February 19, 2025

In TDN America:.

• Chris McGrath discusses Magnitude and his sire, Not This Time, as well as Bernardini and more in this week’s Breeding Digest.
• Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Magnitude, who catapulted himself to the top of the list of GI Kentucky Derby contenders with a jaw-dropping 9 3/4-length victory in the GII Risen Star Stakes Saturday, has been forced off the Triple Crown trail by an ankle chip. David Fiske talks with Jessica Martini.
• Breeders and horsemen aiming to fight Florida’s decoupling bills launched the Thoroughbred Racing Initiative (TRI) Tuesday, billed as “an industry collaboration created to fight for live horse racing in Florida and elsewhere in the United States.”

In TDN Europe:

• The European Pattern Committee announced on Tuesday that it has approved the upgrade of four Group 2 races to Group 1 status, including the City Of York Stakes run over seven furlongs at York’s Ebor Festival.
• The first foals by dual Group 1 winner Mostahdaf (Ire) have been reported, including a colt out of Alaflaak (War Front), the dam of Shadwell’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Falakeyah (GB) (New Bay {GB}).
• Tamayuz (GB) filly Eponine (Ire), from the family of Tamayuz’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches heroine Precieuse (Ire), maintained her unbeaten record with a smooth victory at Pau on Tuesday.