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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....
Virginia Kraft Payson has a long history with the family of hip 1299 and, faced Sunday morning with the prospect of selling the yearling, she decided she would rather keep the daughter of Candy Ride (Arg) to race. Payson outbid bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt and signed the ticket on the filly at $650,000 in...
Just in time for its September Yearling Sale, Keeneland has launched a new, improved version of its Buyers Portfolio, which is accessible through www.keeneland.com. A browser-based service (that is, it’s accessible through the internet), the new portfolio works on iPads, Androids and wide range of other systems. “It’s available, it’s free, and we feel like it’s a...
Saturday’s GIII Gallant Bob S. could set up for a closer as a number of speedy sophomores line up in the six-panel test. Frank Calabrese homebred Fast Anna (Medaglia d’Oro) figures to take some beating as long as he doesn’t exert himself too much early. The son of champion Dreaming of Anna was an easy winner of...
After an absence of more than 15 years, the Newmarket Open Day returned to the calendar in 2012 and the last three years have seen more and more people descend on the town for a special behind-the-scenes view of activities at British horseracing’s headquarters. Visitors on Sunday will not have been disappointed. Two of Newmarket’s...
TAGHROODA WORK PLEASES CONNECTIONS G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favorite Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) worked over Newmarket’s Rowley Mile yesterday under regular jockey Paul Hanagan in preparation for that Oct. 5 Longchamp assignment. “She worked this morning and, touch-wood, it went well,” said Angus Gold, racing manager to Taghrooda’s owner Sheikh Hamdan. “Paul was...