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Dunaden (Fr) (Nicobar {GB}–La Marlia {Fr}, by Kaldounevees {Fr}), the first winner of the G1 Melbourne Cup to stand at stud in Britain since the 1890 winner Carbine, will stand for an introductory stud fee of £3,000, with a raft of bonuses designed to make the record-breaking three-time Group 1 winner as attractive to breeders as...
EARLY LIGHT Ascot’s Qipco Champions Day fixture is opened up with a genuine luminary as Leading Light (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) takes place in the lineup for the G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup. Suffering his first defeat beyond a mile and a half when runner-up in the G1 Irish St Leger at The Curragh last time...
LEADING LIGHT INJURED IN CUP DEFEAT Derrick Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor’s Leading Light (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), seventh of nine as the favorite in Saturday’s G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot, is unlikely to race again after suffering suspensory injuries in running. Leading Light, who was returning to the scene of his...
The Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearling Sale, the last major yearling sale of the year, opened a three-day stand in Lexington yesterday with generally positive results. From 263 horses sold for $8,956,600, the session average of $34,056 was up a strong 19.4% from a year ago, when 258 horses sold for $7,358,00. The median of $17,000...
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE While the G1 Melbourne Cup is indeed ‘The Race that Stops a Nation,’ and the G1 Golden Slipper certainly signifies the speed and precocity that embodies the Australian Thoroughbred, it is perhaps the G1 Cox Plate, Australia’s A$3 million weight-for-age showpiece, that is the most sought-after by Australian owners, breeders...
As is frequently the case in Hong Kong feature races, trainer John Moore sends out multiple runners, including the four top-weighted horses, in today’s Premier Bowl H. at Sha Tin. Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) returns to action after dancing all the dances in the 4-year-old series last year. Winner of the Classic Mile, defeating Designs on...
With the San Gabriel mountains providing a spectacular backdrop, there was no shortage of Breeders’ Cup runners stretching their legs on a picturesque Tuesday morning at Santa Anita. Sir Michael Stoute’s imposing duo of Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Dank (GB) (Dansili {GB}) quietly made their way along the outer rail for their first appearance after clearing quarantine shortly...
LIVING THE DREAM The G1 Myer Classic is the primary target for fillies and mares during the Melbourne Spring carnival, and this event has produced the likes of Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (Aus) (Red Ransom) and four-time Group 1 winner Divine Madonna (Aus) (Hurricane Sky {Aus}). May’s Dream (Aus) (New Approach {Ire}) provided her sire...
NO NAY NEVER TO COOLMORE AFTER TURF SPRINT No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) will be retired after today’s GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and will stand at Coolmore’s headquarters in Ireland in 2015. A debut winner at Keeneland last year for Susan Magnier and Ice Wine Stable, No Nay Never added Royal Ascot’s G2 Norfolk S....
JUST A WAY RETAINS LONGINES CROWN Japan’s Just A Way (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) retained his position atop the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings when the latest edition of those ratings were released yesterday. The 5-year-old earned a mark of 130 for his 6 1/4-length victory in the G1 Dubai Duty Free Mar. 29, and Just A...
GOFFS NOVEMBER BEGINS TODAY By Kelsey Riley The mixed sales scene today shifts across the Atlantic to Ireland, where Goffs kicks off its six-day November Sale with its first of four days of foal sales at the Kill Paddocks in County Kildare. The two-day Breeding Stock Sale will bring proceedings to a close Nov. 21...
LOPE DE VEGA A FIRM FAVORITE AT GOFFS By Emma Berry Few stallions will make such a stellar start at stud as Lope De Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), and the success of his first crop on the track this season has had positive repercussions for his foals on sale at Goffs this week, with four of...