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8th-GPX, $44,900, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:49 1/5, fm. EDISON (c, 3, Bernardini–Heart of Grace, by Exploit) RNA’d for $525,000 as a yearling at Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga sale and was bought privately by a number of investors. Consigned to Fasig-Tipton’s March sale as a juvenile, he was purchased for $950,000 by Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick...
Street Strategy (c, 3, Street Sense–Spoken Softly, by Notebook), purchased for $425,000 last year at the OBS April sale, ran a nose second in his 6-furlong debut here Jan. 11 and was supported as the even-money favorite for this extension to a mile. The gray dictated terms sitting just off of the rail through an opening...
Hall of Famers Jerry Hollendorfer and Russell Baze already boasted 13 wins between them in the GIII El Camino Real Derby, and added to their respective records Saturday thanks to a sweeping run from Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams’sTamarando (Bertrando). A game Dance With Fate (Two Step Salsa) was second, with favored Enterprising (Elusive Quality) settling for...
7th-FGX, $40,000, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 1:10, ft. GLACKEN TOO (c, 3, Smoke Glacken–Storm Prospect, by Stormy Atlantic) was second–albeit a very distant one–behind “TDN Rising Star” Unknown Road (Bernardini) in his Dec. 19 debut over track and trip, but went much closer last time out, missing by a neck to well-meant firster The Trunk Monkey (Old Fashioned) Jan. 31....
NBC Sports Group has reached an agreement with Churchill Downs Incorporated giving the network exclusive rights to broadcast the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Kentucky Oaks through 2025. This 10-year renewal extends the partnership that began in 2001. “We are excited to extend our partnership with Churchill Downs for both the iconic Kentucky Oaks...
After posting a record-setting allowance victory over TDN Rising Star Honor Code (A.P. Indy) at Gulfstream Wednesday, Social Inclusion (Pioneerof the Nile)’s owners Rontos Racing Stable, are fielding purchase offers. A debut winner in Hallendale Feb. 22, the bay romped by 10 lengths in his second career outing Wednesday. “I’ve had maybe eight or 10 offers,” said Ron Sanchez of...
BEST HOPPERTUNITY FOR SIRE While not quite as dramatic as some of the chariot-racing scenes in Ben Hur, there was plenty happening from the entrance to the stretch in the GII Rebel S. With more than one of the principals at fault, the stewards reached the sensible decision to allow the result to stand....
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame has taken Steve Asmussen’s nomination off the table, according to a one-sentence statement released Friday morning by the organization. The news comes in the wake of a story published in Thursday’s New York Times, which detailed an undercover investigation carried out in Asmussen’s barn in 2013...
Lane’s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm’s Honor Code (A.P. Indy) has sustained a slight tear in his right hind upper suspensory according to trainer Shug McGaughey and will be forced to miss both the GI Wood Memorial S. and the Triple Crown. “It will heal,” said McGaughey yesterday of the injury. “We discovered it this morning....
“A whole lamb inside.” That’s what a sticker on the eight-burner, stainless steel, Tecnogas gas stove advertised at one store in the Dubai Mall. Presumably, it was making the claim that a whole lamb could fit inside, not that the stove sold with the little fellow already in there. Regardless, it’s an example–the worst one,...
Despite early forecasts for rain, the clouds had cleared out by early Thursday morning and the crowd at Meydan gathered for Breakfast with the Stars got a sunny Meydan to work with. The event, moved indoors because of the threat of precipitation, was well attended, with jugglers and magicians entertaining those who piled onto plates...
The Television Games Network will begin offering commingled pools and live racing coverage from Hong Kong’s Happy Valley and Sha Tin racecourses this weekend after entering a multi-year agreement with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the company announced in a statement Monday. “We know that horse racing customers like large pools with large quality fields...