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At 77-years-old trainer Art Sherman will saddle the likely favorite in this year’s GI Kentucky Derby California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit). The Martin Perry and Steve Coburn homebred has won his last four races in eye catching style, making him undefeated this season. “I know he was kind of green when he first started, but he is...
By Jessica Martini & Justina Severini Wednesday’ third session of the OBS April sale saw another day of strong trade, with gains across the board and, through three days, figures remained well ahead of last year’s record-setting sale. Of the 237 horses offered Wednesday, 190 hips sold for a gross of $15,666,000. A total...
Martin Cherry homebred Embellishing Bob (Northern Afleet) went from maiden winner to graded winner with the help of the stewards in a thrilling renewal of the GIII Derby Trial S. under the lights at Churchill Downs Saturday. Glued to the right flank of odds-on choice Bayern (Northern Afleet) through splits of :23.23 and :46.62, the 9-2 shot stayed right...
INTERNATIONALS AND THEIR RIDERS CATCH THE EYE Editorial and pictures by Liesl King Have suitcase, will travel. Racehorse travel has evolved to the point where hoping on a plane to compete in a foreign race is almost as easy as catching a bus. Globetrotters like Red Cadeaux (GB), Dunaden (FR), Cirrus Des Aigles(FR) andGordon...
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale begins its two-day run Monday in Timonium, Maryland with the first of 580 catalogued head scheduled to go under the hammer at 10 a.m. “The 2-year-old sales have been good this year, so we’re hoping to continue that trend,” said Fasig-Tipton Midlantic’s Sales Director Paget Bennett. “There are so...
O’BRIEN ISSUES GROUND CONCERNS Aidan O’Brien, the trainer of G1 Investec Derby favorite Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), admitted at Epsom Downs’ Breakfast with the Stars yesterday that he hoped to see a recent wet spell subside and the Surrey course dry up for Europe’s premier Classic June 7. “We wouldn’t like the ground to be soft,” O’Brien...
PRIVATE ZONE (g, 5, Macho Uno–Auburn Beauty, by Siphon {Brz}) *$15,000 yrl ‘10 KEESEP. O-Good Friends Stable; B-Adena Springs (ON); T-Doug O’Neill. Lifetime Record: 21-5-7-1, $663,820. Last Start: 2nd GI Cigar Mile H. at Aqueduct Nov. 30. Private Zone (Macho Uno)–off since a strong second-place finish at 32-1 behind Flat Out (Flatter) in the GI...
SHADAI SIRE POWER Story and photos by Michele MacDonald While America’s long wait for a Triple Crown champion has spanned nearly four fruitless decades, Japan has produced a pair of outstanding runners talented enough to sweep all three of that nation’s Classic races within the last ten years, and both now stand at the Shadai...
Sunday, Del Mar EDDIE READ S.-GI, $300,250, DMR, 7-20, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:46, fm. 1–@sTOM’S TRIBUTE, 119, c, 4, by Lion Heart 1st Dam: Halloween Fun (SP), by El Prado (Ire) 2nd Dam: On Hand, by Irish River (Fr) 3rd Dam: Veriga, by Mr. Prospector ($60,000 yrl ’11 KEESEP; $310,000 2yo ‘12 OBSMAR). O-Braly Family...
Recently completed research regarding the use, or non-use, of Lasix in Thoroughbred racehorses adds some pertinent new facts to the discussion. One investigation looked at horses racing in Hong Kong over a 5 year period where the use of Lasix is not permitted in training or racing. A second involved a 10-year study of Australian...
SO NICE THEY NAMED IT TWICE By Kelsey Riley A town, “so nice, you have to name it twice,” enthused Bill Clinton upon a visit to Baden-Baden, and indeed he was correct. Baden-Baden–which this week plays host to the international horse racing community for tomorrow’s BBAG yearling sale–is perhaps Germany’s answer to Deauville, France or...
CLOSER INSPECTION Everything that Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) has done so far suggests she is out of the top drawer, and today’s G1 Moyglare Stud S. at The Curragh is the opportunity for Merry Fox Stud’s bay to prove that point. After an emphatic success from the subsequent GI Del Mar Debutante S. and GII Sorrento S....