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Today’s G1 Investec Derby seems to hinge on one question, and only Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) can supply the answer as he enters the final quarter- mile of Tesio’s famed ultimate test of the Thoroughbred. There is no doubt that Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred has a distinct class edge over all of his rivals based on...
by Ben Massam Whether by choice or by circumstance, trainer William ‘Buff’ Bradley is taking the patient approach with his talented sophomore turfer Divisidero (Kitten’s Joy). The colt displayed a scorching turn of foot to earn his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s GII American Turf S. at Churchill Downs–his third career start–covering the final 5/16th of...
Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s GII Louisiana Derby hero International Star (Fusaichi Pegasus), who was a late scratch from the GI Kentucky Derby with a quarter crack in his left front foot, has been further sidelined by an ankle chip detected in the same leg. The announcement was made Tuesday on the Ramsey Farm Facebook page, which stated,...
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, fresh off his fourth GI Kentucky Derby win with American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) last Saturday, was named the 2015 recipient of Monmouth Park’s Virgil “Buddy” Raines Distinguished Achievement Award during the New Jersey track’s opening press conference Tuesday. “The Raines Award was designed to honor those who have...
The third session of the Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale Tuesday saw leading farms and part-owners stepping up to the plate in support of their young or new stallions. “Young stallions such as Dissident, Deep Field, Akeed Mofeed and Vancouver are all due to cover some top- quality mares out of this week’s sale,...
David J. Stern, widely credited for building the model for professional sports in league operations, public service, global marketing and digital technology over the course of a three-decade tenure as commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), will discuss the global growth and success of the league during his tenure and its potential relevance to...
By T.D. Thornton The first three dozen of about 50 Thoroughbreds in northern California were scheduled to have radio frequency identification (RFID) chips implanted on Tuesday at Golden Gate Fields as part of a California Horse Racing Board initiative to modernize pre-race identification, streamline the tracking of the backstretch population, and to assist the state...
Xpressbet, an online wagering plateform, will be the title sponsor of the GI Preakness S., it has been announced. “At Xpressbet, we strive to partner with the country’s leading racetracks and the best brands in the sport,” said Xpressbet President Ron Luniewski. “The Preakness S. is not only an important event in U.S. racing, but...
By Bill Oppenheim The GI Kentucky Oaks isn’t officially a Classic, nonetheless last Friday’s edition was one of four Classic or (shall we say) Classic-standard races run last weekend: the Oaks and GI Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, and England’s one-mile Guineas Classics, the G1 English 2000 Guineas for colts on Saturday, and...
By Perry Lefko Lincoln Chafee left home in his 20s to begin a career in the racing game as a farrier. It ended up taking him to western Canada, and now, some 30 years later, he is considering a run for the President of the United States. And if it’s true that America is indeed...
The major players from Saturday’s GI Blue Grass S., GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial and GI Santa Anita Derby have all reportedly exited their efforts in fine shape as next month’s GI Kentucky Derby looms. WinStar Farm and Stonestreet Stable’s Blue Grass hero and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway) came out of the race “great,” according to...
John Deer’s Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) takes to Longchamp to add a touch of class to Monday’s G2 Prix d’Harcourt as the G1 Champion S. runner-up kicks off a potentially lucrative 7-year-old campaign. At his best going this way round, the 2013 G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, G1 Prince of Wales’s S. and G1 Eclipse S. hero...