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A field of 13 juvenile fillies bids for an automatic Breeders’ Cup berth in today’s GI Darley Alcibiades S. over the newly installed Keeneland dirt track. Favored on the morning line at 4-1 is George Bolton and Barry Hall’s unbeaten “TDN Rising Star” Fashion Alert (Old Fashioned). A 4 3/4-length debut winner of Belmont’s Astoria S. June 14,...
Fasig-Tipton will hold the third renewal of its Saratoga Fall Sale today and tomorrow in Saratoga Springs, NY. A total of 431 broodmares/broodmare prospects, horses of racing, weanlings and yearlings will be offered, up from a catalog of 279 12 months ago and necessitating a switch to a two-day format. Monday’s session will begin at...
TELESCOPE SETS SIGHTS ON BREEDERS’ CUP Highclere Thoroughbred Racing’s Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) has stepped up his training in preparation for the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Nov. 1, according to an update on Highclere’s website. The Sir Michael Stoute-trained 4-year-old won the G2 Hardwicke S. by seven lengths at Royal Ascot June 21 before finishing second in...
TAPESTRY TO BE SUPPLEMENTED TO ARC On a day that a number of G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe contenders put in their final works for France’s €5 million showpiece, the outlook of the race was altered yesterday when it was revealed that Magnier, Tabor, Smith and Flaxman Stables’ sophomore filly Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) would be...
CIRRUS GEARS UP FOR FOURTH CHAMPION S. Jean-Claude-Alain Dupouy’s evergreen performer Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) is one of 22 remaining in the G1 Qipco Champion S. Oct. 18 after yesterday’s declaration stage. The 8-year-old gelding, who was last seen winning the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom June 7, has contested the last four runnings...
ESTIDHKAAR ON TARGET FOR DEWHURST Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum’s standout juvenile Estidhkaar (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), winner of three straight races including the G2 Superlative S. July 12 and G2 Champagne S. Sept. 13, is likely to test Group 1 company for the first time in the G1 Dewhurst S. on Future Champions Day at Newmarket Oct....
FRANKIE CONFIRMED FOR RULER RIDE Al Shaqab Racing’s retained rider Frankie Dettori, who rode Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to a front-running victory in the G2 Prix Foy at Longchamp Sept. 14, will be aboard that 4-year-old in Sunday’s G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, Dettori’s agent Ray Cochrane confirmed yesterday. “Frankie told me this...
PATINACK DISPERSAL COMES TO A CLOSE By Rob Burnet Victorian businessman Sean Buckley purchased the former Patinack Farm galloper Hooked (Aus) (Casino Prince {Aus}) (lot 795) for A$600,000 to top the final session of the Patinack Farm Complete Dispersal at the Magic Millions sale complex at Bundall on the Gold Coast Wednesday. Hooked, a 4-year-old entire, will...
by Mike Kane Tom Durkin spent Labor Day signing his name thousands of times, posing for photos and handing out a tiny trophy. Though he was at Saratoga Race Course, he was not working. There were no names to memorize, no races to describe as Durkin transitioned into retirement. “You wake up in the morning...
Saturday, Del Mar DEL MAR DEBUTANTE S.-GI, $301,000, DMR, 8-30, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT), 1:23, ft. 1–sSUNSET GLOW, 122, f, 2, by Exchange Rate 1st Dam: Perfectforthepart (SP), by Dynaformer 2nd Dam: Capote Ann, by Capote 3rd Dam: Andestine, by Native Prospector ($60,000 wlng ’12 KEENOV; $140,000 yrl ’13 KEESEP). O-Ten Broeck Farm Inc; B-Gayla Rankin/GLR ...
DREAMS TO BE DISCOVERED AT BBAG By Kelsey Riley With the likes of Novellist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Danedream (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) as flagbearers in recent years, the strength of the German breeding industry hardly needs introduction, and as such representatives from all four corners of the globe have flocked to Iffezheim, Germany for today’s...
ANDREAS JACOBS Andreas Jacobs is the President of Baden Racing, which runs racing at Baden-Baden Racecourse in Germany as well as the adjoining sales company, BBAG. Jacobs is also in charge of his family’s German stud, Gestut Fahrhof, as well as Newsells Park Stud in England and Maine Charm Farm in South Africa in addition...