Robin Goodfellow’s racing tips: Best bets for Tuesday, November 14
Mail Sport's racing expert Robin Goodfellow delivers his tips for Tuesday's meetings at Wolverhampton, Huntingdon, Newcastle and Lingfield.
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‘Hugely Exciting’: Breeders’ Cup Winner Auguste Rodin To Remain In Training For 2024
Breeders' Cup Turf winner Auguste Rodin will remain in training for 2024, trainer Aidan O'Brien confirmed to the Racing Post this Monday. The 3-year-old son of Deep Impact could even target the Breeders' Cup Classic on dirt at Del Mar.
“We're very much looking forward to having him racing again next year and it's hugely exciting really,” O'Brien said.
Owned and bred by the Coolmore partnership, Auguste Rodin is out of the three-time Group 1-winning Galileo mare Rhododendron. The colt won the Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby this season, as well as the Irish Champions Stakes before jet-setting to the United States for his impressive performance over the turf at Santa Anita Park.
“He's a unique horse, a one off, and the lads are enjoying their racing more than ever at the moment,” O'Brien said. “It's unbelievable for us and everyone else, for everyone who follows racing.”
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Churchill Downs Officials ‘Dissatisfied’ With Turf Course Status, To Limit Grass Races
The turf course at Churchill Downs, despite being renovated to the tune of $10 million ahead of the Spring 2022 meet, is still not meeting expectations. Darren Rogers, Churchill's senior director of media services, told the Daily Racing Form that the status of turf racing during the ongoing 2023 Fall Meet will be considered on a “day-to-day” basis.
“We've decided it's best to limit the number of turf races because we're dissatisfied with the course's current status,” Rogers told DRF. “The preservation of fresh running lanes appears to provide better ground, but it's a day-to-day decision.”
Races carded for the turf were switched to the dirt on Friday, Nov. 10, Saturday, Nov. 11, and Sunday, Nov. 13, despite a lack of precipitation in the Louisville, Ky. area. Through the first 10 days of the Fall Meet, Churchill has held just 16 races on the grass.
One unnamed jockey told DRF the turf course conditions were “slippery.”
It is not the first time the renovated turf course has come under scrutiny. The new Bermuda hybrid mixture debuted on April 30, 2022, but turf racing was paused on June 11 and ultimately canceled for the remainder of the 2023 Spring Meet, following the occurrence of a catastrophic injury on the course.
Churchill Downs began work on the new course in July 2021, a project that included widening the surface and removing a crown that made the outer portion of the course unusable. The crown is designed to help drainage, but a new subsurface drainage system eliminated the need for it.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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Texas 2YOs In Training Sale Set For Apr. 3
The 2024 Texas 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale will take place at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie Wednesday, Apr. 3, 2024, with the under-tack preview set for Monday, Apr. 1.
“We're excited to follow up our solid 2023 sale with our 2024 edition of our Texas 2-Year-Old Sale,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridwell said. “We continue to pursue quality offerings that create an attractive marketplace for our buyers in the region.”
Recent graduates of the sale include Norman Stables' Strong Promise (Broken Vow), who fetched $125,000 at this year's sale and has since gone on to earn better than $216,000 with stakes victories at Lone Star, Delta Downs and Louisiana Downs. Blue Squall (Tapwrit), who topped the auction at $300,000, has been second in maiden allowance company at Churchill Downs in her first two starts.
“Our graduates are competing both locally and nationally and show the type of athletes our consignors have offered each year,” Bridewell said. “We're already working on putting together another solid catalog for our 2024 sale.”
Entries for the sale are due Jan. 15, 2024 and consignment forms are available at www.ttasales.com.
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