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A group of 25 North American trainers, including Hall of Famers D. Wayne Lukas and Shug McGaughey, and leading trainer Todd Pletcher, have joined forces and have proposed the gradual elimination of raceday medication in the United States. Under the proposal, no 2-year-olds would receive raceday medication beginning in 2015, and no horses of any...
By Christie DeBernardis Charles Winner plans for a living as the founder of the strategic communications company Winner and Associates, but his entrance into the world of horse racing ownership happened on a whim in 1985. “I was with a friend and we were talking about various different things and he mentioned that...
Most of the big Kentucky stallion farms will be represented among the 25 North American sires with first foals 2013 (F2013) whose first yearlings will be appearing at either Fasig-Tipton July on the 14th, and/or at Saratoga’s select sale next month, but two farms–Ashford, whose two debutants, Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) (167) and Cape Blanco (Galileo) (170) top all...
A beautiful sunrise with shades of pink provided a spectacular backdrop as 5-2 GI Kentucky Derby morning-line favorite California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) stepped onto the fast main track on a brisk morning just before 7 a.m. at Churchill Downs Thursday. Just as he’s done all week, the flashy chestnut remained as cool as ever with his...
CAN THE KING KEEP HIS CROWN? The weather in Hong Kong can only be described as completely unpredictable. Overnight rain continued into the early morning hours, only ceasing as dawn broke. That said, the rest of the morning’s trackwork was dominated by cold winds, threatening dark clouds and even a chill in the normally humid...
SOCIAL INCLUSION REVVED UP FOR WOOD Social Inclusion (Pioneerof the Nile), who upset “TDN Rising Star” Honor Code (A.P. Indy) in a Gulfstream allowance Mar. 12, hopes to gain enough points for a start in the GI Kentucky Derby after Saturday’s GI Wood Memorial S. at Aqueduct. “The horse is doing very good,” said owner Ronald Sanchez of...
UNCLE SIGH READY FOR WOOD MEMORIAL GIII Withers S. and GIII Gotham S. runner-up Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) breezed a half-mile in :47.61 at the Big A yesterday in preparation for Saturday’s GI Wood Memorial S. “He went out there and worked like he has all year,” said trainer Gary Contessa. “The interesting part is...
Joe and Carolyn Friedberg have been away from the pinhooking scene for several years, but the couple will return to Keeneland as sellers with a pair of juveniles at Monday’s April 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Lexington. The offerings are part of Kip Elser’s Kirkwood Stables consignment. “We pinhooked a number of years ago...
A few words on the PETA expose, and racing’s apparent response: First, it must be recognized that PETA’s disingenuousness over the course of many years has been well chronicled. They slant, sensationalize, and propagandize, all in an effort to tug the heart strings and wallets of a credulous public. But while I find PETA’s tactics...
By Sal Sinatra A racing secretary’s job isn’t easy these days, although it’s never been exactly a stroll through the tulips. The biggest challenge now is dealing with a declining population of racehorses as the size of the foal crop has fallen. Several of us have the continuing problem of too much competition for too...
It really was true, as a lot of people have commented, that the results on Dubai World Cup night had a very international tint to them, with the notable exception of U.S. participation. Japan had a massive turf double in the nine-furlong $5-million G1 Duty Free, won by Just A Way (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}),...
A ‘SWALE’ OF AN UPSET All of the hype ahead of Saturday’s GII Swale S. at Gulfstream Park surrounded the return of GI Champagne S. hero and “TDN Rising Star” Havana (Dunkirk) and G1 Prix Morny hero No Nay Never (Scat Daddy). The seven-furlong event lost some of its intrigue when Havana came out early in the day with...