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Trainer Jeremy Noseda has confirmed that he will ship Susan Roy’s EBF Stallions Hyde S. hero Sloane Avenue (Candy Ride {Arg}) for the GI Donn H. at Gulfstream Feb. 7. The 4-year-old has won three of five career starts, including that aforementioned last out tally over the Kempton all-weather Nov. 19. Eighth over a soft turf course...
DECLAN BURKE LONG TIME LISTENER, FIRST TIME CALLER, I, like most TDN subscribers, have read with interest Mr. Irwin’s various Op/Ed articles. Yesterday’s piece was no different to others I’ve read in the past. Mr. Irwin, it seems, likes to indulge his appetite to speechify his audience, oftentimes with an unabashed, no holds barred, flair...
It took a while, but for the fourth consecutive year, the New Zealand Bloodstock Premier Yearling Sale at Karaka was topped by a youngster by Coolmore’s sensational Fastnet Rock (Aus). At about the midway point of Tuesday’s second and final session, a Waikato Stud-consigned bay colt (lot 340), produced by a full-sister to the recently deceased...
by J.M. Severni Saturday’s GIII Sam F. Davis S. will be a big day for conditioner Chad Stewart, who will send out two horses from his 10-horse string in morning-line favorite Catalina Red (Munnings) and Bandages (Any Given Saturday). The former graduated by 7 1/4 lengths in Tampa’s Inaugural S. Dec. 6 before annexing the seven-panel Pasco S. in...
In a perfect world, the Shug McGaughey-trained duo of TDN Rising Stars of Honor Code (A.P. Indy) and Top Billing (Curlin) would be preparing for a race like next Saturday’s GI Donn H. Instead they are each scheduled to work this morning at Payson Park with an eye on some less-ambitious spots over the coming week. Lane’s End Racing and Dell...
Starspangledbanner (Aus) (Choisir {Aus})’s first northern hemisphere crop of juveniles was at the races in 2014 and lifted some outstanding results, despite only comprising 17 runners. The stallion endured fertility issues during his ‘first’ stud career at Coolmore in Ireland and had only 33 foals on the ground, yet 10 of these won at two...
Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) worked five furlongs Sunday at Santa Anita in 1:00.40. The colt, last year’s juvenile champion, has been off since winning the Sept. 27 GI FrontRunner S. Trainer Bob Baffert called the work, “very impressive.” Baffert added, “He handled the work pretty well. He’s coming around pretty quickly.” The work was...
Magic Millions staged the opening session of its two-day Perth yearling sale yesterday. The average and median both posted declines; the average was down 10.5% to A$52,102, while the median dropped 11.1% to A$40,000. Turnover was also down, with 122 horses sold (35 fewer than last year) for A$6,356,500, compared to A$9,144,000 12 months ago....
By T.D. Thornton Wednesday’s acquisition of HRTV by TVG will not result in immediate changes over the next 30-45 days, but as the merger is phased in, viewers can expect side-by-side channels that offer complementary programming similar to the way sports networks ESPN and ESPN2 operate on a larger scale. Under the terms of a...
Racing at the top level returns in Japan with the running of the GI February S. Sunday, one of only two Grade 1 races on dirt in the country. In the absence of Dubai-bound dirt horse of the year Hokko Tarumae (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), second in this race a year ago and victorious in...
Last year’s G2 UAE Derby winner Toast of New York (Thewayyouare) is taking his preparations for a return trip to Dubai for the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai World Cup in stride, according to trainer Jamie Osborne, and will likely be partnered by jockey Frankie Dettori in a racetrack gallop in the next couple weeks. “He went to...
Mike Luzzi has been selected as the winner of the 2015 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award through a nationwide vote of his peers. Presented annually by Santa Anita since 1950, the Woolf Award recognizes riders whose careers and personal character earn esteem for both the individual and sport of Thoroughbred racing. Winner of...