Queensland cult hero Rothfire has run his last race after Sunday's Manikato Stakes at Caulfield, while Racing NSW has confirmed Graeme Hinton as its next chief executive. Abroad, Irish studs are backing a charity nomination auction at the Goffs Orby Sale, and the American breeding industry mourns LNJ Foxwoods co-founder Larry Roth.
Najidi Storm beaten at odds-on again at Wolverhampton
Juddmonte's Najidi Storm, who holds the British record for shortest-priced loser after being beaten at 1-33 at Goodwood this month, was turned over again at Wolverhampton when sent off at 10-11. The Harry Charlton-trained colt tried to make all under Colin Keane but was run down inside the final furlong by Wootz, ridden by Ray Dawson, who won by three-quarters of a length. Keane did get off the mark at the track later in the day on Quintana, a Dubawi filly out of Juddmonte's Group 1 winner Quadrilateral, also for Charlton.
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LNJ Foxwoods co-founder Larry Roth dies aged 75
Laurence "Larry" Roth, who founded the racing and breeding operation LNJ Foxwoods with his daughter Jaime and wife Nanci, died on Sunday aged 75 after battling cancer. A co-founder of Marchon Eyewear, he entered racing in 2012 with a plan to buy well-bred fillies, race them and retire them to a broodmare band. LNJ Foxwoods won its first graded stakes in 2015 with Nickname in the GI Frizette, and its best horse was Covfefe, winner of the 2019 GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint and a dual Eclipse Award winner.
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Irish studs donate nominations for injured rider Kaitlyn Ryan
Coolmore, Tally-Ho, Yeomanstown and Ballylinch have offered nominations to stallions including City Of Troy, Zavateri, Mill Stream and Bayside Boy for a charity auction supporting 21-year-old amateur jockey Kaitlyn Ryan, who suffered a severe spinal cord injury in a gallops fall last week. The auction will be held at around 9.45am on Tuesday, before day two of the Goffs Orby Sale, with all proceeds going directly to Ryan's family. MV Magnier, speaking for the studs and the Fethard community, said the courage shown by Ryan and her family was an inspiration.
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Heathcote reflects as Rothfire bows out
Trainer Robert Heathcote has confirmed Rothfire, the Queensland sprinter known as the Thriller From Chinchilla, has run his last race. Heathcote described the horse's career as "an incredible journey".
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Rothfire retired after Manikato Stakes
Rothfire has been retired after finishing well back in Sunday's G1 Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield. The two-time Group 1 winner won 12 of his 47 starts, taking the G1 JJ Atkins as a two-year-old and the Doomben 10,000 last year at $61 at the age of eight. He earned more than $5.8 million in prizemoney.
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Graeme Hinton named next Racing NSW chief executive
The Racing NSW board has announced Graeme Hinton as the regulator's next chief executive officer. The appointment puts the succession plan for Peter V'landys into motion.
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