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Walking Around ‘Lucky’

After turning the tables on Moreno (Ghostzapper) in dramatic fashion in Saratoga’s GI Woodward S. Aug. 30, Trilogy Stable and Laurie Plesa’s Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) will somewhat surprisingly cut back in distance for today’s GII Kelso H. at Belmont Park. The versatile dark bay, second in the GI Whitney H. Aug. 2, has two wins at the...

Amaron Looks For Deja Vu

AMARON LOOKS FOR DEJA VU  Racing is gearing up in Italy once again, and the milers take the spotlight in today’s G1 Premio Vittorio Di Capua at the San Siro. Defending winner Amaron (GB) (Shamardal) ships from Germany looking for his third group race win of the year, having taken the G3 Wettenleip Fruhjahrsmeile on seasonal debut...

Trust in a Gust Earns Maiden Group 1

A consistent performer just below the top rungs last season, Trust in a Gust recorded four straight wins at the conditions level from November through January. After three straight defeats, he returned to the winner’s circle at Moonee Valley Aug. 23 before finishing second in the Listed Drummond Golf S. He prepped for this by...

Big Brown Colt Tops MM 2YO Sale

A Big Brown half-brother to the good Macau runner Good Master (Aus) (Testa Rossa {Aus}) and a half to Australian SP Merryanna (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}) attracted a final bid of A$230,000 to top Tuesday’s Magic Millions Gold Coast Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.  Consigned as lot 207, the bay colt, an A$75,000 acquisition by Washpool Thoroughbreds...

Just the Judge to Sell at Tatts December

Qatar Racing and the Sangster Family’s Just the Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}), winner of the 2013 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas, will be offered at the Tattersalls December Sale, it was announced Tuesday. She will be the first British or Irish Guineas winning filly still in training to be offered for sale since Ravinella (Mr. Prospector) who was...

Samba Brazil to Sell at Arqana December

Samba Brazil (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}), winner of the 2013 G3 Grosse Europa Meile and twice Group 3-placed in Italy, will be offered in foal to leading sire Dubawi (Ire) at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale in Deauville Saturday, Dec. 6. The highweight older mare in Germany last season, the Gestut Karlshof homebred descends from one...

Up With the Birds Targeting Japan Cup

Sam-Son Farms’ Up With the Birds (Stormy Atlantic), the reigning Canadian Horse of the Year, is expected to make his next appearance in the $5.2-million G1 Japan Cup at Tokyo Racecourse Nov. 30.  “That’s the plan as we speak,” explained trainer Malcolm Pierce. “He’s invited and we’re just starting to put the paperwork in order, because it’s...

McEvoy Picks Rubick For Coolmore

MCEVOY PICKS RUBICK FOR COOLMORE  Jockey Kerrin McEvoy, who rode J “TDN Rising Star” J Rubick (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) to victory in the G2 Schillaci S. at Caulfield Oct. 11, has chosen that mount over last season’s G1 Blue Diamond S. heroine Earthquake (Aus)(Exceed and Excel {Aus}) for the G1 Coolmore Stud S. Nov. 1, according to Racing...

Shared Belief Drills for Breeders’ Cup

Champion Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) fired a six-furlong bullet in 1:14 2/5 over the Golden Gate Tapeta yesterday morning. A gritty winner of the GI Awesome Again S. at Santa Anita Sept. 27, the dark bay is the likely favorite for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic there Nov. 1.  With jockey Russell Baze in the irons,...

Q and A With Larry Bramlage

Dr. Larry Bramlage, one of the industry’s premier equine surgeons, stirred the Lasix debate a few weeks ago when he posited that the industry must do away with raceday administration of the diuretic, despite personally believing that Lasix is a good drug that is beneficial to the horse. Bramlage made his remarks at the 83rd...

Side Glance Possible for Mackinnon

SIDE GLANCE POSSIBLE FOR MACKINNON  Pearl Bloodstock’s Side Glance (GB) (Passing Glance {GB}), who finished fourth–beaten a half-length–behind Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in Saturday’s G1 Cox Plate, could aim for a repeat of the G1 Mackinnon S. in five day’s time, according to trainer Andrew Balding. The 7-year-old gelding has not won since that day 12 months...

November Sales Debutants

by Bill Oppenheim    There will be a lot of handicapping going on over the next few days, in the first instance for the ultra-competitive Breeders’ Cup cards Friday and Saturday. Last year the stars aligned for once and I hit the jackpot wheeling the ill-fated Chriselliam (Iffraaj) in the GI Juvenile Fillies Turf, which...