23/03/2025. In Today’s TDN // Final Gambit, Good Cheer, Bless The Broken, Touchuponastar… by TDN

 

March 23, 2025
 
IN TODAY’S TDN

In TDN America:.

  • Having lost GII Risen Star Stakes romper Magnitude (Not This Time) to injury, trainer Steve Asmussen re-entered the Triple Crown trail discussion with Tiztastic (Tiz the Law), who came from off the pace to win Saturday’s GII TwinSpires.com Louisiana Derby and earn 100 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
  • Godolphin’s Good Cheer (Medaglia d’Oro) stamped herself as squarely the one to beat in the GI Kentucky Oaks in a little less than five weeks when making Saturday’s GII Fair Grounds Oaks her sixth win from as many trips to the races.
  • Louisiana-bred Touchuponastar (Star Guitar) made every yard in Saturday’s GII New Orleans Classic Stakes at the Fair Grounds, spoiling the seasonal debut of Eclipse Award and GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Sierra Leone (Gun Runner).

 

In TDN Europe:

  • Brian Sheerin speaks with Ollie Sangster, who is dreaming of G1 1000 Guineas glory with Group 2 winner Simmering (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}).
  • Starspangledbanner (Aus)’s Lady Claypoole (Ire) leads off in Making Waves, after winning the GIII Santa Ana Stakes in California. Heather Anderson has the details.
  • It was a third G1 Golden Slipper for Snitzel (Aus), as his daughter Marhoona (Aus) won the iconic race at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.
 
 

Final Gambit Goes Last to First in Jeff Ruby Steaks

Final Gambit (c, 3, Not This Time–Pachinko, by Tapit), a last-to-first maiden winner at third asking at Turfway Park Feb. 15, ran by them all once again with a 15-1 upset in Saturday’s GIII Jeff… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Good Cheer Keeps The Good Times Rolling In Fair Grounds Oaks

Six starts. Six wins. Godolphin homebred GOOD CHEER (f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro–Wedding Toast, by Street Sense) stamped herself as a force to be reckoned with in Louisville on the first Friday in May with another… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Bless the Broken Answers the Call in Turfway’s Bourbonette Oaks

Bless the Broken (f, 3, Laoban–The Nightingale, by Tapit), third in the GII Rachel Alexandra S. Feb. 15, delivered a come-from-behind victory at odds of 6-1 in the Bourbonette Oaks at Turfway Park, good for… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Touchuponastar Upsets Champion Sierra Leone In New Orleans Stakes

Lousiana-bred millionaire TOUCHUPONASTAR (g, 6, Star Guitar–Touch Magic, by Lion Heart) could have won the Sunday stakes named for his sire practically by just showing up, but instead, connections took the path of greater resistance… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

Sovereignty Favored From Outside Alley In Curlin Florida Derby

Godolphin’s Sovereignty (Into Mischief), a smashing winner of the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes on seasonal debut Mar. 1, drew widest in a field of 10 and was made the 8-5 favorite on the… [To read this entire TDN News Story, click here.]

 

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