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☀️ Ahead of the start of the European yearling sales season this Friday, the TDN team continues our previews of ARQANA’s August Sale with a profile of the Haras du Cadran consignment.

TDN’s Emma Berry has the Lowdown ⬇️

The Arqana Lowdown: Haras du Cadran Over the last four decades, Pierre Talvard has developed Haras du Cadran into one of France's foremost nurseries spread across 400 hectares in Normandy. Among those raised on that land in that time are the Group 1 winners Qemah (Ire), The Grey Gatsby (Fr), Pretty Gorgeous (Fr), Marianafoot (Fr) and....

🏆 Stanhope Gardens (Ghaiyyath) became his freshman sire's first winner by dominating Wednesday's New 911 EBF Maiden Stakes at Beverley.

Book 2 Graduate Stanhope Gardens Becomes First Winner for Ghaiyyath Ralph Beckett trainee Stanhope Gardens (Ire) (Ghaiyyath {Ire}–Pure Art {GB}, by Dutch Art {GB}) shaped with a great deal of promise when third behind the 'TDN Rising Star' performance of Ruling Court (Justify) at Sandown last month and became his freshman sire's first winner by dominating Wednesda...

Wednesday, August 14 TDN America ✍️
▪️ Time to Pass the SAFE Act, but how?
▪️ Breeding Digest: A Win Win Scenario
▪️ Seize the Grey to skip Travers in favor of Pennsylvania Derby

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🔎 Observations features another highly-promising Ballydoyle 2-year-old runner in a very short, but quality, Stonehenge Stakes: THE PARTHENON (Kingman).

Also, ELWATEEN (Dubawi) debuts at Kempton for Shadwell.

Observations: Stonehenge Test for The Parthenon Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features another h...

📣 The Jockey Club Information Systems is hiring an Account Representative in its Lexington, Kentucky office.

To learn more: thetdn.com/careers

🗣️ "The success that we've had at the track is now showing up in the broodmare band...I think that'll be the final piece of the puzzle for the Rigney Racing as a whole."

Trainer Phil Bauer joins this week's TDN Writers' Room podcast.

Phil Bauer Joins TDN Writers' Room Podcast It took trainer Phil Bauer and his owner Richard Rigney a little while to figure the racing game out. From the time Bauer went to work for Rigney in 2013 through 2021, the stable had never had more than 17 wins in a year or earnings in excess of $1,724,016. But the last three years

📣 Three horses, all Grade I winners, have been selected for induction into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame in 2024: Alma North, Richard's Kid, and Shine Again.

Maryland Hall of Fame Selects Three New Members Three horses, all Grade I winners, have been selected for induction into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame in 2024: Alma North, Richard's Kid, and Shine Again. A committee of Maryland racing industry members coordinated by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association and Maryland Racing Media Associ...

📣 Spy Coast Farm is hiring an Assistant Broodmare Manager for the Reproductive Division.

To learn more: thetdn.com/careers

Opting out of the Aug. 24 GI Travers Stakes, GI Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate) will instead be pointed to the Sept. 21 GI Pennsylvania Derby at Parx.

Seize the Grey to Skip Travers in Favor of Pennsylvania Derby Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas expressed his desire on Sunday to run GI Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate) in the Aug. 24 GI Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. Tim Wilkin covered Lukas's perspective extensively in Saratoga Notebook, presented by NYRA Bets. On Tuesday, accord...

Judge Terminates Jamgotchian's Lawsuit against CHRB over Naming and Registration Controversy.

T. D. Thornton reports.

Judge Terminates Jamgotchian's Lawsuit against CHRB over Naming and Registration Controversy A federal judge in California on Monday terminated a nearly two-year-old lawsuit initiated against the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) by Thoroughbred owner Jerry Jamgotchian that alleged Jamgotchian's constitutional and civil rights were violated when the stewards at Los Alamitos Race Course d...

The 107th annual general meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA), held on Tuesday, Aug. 13, saw members and trustees gather at Newbury racecourse to discuss the ongoing challenges in British racing's future.

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Evidence-Based Strategies Key To Work of Thoroughbred Breeders' Assocation The 107th annual general meeting of the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association (TBA), held on Tuesday, Aug. 13, saw members and trustees gather at Newbury racecourse to discuss the ongoing challenges in British racing's future. Philip Newton, chairman of the association, reiterated that evidence-based s...

👉 The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association is hosting a webinar for THA trainers Sept. 6, featuring representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage & Hour Division, as well as the New York State Department of Labor.

NYTHA To Host Trainers Webinar The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association is hosting a webinar for THA trainers Sept. 6, featuring representatives from the U.S. Department of Labor – Wage & Hour Division, as well as the New York State Department of Labor. Topics will include employer requirements for the H-2B visa program...

⬆️ Bedtime Story (Frankel) leads the Timeform juveniles as the highest rated this season with a 116p, and the fillies are dominating the pecking order.

Fillies Dominate the Timeform Juvenile Pecking Order Bedtime Story (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) leads the Timeform juveniles as the highest rated this season with a 116p, and the fillies are dominating the pecking order. A 9 1/2-length winner of the Listed Chesham Stakes at the Royal Ascot meeting, and producing another dominating display July 25 en route to....

Less than a week after it was announced that Jean-Claude Rouget was set to join forces with Jerome Reynier, the Aga Khan Studs revealed that it has relocated horses trained by Rouget to Francis-Henri Graffard.

Aga Khan Relocates Rouget-Trained Horses To The Care Of Graffard Less than a week after it was announced that Jean-Claude Rouget was set to join forces with Jerome Reynier, the Aga Khan Studs revealed that it has relocated horses trained by Rouget to Francis-Henri Graffard. A statement released on Tuesday said, “The team at Aga Khan Studs extend their heartfelt...

🖊 Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano and Classic-winning trainer Jena Antonnuci will be signing posters of 2023 Eclipse Award winner Arcangelo (Arrogate) at Saratoga Race Course Saturday at 11 a.m.

Proceeds will benefit the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Castellano, Antonucci to Sign Arcangelo Posters at Saratoga Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano and Classic-winning trainer Jena Antonucci will be signing posters of 2023 Eclipse Award winner Arcangelo (Arrogate) at Saratoga Race Course Saturday at 11 a.m. Proceeds will benefit the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Renowned artist Greg Montgomery...

🥇 FIRST INSTINCT (Bated Breath), a 2YO daughter of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Proportional, made a winning debut in Tuesday's Weatherbys Global Stallions App EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes at Nottingham.

O/B: Dunchurch Lodge Stud Company
T: William Haggas

Daughter of Marcel Boussac Heroine Proportional Makes Winning Debut at Nottingham Dunchurch Lodge Stud's homebred filly First Instinct (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), a 2-year-old daughter of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Proportional (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}), made a winning debut over six furlongs in Tuesday's Weatherbys Global Stallions App EBF Maiden Fillies Stakes at Nottingham. 2n...

The catalogue for the Tattersalls September Sale is now available online. 📣 240 lots have been assembled with 155 colts/geldings both in and out-of-training as well as 77 fillies/mares both in and out-of-training, along with seven broodmares.

Tattersalls September Sale Catalogue Available Online The catalogue for the Tattersalls September Sale has been released and is available online, the auction house announced via presser on Tuesday. Set to take place on Tuesday, Sept. 10 after having previously gone late August, 240 lots have been assembled with 155 colts and geldings both in and out-of...

🤔 Did time prove them worthy of their top lot status?

TDN's Brian Sheerin looks back on the seven-figure top lots that have come out of the ARQANA August Sale in recent years to see what they became and where they are now.

What Became Of The Arqana August Sale Top Lots? So what became of the likely lads and lassies? Since 2011, there has been a seven-figure top lot each year at the Arqana August Sale. We are talking about some of the best-bred horses in Europe here. Yearlings that have been given the best possible chance of being good from the day that they were

🏆 LHAKPA (Siyouni) followed up a narrow debut victory at Compiegne in June with a 1 3/4-length success in Tuesday's Prix du Mezeray at Deauville.

O: Everest Racing, Qatar Racing Ltd & Mme Barbara M Keller
B: Ecuries des Monceaux, Qatar Bloodstock Ltd & Mme Barbara M Keller
T: Yann Barberot

€650,000 Arqana August Graduate Lhakpa Goes Two-For-Two in France Yann Barberot trainee Lhakpa (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}–Enchanting Skies {Ire}, by Sea The Stars {Ire}), a half-sister to the multiple Group 1-placed Beauvatier (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), followed up a narrow debut victory at Compiegne in June with a 1 3/4-length success in Tuesday's Prix du Mezeray at D...

🗣️ "One horse, one race? It would be Tepin winning the Queen Anne at Royal Ascot (in 2016) just because it's so difficult to do....We beat them at their own game, which shows you how great Tepin was."

The Saratoga Conversation: Tim Wilkin sits down with Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse.

The Saratoga Conversation: Mark Casse Mark Casse has had plenty of good horses in his career. His favorite is not all that surprising. He has had an audience with one of the most iconic people the world has ever seen. He is one of a select few to have been elected into Racing Hall of Fames in the U.S. and

🤝 The Bluegrass Community and Technical College has partnered with New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to allow students of BCTC's Equine Program to learn at New Vocations' Lexington facility.

BCTC Partners with New Vocations The Bluegrass Community and Technical College has partnered with New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program to allow students of BCTC's Equine Program to learn at New Vocations' Lexington facility. The BCTC Equine program provides instruction on essential skills required for a variety of careers in th...

👉 Silk Road LLC has launched its digital Thoroughbred auction platform BidXSell.com, with its dedicated concierge consignment division, eCONSIGN-IT set to host its inaugural flash sale - featuring Salute the Stars - Aug. 28.

BidXSell Launches with Inaugural Digital Sale Silk Road LLC has launched its digital Thoroughbred auction platform BidXSell.com, with its dedicated concierge consignment division, eCONSIGN-IT set to host its inaugural flash sale Aug. 28. The inaugural auction will feature Salute the Stars (Candy Ride {Arg}), winner of last year's Pegasus Stakes...

🥂 Normandy resident and regular TDN contributor Alix Choppin uses her local knowledge to offer overseas visitors some valuable pointers on where to eat, drink and be merry after a long day at the ARQANA sales.

A Gastro Guide to Deauville ⬇️

From Moules to Mojitos: A Gastro Guide to Deauville Normandy resident and regular TDN contributor Alix Choppin uses her local knowledge to offer overseas visitors some valuable pointers on where to eat, drink and be merry after a long day at the Arqana sales Despite being home to no more than 5,000 souls in the heart of winter, Deauville in summertim...

“When I presented her to Philip Shelton we were all on the same page.”

🇺🇸 Latin Fever has been sold to America after an impressive debut win. The deal was brokered by Mark McStay.

Latin Fever Sold to America After Impressive Maiden Win The recent Kevin Coleman-trained Leopardstown maiden winner Latin Fever (Ire) (Equiano {Fr}) has been purchased to continue her career in the United States in a deal brokered by Avenue Bloodstock's Mark McStay and Philip Shelton of Medallion Racing. The juvenile filly, who was bred by Donal Boylan a...

“There was a continuation of things that we saw all week. There was very active bidding throughout and there was real demand for quality horses.” - Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning.

The Fasig-Tipton NY-bred yearling sale finished well. Jess Martini has the full recap.

$370K Quality Road Colt Tops Strong Renewal of the Fasig-Tipton NY-Bred Yearling Sale SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – Fasig-Tipton concluded an impressive week of work in Saratoga with the second and final session of the company's New York-Bred Yearling Sale Monday at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion. The auction finished with a sale-record median and the third-highest average in its history...

Read Bill Finley's Week In Review on small fields in US stake races and the effect of large purses at the upcoming KY Downs meet. Also, trainer Karl Broberg retires to focus on other aspects of the business. He cites a decline of the 'claiming game'.

Where Have All The Stakes Horses Gone? The Week In Review by Bill Finley We are in the middle of the Saratoga and Del Mar meets, both of which bring together the best horses the sport has to offer. That was the case last weekend. The quality is there. The quantity? Not so much. There's an alarming trend in racing and it's