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Saturday’s A$1 million G1 George Ryder S. immediately following the G1 Golden Slipper boasts a handful of intriguing angles, not least of which is the unveiling of a pair of Japanese contenders for The Championships. World Ace (Jpn)and Real Impact (Jpn), both sons of Deep Impact {Jpn}), have been preparing for their Australian campaigns as the new...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has expressed doubts about California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit)’s and fellow American raiders’ chances to succeed on Meydan’s new dirt track. Speaking to Khaleej Times Thursday morning after inaugurating the Dubai International Horse Fair, the UAE Minister of Finance said, “California Chrome is a very good horse and there’s no doubt about...
Steve Sherack & Brian DiDonato will make $100 win/place bets on 20 Kentucky Derby preps. The handicapper with the highest total at the end wins. (For the BetAmerica sign-up bonus, click here). SS: GIII Spiral S. – Metaboss, backed down to 9-5, looked to be making a run on the turn before settling for sixth. GIII Sunland Derby -Can Firing Line handle the...
It was a standing-room only crowd at Gulfstream Tuesday for a memorial service to honor Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who passed away Mar. 18. The 60-minute ceremony was organized by conditioner Carlo Vaccarezza, who shared Barn 14 at Gulfstream with ‘The Chief.’ “He taught us you could live quietly but speak very...
By Michele MacDonald With the minutes until race day ticking down, trainers from around the world gathered at Meydan Mar. 25 to put finishing touches on their runners prior to the $30 million Dubai World Cup program. Trainer Graham Motion, joined by Electra Niarchos and racing manager Alan Cooper, sent the Niarchos family’s champion Main Sequence (Aldebaran)...
Fletcher & Carolyn Gray’s I’m a Chatterbox (Munnings) looms an imposing presence in Saturday’s GII Fair Ground Oaks off back-to-back wins since being transferred to Larry Jones. Fourth in the GII Golden Rod S. in her final try for Ken McPeek last November, the homebred went straight to the front and found herself eight lengths clear of Forever...
After a controversial disqualification in the GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 21, the one-two finishers from that one, plus an unbeaten ‘TDN Rising Star,’ headline Saturday’s GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. Upstart (Flatter), third in last term’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita, kicked off his 3-year-old campaign in style with...
Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum, the son of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed whose silks were carried to victory in Saturday’s G1 Dubai World Cup by Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), has donated his prizemoney earned from the world’s richest race to charity, he tweeted Sunday. The Dubai Crown Prince donated the $6 million winner’s share of...
Horse of the Year and recent G1 Dubai World Cup runner-up California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will get a two-week break in the Rae Guest yard before he heads to the Newmarket gallops. The big chestnut, who has been under the care of trainer Art Sherman for his entire career, will transfer to the Guest barn for a...
LEOPARDSTOWN 2000 GUINEAS TRIAL S.-Listed, €45,000, LEP, 4-12, 3yo, 8fT, 1:52.25, sf/hy. 1–#ZAWRAQ (IRE), 129, c, 3, by Shamardal 1st Dam: Sundus, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd Dam: Sarayir, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Height of Fashion (Fr), by Bustino (GB) O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (Ire); T-Dermot Weld; J-Pat Smullen. €29,250....
French auction house Arqana will sponsor a pair of Group 2 contests on the opening day of Newmarket’s July Festival July 9. The two races are the Princess of Wales’s Arqana Racing Club S. for older horses over 1 1/2 miles, and the Arqana July S. for juveniles. “We are very proud to become a...
Cheveley Park Stud has bought into last year’s G3 Acomb S. winner Dutch Connection (GB) (Dutch Art {GB})), a 25-1 chance for the G1 2000 Guineas May 2, according to Racing Post. Cheveley Park, which stands Dutch Art, joins the colt’s breeder, Susan Roy, on the ownership line, and Charlie Hills trains. Dutch Connection was last seen...