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by T.D. Thornton In response to a request for additional documentation to be used as evidence at an upcoming dispute resolution hearing, Terry Finley has filed an expanded letter of protest with the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, underscoring his demand for a new election to reconcile his claims of a deeply flawed process that...
by T.D. Thornton The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame notified members of its voting panel on Tuesday that trainer Steve Asmussen will not be allowed to appear on 2015 Hall of Fame ballots because of ongoing investigations into rules and ethics violations in New York and Kentucky. “Our executive committee felt it...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Majmu (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}), South Africa’s champion 2-year-old filly of 2013-2014, will not make her next start in the G1 J&B Met S. in Cape Town, trainer Mike de Kock confirmed Monday on his website. The news comes despite the lifting of the recent movement restriction ban on horses stabled...
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), Daily Racing Form and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters (NTWAB) announced yesterday that Barbara Livingston has won the 2014 Media Eclipse Award for Photography, while a pair of Writing Awards were earned by John Scheinman in the Feature/Commentary category and Joe Clancy in the News/Enterprise category. Livingston will...
From the time Sir Barton became the first to sweep the GI Kentucky Derby, GI Preakness S. and GI Belmont S. in 1919 until Citation became the eighth to run the table in 1948, the most time that transpired between successful Triple Crown bids was the 11 years between Sir Barton and Gallant Fox in...
By Christie DeBernardis Hall of Famer Nick Zito is a trainer who knows a thing or two about upsetting a Triple Crown bid with a big longshot. Both of Zito’s GI Belmont S. wins came from double-digit longshots who spoiled Triple Crown dreams. The first was 36-1 shot Birdstone (Grindstone), who brought Smarty Jones (Elusive...
by Steve Sherack An absolutely packed parking lot filled with news trucks and a helicopter flying overhead on a Friday morning in early June? Yes, this is becoming a pretty familiar sight in Elmont, New York, on GI Belmont S. eve as American Pharoah(Pioneerof the Nile) tries to do what Big Brown, California Chrome, Smarty Jones,...
by T.D. Thornton National Basketball Association commissioner emeritus David Stern prefaced his candid remarks about Thoroughbred racing’s hot-button issues by joking Friday morning that Pan American Conference attendees might throw things at him. But he wasn’t kidding about what the sport needs to do to raise the industry’s profile, both within the United States and...
Sunday sees Japan’s top older milers line up in the G1 Yasuda Kinen, and the progressive Maurice (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}) is favored off the back of a win in the G3 Lord Derby Challenge Trophy Apr. 5. That was the 4-year-old’s third straight triumph, and he steps up to Group 1 company for the first time...
Four horses with Royal Ascot entries have been added to the Goffs London Sale, which takes place at The Orangery at Kensington Palace on the eve of that showpiece meeting June 15. The wildcard entries are lot 45, the winning 2-year-old colt Halsall (GB) (Kodiac {GB}) who is entered the Listed Windsor Castle S.; lot 46, the 2-year-old debut-winning...
Saturday evening’s G3 Prix Paul de Moussac at Chantilly sees the return of this season’s biggest missing piece so far in Full Mast (Mizzen Mast). Khalid Abdullah’s homebred, who ended up being presented with the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere by the Longchamp stewards on Arc day upon the demotion of none other than Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}),...
Before Aidan O’Brien arrived on the scene, it was Andre Fabre who ruled the roost in the G1 Investec Coronation Cup, and the success of Swain (Ire) in 1996 was a third straight and fifth overall in the Epsom feature for Chantilly’s maitre. Shirocco (Ger) has subsequently added a sixth during the period of Ballydoyle’s...