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by Emma Berry Last year his late stud-mate Montjeu (Ire) ruled the roost at Goffs, but Galileo was back in his rightful position at the head of proceedings on Tuesday when his son out of the high-achieving Danehill mare Scribonia (Ire) (lot 19) topped the first day of trade at €1.5 million. The sole seven-figure transaction...
Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) has been ruled out of Saturday’s G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot and will now head straight to the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile. The 4-year-old was one of the leading contenders for the QIPCO-sponsored event over a mile on Champions Day after defeating American ex-pat Verrazano (More Than Ready) in...
Newmarket’s new initiative needs a star filly as well as a colt to illuminate the card and Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal) could be the answer in today’s G1 Dubai Fillies’ Mile. Already successful in the venue’s Sept. 26 G2 Rockfel S., Godolphin’s bay looked as if this step up in trip would suit as she ground out that...
The stewards at Indiana Grand Racecourse have determined that the incidents in race eight at the Shelbyville, IN oval Oct. 14 that resulted in the death of apprentice jockey Juan Saez and the euthanization of two horses were not the result of negligence or improper implementation of track protocol. After reviewing the race video and...
CIRRUS HONG KONG BOUND Veteran globetrotter Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), fifth as the favorite in Saturday’s G1 Qipco Champion S. at Ascot, emerged from that turnover in good shape and will now target Hong Kong’s International Meeting Dec. 13 for the fifth time, trainer Corine Barande-Barbe told Racing Post. Despite the 8-year-old’s favorable record...
With session figures near identical to last year, it was another solid day of trading at the Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearling Sale, which concluded the second of three days of selling yesterday in Lexington. The session average of $36,939 was essentially static from last year’s average of $36,723, while the $18,000 median was unchanged. “I...
PARK APPEAL Solid and reliable with a dash of class, Qatar Racing and Kingsclere Racing’s Elm Park (GB) (Phoenix Reach {Ire}) has little to prove in 2014 but he takes his reputation to Doncaster to be tested to the full in today’s G1 Racing Post Trophy. Following a success in the Listed Stonehenge S. over this mile...
TATTS SET FOR INTERNATIONAL RAID By Emma Berry In each of the last two years, Tattersalls has seen more than 20 million guineas change hands during the four days of its Horses-in-Training Sale, which begins its run today at 9:30 a.m. local time. Such strength in trade owes plenty to the fact that British- and...
SLADE POWER’S SPRINT BID IN DOUBT Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB})’s participation in the G1 VRC Sprint in Australia Nov. 8 is in doubt after trainer Eddie Lynam discovered that his dual Group 1 winner would not be able to be loaded last in the gates. The 5-year-old is notorious for his bad gate behavior,...
At the Breeders’ Cup because: Owner of Qatar Racing, which campaigns GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare contenders Just the Judge (Ire) (Lawnman {Fr}) and Secret Gesture (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), GI Juvenile Turf runner Wet Sail(Henrythenavigator), GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint entrant Wind Fire (Distorted Humor) and GI Breeders’ Cup Mile runner Trade Storm (GB) (Trade Fair {GB}). Born: Qatar How he become involved in racing: I always grew up...
by Alan Carasso Trainer Ben Colebrook is anything but a new kid on the block, even though he has only been training horses on his own for just over two years. It’s been a slow process in building up to a current count of 34 horses in the barn for a variety of clients, and...
by Heather Likins When Blane Servis finally decided to hang out his shingle as a public trainer, he had plenty of family history to fall back on. His father, John Servis trained dual-Classic winner Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality) and a pair of uncles enjoyed graded-stakes success this year. Servis himself has gotten off to...