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Ascot’s Head of International Racing, Nick Smith, will next week begin a three-week international tour aimed at head-hunting global stars for this year’s Royal Ascot meeting, according to Racing Post. Smith told the trade daily Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) and Hong Kong star Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) are high on his list of horses to...
Basil Nolan, president of Thoroughbred Breeders Australia, has thrown his support behind the country’s breeders and stud farms in the wake of a positive steroid test from last month’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale. A colt sold at the sale tested positive for altrenogist, a substance found in Regu-Mate, which regulates cycles and maintains...
I Am Invincible (Aus) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Australia’s leading first-season sire of 2013/14, will stand for A$55,000 for this year’s South Hemisphere breeding season, which begins in September. He stood for A$27,500 last year, and started at a fee of A$11,000. “We believe the increase in fee is in line with his achievements to date, which...
Burnstone (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}), winner of the male division of the Listed Blue Diamond Preview Jan. 26 and a leading hope for the G1 Blue Diamond S. Feb. 28, died of a suspected heart attack during trackwork at Cranbourne Tuesday. The 2-year-old was being prepared for the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude Feb. 14, and trainer...
The Tattersalls 2015 sale calendar gets underway today with the one-day February Sale at Park Paddocks in Newmarket. A total of 307 horses have been catalogued for the mixed sale, including more than 60 lots from Darley and its various trainers. Among the standouts under the Darley banner are the 3-year-old filly Elle Shade (GB)...
Zabeel Racing International’s Surfer (Distorted Humor) has gone two-for-two over Meydan’s new dirt surface, including a maiden stakes score in the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R1 last out Jan. 8, and the 6-year-old gelding will look to extend his streak to three in the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge R2 at Meydan today. Surfer has always been highly...
Gulfstream Park played host to five stakes this past Saturday, including a number of promising performances from newly turned 3-year-olds throughout the day. Crossed Sabres Farm’s Bluegrass Singer (Bluegrass Cat) kicked off the road to the GI Florida Derby with a decisive victory in the one-mile Mucho Macho Man S. Trainer Marcus Vitali said yesterday that the...
Honors Stable Corp.’s MGSW Wildcat Red (D’wildcat) continued preparation for his 2015 debut in the Jan. 17 Sunshine Millions Classic S. with a bullet five-furlong move in :57.48 yesterday morning at Gulfstream Park. “He worked very good, very impressive,” observed trainer Jose Garoffalo. “I was really surprised because he was doing it without a big effort. He...
Two months after Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) handed Germany a first Melbourne Cup trophy and made the switch from the yard of Andreas Woehler to that of Kris Lees in Newcastle, another of the country’s top mile-and-a-half horses has been sold to Australian interests. Gestuet Schlenderhan’s dual Group 1 winner Ivanhowe (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) has been...
Trainer Aidan O’Brien and the organizing committee of the inaugural Irish Champions Weekend were honored by The Irish Turf Club at the annual Moyglare Dinner held Saturday. O’Brien received his presentation for his historical hat trick in the G1 Epsom Derby, as Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire})’s triumph in the 2014 renewal came on the back...
Australian Derby hero and Sha Tin G1 Hong Kong Cup third Criterion (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) is in quarantine at the Werribee International Horse Centre for two weeks prior to an autumn campaign reported Racing and Sports. The strapping chestnut is bound for Lindsay Park at Euroa, the country base of co-trainers David Hayes and Tom Dabernig. “He’s...
by T. D. Thornton The biannual Pan American Racing Conference opens in New York City on Thursday, hosted by The Jockey Club and planned in conjunction with the South American Organization for the Promotion of Thoroughbreds, which represents the sport in nine Latin and South American countries, and the Latin American Racing Channel. “Globalization” will...