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by Emma Berry On the day the Jockey Club released the results of a study showing that Newmarket’s racing industry contributes more than £208 million ($344.5 million) to the local economy, it was business as usual for the town’s many trainers, with the rain still falling and the wind still biting. There are...
ENHANCED POWERS FOR AUSTRALIAN RACING AUTHORITIES Legislative changes were yesterday made to Racing Act 1958 that will allow Racing Victoria jurisdiction over unlicensed persons participating in the racing industry, according to Racing and Sports. This gives the organization, which oversees racing in the State of Victoria, the power to penalize such individuals, including commission agents,...
HONG KONG HOSTS HORSE MOVEMENT WORKSHOP Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong is the scene of a workshop on international competition horse movement, put on by the World Organization for Animal Health and set to run through tomorrow. Organized by the OIE, the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the International Equestrian Federation and the International Federation...
by Andrew Caulfield Saturday’s Grade II action at Gulfstream Park and the Fair Grounds resulted in some major changes to the standings on the Road to the Kentucky Derby points listings. Thanks to his Risen Star victory, Intense Holiday now heads the list with a total of 53 points, his nearest rival being the...
by Jessica Martini Joanna and Clovis Crane’s Crane Thoroughbreds will offer its first consignment at Barretts when two juveniles go through the sales ring during Monday’s March Sale of Selected 2-Year-Olds in Training in Pomona, California. The operation, based in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, offers a myriad of services, from breaking and training to foaling and sales...
By Michael Illiano Last Saturday, leading North American owners and breeders Ken and Sarah Ramsey turned their focus abroad and captured the $214,000 Sandy Lane Barbados Gold Cup with their 8-year-old gelding Major Marvel (Bernstein), becoming the first American owners to win the island’s premier race. Locally considered a Grade1 event, the race does not generally...
by Jessica Martini Juan Naciff has only been involved in racing for 2 1/2 years, but has already hit the board in a Grade I race. Now the transplanted Argentinian, who calls Miami home, looks for pinhooking success with a full-brother to graded stakes winner and J “TDN Rising Star” J Midnight Hawk (Midnight Lute). The colt,...
4th-AQU, $65,000, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43 4/5, ft. BAY OF PLENTY (c, 3, Medaglia d’Oro–Kotuku {GB}, by A.P. Indy), second first time out at Gulfstream Jan. 1, finished a close fourth behind GII Tampa Bay Derby winner Ring Weekend (Tapit) last time at this distance in Hallandale Feb. 8. Away well from his far outside...
8th-PRX, $59,400, Alw, NW1X, 3yo, 6 1/2f, 1:16 2/5, ft. FAVORITE TALE, g, 3, Tale of the Cat 1st Dam: Tricky Elaine (GSP), by Grindstone 2nd Dam: Evil Elaine, by Medieval Man 3rd Dam: Distinctive Elaine, by Distinctive Favorite Tale ran like a 1-9 shot should, taking his record to three-for-three and stamping himself as a potential...
RAIN, SNOW IN DUBAI The average annual rainfall in the United Arab Emirates is 3.7”. So I believed Michael Dickinson yesterday when he told me that Dubai gets a good two-day soaking–like the one we’re currently getting–once a year. Not that the folks back in the States are feeling much sympathy, but it was an...
THE DUBAI WORLD COME COMES OF AGE According to the Oxford dictionary, the definition of ‘the world’ is ‘the earth, together with all its countries and peoples’. The first Dubai World Cup took place in 1996, and Cigar’s name was etched in history as the first winner of the coveted gold trophy. Since then, horses...
Team Valor has enjoyed success scooping up young Wolverhampton runners and campaigning them to lucrative careers. Gitano Hernando (GB) (Hernadno {Fr}), who went on to win the 2009 GI Goodwood S. and Infinite Magic (More Than Ready), winner of last year’s GIII American Derby were both purchased by the syndicate after promising starts at the...