September, 2022 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Syndicate Pioneer Henry Ponsonby Passes At 74

Syndicate ownership pioneer Henry Ponsonby has passed away. He was 74. His white and red silks were carried to victory in the Ebor and Cesarwitch handicaps, among others. In 2020, Ponsonby celebrated a Royal Ascot double with Scarlet Dragon (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}) and Hollie Doyle in the Duke Of Edinburgh S. and then took the Queen Alexandra S. with Who Dares Wins (Ire) (Jeremy) and Tom Marquand.

Eve Johnson Houghton, who trained Scarlet Dragon for Ponsonby, said, “My first job in racing was working in Henry's office and in those days he had horses with dad [Fulke Johnson Houghton].

“He was larger than life, and all the way through he was a good winner as well as being a good loser. He supported me from day one when I took out a licence 15 years ago. To all his trainers he was always on the phone, and would call me up to four times a day.

“He's a huge loss to racing, and I would use two words to sum him up–irrepressible and unreplaceable.”

She added, “Before racing [on Friday] I got together with Alan King and Nicky Henderson and we all had a big boohoo.”

Added Derby-winning trainer Paul Cole, “We were together as good friends right from the start in the early 80s and I set him up to run syndicates for me. It was for selfish reasons really, but it all worked out. I can't remember how many good little horses he had but there were a lot of them, and then he went forward on his own.

“In those early days we were big friends with no worries. He had a wonderful sense of humour and everything was an adventure to him. He enjoyed everything he did, and put everything into it.

“Some of the stories should be spared from the print, but I remember in the early days at Whatcombe we put him on a fat filly and told him to trot her outside. As he was doing that the fog came down and we went to breakfast and forgot about him. It was only half an hour later that we realised he was missing, and had to send a search party to find him.”

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Mor Spirit’s Quick Hammer Makes His Debut A Winning One

1st-Belmont The Big A, $95,000, Msw, 9-16, 2yo, 6f, 1:12.12, ft, 1 1/4 lengths.
QUICK HAMMER (c, 2, Mor Spirit–Malibu Cove, by Malibu Moon), picked up for just $100,000 out of the Fasig-Tipton Timonium Sale (:10 1/5) earlier this year, broke sharply from an outside gate, outpaced only by Warman Road (Unified) to his outside. Taken in hand, he rated patiently while racing two wide in company into the far turn with Space (Ghostzapper) until given his cue with just over a quarter mile to run. Still with a length to make up on the leader turning for home, Quick Hammer wasted no time reeling that tiring rival in inside of the final eighth and drawing off. Signator (Tapit), a $1.7-million OBS April purchase, rallied nicely but ran out of ground as Quick Hammer went on to a 1 1/4-length win. The eighth winner for his freshman sire (by Eskendereya), Quick Hammer is a half-brother to Kalypso (Brody's Cause), GISW, $601,878 and is out of a full-sister to MGSW Prospective. Malibu Cove produced a yearling colt by Jimmy Creed and a weanling colt by Authentic. She was bred back to Authentic for 2023. Sales History: $200,000 Ylg '21 FTKJUL; $100,000 2yo '22 EASMAY. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $52,250. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Gold Square LLC & Joseph R. Hardoon; B-Spendthrift Farm LLC (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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Saturday Insights: Pair Of Pricey Into Mischief 2-Year-Olds Begin Their Racing Careers

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5th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 2:45 p.m.
An $870,000 purchase out of the OBS April sale (:10 1/5) by CHP Racing, having made $180,000 at Keeneland September last year, Summer Wind Equine-bred CREATE TROUBLE (Into Mischief) debuts Saturday for trainer Brendan Walsh. The bay is out of No Curfew (Curlin), a half-sister to the dams of MG1SW Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB}), MGISW To Honor and Serve (Bernardini), GISW Angela Renee (Bernardini), and GISP Elnaawi (Street Sense). Create Trouble gets Tyler Gaffalione for the ride. Loggins (Ghostzapper) cost Spendthrift Farm and Steve Landers $460,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. The March foal is the first to the races for Beyond Blame (Blame), winner of the 2018 GIII Regret S. for Pop-A-Top LLC. TJCIS PPs

2nd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m, 1:14 p.m.
Godolphin takes the wraps off homebred COMPARATIVE (Street Sense) Saturday for trainer Brad Cox. A full-sister to MGSW Shared Sense, she is out of a half-sister to GSW Penwith (Bernardini) and MGSP Centring (A.P. Indy). This is also the family of G1SP Party Cited (Alleged), GIII West Virginia Derby winner Ready Set (Touch Gold), and GIII Southwest S. victor and GI Arkansas Derby runner-up Suddenbreakingnews (Mineshaft). The bay's been working consistently at Churchill Downs in preparation for her debut and gets Florent Geroux in the irons. TJCIS PPs

3rd-BAQ, $95K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 2:02 p.m.
Peter Brant homebred BOBBIE D (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) brings plenty of pedigree appeal into this belated career debut. A homebred son of French stakes-placed Rosa Bonheur (Mr. Greeley), the gray colt is a full-brother to Brant's Raging Bull (Fr), winner of the 2018 GI Hollywood Derby and subsequently victorious in the GI Maker's Mark Mile and GI Shoemaker Mile. Bobbie D is also a half-brother to White Birch's Kubrick (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a two-time winner from three starts this year as a juvenile, including a narrow victory in the G3 Prix des Chenes at ParisLongchamp Sept. 8. The competition could come from Logan's Runner (Pioneerof the Nile), a $230,000 Fasig-Tipton October Yearling whose GIII Monmouth Oaks-winning dam Savvy Supreme (Distorted Humor) is a full-sister to MGISW Commentator. TJCIS PPs

6th-BAQ, $90k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:35 p.m.
Picked up for $625,000 as a yearling out of last year's Keeneland September Sale, OCCULT (Into Mischief) races for Alpha Delta Stables out of the Chad Brown barn. Out of the GISP Empire Maker mare Magical Feeling, Occult is a half-sister to MSP Exulting (Tapit) and from the family of GI Travers S. winner and GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile runner-up Golden Ticket (Speightstown). Her yearling full-sister, Imagination, recently brought $1.05 million from SF Bloodstock, Starlight Racing, and Madaket out of the 2022 Keeneland September Sale. Flavien Prat picks up the mount. TJCIS PPs

9th-BAQ, $105K, Alw, 3yo/up, 7f, 5:13 p.m.
While 'TDN Rising Star' Damon's Mound (Girvin) and Casa Creed (Jimmy Creed) were starring in the day's graded stakes at Saratoga Aug. 13, EXPRESSMAN (Liam's Map) was actually making the afternoon's biggest splash with a monstrous debut. Sent off as part of the favored Todd Pletcher entry at 1.95-1, the St. Elias-colorbearer made the running in the seven-furlong test, opened up on the lead approaching the final furlong and kicked on to graduate by some 7 1/4 lengths. The $145,000 Keeneland November weanling and $325,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic breezer (:10 2/5) earned a towering 107 Beyer for the effort. TJCIS PPs

9th-LRC, $50K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 7:35 p.m.
Bought as a yearling for $850,000 by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, and Madaket Stables, NIELSON (Curlin) is out of GSW & GISP My Wandy's Girl (Flower Alley), making him a half-brother to GSW My Prankster (Into Mischief). Having recently worked five furlongs from the gate in :59 4/5 (4/37), Nielson gets Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith aboard for trainer Bob Baffert. TJCIS PPs

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Four Yearlings By Top Sires Supplemented To Goffs Orby Sale Including A Galileo Filly

Four yearlings–by Galileo (Ire), Sea The Stars (Ire), Dark Angel (Ire), and Camelot (GB)–have been supplemented to the upcoming Goffs Orby Yearling Sale on Sept. 27-28.

From Baroda Stud is lot 229A, a filly by the late, great Galileo (Ire). She is a daughter of Group 3 winner and multiple Group 1-placed Wind Chimes (GB) (Mastercraftsman {GB}).

A filly by Sea The Stars and out of Aegean Girl (Ire) (Henrythenavigator) (lot 315A) also hails from the draft of Baroda Stud. Aegean Girl is a half-sister to G3 Bengough S. hero Lightning Moon (Ire) (Shamardal) and listed winner Song Of My Heart (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}).

The only colt among the supplementary lots is Yeomanstown Stud's lot 508A. By their resident star stallion Dark Angel (Ire), the grey's dam is the listed winner Isaan Queen (Ire) (War Command), while G3 Prix du Calvados victress Charlotte O Fraise (Ire) (Beat Hollow {GB}) is in the extended family.

Lot 174A, a Camelot filly out of an unraced half-sister to G3 Winter Derby hero Robin Hoods Bay (GB) (Motivator {GB}) rounds out the quartet. She is offered by Camas Park Stud and counts G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Bianca Nera (GB) (Salse) as her third dam.

The Orby Sale begins at 9:30 a.m. each day, with all yearlings offered eligible for the 2023 Goffs Million.

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