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by Jessica Martini Sally Andersen, who has bred such graded stakes winners as Hierro (Hard Spun), Baroness Thatcher (Johannesburg), French Riviera (French Deputy) and Omega Code (Elusive Quality), has been represented on the track this year as breeder of the promising European juvenile Peace and War (War Front). A half-sister to that filly is one...
Al Shaqab Racing’s Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) is on track for the Sept. 14 G1 Prix Vermeille at Longchamp as trainer Criquette Head-Maarek builds towards her defense of her crown in the Oct. 5 G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Not seen since finishing third in the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot June...
The 479-lot strong DBS September Sales–composed of both flat and National Hunt horses in training–kicks off in its new calendar slot at Doncaster today and tomorrow headlined by multiple Group 2 winner Kool Kompany (Ire) (Jeremy). Moved from its original August date at the behest of vendors, the sale’s new format has been well received by both...
By Steve Sherack With the closing of historic Hollywood Park, racing in Southern California kicks off a new era with the inaugural Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Festival July 3-13. The eight-day meeting–which begins with Thursday’s eight-race card headed by the $100,000 Bertrando S.–is the first for Thoroughbreds at the venue since the final...
With six potential GI Belmont S. starters taking it easy a day after breezing, it was a fairly quiet morning six days out from California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit)’s date with destiny in Elmont, N.Y. On an absolutely spectacular morning with temperatures in the 60s and cloudless skies above, the GI Kentucky Derby/ Preakness S. victor...
By Michael Illiano The Breeders’ Cup 2014 Challenge Series could not ask for a better launching pad than the undercard of this Saturday’s GI Belmont S. With millions of casual and potential fans tuning in to watch California Chrome’s Triple Crown bid, the Breeders’ Cup will have a direct line to its target audience. ...
The last couple of weeks have been fairly momentous for Coolmore’s stallion team. At the age of 16, the astonishing Galileo reached the extraordinary landmark of 100 worldwide group/graded winners when his daughter Marvellous lived up to her name in the Irish 1000 Guineas. Then, seven days later, Mastercraftsman became a classic sire with his...
SHEIKH FAHAD INTENT ON WAR By Emma Berry On the eve of the first Classic of the British turf season, the Tattersalls Guineas Sale drew a decent crowd to Newmarket for a record-breaking day’s action topped by a daughter of red hot sire-of-the-moment, War Front, at 270,000gns. Sheikh Fahad Al Thani is the proud new...
AUSTRALIA DAY? When it comes to the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas, Aidan O’Brien appears to hold the key more often than not, and he arrives in Newmarket today with supposedly the best colt to have passed through his hands since he began his tenure at Ballydoyle. As if his breeding is not enough to commend...
ABLE FRIEND APPEARS AT LAST Having patiently waited all week for the final gallop of race favorite Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal), there was no way I was going to miss it. The information was extremely vague, though, and all that was certain was that Able Friend would grace either the turf or the all-weather track, sometime between...
by Alan Carasso As the crow flies, it’s not all that far from Northern New Jersey to Aqueduct Racetrack, but traffic in Metro NYC is always a bit of a crapshoot. It took owner Michael Harrison, who in partnership with Joe Trunfio race as Koolmen Racing Stable LLC, some 2 1/2 hours to make the...
Just before making the announcement that Keeneland would revert to a conventional dirt surface after eight years of Polytrack, Keeneland’s President and CEO Bill Thomason and Vice President of Racing Rogers Beasley sat down with the TDN’s Lucas Marquardt to discuss the rationale behind the move, what the new surface will look like, initial reaction...