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Candy Boy (Candy Ride {Arg}), a disappointing third in the GI Santa Anita Derby, put in his final drill for the GI Kentucky Derby, covering five furlongs in 1:00.80 at Churchill Saturday. With Hall of Fame rider Gary Stevens aboard, the Lee and Susan Searing homebred carved out splits of :12.60, :24.40 and :36.40, and galloped...
RIA ANTONIA TUNES UP Ria Antonia (Rockport Harbor), who won last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies via disqualification, tuned up for Friday’s GI Kentucky Oaks with a half-mile drill at Churchill Downs Monday in :47.40. The bay filly took to the track immediately after training resumed after a violent thunderstorm. With Martin Garcia in the...
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will see the debut of a different type of colt–Colton “Colt” Pike will offer his first consignment at Timonium. The 23-year-old son of consignor Al Pike will be selling hip 33, hip 441and hip 521 as Colt Pike Bloodstock Agent. Although Colt was raised in the industry, he never planned on...
Steven Coburn and Perry Martin’s Triple Crown aspirant California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) galloped for the first time at Belmont Park yesterday since arriving from Pimlico Tuesday. After jogging the day before, the GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero galloped 1 3/4 miles over the sloppy main track (video) shortly after 6:00 a.m. with exercise rider...
STALLIONS PROSPECTS APLENTY Sheikh Joaan Al Thani has not been shy about spending money on his racing recruits, both at public auction and privately. His outlay is reaping rich rewards, and Royal Ascot 2014 could hardly have started in more promising fashion for Al Shaqab Racing. Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), absent from the track for...
BHA UNVEILS NEW STEROIDS POLICY The British Horseracing Authority yesterday unveiled its enhanced, zero-tolerance anabolic steroids policy. The headline elements of the policy state that a horse must not be administered anabolic steroids at any point in its life, and all horses will be subject to testing at any time, regardless of physical location, once...
With the announcement last week that EquiLottery–a new lottery game melding the traditional lottery with horse racing–was available to states and provinces, the TDN sat down with EquiLottery President and CEO Brad Cummings to learn more about this unique potential revenue stream for the horse racing and lottery industries. TDN: EquiLottery seems to be a win/win situation...
By Steve Sherack With a select broodmare band of approximately 20 head, owner/breeder John D. Gunther has enjoyed his fair share of success during his 25-plus years in the game. The proprietor of the 350-acre Versailles, Kentucky-based Glennwood Farm has most notably bred and raised Grade I winners First Samurai (Giant’s Causeway) and...
Sunday, Deauville, France DARLEY PRIX MORNY-G1, €350,000, DEA, 8-24, 2yo, c/f, 6fT, 1:11.93, vsf. 1–THE WOW SIGNAL (IRE), 126, c, 2, by Starspangledbanner (Aus) 1st Dam: Muravka (Ire), by High Chaparral (Ire) 2nd Dam: Tabdea, by Topsider 3rd Dam: Madame Secretary, by Secretariat (€13,000 yrl ‘13 TATIRE; £50,000 2yo ‘14 ASCAPR). O-Al Shaqab Racing; B-Mrs...
The Keeneland September Yearling sale launched into Book 2 with a marathon session Saturday that was largely comparable to last year’s first day of Book 2. “What was good about the session was that it continued on in the same vein as the first week,” commented Keeneland’s Director of Sales Geoffrey Russell. During Saturday’s session,...
Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) will defend her G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe crown trainer Criquette Head-Maarek announced Monday. The 4-year-old was a close fourth, only 1 1/2 lengths behind Baltic Baroness (Ger) (Shamardal) in the G1 Prix Vermeille at Longchamp Sept. 14. “She is fine and she hasn’t lost any weight,” commented Head-Maarek to Racing...
Session nine of the Keeneland September Sale saw another day of strong trade yesterday with significant gains in gross, average and median. A total of 289 yearlings sold for a gross of $13,467,500, which was up from last year’s figures of 311 sold for a total of $11,179,500. The average of $46,600 increased by 29.6%...