05/01/2025. In Today’s TDN, Richi (CH), Coal Battle, Guns Loaded, Barnes, Man City Owner Sheikh Mansour Buys Haras De Fresnay Le Buffard In €28-Million Deal… by TDN

 

January 5, 2025

IN TODAY’S TDN
 

Practical Joke’s Richi Upsets Pleasant To Win Las Flores

Chilean import RICHI (CHI) (Practical Joke), second in the Desert Stormer Stakes in her North American debut June 2, went one better Saturday to win the GIII Las Flores Stakes and upset heavy 1-5 favorite… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Coal Battle Picks Up More Derby Points With Smarty Jones Win

Already in possession of points on the Road the Kentucky Derby thanks to his win in the Remington Springboard Mile Dec. 13, COAL BATTLE (c, 3, Coal Front–Wolfblade, by Midshipman) added 10 points to that… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

‘Rising Star’ Guns Loaded Hangs On To Win Mucho Macho Man

The Road the Florida Derby kicked off at Gulfstream Saturday as ‘TDN Rising Star‘ GUNS LOADED (c, 3, Gun Runner–Sky by Sky, by Bernardini) got the wire just in time to win the one-mile Mucho… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Barnes An Easy Victor To Give Bob Baffert Another San Vincente

$3.2m FTSAUG grad BARNES (c, 3, Into Mischief–All American Dream, by American Pharoah) returned to Santa Anita from his whisker-thin maiden score at Churchill Downs to take the GII San Vincente Stakes… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Man City Owner Sheikh Mansour Buys Haras De Fresnay Le Buffard In €28-Million Deal

Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan, through his Al Wathba Stud, purchased Haras de Fresnay le Buffard and surrounding environs for a reported €28 million late last year. The transaction was confirmed by… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Cyclone State An Eye-Catching Winner Of The Jerome

CYCLONE STATE (c, 3, McKinzie–Chanel’s Legacy, by Dominus) picked up an easy 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby with an eye-catching gate-to-wire win in the Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct. Sent to the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Rodriguez A First ‘TDN Rising Star’ For Authentic

Newly-turned second season sire Authentic was represented by his first ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Saturday when RODRIGUEZ (c, 3, Authentic–Cayala, by Cherokee Run) opened up on a maiden special weight field at Santa Anita to graduate… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

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