Porter on Pedigrees

Coming off a sharp gate-to-wire conquest in the Mac Diarmida Stakes (G2T), Capture the Flag now looks to win again at Gulfstream Park in the March 29 Pan American Stakes (G3T). 

Juvenile breezers out of group winners and lightly raced horses in training feature among a classy catalog for the upcoming Tattersalls Guineas Breeze Up and and Horses in Training Sale April 30-May 1.

The Dubai World Cup card this year falls a week later than is traditionally the case, a development driven by the dates of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which comes to an end with Eid al-Fitr expected to fall Sunday evening (March 30). 

Mauritzfontein, who own the Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein bred Gimme A Nother, will be offering buyers a chance to find the next Gimme A Nother when they bring a classy draft to the 2025 National Yearling Sale, April 10-11.

During its annual review of the graded and listed stakes races in Canada, the graded stakes committee for The Jockey Club of Canada decided to downgrade the standing of three stakes for 2025.

California-based conditioner Doug O’Neill will send out grade 1 winner Raging Torrent in an attempt to win the Godolphin Mile (G2) April 5, for the third time in his career and the second time in succession.

It was Thornton’s first grade 2 win and first graded stakes win since 2011 when he won the Stars and Stripes (G3) at Arlington Park. The win was over a field that included Sierra Leone making his first start since the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1).

Coolmore Australia have announced that Derby winner City of Troy will shuttle to their Jerrys Plains-based farm for the 2025 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, where he will stand for an opening fee of AU$49,500 (£24,300/€30,000).

Mauritzfontein, who own the Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein bred Gimme A Nother, will be offering buyers a chance to find the next Gimme A Nother when they bring a classy draft to the 2025 National Yearling Sale, April 10-11.