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Globetrotting sprinter Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}), last seen finishing fourth in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint Dec. 14, tuned up for another trip to that nation for the Mar. 15 G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup with a spin over the Dundalk course prior to racing yesterday. The 7-year-old gelding completed a mile over the course...
By Lucas Marquardt Three years ago, few in Europe had heard of Sheikh Joaan Al-Thani, a younger brother of Qatar’s ruling Emir. Then came Group 1 winners like Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) and Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}). And of course, the mighty Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), who won the last two renewals of the G1 Prix de l’Arc de...
Far Right (Notional), winner of Sunday’s GIII Southwest S., is expected to make his next start in the Apr. 11 GI Arkansas Derby. Connections have opted to skip the Mar. 14 GII Rebel S., the next race in Oaklawn’s Triple Crown prep race series, to ensure they have a fresh horse for a possible tilt at...
The streaking Consumer Credit (More Than Ready), a one-length victress over Quality Rocks (Rock Hard Ten) in the Sweetest Chant S. Jan. 24, headlines a field of nine 3-year-old fillies entered in Saturday’s GIII Herecomesthebride S. at Gulfstream Park. The Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence colorbearer followed a Belmont maiden win going six furlongs over a yielding turf...
By Mike Kane Seven weeks out from the GI Kentucky Derby, trainer Todd Pletcher has seven prospects on course for America’s biggest race. That’s a big group but not out of the ordinary for–look, here is that number again–the seven-time Eclipse Award winner. This is a non-racing weekend for members of the Pletcher septet, who...
Sunday, Saint-Cloud, France PRIX EXBURY-G3, €80,000, STC, 3-15, 4yo/up, 10fT, 2:08.54, vsf. 1–#@AFFAIRE SOLITAIRE (IRE), 121, h, 5, by Danehill Dancer (Ire) 1st Dam: Arlesienne (Ire) (SW & GSP-Fr), by Alzao 2nd Dam: Ange Bleu, by Alleged 3rd Dam: Albertine (Fr), by Irish River (Fr) (€110,000 HRA ‘13 ARQARC). O-Luigi Roveda; B-Dayton Investments Ltd (Ire); T-Patrick...
Unbeaten race favorite and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro) drew the second-widest in gate 18 at Tuesday’s barrier draw for Saturday’s A$3.5 million G1 Golden Slipper, but trainer Gai Waterhouse was unfazed by the blow handed her leading fancy. “I never worry about barriers because you can’t do anything about them,” Waterhouse said. “We have...
When the topic of expanding drug testing comes up, one common lament within the United States racing industry is that there isn’t enough money available to broaden existing protocols. Yet in 2014, the first year that The Jockey Club budgeted $250,000 to supplement out-of-competition (OOC) testing for horses nominated to graded stakes races, the bulk...
Not For Love (Mr. Prospector–Dance Number, by Northern Dancer), Maryland’s leading sire for the last 12 years, has been pensioned. The 25-year-old stallion stood his entire career at Northview Stallion Station. “Not For Love will set the bar in Maryland for all stallions standing there in the future,” said Northview owner Richard Golden. “We tried to...
Team Valor has revealed that Hong Kong-based ace Joao Moreira will partner Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) in the G1 Dubai Turf. The Marco Botti trainee was last seen under Ryan Moore when winning the G1 Beverly D S., yet the British hoop is likely to be requested on board Kevin Ryan’s dual Group 1 winner The...
As we have mentioned before, once a horse shows up as an A Runner on one of our annual lists it goes into a separate file, which we call ‘Unique’ A Runners, where they are only counted once, whereas in the rolling 7-year APEX files, a horse is counted once every year it reaches the...
The catalogue for Arqana’s Breeze-Up Sale, set for May 9 and boasting 134 2-year-olds, is now online. The sale that produced last year’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club and G1 Irish Champion S. winner The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and this year’s GI Gulfstream Turf H. victor Mshawish (Medaglia d’Oro) boasts some attractive pedigrees,...