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By Lucas Marquardt I was thinking about titling this blog “Americans are barbarians for not embracing the bidet.” But really, what else is there to say other than that? I was also thinking about calling it “Cab drivers: humanity’s dark secret,” or more to the point: “Cab drivers the world over want to scare and...
by Lucas Marquardt Sunday is one of the biggest days on Japan’s racing calendar, with the 34th annual G1 Japan Cup on tap at Tokyo Racecourse. On Friday night, the Japan Racing Association kicked things off with a dinner to welcome, not only the connections with runners in the $4.4-million race, but also the international...
A total of 78,000 fans, the bulk of whom attended on-track, turned out for Sunday’s Longines Hong Kong International Races program at Sha Tin Racecourse. The total attendance was the highest recorded in Hong Kong since 2000, while the on-track figure of 74,000 represented the highest number at Sha Tin in 17 years. “To have...
by Mike Kane New York Thorougbred Breeders, Inc. president Barry Ostrager said that a full-scale commercial casino less than hour’s drive away will hurt Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack and the state’s burgeoning breeding industry. The Lago Resort and Casino in tiny Tyre in rural Seneca County was one of three proposals recommended for upstate...
Kaleem Shah’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Bayern (Offlee Wild) sped a bullet four panels in company with Pearl Spectre (Street Cry {Ire}) Friday morning, getting the distance in a best-of-43 :46.20 with the latter timed in :46.45. The Bob Baffert charge equaled the time of the Richard Baltas-trained Brother Soldier (Brother Soldier). Another possibility for champion...
Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas has laid out the plans for the first half of GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies upsetter Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway)’s sophomore season with the GI Kentucky Oaks being the main target. The Willis Horton colorbearer will race twice at Oaklawn next year prior to the Oaks. “The [GIII] Honeybee S....
by Mike Kane Not quite half his lifetime ago, Jerry Bozzo sold his stake in a company and left that career behind. Never one to stay still, some 45 years later, Bozzo is rolling along at 94, breeding and training Thoroughbreds in South Florida. Most likely the oldest active trainer in the country, Bozzo won...
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has announced that the projected total prize money in Great Britain in 2015 will exceed £130 million, posting a new record for the second year running. Approximately £4 million of this total is formed by the Additional Voluntary Contribution (AVC) made by four contributing bookmakers (William Hill, Ladbrokes, Coral and...
Bruce Hollander and Cary Shapoff’s Csaba (Kitten’s Joy–High Chant, by War Chant), his prolific turf sire’s most-accomplished runner on the main track, has been retired from racing and will enter stud for the current breeding season at Pleasant Acres Stallion in Morriston, Florida. According to trainer Phil Gleaves, the 6-year-old will stand for an introductory fee of...
America’s Thoroughbred racing champions will be crowned tonight at the 44th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony, which will be held at Gulfstream Park beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET with the Horse of the Year announcement scheduled for 10:30 p.m.. Steve Coburn and Perry Martin’s GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) has a...
Wildcat Red (D’wildcat) exited his fifth-place effort in Saturday’s Sunshine Millions Classic with a right hind injury, trainer Jose Garoffalo reported Monday. The 4-year-old will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exam this week at the Palm Beach Equine Clinic in Wellington. “He had a problem in his back, probably a torn muscle or a torn...
One of the most intriguing groups assembled so far in 2015 line up in Saturday’s GII Forward Gal S. at Gulfstream Park. Jay Em Ess Stable’s By the Moon (Indian Charlie) boasts the field’s best credentials, having finished second to Condo Commando (Tiz Wonderful) and in front of next-out Grade I winner Angela Renee (Bernardini) in the...