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Ron the Greek (Full Mandate) proved far too classy for his rivals in Saturday’s The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (King’s Cup) at Janadriyah Racetrack in Riyadh, a race marred by a terrible spill which resulted in a reported three equine fatalities. Drawn in stall five, Ron the Greek raced in about a joint...
Saturday, Golden Gate Fields EL CAMINO REAL DERBY-GIII, $200,525, GGX, 2-14, 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:49 4/5, ft. 1–#@METABOSS, 122, c, 3, by Street Boss 1st Dam: Spinning Yarns (SP, $189,416), by Free House 2nd Dam: Belle Story, by Bien Bien 3rd Dam: Bags of Pace, by Shadeed ($10,000 wlng ’12 KEENOV; $60,000 2yo ‘14 BESMAY)....
By Christie DeBernardis After missing an expected rematch with champions Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) and California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in the GII San Antonio S. Feb. 7 due to an abcess, Kaleem Shah’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Bayern (Offlee Wild) is preparing for his next target. The “TDN Rising Star” breezed three furlongs in :36.60 Monday at...
Ralph Evans’s Upstart (Flatter) looks to continue his march towards the Triple Crown in the GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S., which is part of a blockbuster Gulfstream card Saturday that features seven additional added money events. The bay kicked off his career with a pair of wins against New York-breds at Saratoga before finishing a...
A field of 11 line up Sunday for Oaklawn’s GIII Southwest S., which was postponed from its traditional spot on Presidents Day due to winter weather. Harry Rosenblum and Robert LaPenta’s Far Right (Notional) rallied up the rail to win the local Smarty Jones S. Jan. 19 going away after favored Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) veered out in deep...
Trainer Todd Pletcher reported that Itsaknockout (Lemon Drop Kid), winner of Saturday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. via disqualification, came out of his stakes debut in good order and is a prospect for the GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby Mar. 28. “He came out of it well,” Pletcher said. “He looked good. We’ll see how...
by Ben Massam After multiple flights across the Atlantic Ocean, Tabor, Smith, Magnier and Allen’s The Great War (War Front) has found a home in Kentucky–a return to the state in which he was bred that trainer Wesley Ward hopes will ultimately propel his charge to the top of the American sophomore division. Winner of his 3-year-old...
Plans for Willis Horton’s champion 2-year-old filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) are still very much up in the air, but the D. Wayne Lukas trainee is expected to be entered next Wednesday for Oaklawn’s Mar. 7 GIII Honeybee S. The GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and GI Starlet S. heroine is also being considered for the...
Willis Horton’s champion and TDN Rising Star Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) and the progressive I’m A Chatterbox (Munnings) top a list of 154 sophomore fillies entered at the first closing stage for the $1-million GI Longines Kentucky Oaks to be held Friday, May 1 at Churchill Downs. This year’s number is a 27.3% improvement over the 121 entered...
For the second time since 2010, the reigning Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old gets his sophomore season started in the GII Rebel S. at Oaklawn Park. The Bob Baffert-trained Lookin at Lucky (Smart Strike) overcame a tough trip to just tag Noble’s Promise (Cuvee) five years ago, and today, Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) makes the first...
GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile romper Texas Red (Afleet Alex) made his return to the track Saturday morning with a half-mile breeze in :51.40 at Santa Anita. It was the sophomore’s first workout since an abcess was discovered in his hoof following a runner-up effort in the GII San Vicente S. Feb. 1. “I got him in :51...
Unbeaten champion mare Black Caviar (Aus) (Bel Esprit {Aus}), whose trainer Peter Moody is currently under investigation after a horse in his care returned elevated levels of cobalt, has been cleared for having abnormal levels of cobalt during her 2011 G1 T J Smith S. victory. A frozen urine sample taken after that victory was re-tested by...