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- Thoroughbred Daily News5h ago• The TDNMaiden Winner Cha Cha Baby Tops Fasig-Tipton July Digital Sale
The July Digital Sale on Fasig-Tipton Digital closed late Tuesday afternoon with gross sales of $2,984,500 for 101 horses sold. Cha Cha Baby (Highly Motivated) (hip 27), a 9-length maiden special weight winner at Delaware Park on July 21, sold for $460,000 to LC Racing LLC to top the sale. Taylor Made Sales Agency, age
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News5h ago• The TDNWild Blossom Looks To Bounce Back At Goodwood
2.25 Goodwood, Cond, 2yo, f, 5fT WILD BLOSSOM (IRE) (Mehmas {Ire}) went to Royal Ascot a TDN Rising Star having won her maiden by 10 lengths, but could manage only 10th in the Queen Mary and looks to restore her reputation in this always-competitive British Stallion Studs EBF Alice Keppel Fillies' Conditions Stakes. Wa
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News6h ago• The TDNCoolmore Acquires Breeding Rights To Dubai World Cup Hero Magnitude
MGISW Magnitude (Not This Time–Rockadelic, by Bernardini) will stand at Coolmore's Ashford Stud upon his retirement, the farm announced Tuesday. The Coolmore partners reached an agreement with the colt's owner Winchell Thoroughbreds to acquire the breeding rights. According to the release, Magnitude will continue to co
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News7h ago• The TDNMatriarch Of Phipps Stable Andrea Phipps Passes Away
Andrea (Ande) Phipps, the wife of Ogden Mills Phipps, the late, longtime chairman of The Jockey Club, died Tuesday in New York City after a short illness surrounded by her children, the family announced. A release sent on behalf of the family reads as follows: She was the matriarch of the Phipps Stable and the The post
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News7h ago• J.N. CampbellNew York State Of Mind: Bucchero Cements His Warrior Status At Stud
SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. – At this year's Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings sale, Ironhorse Stallions' Bucchero (Kantharos)–the Empire State's Leading Sire from 2025–will have 10 from his inaugural New York-sired crop go through the ring at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion when the two-day event gavels Aug. 16. It's safe
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News9h ago• T. D. ThorntonPenn National Adds Six Make-Up Dates In December
Penn National will add six additional race dates in December to replace cards that got cancelled earlier in the year. The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved the addition of Dec. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18. The replacement dates are all Thursdays and Fridays, meaning Penn National will close out the s
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News10h ago• The TDNOne Stripe Retired To Ridgemont Stud In South Africa After Injury
Dual Grade 1 hero One Stripe (One World) has been retired due to injury to Ridgemont Stud in South Africa for stallion duty, the Sporting Post reported on Monday. One Stripe was diagnosed with a stress-related injury to his right foreleg after a veterinary assessment last week. "It goes without saying that everybody in
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News10h ago• Emma BerryHow a Boozy Lunch Led to Vintage Success for Giant-Killing Owner-Breeders
With the massed ranks of Coolmore, Godolphin and Amo Racing in behind, owner-breeder Julia Rosier and her son Charlie sealed the dream of a lifetime to have a major winner at their local track during Glorious Goodwood. The Rosiers bred Dr Rascal from their unraced Zoffany mare Little Miss Rascal, a purchase Charlie sai
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News11h ago• Chris McGrathBreeding Digest: Counting on Stardom
The stallions who entered stud in 2021 should really remain viewed as a work in progress, with only a third crop of juveniles joining the fray. Yet an impetuous commercial market had already made its judgement last year, when Tiz the Law was the busiest stallion in America, with 274 mares, while a stallion who The post
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News11h ago• The TDNWednesday's Racing Insights: Pricey Gun Runner Filly Debuts in Spa Opener
1st-SAR, $115k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 1:10 p.m. Maria Louise (Gun Runner), a daughter of GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat), faces six other sophomore fillies while making her racetrack debut Wednesday at Saratoga. The chestnut filly, purchased for $850,000 at the 2024 Keeneland Septemb
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News11h ago• Sean CroninScandinavia Routs Luckless Trawlerman For Second Goodwood Cup Success
Coolmore's G1 St Leger hero Scandinavia (Justify) collected a first elite-level victory in last year's renewal of Goodwood's G1 Al Shaqab Goodwood Cup and repeated the dose, at the expense of the unlucky-in-running Trawlerman (Golden Horn), to become Aidan O'Brien's third dual winner of the two-mile marathon. "Scandina
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News12h ago• The TDNInaugural AKTEM Stallion Online Sale To Feature Van Beethoven And Taj Mahal
The first edition of the AKTEM Stallion Online Sale will be held on September 25. The first two lots are young sires Van Beethoven (lot 1) and Taj Mahal (lot 2). Van Beethoven is a son of Scat Daddy and won the G2 Railway Stakes at two and was second in the GI Secretariat Stakes The post Inaugural AKTEM Stallion Online
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News12h ago• Sean CroninNo Nay Never's Lake Forest Swoops for Lennox Triumph
Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's Lake Forest (No Nay Never) was doing his best work at the business end of last month's G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes and, faced with an easier task in Tuesday's G2 HKJC World Pool Lennox Stakes at Goodwood, bettered his runner-up finish in last year's renewal to secure a The post No
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News13h ago• The TDNSeven New Zealand Racecourses Face Closure Under Project Stamina Plan
New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR), Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) and TAB NZ have unveiled Project Stamina, an independent review recommending a significant reduction in the country's racing venue network, with future investment focused on fewer, better-resourced facilities. The report found the industry had be
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News13h ago• Tom Frary'This Means Everything': Kaiya Fraser Shines On Vintage Winner Dr Rascal
It wasn't Ryan Moore or William Buick's name next to the winner of the Qatar Goodwood Festival's first black-type race of the week, but the little-known Kaiya Fraser as he steered Dr Rascal (Sottsass) to success in the G2 Vintage Stakes. Two-for-two entering this seven-furlong test, Charlie and Julia Rosier's homebred
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News13h ago• The TDNTop-Level Winners Mo Town and Twain Purchased by Turkish Jockey Club
The Turkish Jockey Club has bolstered its stallion ranks with a pair of new arrivals for 2027, with Mo Town on the move from Coolmore's Ashford Stud in America and Twain set to kick off his stallion career in the country following his retirement from racing. Mo Town, the winner of the GI Hollywood Derby The post Top-Le
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News13h ago• Randy MossFive Fastest Maidens of the Week for July 20 – 26
Our top three this week all ran on turf, including a 2-year-old filly who might be special.   5 – WEMBLEY AVENUE, WO, 7/26-4th, 1 1/16 miles (Tapeta) (video) Beyer Speed Figure – 82 (c, 3, by Known Agenda–Miz Liz, by Stormy Atlantic) O-Bet Two Seven Stables. B-Paul King (Ky). T-Sid Attard. J-Sahin Civaci. Wembley
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News16h ago• The TDNShadwell's Classic Heroine Ghanaati Dies at 20
Ghanaati (Giant's Causeway), who memorably won both the 1,000 Guineas and Coronation Stakes in 2009, has died at the age of 20. The Shadwell homebred was trained by Barry Hills to win three of her six starts, having also won a Kempton maiden by six lengths when making her second appearance on a racecourse at The post S
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily News16h ago• The TDNBeeby Says Orby Sale Operating At "Whole New Level" As Catalogue Is Released
The catalogue for the Goffs Orby Sale, which was once again put in lights recently with the Irish Oaks success of star graduate Johanna Walsh (Sea The Stars), has been released. The catalogue features siblings to 22 Group 1 winners, headed by a Justify half-sister to four-time Oaks heroine and Orby sales-topper Minnie
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Katie PetrunyakKeeneland Breeder Spotlight: With Magnitude, Ron Stolich 'Going For It' at 91
Even in the inherently small world of horse racing, every so often the shifting plates of the business align with a symmetry so precise it feels less like coincidence and more like destiny. Half a century ago, Ron Stolich got to know Verne Winchell while shipping mares to Mira Loma Farm to visit Southern California-bas
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Christina BossinakisColonial Downs Hosts Inaugural Autism-Friendly Day at the Races
In a joint effort between Colonial Park and the Autism Society of Central Virginia, the New Kent oval hosted its first Autism-inclusive 'Summer Shindig' on Sunday, July 26. Approximately 200 families attended where organizers provided sensory games, community activities and an inclusive environment for attendees. "Ever
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Tom FraryGold Cup Rematch Kicks Off Glorious Week
After Royal Ascot and Newmarket July, Goodwood grasps the baton on Tuesday as the British summer Festival scene heads south. Barring any unwelcome sea frets that can at times envelop these picturesque Sussex Downs, this week's action at the Qatar-sponsored jamboree should make for some spectacle. Headlining the opening
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Bill FinleyKnightsbridge Will Go Next in the Pacific Classic
Coming off a sensational performance in the GIII Monmouth Cup in which he earned a 122 Beyer figure, Knightsbridge (Nyquist), will head west to contest the Aug. 22 GI Pacific Classic at Del Mar for his next start. The 1 1/4-mile race will be another test for a horse who, before the nine-furlong Monmouth Cup, The post K
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Emma BerryToronado, the Sussex Stakes Superhero Now Top of the Victorian Sire Ranks
It is 25 years since High Chaparral first arrived on the scene in the season which would culminate in him winning the G1 Racing Post Trophy. His subsequent exploits barely need retelling for the vintage of racing fans who can remember his brilliance first-hand but for the younger followers, it is worth a brief outline
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• The TDNTbSales Offers Sales-Step Challenge
TbSales, a system for consignors to track buyer views throughout a sale, is offering a Garmin Vivosmart 5 Fitness tracker to the person who can guess how many steps tbSales's Marcel de Arruda takes while picking up consignor cards from the morning of Aug. 7 to the end of showing on Aug. 9 at the The post TbSales Offers
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• The TDNTimeform: Kalpana the Joint Highest-Rated Filly or Mare in Training
With a Timeform rating of 128, Kalpana is now the joint highest-rated filly or mare in training following her victory in Saturday's G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot. Trained by Andrew Balding, the daughter of Study Of Man reversed the form with Calandagan (Gleneagles) (130) – the third highest-rate
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• The TDNAmo Racing's Rowan Scott Hit With 40-day Ban For Breach Of Whip Rules
Rowan Scott has been handed a 40-day ban, nine of which have been suspended for six months, for a fourth breach of the whip regulations within the past six months. Scott, who is employed by Amo Racing as second jockey to David Egan, was found guilty under the 'totting up' procedure for a third referral The post Amo Rac
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Dan RossHorse Slaughter, Clenbuterol, and the World Cup
During this summer's World Cup, an intriguing story was almost lost amid the carnival. As many as eight Tunisian football players tested positive for Clenbuterol, a drug banned in human sports and regulated in horse racing due to its anabolic properties. The players were stationed in the Mexican city of Monterrey, and
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• The TDNJapan Racing Association Increases Number Of Foreign Betting Races By 84
The Japan Racing Association (JRA) has significantly increased the number of eligible foreign races for betting in the country, expanding the offering from 32 up to 116 races. High-profile international races like The Everest and the Melbourne Cup are now included. Meanwhile, a host of big European contests have been a
Read at source → - Thoroughbred Daily NewsJul 27, 2026• Tom FraryBow Echo And Gstaad Head Dozen For Sussex
Wednesday's G1 Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes at Goodwood has attracted a field of 12, with Bow Echo (Night Of Thunder) and Gstaad (Starspangledbanner) set to go head-to-head for the third time this season. First and second in both the 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes, the George Boughey stable star and Ballydoyle
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