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BIG DEAL Andre Fabre holds the record of seven wins in today’s G3 Prix de Conde at Longchamp and also has a live contender this time in Godolphin’s Big Blue (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who scored on debut over this trip at Compiegne Oct. 2. The operation’s representative Lisa-Jane Graffard commented, “Big Blue won nicely and was quite...
Irish highweight Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules) has several Breeders’ Cup options available according to trainer Willie McCreery. While the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile is the preferred race, Fiesolana is not guaranteed a place at this stage and the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf would be the alternative target. The Flaxman Stables color bearer lifted the...
DANDINO OUT OF MELBOURNE CUP Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock and Merlin Bloodstock et al’s Dandino (GB) (Dansili {GB}) will miss the chance to build on a fifth-place finish in last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup after being scratched from Australia’s famed race yesterday. The 7-year-old was ruled out of last Saturday’s G1 Caulfield Cup with a soft tissue injury,...
MIDNIGHT LUCKY RETIRED Karl Watson, Paul Weitman and Mike Pegram’s Midnight Lucky (Midnight Lute–Citiview, by Citidancer) was on trial Friday for a start in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, but not only did trainer Bob Baffert rule the 4-year-old filly out of that race after she worked six furlongs in 1:12, the conditioner...
Jockey Paul Hanagan shot past the 100-winner mark for the calendar year with a treble at Leicester yesterday. The dual-champion jockey was pleased to reach the landmark after enjoying his best season in terms of prize-money thanks to big victories at the highest level on Taghrooda (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the Oaks and...
It’s been a banner year for trainer George Papaprodromou and the conditioner will look for his good fortunes to continue this Saturday, as he sends out Imperative (Bernardini) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. The Cyrus native, who now calls Southern California home, claimed Imperative for $50,000 at the end of last year for Kenji Morinaga’s KM...
V. I. Araci’s Aktabantay (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) was declared out of today’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf with a sore foot, trainer Hugo Palmer announced Thursday. “He worked and moved really well [Thursday] morning and I was growing in confidence about his chances in Friday’s race,” the young conditioner explained. “Unfortunately, that confidence did not last long...
The G1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kyoto tomorrow will see last year’s heroine Meisho Mambo (Jpn) (Suzuka Mambo {Jpn}) back to defend her crown after taking this affair as a 3-year-old. The triple Group 1 winner has not been first past the post in four starts this year and has only hit the board once in...
STRONG CLEARANCE CONTINUES AT ARQANA By Alix Choppin Business continued at a solid pace on day two of Arqana’s Autumn Sale yesterday as the yearlings took over from the horses in training. Of the 165 youngsters who went through the ring, 130 changed hands, maintaining a very high clearance rate of 79% (against 70% a...
Only two bidders were bold enough to make a play for the top lot, who was described by auctioneer Henry Beeby as ‘the jewel in the crown.’ Philipp Graf Stauffenberg swooped with an opening bid of €1.5 million, which for a time looked as if it had had the desired effect of frightening off any...
MIKKI ISLE TO WIN THE MILE? Mikki Isle (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) would be perfect in 2014 but for an uncharacteristically poor performance in the G1 Yasuda Kinen June 8, and the sophomore has a shot for redemption in today’s G1 Mile Championship. The Noda Mizuki colorbearer, who is one of six by his champion sire...
Qatar Racing’s Trade Storm (GB) (Trade Fair {GB}), who has run with credit this season in Dubai, England, Canada and the U.S., will look to conclude an outstanding 6-year-old campaign when he tackles the G1 Longines Hong Kong Mile at Sha Tin Dec. 14. Trained by David Simcock, the Sheikh Fahad al Thani galloper was runner-up to...