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Two-time defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry) hasn’t lost a race on the turf in 13 tries dating back to the GI Shadwell Turf Mile 36 months ago when he was beaten a little less than two lengths into fourth by Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat), who was winning the race for the...
When asked post-race why he’d entered Illinois-bred Work All Week in Friday’s GIII Phoenix S. at Keeneland, owner Richard Papiese had a simple, one-word answer. “Dirt,” he said. Indeed, the homebred gelding won for the eighth time in as many starts on a conventional dirt surface and, should he emerge none the worse for wear,...
Godolphin’s Alpha (Bernardini–Munnaya, by Nijinsky II), a two-time Grade I winner, has been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2015 at Becky Thomas’ Sequel Stallions in New York. A stud fee will be determined at a later date. A six-length debut winner and runner-up to future Classic winner Union Rags (Dixie Union) in the GI...
MODERNIZATION HOT TOPIC AT EPMA FORUM By Michele MacDonald Taking his cue from the famous quote attributed to Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) about how reports of his death had been exaggerated, Benoit Cornu exhorted about 170 industry attendees at the European Pari-Mutuel Association’s 7th Racing and Betting Forum in Paris Oct. 3 to modernize and...
Fasig-Tipton Company has released the catalogue for their November Sale, to be conducted in a single session beginning at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3. “Our 2014 November catalogue is one of our finest yet,” Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning commented. “The sale will begin with 75 selected weanlings–which is a growing market sector in this sale...
TWO SHARP Twelve months ago, Andre Fabre unleashed a subsequent 1000 Guineas winner on Newmarket’s G3 Oh So Sharp S. in Miss France (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), and while there are unlikely to be any in this year’s lineup to follow in her footsteps, there are two potentially smart Godolphin performers in Local Time (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire})...
AIGLES RETURNS While the main attention this weekend is on the Arc, it is to Ascot that connections of Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) will be looking as the beloved veteran returns to his happy hunting ground of Longchamp’s G2 Qatar Prix Dollar today. Warming up for a fourth attempt at the G1 Qipco Champion...
ROYAL INFLUENCE As with many of the contests staged on this historic weekend, His Highness The Aga Khan’s presence is keenly felt and between the esteemed owner-breeder and trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, they hold the record of six successes in today’s G2 Qatar Prix de Royallieu at Longchamp. Aptly, their main representative this year is...
THE LOW-DOWN The Wertheimers are accustomed to success at Longchamp’s Arc weekend, and today’s G2 Qatar Prix Daniel Wildenstein features a strong candidate to extend their tally in their 4-year-old Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). Impressive when winning Deauville’s G3 Prix Quincey over this trip at the end of August, the homebred gelding has taken five of his...
THE MAIN FOCUS When it comes to Longchamp’s G2 Qatar Prix Chaudenay, His Highness The Aga Khan is the man to start with, having owned a record-equaling five winners, and he has a strong chance of a sixth to take him clear of the late Edouard de Rothschild today. His 3-year-old filly Vazira (Fr) (Sea the Stars...
FABRE THREAT Newmarket’s G1 Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot S. is no stranger to French invasion, with Siyouma (Ire) (Medicean {GB}) and Sahpresa (Sahm) accounting for four of the last five renewals between them, and today’s edition could easily go across the channel with a trio of Andre Fabre starlets in the line-up. They include...
Jerry Brown, in an Op/Ed in yesterday’s TDN (click here), proffered the notion that racing was a business, not a sport. With all due respect, sincerely, I disagree with Jerry. First of all, I like Jerry and this was not always the case. Jerry is not an easy guy to get to know, because he is...