar spot Sept. 21 at Aqueduct before a fifth in the Iroquois Stakes on Empire Showcase Day in late October at Aqueduct.

Stone Smuggler was hustled out of the inside post by Manny Franco, but Silvera soon had Khali Magic in charge to show the way through an opening quarter-mile in :23.15.

“I tried to break good, because she loves the sloppy track,” Silvera said. “I try to take the lead easy and wait for the end and see what happens.”

Sunday Girl, the 2-5 post-time favorite, tracked from third position to the outside of Soloshot as Khali Magic led through the turn and the half in :46.38 as Stone Smuggler retreated. Khali Magic took the field into the lane with Soloshot surging up the fence and Sunday Girl spinning her wheels.

Khali Magic stayed on strong and held her lane down the stretch as Soloshot tried to finish along the inside before switching to an outside path inside the final sixteenth. Soloshot was resurgent once switched out, but Khali Magic held sway to score by a half-length. Soloshot finished 3 length ahead of Intentious with Midtown Lights, Stone Smuggler, Sunday Girl and Storm Changer rounding out the field.

A rider’s objection by Jaime Rodriguez against Silvera and Khali Magic for interference in the stretch run was disallowed.

“The wet track [helped], and she looked like seven-eighths [would suit her],” Rodriguez said. “When they went 23, with the way the track has been playing the last few days, it was amazing. When I saw that, I thought we were very live. Maybe it wasn’t [Sunday Girl’s] day today and maybe she didn’t handle the sloppy track, so when I saw her outside nice, I said, ‘this is good.’ It worked out for us.”

Bred by Wachtel Stable and the sixth foal out of the Smokin Mel mare Smokin Sue, Khali Magic improved to 12-for-48 with nine seconds and seven thirds with earnings of $776,768 in the Staten Island. She’s won two of 10 starts this season, with earnings of $174,550.

Al Khali, a multiple graded stakes winner and earner of $1,019,510, stood for three seasons from 2022 to 2024 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson. The son of Medagalia d’Oro succumbed to a bout of colic in September 2024.

A full brother to former New York stallion Japan, Al Khali retired to Keane Stud in 2016. He won eight of 41 starts with five seconds and five thirds, including the Grade 2 Bowling Green Handicap in 2010 at Belmont Park and Grade 3 Saranac Stakes in 2009 at Saratoga Race Course.

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Doc Sullivan, a son of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds’ Solomini, scores his third stakes win in Saturday’s Thunder Rumble division of the NYSS. Coglianese Photo.

Tristar Farms Doc Sullivan ran to his connection’s confidence Saturday at Aqueduct with a dominating 5 1/2-lenth victory in the $125,000 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes.

Ridden by Joel Rosario, the 4-year-old son of Solomini bounced back from a neck defeat to Bank Frenzy last time out with an authoritative win over that same foe and four others in the 7-furlong Thunder Rumble for eligible New York-sired 3-year-olds and up. Doc Sullivan won ran the 7 furlongs in 1:22.31 over the sloppy and sealed track. Dr. Kraft finished second, 1 1/2 lengths ahead of Bank Frenzy with Jackson Heights and General Banker completing the field.

“He always tries hard, this horse, and I thought seven-eighths was perfect for him,” Rosario said. “He won going that distance before, so that was good. He ran great. He always breaks sharp, and he was the best horse in the race.”

Doc Sullivan, second to Bank Frenzy in the 9-furlong Empire Classic on Empire Showcase Day last month at Aqueduct, picked up his third stakes win following state-bred scores sprinting 7 furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in last year’s Mike Lee and this year’s John Morrissey.

Daniel Ortiz, assistant and brother of winning trainer John Ortiz, came away pleased with the effort.

“We came into this really confident after a big effort last time, and kudos to Bank Frenzy – it’s always fun when you have another horse to rival you,” Ortiz said. “We’re so happy he got the job done. He showed a lot of confidence and I’m glad he did it with ease. It’s great for the whole [team].”

Bred by Seamus Coughlan and foaled at his Sleepy Hollow Farm about 10 minutes from Saratoga Race Course, Doc Sullivan originally sold for $85,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Tristar Farm’s Glen Lostritto acquired the colt as a 2-year-old for $59,000 at the OBS June sale in 2023. He’s out of the Giant’s Causeway mare Queen Frostine and is a half-brother to four-time winner Seaver, 12-time winner and $284,905-earner Fix Me A Sandwich and the 3-year-old New York-bred Lookin At Lee filly Last Of My Kind, who has a win and two thirds in seven starts for $26,522 in earnings.

Doc Sullivan improved to 6-6-2 in 19 starts with the NYSS Thunder Rumble victory and boosted his bankroll to $657,840. He’s won two of seven starts this season and earned $263,290.

Solomini, a 10-year-old son of Curlin out of the Storm Cat mare Surf Cat, stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He came into the day ranked third on the New York general sire list with progeny earnings of $3,601,971.

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Doc Sullivan romps by 5 1/2 lengths in the $121,250 Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series Nov. 22 at Aqueduct Racetrack, before Khali Magic surprises in the Staten Island division a few races later.

Unraced Lope de Vega mare La Renegada's €65,000 purchase topped brisk trade Nov. 22 as the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale drew to a close.

Coteau Grove Farms' Little Miss Curlin dueled on the front end and drew away late to win the $100,000 Donovan L. Ferguson Memorial Stakes Nov. 21 at Fair Grounds Race Course, giving freshman sire Charlatan his first black-type stakes winner.

The grade 1-winning son of Pulpit sired stakes winners in North and South America and champions in South Korea and Panama.

Enthralling, a half sister to this year's Epsom Derby (G1) hero Lambourn, proved the headline act Nov. 21 at the opening session of Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale when she sold to Northern Farm for €780,000.

Bonuses totaling $350,000 are up for grabs to breeders of horses competing on Stars of Tomorrow II Day at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Nov. 29, in conjunction with the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and the Kentucky HBPA.

It's been a long time since anyone has seen the New Jersey-bred star Book'em Danno (Bucchero). He hasn't run since winning the GI Forego Stakes at Saratoga Aug. 23. There were rumblings that he would run in the GII Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix Stakes at Keeneland, but he sat that one out. He also did not run in the GI Cygames Breeders' Cup Sprint, where he likely would have been the favorite. Passing on an appearance at the World Championships is something that could cost him some Eclipse Award votes.

The 4-year-old is currently in Ocala and his connections want him to have a break of about two-and-a-half months before returning him to training. They do not yet have any definite plans yet for the 2026 season, but it appears that a trip to Dubai is where he might kick off his campaign.

“We have no definite plans as to where to go,” said Jay Briscione, who heads the Atlantic Six ownership group. “I have had conversations with the people in Saudi Arabia and we have nominated him for two races there, including the [G3] Riyadh Dirt Sprint. There's more of a chance that he will go in the [Mar. 28 running of the G1] Dubai Golden Shaheen.”

Briscione added that if they choose the Golden Shaheen that Book'em Danno would begin the year in a prep for that race–the G3 Mahab Al Shimaal Stakes Feb. 28.

Though Book'em Danno ran second in the 2024 G3 Saudi Derby, Briscione realizes there is nothing easy about going over to the Middle East.

“There is a lot of money out there, but you are rolling the dice,” he said.

He added that the 2026 Breeders' Cup Sprint is something that is definitely on their schedule.

“It's not set in stone, but if he stays together and has the same kind of year we would go, working backwards, the Breeders' Cup, the Phoenix, one of those races at Saratoga and maybe that Keeneland race in the spring [the GIII Commonwealth Stakes]. A lot would depend on whether or not we got to Dubai. It won't be a 10-race campaign. He just runs too hard to do that.”

Book'em Danno won the GI Woody Stephens Stakes at Saratoga as a 3-year-old in 2024 and two other stakes, but Briscione admits he wasn't expecting the horse to have the kind of year in 2025 that he had before. He started his year off by winning a restricted stakes at Colonial Downs and then finished fourth, beaten just a neck, against a loaded field in the GI Churchill Downs Stakes. He would not lose again this year.

Book'em Danno was sensational at Saratoga, winning three straight graded stakes there: the GIII True North Stakes, the GII Alfred G. Vanderbilt Stakes and the Forego.

“What he did at Saratoga, no one will ever do again because it was an unusual year up there with a different schedule, which allowed them to card three graded sprint stakes,” the owner said. “Saratoga is the meet of meets and he ran there for three consecutive months and won a Grade III, a Grade II and a Grade I, all of them pretty matter of factly.”

After he tore apart the competition at Saratoga, most expected that his year-end goal would be the Breeders' Cup. Instead, he more or less disappeared, and neither the owners nor Ryan had much to say about why they took the direction they did.

When asked to clarify why they passed the Breeders' Cup, Briscione was not hesitant to state his reasons. It all began with his race in the Vanderbilt. Briscione is an adherent of the Thoro-Graph sheets and was concerned that the horse had run too fast in the race.

Book'em Danno takes the True North at the Spa | Sarah Andrew

“He ran his career top in the Vanderbilt,” Briscione said. “He ran a negative 4 1/2 on Thoro-Graph in that race. That equated to what Cody's Wish was running. People were telling me you are going to see a regression.”

Based on the numbers, there was a regression, ironically in the Forego, which was his lone Grade I win on the year. This time he ran a minus 1 1/2.

“We did see a regression in the Forego, but he wound up winning it anyway,” Briscione said. “He won a Grade I stakes at not his best. I started looking at these horses that had run huge races and how long it took for them to get back to their best. You look at these things and then you talk to your trainer. Of course you want to run in the Sprint. It's a $2 million race. For us, that is incredible. But they would have been catching him at a point where he most likely would have been tailing off. He did more than enough for us. Why push him?”

Briscione also admitted that the connections had some concerns that Book'em Danno would not get past the veterinarians at the Breeders' Cup.

“The veterinary process at the Breeders' Cup was something that came into play,” he said. “They were looking at these horses a couple of times a day for a couple of weeks beforehand. He's always been sound but he has that funny way of going, If a vet didn't know him and saw that I don't know what they would have done. I think we made the right decision.”

The question now is whether or not Book'em Danno did enough to be named the Eclipse Award winning sprinter? It is between him and Sprint winner Bentornato (Valiant Minister). Book'em Danno voters will no doubt look at his overall body of work this year. Even though he only made two starts this year, Bentornato will be backed by people who will give him extra credit for winning the Breeders' Cup Sprint, a race Book 'em Danno sat out.

“He [Bentornato] ran a great race in the Breeders' Cup,” Briscione said. “He's a horse I've followed for a long time. I think that if the award is for the best sprinter over the course of the year we will win. We were the best sprinter over the course of the year. If people want to say the Breeders' Cup is the definitive race, then I can understand that. He could have run against us in the Forego, but he ran instead in that race at Churchill [the Louisville Thoroughbred Society Stakes]. It's a philosophical question.”

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A $350,000 bonus will be awarded to breeders of record for horses competing during Stars of Tomorrow II Day at Churchill Downs on Saturday, Nov. 29, in conjunction with the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association and the Kentucky HBPA, the track said via a Friday release.

Breeders will compete for nearly $30,000 in bonuses across each of the 12 races on Stars of Tomorrow II. The winner of each race is eligible for a possible $16,333 for registered Kentucky-bred horses.

Payments will be based on a purse-style distribution: 56% to the winner, 20% to second, 10% to third, 5% to fourth and 3% to fifth. Sixth through last will receive 1.5%.

The bonus is in addition to the traditional breeder's awards.

Breeders can receive hospitality accommodations at Churchill Downs by calling the Churchill Downs Horsemen's Service Center at (502) 636-4830.

Entries for Stars of Tomorrow II will taken Saturday, Nov. 22.

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Bobby Cline's R.C. Cline Thoroughbred Farm in Ohio, where he now stands three stallions, boards a broodmare band and maintains his role as an active trainer, has acquired Higher Power (by Medaglia d'Oro) from Darby Dan Farm in Kentucky, according to a press release from the Ohio operation on Friday.

While standing at Darby Dan, Higher Power has four crops and 211 foals. Out of a 160 foals of racing age and 35 lifetime winners, the stallion claims 67 current 2-year-olds.

As far as Higher Power's racing career is concerned, the John Sadler trainee owned by Hronis Racing captured the GI TVG Pacific Classic and finished third in the GI Longines Breeders' Cup Classic in 2019. The bay will be the only top-level winner standing in Ohio.

“He brings a whole lot of credentials to the state and should help the accredited program a lot,” said Cline, who has operated the farm in Orient, Ohio for 35 years. “He looks like a Medaglia d'Oro colt the way he's built–nice and stocky.

“What I really like about him is that he seems to have a really good mind, good temperament,” he said. “I've got a couple of babies of his that I train, they're pretty sensible and I believe he passes that on.”

Medaglia d'Oro's most successful offspring include the likes of Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and dual champion filly Songbird. The recently-retired Darley sire also has on his resume Good Cheer, Nitrogen, Bolt d'Oro, Plum Pretty and Violence, just to name a few.

The female family of the newly-minted Ohio-based sire was a product of Kentucky's Pin Oak breeding program. Higher Power's dam Alternate (Seattle Slew), who passed away in 2022, produced MGSW Alternation (by Distorted Humor)–the sire of GI Kentucky Oaks heroine Serengeti Empress and MSW Interrupted. Alternate is a half-sister to Canadian Horse of the Year and leading Canadian sire, Peaks and Valleys (by Mt. Livermore).

Higher Power's extended dam-side includes champion grass mare Forever Together (Belong to Me), and MGSW sires Mucho Gusto (by Mucho Macho Man) and Broken Vow (by Unbridled).

Cline's new stallion will stand for $2,000 LFSN and inquiries can be made by calling, (614) 877-2236.

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Higher Power, a son of Medaglia d'Oro and winner of the 2019 Pacific Classic Stakes (G1), will stand next year at R.C. Cline Thoroughbred Farm for $2,000.

Returning to racing action in Dubai months after finishing fifth in the Preakness Stakes (G1) and sixth in the Belmont Stakes (G1), Heart of Honor romps in the one-mile Nakheel Stakes at Meydan.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance announces its fourth annual Holiday Giving Campaign, running Dec. 1-31.

Docklands starts a two-week British assault on Japanese racing while taking on some of the best local milers in the Mile Championship (G1) Nov. 23 at Kyoto Racecourse.

Superstars Ka Ying Rising, Lucky Sweynesse, Romantic Warrior, and Voyage Bubble will highlight the Nov. 23 preps for the December Hong Kong International Races.

It is a haul from Turfway Park in Northern Kentucky to Zia Park in Eastern New Mexico, though it is understandable why the connections of Brotha Keny are sending him west for the Nov. 25 Zia Park Derby. The 1 1/16-mile dirt race is worth $300,000.

Mrs. Astor will try to duplicate the result from a year ago in seeking a second consecutive victory in the Red Carpet Stakes (G3T) when the $100,000 race is renewed Nov. 23 at Del Mar.