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by Bill Finley, special to ESPN.com My ballot is in and it was not an easy task this year. There were too many categories where you’d just as soon vote for no one, where none of the contenders had worthy Eclipse credentials. Without boring you with the obvious (e.g. why I voted for Untapable for...
by Alix Choppin Three of the top 10 trainers in Victoria are now subject to investigations into excess levels of cobalt chloride found in race-day samples taken from a total of five horses last October and November. Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mark Kavanagh was notified that the urine sample taken from Magicool (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus})...
Last term’s GIII Hutcheson S. and GII Fountain of Youth S. winner Wildcat Red (D’Wildcat) looks to return to his winning ways in today’s Sunshine Millions Classic at Gulfstream Park. Third in the GI Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth July 27, the Honors Stable Corp runner could only manage fifth when cutting back in distance for Saratoga’s...
The New York Racing Association will take additional steps to further enhance the safety protocols already in place at Aqueduct. This announcement came on the heels of a closed door meeting between NYRA and the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association last weekend to address the fatal breakdowns of several Thoroughbreds racing at Aqueduct this winter. ...
by T.D. Thornton Roman Chapa, a top Texas-based jockey who has been suspended twice before for carrying an illegal electrical device during a race, was removed from his mounts on Monday at Sam Houston Race Park while stewards launched an investigation into whether he used a similar “battery” or “buzzer” while winning a stakes race...
The sprint division is about to get a whole lot more exciting. Unbeaten Mean Season (h, 5, Henny Hughes–Mean Imogene, by Silver Deputy)–last seen posting a jaw-dropping six-furlong optional claiming win with a 107 Beyer Speed Figure over the Aqueduct inner last March (video)–recorded his second straight bullet workout, covering four furlongs in :48.40 (1/12) at Payson...
by Michele MacDonald In a major change of policy, the Japan Racing Horse Association has opted to prohibit owners who are not Japanese residents from selling foals at the annual JRHA Select Sale in July. The decision was announced in a brief statement on the JRHA website, which indicated there had been “no specific limitation”...
Although the race has attracted its three most recent winners, Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) will start a heavy favorite as he looks to solidify his status as one of the world’s elite milers in today’s Stewards’ Cup at Sha Tin, granted international Group 1 status for the first time in its history. Following his defeat of Designs...
By Emma Berry Imitation, it is said, is the sincerest form of flattery. In devising the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Stallion Trail, the Irish studs have followed the example set in the Normandy region, when in 2010 the French farms and the French Racing and Breeding Committee launched La Route des Etalons, which has continued annually....
A former Epsom Derby runner-up who once commanded a mere 50,000gns as a stallion prospect emerged from well under most people’s radar to make the headlines at Wednesday’s inaugural session of the Karaka Select Sale. Tartan Bearer (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}), the winner of the 2008 G2 Dante S. and second to New Approach (Ire) (Galileo...
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ Barbados (Speightstown) exited his GIII Hutcheson S. victory Jan. 24 with a knee chip, according to trainer Mike Tomlinson. “He came out of the Hutcheson with a small chip in the upper joint of the left knee,” Tomlinson said. “It’s not anything serious. He’ll only be off 60 to 90 days and it’s a...
After two years of shuttling at the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval, where he covered strong books of mares from all around Europe and as far away as the USA and Canada, Arrowfield Stud’s three-time Champion Sire Redoute’s Choice (Aus) will serve a limited number of mares to northern hemisphere time from his home base...