David Eustace is eyeing a run at December's Hong Kong International Races for Light Years Charm after he capped the English trainer's best day in Hong Kong with victory in the HK$5.35 million Sha Tin Trophy Handicap (G2) at Sha Tin Oct. 19.
Why It Worked: Hall Stables, which formerly owned the mare Ready to Unleash, is enjoying the prospect of two of her foals potentially starting in the upcoming Breeders' Cup.
Magical Trickster put a spell on the competition, winning the Oct. 18 Frost King Stakes at Woodbine. The victory also served to give his sire, grade1 winner Collusion Illusion, his first black-type stakes winner.
Paramount Sales is bringing championship blood to the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale Oct. 19-22, offering three yearlings with direct family ties to Breeders' Cup contenders.
Malibu Smart took until the end of her 3-year-old season to break her maiden. It would be nearly three more years before she won again. Yet, making her graded stakes debut as a 6-year-old, she rose to the occasion, capturing the Dowager Stakes (G3T).