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KENTUCKY BARGAINS If you still have mares in Kentucky not booked for 2015, here are four stallions listed at $10,000 and under which look to us like very good buys. All have been advertised lately in TDN, so no guarantees, as usual, that there are still seasons available; but if they are, here are our...
Divine Oath (Broken Vow), the lone sophomore in the field for yesterday’s GIII W. L. McKnight H., remained perfect in three appearances over this turf course and stamped himself one to watch for middle- to longer-distance tests in 2015. A maiden and allowance winner here last winter, Divine Oath failed to draw in off the also-eligibles...
by T.D. Thornton Today is the “universal birthdate” for all Thoroughbreds foaled in the Northern Hemisphere. Regardless of their actual foaling date, all racehorses turn a year older every time the calendar flips from December to January. Ever wonder how Jan. 1 came to be the standard? Like many of the sport’s long-accepted traditions, the...
With an eye on feature events coming up Sunday, Jan. 25, several of the top horses in Hong Kong took part in a specially added barrier trial up the 1000-meter straight course Tuesday morning at Sha Tin. One of several prepping for the newly upgraded G1 Stewards’ Cup, Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal), who turned in one of...
Godolphin’s Australian juveniles have been firing bullets since the start to the 2014-15 season, knocking six wins and securing the top two spots in the betting for the G1 Golden Slipper Mar. 21. Furnaces (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) was the first to catch the eye when romping to a clear-cut victory at Rosehill, Oct. 25,...
By T.D. Thornton Barely two weeks into 2015, horse racing already has a candidate for scandal of the year: cobalt. Although the bluish metallic element whose name is derived from the German word for a demonic goblin has been linked to equine blood doping for at least two years, cobalt has rocketed to the top...
The 2014 Hong Kong Derby was won by Designs on Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), and in Beauty Only (Ire), that Coolmore sire looks well positioned for a second consecutive winner of that domestic centerpiece. The blaze-faced bay made four starts in Italy under the care of trainer Stefano Botti, dropping his career debut before...
The finalists for Canada’s Sovereign Awards, which include 11 horse and five human categories, were announced yesterday by The Jockey Club of Canada. The Horse of the Year finalists and the winners in all categories will be announced at the 40th annual Sovereign Awards Party Apr. 10 at Woodbine Racetrack. It came as no surprise...
The first edition of the ITM Irish Stallion Trail got to a cold yet lively start on Thursday, with over 20 stud farms around the country opening their doors to breeders and visitors until Jan. 24. The operation has been modeled on France’s “Route des Etalons”, a scheme that sees most stallion farms in Normandy...
Trainer Jeremy Noseda has confirmed that he will ship Susan Roy’s EBF Stallions Hyde S. hero Sloane Avenue (Candy Ride {Arg}) for the GI Donn H. at Gulfstream Feb. 7. The 4-year-old has won three of five career starts, including that aforementioned last out tally over the Kempton all-weather Nov. 19. Eighth over a soft turf course...
The single-session Barretts January Mixed Sale kicks off at 11:00 a.m. PT (2:00 p.m. ET) today at Fairplex in Pomona, California, with a total of 371 horses catalogued. GI Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile hero Tapizar (Tapit) and Group 3 winner Bullet Train (GB) (Sadler’s Wells) are represented by their first yearlings. Other notable sires with...
Highlighted by a trio of $50,000 toppers the Barretts January Mixed Sale, held at Fairplex in Pomona, California Monday, saw an increase in total sales, but slight decreases in average and median. The catalogue was 15% larger than it was in 2014 and totaled a gross of $2,104,800, which was a 7.6% increase over last...