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by J.M. Severni The Barretts May 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale will make its Del Mar debut today at 1:00 p.m. local time. The sale, which was held in Pomona, California previously, features a catalogue of 151 head. Last year’s edition, which saw 70 horses sell for an average of $43,307,...
by T.D. Thornton Parx Racing has become the latest United States racing entity to adopt a “house rule” in an attempt to bring about proactive equine welfare change without having to wait out the bureaucratic delay typically associated with getting regulations passed at the state racing commission level. As of June 1, extracorporeal shockwave therapy...
A total of 24 horses will be offered during the horses-in-training portion of the Goffs London Sale in association with QIPCO, held at The Orangery at Kensington Palace June 15. This brings the total lots on offer up to 44, as there are also 20 2-year-olds during the breeze-up section that was announced last week. ...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) will put in his final work ahead of the June 6 GI Belmont S. Monday morning at Churchill Downs. “He looks very healthy and he’s happy; he looks like he’s getting ready to work,” trainer Bob Baffert said after the Zayat Stable’s runner galloped...
Prepping for the $500,000 GII Dwyer S. over Belmont’s one-turn mile July 4, last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile upsetter Texas Red (Afleet Alex) went six furlongs in 1:14.60 Saturday morning at Santa Anita. The bay colt worked in the company of his 2-year-old stablemate Go Long (Congrats), with Kent Desormeaux in the irons for his brother...
When Jim Bolger brings a top-rank juvenile to Royal Ascot, they usually pack a formidable punch and on Tuesday the master of Coolcullen arrives with Round Two (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the G2 Coventry S. Unbeaten in two starts, Godolphin’s representative beat the smart Argentero (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}) on debut in the same six-furlong Naas conditions race...
If there is a certain thing this week, it is that Richard Hannon will be walking off with the G2 Norfolk S. on Thursday with either of his precocious stable stars Log Out Island (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) or King of Rooks (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). The former, who dealt the first major blow to the reputation of the subsequent...
Saturday’s G1 Diamond Jubilee S. may have lost out on the small number of potential runners among the European 3-year-old brigade who were instead diverted to Friday’s G1 Commonwealth Cup, but it still boasts two substantial Australian sophomores in Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) and Wandjina (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). The former has the more immediate appeal as...
Day two of the Inglis Great Southern Sale could be classified into three sections. It began with forty two of the Platinum weanlings selling followed by the remaining general weanling section. This was in turn followed by the opening broodmare section. It was from the first hour of trading that saw the weanling sales topper...
Trainer Ed Dunlop has some serious decisions to make about where to target his new stablestar Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}). Successful in a handicap at Lingfield in April off a mark of 88, last weeks G1 Ascot Gold winner is now up to a mark of 113 following his biggest triumph and one could...
by T. D. Thornton Don’t expect to see any Lasix-free races soon in the Golden State, but the California Horse Racing Board is zeroing in on proactive ways to head off other “emerging threats” to equine welfare, like requiring post-mortem reviews of all on-track fatalities, focusing on quality instead of quantity when it comes to...
Fresh from her successful raid on the G2 Oaks d’Italia, Gestut Ittlingen’s Lovelyn (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) returns to her native Germany on Sunday to take on the colts and older horses in Hamburg’s G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis. Showing gameness to belie her inexperience when capturing that 11-furlong Classic at the San Siro at the end of last...