Juddmonte

Saturday Insights: Churchill Maidens Feature On Stars Of Tomorrow Day

3rd-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:56 p.m. The second of two 'Stars of Tomorrow' days at Churchill Downs features a card loaded with promise. In a battle of homebred heavyweights, POWERED BY FAMILY (Quality Road) debuts for St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds. Out of GI Personal Ensign winner Icon Project, who RNA'd at the Tattersalls December Mare Sale for 1,450,000gns in 2015, the filly is a half to GSW Fashion Business (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Out of a Grade I winner herself, Icon Project is a half-sister to...

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Warren Hill
Newmarket Studs Open To Breeders In The Coming Days

Several of Newmarket's notable studs will open their doors to the public during the period of Friday, November 28 through Wednesday, December 3. Breeders will have the opportunity to inspect a large number of Britain's top stallions and several new kids on the block. The studs and their schedules are as follows: Ace Stud will be open from Saturday, November 29 to Tuesday, December 2 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., on the hour, every hour: +44 (0) 1638 555059 Darley's Dalham Hall Stud will open its doors from Saturday, November 29-Wednesday,...

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Marjoram at Churchill
Quality Road's Marjoram Strikes at First Asking for Juddmonte at Churchill

8th-Churchill Downs, $117,975, Msw, 11-22, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:19.17, sy, 3/4 length. MARJORAM (f, 2, Quality Road--Cardamon, by Pioneerof the Nile), a Juddmonte homebred and full-sibling to this summer's GIII Mahony Stakes winner Spiced Up, debuted Saturday at 3-1 under Louisville's twin spires. The bay juvenile was a joint and distant last through the :22.68 first quarter, rushed up to fourth going into the far turn, continued to advance as the clock stopped in :46.25 for the half, and swung wide to take command down the lane. Frontrunner Kayla's...

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Juddmonte Stallion Mizzen Mast Dies At 27

Juddmonte's homebred stallion Mizzen Mast (Cozzene) has been euthanized due to the infirmities of old age, the Daily Racing Form reported Monday. The 27-year-old began his career in France, placing in the G1 Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris before crossing the Atlantic to take both the GI Malibu Stakes and the GII Strub Stakes at Santa Anita to finish his racing career. As a stallion, Mizzen Mast sired 70 stakes winners and 27 group or graded winners until his pensioning from stud duties in 2021. He sired 11 elite-level winners...

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Repole Nabs Not This Time's Whitethorn for $475K at KEENOV Monday

With numbers continuing to surpass the 2024 standard, Monday's seventh session of the Keeneland November Sale closed out another day of strong trade, highlighted by a gross of $234,253,000, up from $181,460,500 generated one year ago. Average through seven sessions increased 25.34% to $141,886, while the median showed a sharp rise, up 40.35% to $80,000 this year. The RNAs to this point decreased from 470 in 2024 to 424 this term. Conversely, session 7 saw RNAs rise to 58, increasing from 49 one year ago, while 259 head drew an...

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Well-Received Elite Power To Stand For $35K at Juddmonte In 2026

Elite Power, the only son of Curlin to receive Eclipse Awards in consecutive season and whose first foals have been very well-received at this year's weanling sales, will stand the 2026 breeding season for a fee of $35,000, live foal stands and nurses, at Juddmonte's Kentucky nursery. Elite Power has covered some 360 mares in his first two years at stud, his first book having included five champions and better than 25 elite-level winners or producers. A colt from the family of GI Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate)...

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Frankel
Frankel Heads Juddmonte Roster At 350k – New Addition Lead Artist To Stand For 12.5k

Frankel will once again lead the Juddmonte roster at £350,000 while new addition Lead Artist, a Group 1 winner in the Lockinge Stakes, will stand for £12,500 in 2026. Frankel added 24 individual stakes winners to his record in 2025, 13 of them at Group level. He has now sired an extraordinary 40 individual Group 1 winners and stands as the most successful active sire of Northern Hemisphere Classic winners, with 12 to his name, including 2025 Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Lake Victoria and dual-Classic winner Minnie Hauk. His success...

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Sunday's Racing Insights: Juveniles Look To Put Forth 'Strong Effort' With Unveiling On Sunday

3rd-BEL, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 2:11 p.m. ET. A $900,000 Keeneland September purchase, STRONG EFFORT (Practical Joke) goes out for St Elias and trainer Chad Brown. Responsible for MGISP Reinvestment Risk (Upstart), dam Ridingwiththedevil (Candy Ride {Arg}) was a $210,000 buy for Gainesway at the Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed sale while Strong Effort was in utero. The first-time starter's extended female family includes Canadian MGSW My List (Banker's Gold). TJCIS PPS 1st-BEL, $85K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET. Trainer Todd Pletcher has a pair of uncoupled entries set...

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Brown Can End Rough Meet On High Note In Bryan Station

It has been an atypically slow Keeneland fall meeting for the powerful barn of Chad Brown, who had been represented by a single winner from his first 17 starters in a maiden claimer on Oct. 23. But a win from Juddmonte's Salamis (Speightstown) in Saturday's $600,000 GIII Bryan Station Stakes would go a long ways in turning Brown's frown upside down--at least to a certain degree. A son of Juddmonte's GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Antonoe (First Defence) and therefore the half-brother to GSW & MGISP Segesta (Ghostzapper), Salamis...

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Star Miler Field Of Gold to Stay in Training as a Four-Year-Old

Dual Group 1-winning miler Field Of Gold will continue his racing career in 2026 after owner-breeder Juddmonte confirmed plans to keep him in training as a four-year-old. Trained by John and Thady Gosden, Field Of Gold was one of the stars of early summer when his victories included the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh and G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot, confirming his standing as the leading three-year-old miler in Europe after a near-miss in the G1 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket. However, after suffering a setback...

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Juddmonte's Shipbourne Records Impressive Debut Newbury Win, Beckett Has Classics In Mind

Juddmonte's Shipbourne (Frankel) arrived at Newbury on Friday with a buzz surrounding him and duly went through his maiden as connections would have hoped. Sent off the 10-11 favourite for the 6 1/2-furlong test, the son of Special Duty (Hennessy) followed the pace with ease under Colin Keane and took command inside the two. Sent clear from there, the homebred registered a 4 1/4-length success from Not That Guy (Cotai Glory). "He's a lovely big horse with the size and scope to match his pedigree, but he doesn't realise he's a...

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Valley View Seems Ripe For An Upset

An overflow field of 3-year-old fillies is set to face the starter for Friday' GII Bank of America Valley View Stakes on the final couple of days of racing at the Keeneland Fall Meet. For bettors, the 8 1/2-furlong feature, which carries purse money of $400,000 (including KTDF money), seems like a true 'spread' race. Minnesota-bred Play With Fire (Oscar Performance) looms a logical favorite to give Chad Brown his second Valley View winner in the space of three years (Surge Capacity, 2023). Acquired privately from Fergus Galvin and trainer...

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