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PHIPPS TO GIVE ICHA KEYNOTE SPEECH Edited Press Release The Jockey Club Chairman Ogden Mills (Dinny) Phipps will deliver the keynote address at the International Conference of Horseracing Authorities Oct. 6 in Paris, France. The ICHA will be chaired by Louis Romanet, chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities, and will focus on two...
An eclectic group of 12 2-year-old fillies square off in this evening’s GI Chandelier S., which offers a spot in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies for the winner. Siena Farm homebred Angela Renee (Bernardini) gets the nod on Jon White’s morning line at 3-1. The Todd Pletcher trainee defeated Sunday Sonnet (Any Given Saturday) first time out of...
EURO RAIDERS LAND IN AUSTRALIA The first batch of 19 European horses set to participate in the Melbourne Spring Carnival arrived at the International Quarantine Centre at Weribee yesterday. The shipment, which includes Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), Mutual Regard (Ire) (Hernando {Fr}) and Ambivalent (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), traveled for approximately 30 hours including...
Jake Ballis and Rashard Lewis’s “TDN Rising Star” Cigar Street (Street Sense) remains a possible contender for the Nov. 1 GI Breeders’ Cup Classic, according to trainer Bill Mott. In his second start of the year, the 5-year-old won Saturday’s Homecoming S. at Churchill Downs. “We certainly had the Breeders’ Cup Classic on our mind,” Mott said. “But...
The New Jersey Senate approved a bill that repeals the prohibition of sports betting in the state yesterday. The bill will go before the New Jersey State Assembly for approval Thursday and then will go before Governor Chris Christie. “It is nothing we didn’t anticipate,” said Dennis Drazin, advisor to Monmouth Park operator Darby Development...
Leading French jockey Maxime Guyon has been appointed retained rider for the Wertheimer brothers starting next season. Guyon has secured multiple Group 1 victories already in his relatively short career, during which he has principally ridden for legendary French trainer Andre Fabre. The jockey has signed a four-year contract with the Wertheimers. “It is correct...
KING FOR A DAY While the big cats are away at Ascot, the mice can play today in Longchamp’s G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris, and Jeff Smith’s Norse King (Fr) (Norse Dancer {Ire}) is the one to aim at among this quartet as he seeks consecutive renewals. Third when last seen attempting to give the high-class...
Qatar Racing Limited and the Sangster Family’s Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) will head to California Thursday to prepare for a tilt in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf following her victory in Canada. Charlie Hills’ admirable 4-year-old filly was her trainer’s first Classic winner when taking the Irish 1,000 Guineas in 2013 and...
NELSON BUNKER HUNT DIES Nelson Bunker Hunt, a Texas oilman and a prominent Thoroughbred owner and breeder on both sides of the Atlantic, died Tuesday at the age of 88 after a long battle with Alzheimers. Hunt was once amongst the world’s wealthiest men, having inherited a multibillion-dollar fortune from his father, the legendary Texas...
By J.M. Severni Nelson Bunker Hunt, who passed away earlier this week at the age of 88, was an extraordinary man by any measure. Son of Texas oilman H.L. Hunt, Bunker Hunt would become one of the richest men in the world, just to lose all of it, and then regain his wealth again. Throughout...
Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla and Morgan Cahalan’s recent GII QIPCO British Champions Sprint S. hero Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) will be prepared for a trip to Hong Kong in December after a potential Breeders’ Cup mission failed to materialize. Tom Hogan’s stable star produced a telling turn of foot to secure another big prize on Champions...
Kathy Ritvo made her way through the horsemen’s parking lot carrying a pristine set of Frank C. Calabrese’s white-and-black silks shortly after 7 a.m. on a crisp Wednesday morning at Santa Anita. Ritvo–who trained Mucho Macho Man to a thrilling victory in last year’s Classic–will saddle Calabrese’s speedy homebred Fast Anna (Medaglia d’Oro), a son of 2006...