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By Michael Illiano Danzel Brendemuehl estimates 25-40 horses pass through her sales and training operation, Classic Bloodstock, each year. Yet, from that limited sample, Classic Bloodstock will see two of its graduates start in the GI Kentucky Derby whenUncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) and Wildcat Red (D’wildcat go postward at Churchill Downs Saturday. “Every year we’re lucky...
Steven Coburn and Perry Martin’s GI Kentucky Derby hero California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) hit the track at Pimlico for the first time yesterday morning since his arrival from Louisville Monday. “He jogged and he was great,” said assistant trainer Alan Sherman. “He stood out there for a while, just looked around and took it all in. He’s...
by Brian DiDonato Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association (FTBOA) CEO and Executive Vice President Lonny Powell was a featured speaker at the 18th annual East Coast Gaming Congress and iGaming Institute in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Tuesday. Powell, who was a member of a panel entitled ‘Florida: Ripe for Major Expansion…?’, gave an update...
California Chrome Sharp In Belmont Breeze… California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) appeared sharp in his lone breeze ahead of next Saturday’s GI Belmont S., going a half-mile in :47.69 early yesterday morning at Belmont Park (video). With Victor Espinoza in the irons, the handsome chestnut colt continued with good energy past the wire, with gallop-out times of...
ABINGTON PLACE’S COLORFUL CHARACTERS By Liesl King Racing’s history is filled with colorful characters, and none more so than George Alexander Baird or, as he was better known in racing circles, Mr. Abington. However, I am getting ahead of myself, as the story actually starts in Nat Flatman Street, Newmarket, a little road just off...
Welcome Home. Those words from Keeneland’s President Bill Thomason underscored the feelings of many of my friends and neighbors–both inside and outside the Thoroughbred industry. They are all equally as excited about welcoming our guests to the Bluegrass as much as hosting the Breeders’ Cup itself in 2015. While we are more than confident in...
AZERI REIGNS AGAIN IN JAPAN By Michele MacDonald With the sizzle in the ring matching the torrid sun outside, the Japan Racing Horse Association Select Sale of yearlings and foals blazed to record levels in gross, number of horses sold and clearance rate after the final hammer fell on yesterday’s foal session. For the second...
Claiborne Farm and Adele Dilschneider’s Departing (War Front) looked like an emerging superstar late last year with open-length victories in the GII West Virginia Derby in August and GII Super Derby in early September. After fading to fourth at 3-10 odds in Remington’s GIII Oklahoma Derby in Sept. 29, however, conditioner Al Stall, Jr. decided to regroup...
by J.M. Severni Industry newcomer Matthew Schera, who purchased his first horse at last year’s Saratoga Sale, tallied his first victory at the Spa–and sixth overall–with Cyclogenisis. It makes sense that the Stormy Atlantic colt is named after the meteorological term for the development of a cyclone, since Schera is a meteorologist. The 39-year-old...
Longtime Venezuelan breeder Eduardo Celis dreamed about becoming the first to sell a Venezuelan-bred yearling in the United States. As dreams go, it was relatively modest. But Celis was fiercely proud of his country and the horsemen who plied their trade there, often with little international recognition. Celis passed away a year ago without having...
A Flatter half-sister to GI King’s Bishop S. winner Capo Bastone (Street Boss) brought $500,000 yesterday at September, the second-highest price for a yearling on the day. Consigned by Kitty Taylor’s Warrendale Sales as hip 1515, the daughter of SP Fight to Love (Fit to Fight) was hammered down to Richard and Sue Masson’s Green Lantern...
Ireland’s National Treasure… by Kelsey Riley As much as Goffs is synonymous with Irish heritage and the horse racing industry, so too is the Irish National Stud, which has graced County Kildare–a short jaunt down the highway from Goffs–since the early 1900s. The Irish National Stud, in addition to being a tourist attraction that sees...