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Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence’s Consumer Credit (More Than Ready) seeks her third-straight victory as she makes her graded stakes debut in Gulfstream’s GIII Sweetest Chant S. Saturday. The Chad Brown pupil earned her diploma going six panels over yielding Belmont sod third out Oct. 25, and added Gulfstream Park West’s Wait a While S. by...
By Lucas Marquardt Ten years ago, Jan Vandebos considered herself an outsider when it came to horses. She had ridden a few times and liked them enough, but that was about it. But a decision to learn the ins and outs of riding and horsemanship–spurred after meeting her future husband Bob Naify, a longtime owner...
A challenge grant brought in more than $350,000, the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation announced Friday. Amy Tarrant, a successful Thoroughbred owner, breeder and trainer and a staunch supporter of the TRF, agreed to match any donation to the TRF from November through December 31, 2014 up to $100,000. When the challenge period ended, donations exceeded expectations...
Upstart (Flatter) exited his powerful victory in Saturday’s GII Lambholm South Holy Bull S. in fine shape, according to trainer Rick Violette, Jr. “He’s doing great,” Violette confirmed from Palm Meadows training center Sunday morning. Of his colt’s effort, Violette added, “We were pretty confident that he was going to run well. You just hope that...
The Ocala Breeders’ Mixed Sale and Horses of Racing Age Sale will begin it’s two-day run today in Ocala, Florida. The 511 catalogued hips will sell during the consignor preferred session (hip 1-194) Wednesday and the open session (195-393) and horses of racing age portion (393-511) Thursday. “We look forward to having a good sale,”...
Connections of last year’s G1 Blue Diamond S. heroine Earthquake (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) were delighted by the filly’s 45:82 zip in a 800-meter trial at Cranbourne on Thursday. The 3-year-old was appearing in public for the first time since finishing unplaced in the G1 Coolmore Stud S. Nov. 1. David Charles, assistant trainer...
NZB SELECT CLOSES ON PAR New Zealand Bloodstock wrapped up its three-day Select Yearling Sale yesterday with figures nearly on par with last year. A total of 391 horses changed hands for NZ$18,304,000 (down from NZ$19,224,000 last year but with 25 fewer horses sold). The buyback rate of 24.9% was down marginally from last year’s...
Having slightly disappointed connections when finishing a first-up third in the G2 Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley in January behind Mourinho (Aus) (Oratorio {Ire}), returning from a three-month ban for bleeding in the G1 Caulfield S. back in October, 4-year-old Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus} x Diana’s Secret {Aus}, by Anabaa {USA}), started a clear favorite in the...
The road to the GI Arkansas Derby continues this afternoon at Oaklawn Park with a field of 11 sophomores set to compete for their first graded stakes victory in the 1 1/16-mile GIII Southwest S. With 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points awarded to the winner and the top four finishers from the Jan. 19 Smarty...
Triple Chilean Group 1 winner Il Campione (Chi) (Scat Daddy) has been sold to U.S. interests and will join the stable of trainer Chad Brown. The purchase price was not disclosed, but rumored to be around $2 million. Il Campione, a 3-year-old colt out of the Pleasant Tap mare Global Gold, has lost just twice in his...
Recently crowned champion older male and champion turf male Main Sequence (Aldebaran) makes his seasonal debut today in the GII Mac Diarmida S. contested at 1 3/8 miles over the Gulfstream lawn. The Flaxman Holdings homebred has been unstoppable since coming to America and being placed in the hands of trainer Graham Motion. Making his American debut...
Swedish-born, Brazilian-based owner Stefan Friborg, whose horses raced under the Estrela Energia Stables banner, has died. The oil professional was a fond horseman since his days in the Swedish cavalry during national service yet it was his wife Dalva who introduced him to racing and bought the couple’s first four racehorses at auction in Rio...