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ARQANA OCTOBER SALE STARTS TODAY Arqana hosts its third and final yearling sale of the season, the Arqana October Yearling Sale, this week in Deauville, and the action kicks off today with the single-day Part 1 session of the catalogue. The entire catalogue comprises 600 lots, with 185 set to go under the hammer today,...
Fawkner (Aus) (Reset {Aus}), who has had the G1 Cox Plate in the crosshairs ever since running sixth in last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup, remains the ante-post favorite at $4.20 (32-10) for Saturday’s weight-for-age centerpiece at Moonee Valley after drawing snugly in gate four Tuesday morning. The 7-year-old gave legendary co-owner Lloyd Williams his first victory...
TEAM BRITISH RACING 16-STRONG FOR BC Team British Racing, an initiative launched by Great British Racing International to showcase Britain’s finest runners on the international stage, will be represented by 16 runners at the Breeders’ Cup. The team includes Dank (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who will look to defend her title in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly &...
It’s one thing to get a jump on the field, but this isn’t exactly what jockey Zac Purton had in mind. Aerovelocity (NZ) (Pins {Aus}), favored in his seasonal debut while getting a major weight concession from the likes of Able Friend (Aus)(Shamardal) and G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen winner Sterling City (Aus) (Nadeem {Aus}), had all fours off the ground...
Yesterday, ballots were mailed to the approximately 5,500 members of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association for the election of NYTHA President. The TDN emailed the following questions to incumbent president Rick Violette Jr. and challenger Terry Finley to hear their positions on a variety of topics. Their answers–and the bios they submitted–appear below. RICK...
AUS GOVERNMENT TO TARGET ILLEGAL OFFSHORE BOOKMAKERS A national working group will be established by Australia’s federal government to tackle illegal offshore wagering on racing and sports. The Illegal Offshore Wagering Working Group will be established under the Australian Government’s Gambling Industry Advisory Council and will include representatives from the racing industry, professional sports and...
IVANHOWE LOOKS FOR HAT TRICK Munich stage the G1 Pastorius Grosser Preis von Bayern today, with Ivanhowe (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) looking to supplement his success in the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden. Gestut Schlenderhan’s 4-year-old surprised many in that Sept. 7 feature when upstaging Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) by three lengths before...
ZEBEDEE TO SHUTTLE NEXT YEAR Zebedee (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Europe’s leading first-season sire by number of wins with 38, will shuttle to Cornerstone Stud in South Australia for the 2015 Southern Hemisphere season in a deal brokered by Johnny McKeever and Chris Blomeley of BBA Ireland. Zebedee, who stands Northern Hemisphere at Tally-Ho Stud in...
BALLYLINCH RIDING VEGA HIGH By Emma Berry Following one of the strongest years of bloodstock auctions in recent times many will be approaching the foal sales with optimism, but few have the right to feel quite so positive as the team at Ballylinch Stud. Terrific results at the sales and on the track, plus a...
By Steve Sherack After just failing to reach his reserve when the bidding stalled at $145,000 at this year’s Barretts March Sale, the brain trust at Pegasus Training Center decided to hold on to Prime Engine (Northern Afleet) and prepare him for a late summer/early fall campaign. With a pair of daylight wins by a combined margin...
The opportunities to purchase daughters of top broodmare sire Darshaan (GB) will become ever scarcer, so it was no surprise to see Derrinstown Stud’s Tanaghum (GB) (lot 1199), the dam of G3 Curragh Cup winner Tactic (GB) (Sadler’s Wells), attract a bid of €250,000. The added bonuses that the mare was listed-placed herself, has produced five...
TATTS DECEMBER GETS UNDERWAY Monday By Kelsey Riley The Tattersalls December Sale kicks off its nine-day stand at the Park Paddocks in Newmarket Monday with a single-session yearling catalogue that has attracted 247 lots, including the last yearling ever to be offered by the late great Montjeu (Ire), as well a colt by champion sire...