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Goffs stages its second London Sale Monday, and the boutique event, coined by Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby as the “unofficial curtain-raiser to Royal Ascot,” will offer 43 lots at The Orangery at Kensington Palace, with 13 scratches from the catalogue. The offerings are comprised of a select breeze-up bunch followed by horses in training,...
Third in both the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas, Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) sets a clear standard as he steps back more into his comfort zone on Wednesday, reverting to seven furlongs for the G3 Jersey S. Beaten three lengths by Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when forced to race from the front away from the main...
Wesley Ward’s beaming smile has already graced Royal Ascot’s winner’s circle this week courtesy of “The Aeroplane” Acapulco (Scat Daddy) in Wednesday’s G2 Queen Mary S., and the Florida-based conditioner offers up last year’s Listed Windsor Castle S. hero Hootenanny (Quality Road) in the inaugural rendition of the G1 Commonwealth Cup. Edged out of G1 Prix Morny...
With a decent amount of early speed signed on, Saturday’s $500,000 Ohio Derby could set up nicely for a wait-and-sprint runner. But which one will the gamblers fall for? Divining Rod (Tapit) employed front-running tactics when falling just short in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Jan. 31 and when a more well-beaten third...
There are no prizes for guessing that the stallion table at the five-day Royal Ascot meeting was headed by Galileo. With victories from Gleneagles, Curvy and Aloft, the ultra-prolific Coolmore stallion added more than £600,000 to his 2015 bankroll. In doing so, he succeeded in overhauling Golden Horn’s sire Cape Cross to take his habitual...
The 2015 flat season will herald the end of an era at the historic and famed Warren Place Stables in Newmarket as Lady Cecil has announced her intention to retire from training this year. The widow of the late Sir Henry Cecil capped a fantastic 2014 when registering three Group 1 wins with Frankel’s brother Noble...
Saturday’s G2 GAIN Railway S. at The Curragh sees Log Out Island (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) return just nine days after his defeat in Royal Ascot’s G2 Norfolk S., with trainer Richard Hannon hoping he has read the colt’s signals right. Second to Ballydoyle’s Waterloo Bridge (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) in that five-furlong contest, Godolphin’s acquisition–who had been...
Aga Khan homebred Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), winner of the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches and Royal Ascot’s G1 Coronation S. in her last two outings, is set to face elders in the G1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville Aug. 2. Georges Rimaud, manager of The Aga Khan’s Studs in France, has reported the Jean-Claude Rouget charge exited...
TOORMORE IS TOP RATED JUVENILE Middleham Park Racing and James Pak’s Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) was named Europe’s Champion 2-Year-Old Colt when the British Horseracing Authority released its 2013 European 2-Year-Old Classification yesterday. With a rating of 122, the unbeaten G1 National S. winner tops G1 Racing Post Trophy victor Kingston Hill (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) at 120, as well as...
SHEIKH FAHAD BUYS INTO ZOUSTAR Sheikh Fahad al Thani has purchased a share in the exciting Australian sprinter Zoustar (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}). Winner of the G1 Golden Rose S. at the beginning of his 3-year-old campaign in September, Zoustar was purchased by Widden Stud just days before his victory in the prestigious G1 Coolmore Stud S....
2nd-SAX, $60,338, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($80,000), NW1$X, 3yo, 1mT, 1:34 4/5, fm. DANCE WITH FATE (c, 3, Two Step Salsa–Flirting With Fate, by Saint Ballado), a second-out graduate at Del Mar in August, ran on late to finish second in the GI Del Mar Futurity in early September. He filled the same slot as the...
By Catlyn Spivey While Lexington, Kentucky was suffering through the frigid temps of the polar vortex, Pat Costello of Paramount Sales was in Killenard, Ireland at the Heritage Golf and Spa Resort accepting the “Wild Geese” award from the Irish Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association. The ceremony, held Jan. 25, handed out several breeding awards and even...