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QUALITY ON OFFER AT ARC SALE By Michele MacDonald With owners and trainers from around the world flooding into Paris for what appears to be a vintage G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend, there likely will be lots of champagne sipped and bids raised at Arqana’s annual Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud racecourse Oct. 4,...
SPRINTERS UP TO THE CHALLENGE The G1 Sprinters S., the eighth leg of the Global Sprint Challenge, is staged tomorrow at Niigata Racecourse. Unlike the last two years, when champion sprinter Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) swept this 1200 meter contest, there is no clear cut favorite amongst the lineup, but a number of...
FIRST SEAL TO TAKE FLIGHT The G1 Flight S.–Sydney’s premier spring contest for sophomore fillies–boasts a smart honor roll, its past winners including More Joyous (Aus), Samantha Miss (Aus) and Sunline (NZ), and this year’s favorite, First Seal (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), looks to join that lofty group while providing China Horse Club–which owns her in partnership–with...
BATTLE OF THE STAYERS IN METROPOLITAN The Metropolitan is the most prestigious stayers race of the Sydney spring carnival, and with automatic berths into the G1 Caulfield Cup and G1 Melbourne Cup on the line for the winner and placegetters, this will be a highly competitive contest. Shouldering top weight are Junoob (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) and Bagman (Aus) (Easy...
HAPPY TO BE BACK The G1 Turnbull S. is a traditional stepping stone to some of the most prestigious contests of the Melbourne Spring carnival, and this year’s lineup certainly confirms that reputation, with two past winners, a Melbourne Cup winner and the G1 Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup favorites in the field. Happy Trails (Aus) (Good...
BATTLE OF THE BERNARDINIS IN EPSOM? The G1 Epsom H. is the most prestigious mile contest of the Sydney spring carnival, and defending race winner Boban (Aus) (Bernardini) will have to see off a stiff challenge if he is to repeat. The 5-year-old gelding has added a further two Group 1 victories since that breakthrough score, but...
7th-DEL, $30,000, Msw, 2yo, 5f, :57 1/5, ft. +CHIEF ISTAN (c, 2, Istan–My Indian, by Indian Charlie), slight second choice at 9-5, was hustled out to contest the pace through an opening quarter in :21.59. He pulled clear without being asked on the turn and bounded home 7 1/2 lengths in front. Favored Waitin on One...
4th-IND, $32,000, Msw, 2yo, 1m (off turf), 1:40, ft. +WINDING BAY (f, 2, Malibu Moon–Cat Moves {GISW, $315,350}, by Tale of the Cat), a $90,000 KEESEP yearling, was sent off the prohibitive 1-5 favorite versus three colts in this unveiling. The chestnut filly attended a pedestrian pace, effortlessly took over on the turn and glided home...
A full-brother to Canadian champion Pender Harbour (Philanthropist) sold for C$325,000 (US$299,065) to top Tuesday’s selected session of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine. Figures for the session rebounded strongly from the 2013 and 2012 renewals of the sale, which were held amidst the uncertainty surrounding the slots at racetracks program....
Kingfisher (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who has chaperoned Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) to wins in the G1 Epsom Derby, G1 Irish Derby and G1 Juddmonte International, will likely accompany his star stablemate once more in the Sept. 13 G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown, according to trainer Aidan O’Brien. Winner of Chester’s Listed Dee S. in May, he also...
SAYING GOODBYE By Liesl King The countdown has begun. Tomorrow, Africa’s richest race, the G1 Vodacom Durban July over 2200 meters, will be run at Greyville Racecourse in South Africa before a capacity crowd of about 55,000 people. Sixteen runners will vie for a chance to etch their names in history. Let’s face it, it’s...
By Christie DeBernardis High above the hustle and bustle of Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the whose who of the Triple Crown trail and several members of the press gathered for the annual Belmont Media Luncheon overlooking Rockefeller Center yesterday. New York Racing Association CEO and President Chris Kay got things started by describing the...