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By Christie DeBernardis Kid Cruz (Lemon Drop Kid) hopes to throw his hat into the ring for the GI Kentucky Derby Saturday in the GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. Purchased for $80,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September, the bay failed to factor in his turf unveiling for Black Swan Stable and...
BARRETTS MARCH SALE TODAY The juvenile sales season gets underway today with the 25th renewal of the Barretts March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex in Pomona, California. A total of 141 juveniles have been catalogued for the one-session auction and the California sales company will attempt to build on...
SMOOTH AIR S., $75,000, CRC, 3-2, 3yo, 1m, 1:39 4/5, ft. 1–#TASHIR, 118, c, 3, by Afleet Alex 1st Dam: Twin Induction, by Slewacide 2nd Dam: Nataliano, by Fappiano 3rd Dam: Take the Wonder, by Lyphard ($24,000 yrl ’12 FTKJUL). O-Vartan Vartanov; B-Peter E Blum Thoroughbreds LLC & Gerry Dilger (KY); T-Gennadi Dorochenko; J-Myrzabek Kappushev. $44,640....
by Jessica Martini Green Smith, Jr. and his wife Kathy have only been involved in horse racing for four years, but the Texas-based couple have already enjoyed remarkable success. The Smiths campaigned 2012 GIII Affirmed H. winner Nonios (Pleasantly Perfect) and are co-owners of 2013 GIII Providencia S. winner Scarlet Strike (Smart Strike). They added...
The top-class Shadai broodmare band was augmented with two quality private purchases in the forms of Place Vendome (Fr) (Dr Fong) and Velda (GB) (Observatory) prior to the start of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale according toRacing Post. Place Vendome, who placed in two French stakes, is already responsible for G1 Poule D’Essai Des Poulains hero Style Vendome (Fr) (Anabaa)...
JAPAN CUP-G1, ¥481,460,000, Tokyo, 11-30, 3yo/up, 2400mT, 2:23.10, fm. 1–EPIPHANEIA (JPN), 126, c, 4, by Symboli Kris S 1st Dam: Cesario (Jpn) (Ch. 3yo Filly-Jpn, G1SW-Jpn, GISW-US, $2,578,631), by Special Week (Jpn) 2nd Dam: Kirov Premiere (GB), by Sadler’s Wells 3rd Dam: Querida (Ire), by Habitat O-Carrot Farm; B-Northern Farm; T-Katsuhiko Sumii; J-Christophe Soumillon; ¥253,822,000....
Dual Australian Group 1 winner Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}) is bound for Hong Kong after being given the green light by the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service veterinarian according to published reports. The Australian Derby hero suffered a mild bout of colic Sunday and while stable vets cleared the chestnut, the flight bound for Hong Kong was delayed...
British reinsman Ryan Moore won the inaugural Longines World’s Best Jockey Award despite a late run from runner-up Belgian jockey Christophe Soumillon who won the G1 Japan Cup aboard Epiphaneia (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S {Jpn}) at Tokyo Racecourse in Tokyo, Japan Sunday. Moore had a stellar season and collected five victories from the top 100...
Another Dream Realized For Ballylinch… Ballylinch Stud stands the top sprinter Dream Ahead and on Monday offered Unnatural (Proud Citizen) (lot 1538), a half-sister to his dam Land Of Dreams (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who was sold for 180,000gns to Eamon Reilly of BBA Ireland. Unnatural’s February cover to Lane’s End Farm resident Lemon Drop Kid...
Grangecon’s Good Results… A current active family always adds plenty to the value of broodmare prospects, and such was the case for the unraced Scarborough Fair (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), who was offered by Grangecon Stud as lot 1596 and found favor with John Warren at 360,000gns. The 4-year-old’s half-brother Berkshire (Ire) (Mount Nelson {GB}) returned from colic...
Well-Related Lady A Draw For Rabbah… Victoria and Anthony Pakenham’s homebred Lady Rosamunde (GB) (Maria’s Mon) (lot 1563) will be joining the Rabbah broodmare ranks following her sale to Jono Mills at 220,000gns. The 6-year-old grey mare is carrying to the Pakenhams’ Derby winner Sir Percy (GB) and is a half-sister to G2 Park Hill...
Eliza Park Achieves Excellence… Australia’s Eliza Park International made its presence felt at this sale last year–shortly after it was acquired by Sun International Group–stocking up on mares for its Northern Hemisphere operation, and the operation made its first splash of the mare sale late in the afternoon yesterday when outlasting Tom Goffs at 260,000gns...