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Sunday’s G3 Prix Bertrand du Breuil Longines at Chantilly is dominated by distaffers, with the most pertinent being last year’s G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and G1 Prix de Diane heroine Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). Only seventh in the G2 Prix du Muguet on her comeback over a mile at Saint-Cloud May 1, Antonio Caro...
Sabena Power’s white-and-red silks graced the winner’s enclosure twice in Group 1 contests at last year’s Royal meet, with bargain buy Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) joining 10 other dual winners of the G1 King’s Stand S. over the track’s furious five furlongs. The globetrotting veteran, who has prevailed five times at the highest level, bids to...
Nearly two weeks after American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)’s GI Belmont S. romp, the headlines are still trickling in about the industry basking in the afterglow of America’s first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. Am I the only one concerned about this? At some point shouldn’t the “basking” have evolved into “taking action”? Let’s...
Sir Michael Stoute has already annexed Royal Ascot’s G2 Hardwicke S. a record eight times, and the Newmarket conditioner has declared his intent with a team of three bidding for win number nine in Saturday’s latest renewal. Chief among them is ‘TDN Rising Star’ Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who gave a stunning performance in the contest last year...
Reigning U.S. Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will ship from England to Chicago this month to train up to the GI Arlington Million Aug. 15. After an abcess caused him to be a late scratch from last Wednesday’s G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot, California Chrome’s owners Steve Coburn and Perry Martin...
Barry Weisbord has resigned from his position on the Board of Directors, the Breeders’ Cup announced Tuesday. He has been a Breeders’ Cup member since 2008 an has served on the board since 2012. Weisbord, the president and co-publisher of the Thoroughbred Daily News and Chairman of Trakus, cited increased personal and business duties as...
by Emma Berry Every racehorse trainer should have a copy of Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ close at hand. There are few professions that require such singularity of mind and where results are judged so keenly–and often harshly–on a daily basis. Kipling’s oft-quoted line ‘If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two...
With her 5-year-old campaign having kicked off more favorably than her 2014 equivalent, Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) bids to keep the momentum rolling on Sunday as she tackles the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud. Impressive when successful by 4 1/2 lengths in the 10 1/2-furlong G2 Prix Corrida on her comeback here May 29, Al Shaqab Racing’s standard-bearer...
Jockey James Doyle, set to partner Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) in the July 11 G1 Darley July Cup, worked the dual Australian Group 1 winner on Newmarket’s July course Tuesday and said he “wouldn’t swap” his mount for any other in the prestigious contest. “He gave me the feel of exactly what he is:...
FIORENTE, CARLTON HOUSE GALLOP Last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup winner Fiorente (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) and The Queen’s Carlton House (Street Cry {Ire}) partook in a public gallop between races at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney yesterday. Both horses are being prepared by Gai Waterhouse for Australian autumn campaigns. Carlton House, last seen finishing 13th, beaten five lengths, in his Australian...
By Lucas Marquardt Machmer Hall and Select Sales got off to a terrific start to the weekend yesterday when two fillies Machmer bred and Select sold–Sweet Whiskey (Old Fashioned) and Co Cola (Candy Ride {Arg})–went one-two in the GIII Old Hat S. at Gulfstream. Both operations can keep the momentum going tomorrow when the accomplished producer Life Happened (Stravinsky)...
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...