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Bated Breath Colt Tops Tatts Foal Opener

Young Juddmonte stallion Bated Breath (GB) has found favour with plenty of people on the hunt for foals at Tattersalls and his son out of the Pivotal (GB) mare Frabjous (GB) (lot 357) created one of his early sales-ring highlights when being knocked down to Brendan Morrin of Pier House Stud for 65,000gns (US$107,823). Last...

Juddmonte Jewels On Offer At Tatts

JUDDMONTE JEWELS ON OFFER AT TATTS  By Kelsey Riley  While the bloodstock market has moved through a series of phases over the last decade, not least a recession and correction as a result of the global economic downturn, one constant has always been the presence of the Juddmonte Farms draft of mares and fillies off...

Record Turnover For Arqana in 2014

RECORD TURNOVER FOR ARQANA IN 2014  Arqana has posted increases in most areas annually since it was formed in 2006, and this year was another landmark one for France’s flagship sales company. Arqana’s 10 sales posted a record turnover of €119,945,600, with the 80.8% sold and average of €45,384 also records.  Arqana’s yearling market was...

Australia’s First $10 Million Raceday On Tap

Officials at Magic Millions in conjunction with Racing Queensland have announced the creation of the Jeep Magic Millions Raceday, the country’s first-ever A$10-million program, to be held Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016. The meeting, which will rank among the world’s 10 richest, is part of a seven-year partnership which is intended to take the summer racing...

Premium Increases Could Halt NY Racing

by T.D. Thornton The quiet of the current holiday break on the New York racing circuit was jarred on Friday afternoon by the news that a sharp increase in premiums that horsemen must pay to fund the New York Jockey Injury Compensation Fund could shut down racing and training at Aqueduct and Belmont Park as...

Chrome’ Wins Vox Populi Award

Steven Coburn and Perry Martin’s GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) was selected as the 2014 Vox Populi Award winner in an online poll with input from the Vox Populi Committee and Penny Chenery. Also known as the ‘Voice of the People’ Award for the horse that resonates most with the...

Bozzo Keeps Going Strong

by Mike Kane  Not quite half his lifetime ago, Jerry Bozzo sold his stake in a company and left that career behind. Never one to stay still, some 45 years later, Bozzo is rolling along at 94, breeding and training Thoroughbreds in South Florida.  Most likely the oldest active trainer in the country, Bozzo won...

Live Coverage of Eclipse Awards on HRTV

HRTV will once again provide live coverage of the 44th annual Eclipse Awards Saturday, Jan. 17, it was announced by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters yesterday.  The coverage of the Eclipse Awards, to be held at Gulfstream Park Racing and Casino in Hallandale Beach, Fl,...

Durkin Joins West Point Partnerships

Tom Durkin, who retired as the long-time race commentator at the New York Racing Association last August, has joined West Point Thoroughbreds as an equity partner on several horses within the partnership, including the promising Phantom Phasr (Ghostzapper), who is scheduled to make her debut over the winter.  “We are thrilled to welcome Tom to...

Sam’ Seeks Second Graded Stakes Win

Jerry Hollendorfer, Mark Dedomenico and George Todaro’s GI La Brea S. heroine Sam’s Sister (Brother Derek) looks to provide her trainer with his second straight renewal of today’s GII Santa Monica going seven panels at Santa Anita. Also entered in Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile GII La Canada S., the 4-year-old was scratched in favor of this test, which...

Upstart Tells Violette He’s Ready for Holy Bull

Ralph M. Evans’s Upstart (Flatter) showed trainer Rick Violette he was ready for a start in Saturday’s GII Holy Bull S. with a sharp six-furlong drill at Palm Meadows Sunday in 1:12.30. “We needed to do something a little quick,” Violette said of the work. “They need to be ready, even if they’re not ready to have...

Three Peat for Barbados?

Suzanne Stables colorbearer Barbados (Speightstown), winner of Gulfstream’s six-furlong Spectacular Bid S. Jan. 3, takes the next logical step in today’s seven-panel GIII Hutcheson S. The bay romped by five lengths going turf to slop at Keeneland Oct. 16 while trained by Kellyn Gorder for WinStar Farm, and subsequently brought a session-topping $340,000 at Keeneland November. “The...