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NELSON BUNKER HUNT DIES Nelson Bunker Hunt, a Texas oilman and a prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder on both sides of the Atlantic, died Tuesday at the age of 88 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Hunt was once amongst the world’s wealthiest men, having inherited a multibillion-dollar fortune from his father, the legendary Texas...
By J.M. Severni Nelson Bunker Hunt, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 88, was an extraordinary man by any measure. Son of Texas oilman H.L. Hunt, Bunker Hunt would become one of the richest men in the world, just to lose all of it, and then regain his wealth again. Throughout...
Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla and Morgan Cahalan’s recent GII QIPCO British Champions Sprint S. hero Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) will be prepared for a trip to Hong Kong in December after a potential Breeders’ Cup mission failed to materialize. Tom Hogan’s stable star produced a telling turn of foot to secure another big prize on Champions...
Kathy Ritvo made her way through the horsemen’s parking lot carrying a pristine set of Frank C. Calabrese’s white-and-black silks shortly after 7 a.m. on a crisp Wednesday morning at Santa Anita. Ritvo–who trained Mucho Macho Man to a thrilling victory in last year’s Classic–will saddle Calabrese’s speedy homebred Fast Anna (Medaglia d’Oro), a son of 2006...
Trainer Kathy Ritvo was taken on the ride of her life up to and including a thrilling victory by Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) in last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. The odds of a relatively low-profile conditioner making it back to the Breeders’ Cup again–let alone the following year–seem remote, yet here she is...
The 6-year-old SW & MGSP Barocci (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}–Bastet, by Giant’s Causeway) will soon be bound for Sweden, where he’ll commence stallion duties at Ivan Sjoberg’s Ravdansen Stud. Marie and Naoya Yoshida purchased the full to the 2012 G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches heroine Beauty Parlour (Jpn) for $57,000. Lane’s End consigned Barroci, who sold as a stallion...
MOORE REFLECTS ON STELLAR SEASON Jockey Ryan Moore has been widely hailed as the best in the world as he prepares to wrap up a stellar season that has included landmark victories in the G1 Cox Plate and G1 Melbourne Cup, and indeed the 31-year-old British-based rider currently sits atop the Longines World’s Best Jockey...
by Emma Berry Goffs’ Kildare Paddocks may have been enshrouded in fog, but the Frankel (GB) filly out of dual Classic heroine Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley) shone like the star she’s bred to be when becoming the most expensive foal to sell in Ireland with a €1.8 million price tag on her head. Al...
GOFFS NOVEMBER COMES TO A CLOSE By Emma Berry Six days of foal and mare trade at Goffs drew to a close yesterday with the final breeding stock session, which yielded another €1,092,100 and a top price of €41,000. With the November Foal Sale aggregate having shot up by 52% to €27,504,700, thanks in no...
by Emma Berry Newmarket endured its first major frost Monday night, but that’s unlikely to cool the level of trade expected at Park Paddocks over the next four days as the Tattersalls December Foal Sale gets underway. During Tuesday, the sales grounds swarmed with potential buyers with many consignors reporting a busy viewing session. ...
Will he be as keen on the green? That is the question facing gamblers and race fans, in general, as Steven Coburn and Perry Martin’s dual Classic winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) tests the turf for the first time against just five rivals in today’s GI Hollywood Derby at Del Mar. Though is set to...
In a renewal of the G1 Hong Kong Sprint that has several winning chances, at least one thing is for certain–they don’t have to worry about Lord Kanaloa (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) for the first time in three years. With no such monsters around, a case can be made for at least half of today’s...