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Richard Hannon, who has yet to strike with his juvenile band at the Royal meeting, relies on likely favorite Illuminate (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Palenville (Ire) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}) in Friday’s G3 Albany S., Royal Ascot’s penultimate 2-year-old contest. Illuminate created a highly favorable impression when easily besting stablemate and subsequent Listed Naas Fillies’ Sprint victress Great Page...
Nine years to the day of his victory in the G2 King’s Stand S. at Royal Ascot, Australian sprinting hero Takeover Target (Aus) (Celtic Swing {GB}–Shady Stream {Aus}, by Archregent) has died at the age of 15. The gelding broke his leg in a paddock accident Saturday. Purchased by owner-trainer and former taxi driver Joe Janiak for...
There are no prizes for guessing that the stallion table at the five-day Royal Ascot meeting was headed by Galileo. With victories from Gleneagles, Curvy and Aloft, the ultra-prolific Coolmore stallion added more than £600,000 to his 2015 bankroll. In doing so, he succeeded in overhauling Golden Horn’s sire Cape Cross to take his habitual...
By T.D. Thornton With the only business voted upon at Wednesday’s New York Racing Association Reorganization Board of Directors meeting being rubber-stamp unanimous approvals certifying the slate of NYRA officers and the roster of peace officers, the talk among board members touched on topics related to bolstering big days on the circuit and whether or...
Godolphin’s G2 Coventry S. winner Buratino (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) is on target for Europe’s first juvenile Group 1 of the year, the Curragh’s Phoenix S. Aug. 9, and may have a race before. “He’s come out of the [Coventry] in great form,” Charlie Johnston, assistant to his father, trainer Mark Johnston, told At The Races....
Jean-Claude Rouget has a prominent player in Monday’s G3 Prix Chloe, which forms the central part of Chantilly’s quality fixture, with Daniel-Yves Treves’ Wekeela (Fr) (Hurricane Run {Ire}) setting the form standard. Second to the subsequent G2 Prix de Sandringham winner Impassable (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in a mile conditions event here May 2, the bay filled...
Middleham Park Racing and James Pak’s Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) was named Europe’s Champion 2-Year-Old Colt when the British Horseracing Authority released its 2013 European 2-Year-Old Classification yesterday. With a rating of 122, the unbeaten G1 National S. winner tops G1 Racing Post Trophy victor Kingston Hill (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) at 120, as well as G1 Prix Morny winner No...
JIMMY WINKFIELD S., $100,000, AQU, 1-20, 3yo, 6f, 1:11 1/5, ft. 1–#HOT HEIR SKIER, 116, c, 3, by Wildcat Heir 1st Dam: Uphill Skier (MSW, $265,250), by Appealing Skier 2nd Dam: Resilient Kris, by Kris S. 3rd Dam: Queen of Rex, by Tampa Trouble O/B-New Farm (FL); T-Benjamin W Perkins, Jr; J-Jose L Ortiz. $60,000. Lifetime...
by Emma Berry On the day the Jockey Club released the results of a study showing that Newmarket’s racing industry contributes more than £208 million ($344.5 million) to the local economy, it was business as usual for the town’s many trainers, with the rain still falling and the wind still biting. There are...
ENHANCED POWERS FOR AUSTRALIAN RACING AUTHORITIES Legislative changes were yesterday made to Racing Act 1958 that will allow Racing Victoria jurisdiction over unlicensed persons participating in the racing industry, according to Racing and Sports. This gives the organization, which oversees racing in the State of Victoria, the power to penalize such individuals, including commission agents,...
HONG KONG HOSTS HORSE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong is the scene of a workshop on international competition horse movement, put on by the World Organization for Animal Health and set to run through tomorrow. Organized by the OIE, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the International Equestrian Federation and the International Federation...
by Andrew Caulfield Saturday’s Grade II action at Gulfstream Park and the Fair Grounds resulted in some major changes to the standings on the Road to the Kentucky Derby points listings. Thanks to his Risen Star victory, Intense Holiday now heads the list with a total of 53 points, his nearest rival being the...