Juddmonte

Sent off at odds of 9-5 to take his career record to three wins from as many appearances in Saturday's GIII Lecomte Stakes at a sloppy Fair Grounds Race Course, Juddmonte's Disco Time (Not This Time) was hung out to dry somewhere on the banks of the Mississippi turning into the long straight, but he closed resolutely through the final eighth of a mile to earn 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. In a bit tight at the break, the homebred was able to get down into...

A total of 1,123 entries, including 81 Group or Grade I winners from no fewer than 21 racing jurisdictions from all over the world were received for the 2025 Saudi Cup meeting, to be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21 and 22 and King Abdulaziz Racecourse in Riyadh. The entries were released Friday by the Jockey Club of Saudi Arabia (JCSA). (See TDN Europe for the entries to the meeting's turf events) Some $38.1 million in prize money will be on offer over the course of the weekend, headed up...

Banstead Manor Stud is famed around the world as the HQ of Juddmonte, not least for housing the mighty Frankel. However, its incarnation as the home of the Juddmonte sires does not represent its debut as a source of racing success. During 2025 it will celebrate its centenary as a leading stud because it was first thrust into the spotlight in 1925 when Henry Morriss bought the property specifically to stand that year's Derby winner Manna. Previously Banstead Manor had been part of the massive Cheveley Estate, which at the...

The old patriarch can't have failed to notice all the activity around the Gainesway stallion barn, with four new lads settling in and another relatively recent arrival meanwhile leading a desperate race for the freshman laurels. At nearly 23, in contrast, Tapit's own book is being prudently managed and he was confined to 79 mares last spring. Yet this remains not only the neighborhood boss, but also the most venerable stallion in the land. True, the gray's status as America's most productive stallion is inexorably menaced by Into Mischief, who's...

1st-Aqueduct, $87,300, Msw, 12-8, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:38.64, ft, 1/2 length. RAMIFY (f, 2, Munnings--Chamber, by Tapit) continued a big weekend at the Big A for juveniles by Munnings out of Tapit mares with this debut victory at 3-1. The chestnut filly settled at the back of the field as a trio of runners vied for the early lead down the backstretch through a quarter in :23.02. Ramify was still well back in last as the half went up in :46.28, but she made rapid progress on the far turn....

Lordship Stud's hitherto untested homebred Bowmark (GB) (Kingman {GB}--Bound Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) lined up as a 5-1 chance for division two of Wednesday evening's Unibet More Boosts In More Races EBF Novice Stakes at Kempton and came home with a 'TDN Rising Star' rosette after unleashing a display of raw power in the one-mile heat. The March-foaled bay raced in the front rank early and was steadied to track the leaders in a handy fourth after the initial exchanges. Readied for his bid soon after turning for home, he...

Saturday's program at Churchill Downs is meant to showcase the 'Stars of Tomorrow' and Juddmonte's bred-in-the-purple Chasten (f, 2, Into Mischief--Lockdown, by First Defence) shaped as just that, as she did her best work through the line to score by a widening margin and earn the 'TDN Rising Star' badge. The half-sister to champion Idiomatic (Curlin), MGISW, $3,944,190, appeared to get bounced around at the break of the seven-furlong contest and was clearly last early before making progress and improving a spot or two down the backstretch. Asked to come...

By Brian Sheerin and Emma Berry NEWMARKET, UK -- In an extraordinary session in which the turnover of 30,906,000gns was almost double this day of trade from 12 months ago, and included the five highest-priced foals sold in Europe this year, Amo Racing's Kia Joorabchian returned to the Tattersalls ring to once again head the buyers' list. In addition to his eye-watering outlay on yearlings in October, the football agent and increasingly prominent owner and breeder spent a total of 4,675,000gns on four weanlings.  Heading this recent spending spree was...

Sea The Stars (Ire)'s colt (lot 931) out of Frangipani (Ger) (Jukebox Jury {Ire}) matched the 700,000gns price of lot 925, when changing hands from The Castlebridge Consignment to Juddmonte at Tattersalls on Friday. A half-brother to G1 Deutsches Derby hero Fantastic Moon (Ger) (Sea The Moon {Ger}), the colt was bred by Philipp Stauffenberg and his wife Marion.

1st-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:00 p.m. The half-sister to Eclipse Champion older dirt female and MGISW Idiomatic (Curlin), CHASTEN (Into Mischief) debuts in the opener at Churchill Saturday for owner/breeder Juddmonte and trainer Brad Cox. Out of SW and MGISP Lockdown, the 2-year-old filly is the third filly out of a full-sister to Champion older mare Close Hatches who has been just as successful in her second career, producing MGSW/MGISP Tacitus (Tapit), MGSW/MGISP Scylla (Tapit) and GSW Batten Down (Tapit). The family also includes G1 Tattersalls Irish Two...

The Wednesday session of the Goffs November Foal Sale is quickly living up to its lofty billing as, just over an hour into the action at Kildare Paddocks, a Sea The Stars (Ire) colt consigned by Baroda Stud was knocked down to Godolphin for €1,000,000.  The colt boasts a glittering pedigree being a full-brother to Teona (Ire). Trained by Roger Varian, Teona won the G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille before lighting up the Tattersalls December Mares Sale last year when knocked down to Juddmonte for 4.5 million gns. It was Juddmonte...

3rd-WO , 111K, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 7f (syn), 2:19 p.m. The fourth-highest price out of the 2022 Arqana August Yearling Sale, EARHART (FR) (Siyouni {Fr}) was a 1,400,000€ purchase for co-breeder LNJ Foxwoods who bought out their partnership with Ecurie Des Monceaux to take sole ownership of the filly. She is the first foal out of a stakes-winning first dam (also a Solis/Litt purchase herself in 2017) who is a half to MSW/MGSP Gidu (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) and GSW Marbre Rose (Ire) (Smart Strike). This is the family of several...