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Last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), a well-beaten seventh before pulling up sore in last Saturday’s G1 Sydney Cup at Royal Randwick, will be spelled six to eight weeks before connections reassess him with the hopes of embarking on a spring campaign, according to Racing and Sports. Tests performed this week revealed the...
Saturday’s G3 Aon Greenham S. at Newbury offers a middle ground for last year’s sprinting juveniles attempting eventually to stretch out to the mile of the G1 2000 Guineas, which is where Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) is headed if he can prove his stamina here. Westward Bloodstock’s bay looked to have more than a fair share of...
Attentions turn to the G1 Prix du Jockey Club on Monday, with Longchamp staging one of the important trials for that Classic in the G3 Prix Noailles, in which His Highness The Aga Khan’s Karaktar (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is the focal point following his dynamic return last month. Powerful in testing conditions in the Mar. 28...
By Dean Towers No Easy Money, A Gamblers’ Diary, written by U.K. horseplayer Dave Nevison, is a dandy read. For those of us here in the New World, it provided us with an interesting, eye-opening glimpse into the day-in and day-out machinations of a U.K. horseplayer. The book followed Dave’s quest from the 2008 Cheltenham...
It is clear from history on both sides of the Atlantic that conditioning is a much bigger factor in U.S. Classics than in European ones. Seven of the last 10 winners of the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket–sponsored this year by Qipco and run on May 2–have skipped the trial races completely, while Aidan O’Brien,...
Dual Group 1 winner Hallowed Crown (Aus) (Street Sense–Crowned Glory {Aus}, by Danehill) has been retired to Darley’s Kelvinside Stud, where he will stand his first season later this year. Unbeaten in two outings as a juvenile for co-trainers Bart and James Cummings, including the G3 Kindergarten S., Hallowed Crown took the G3 Run to the Rose...
The Stronach Group announced late Thursday evening that Senior Vice President Tom Ludt has been appointed to spearhead a new company initiative. Effective immediately, Ludt will assume control of the creation and implementation of a new national project under development within The Stronach Group. As President of The Stronach Group’s Santa Anita Park, Ludt oversaw...
A pair of GI Kentucky Derby contenders, Upstart (Flatter) and Frosted (Tapit), put in their final breezes before the May 2 Run for the Roses Saturday at Palm Meadows in Florida. Ralph Evans and WinStar Farm’s GII Holy Bull S. winner and GI Florida Derby runner-up Upstart fired a five-furlong bullet in :59.95, the best of nine at the distance....
Zayat Stables’ American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) tuned up for Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby with a bullet five-furlong breeze in :58.40 at Churchill Sunday. The move was the fastest of 32 at the distance. In his first work since a dominant victory in the Apr. 11 GI Arkansas Derby, last year’s juvenile champion turned in split times...
Steve Coburn and Perry Martin’s Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will sidestep next month’s G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. at Newbury as he continues to gear up for a trip to Royal Ascot in June. The 4-year-old is currently lodging with Rae Guest in Newmarket after finishing second to Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the...
A field of as many as nine fillies and mares look to earn their respective first Grade I victories in Friday’s La Troienne S. at Churchill. Leading the way on the morning line at 3-1 is Harold Queen homebred Sheer Drama (Burning Roma). The David Fawkes representative overcame a rough start to rally for second in Gulfstream’s...
By Steve Sherack An overcast and misty morning scared few away from the Churchill Downs backstretch Thursday. With the parking lot already quite occupied adjacent the Gate 10 entrance nearly an hour before the private training session for Derby/Oaks horses, the crowd, although not nearly as mighty as it was a day ago, was pretty...