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Eclipse champion juvenile filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) has returned to the Oaklawn barn of trainer D. Wayne Lukas after undergoing surgery at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington last week. The Willis Horton runner was forced to miss last week’s GII Rebel S. after suffering a chip in her knee. She is expected to...
On the eve of Darren Smith’s penalty hearing, Racing New South Wales was rocked by yet another drug scandal as the Daily Telegraph revealed that Scone trainer Luke Griffith had been briefly banned from starting horses following two of his charges testing positive to methamphetamine, the drug commonly known as ‘ice’ or ‘crystal meth’. The...
‘TDN Rising Star’ Vancouver (Aus) (Medaglia d’Oro), recent winner of the G1 Golden Slipper S., will head to the paddock for a spell, skipping the remaining Triple Crown races. Instead, the colt will be aimed towards the G1 Caulfield Guineas and the G1 Cox Plate next year. “I want him to come back and win the...
by Alan Carasso When Kent Desormeaux, who ride Christopher Dunn and Loooch Racing Stable’s War Story (Northern Afleet) to a runner-up effort in the GII Risen Star S. Feb. 21, declined to sign on for a two-race commitment to pilot the colt going forward, trainer Tom Amoss had a decision to make. When the dust had settled,...
By Michele MacDonald Bill and Susan Casner have tasted victory from some of racing’s most sumptuous platters, including the GI Kentucky Derby with Super Saver (Maria’s Mon), the GI Belmont S. with Drosselmeyer (Distorted Humor) and the GI Travers S. with Colonel John (Tiznow). Nothing has come close, however, to the exhilaration of winning the...
Hong Kong is comparatively small in the racing world, but has supplied winners on the international stage with increasing frequency over the last decade. The G1 Al Quoz Sprint has been the property of the special administrative region twice in the last five runnings of the race, first when the evergreen Joy and Fun (NZ)...
Four veterinarians practing at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pennsylvania, have been charged in separate criminal informations with conduct in violation of the state criminal law prohibiting the rigging of publicly exhibited contests. According to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, charges were filed late Thursday...
Commissioner (A.P. Indy), winner of Saturday’s GIII Skip Away S., will point towards the GII Brooklyn Invitational at Belmont June 6. “That was a big effort from him and nice to see,” Pletcher said of colt’s run over the weekend. “That was him doing what he does best, which is kind of getting into that cruising speed...
By Christie DeBernardis Todd Pletcher may have six strong GI Kentucky Derby contenders on his hands, but it is Bob Baffert who is in the enviable position of conditioning the two early Derby favorites in champion American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) and the undefeated Dortmund (Big Brown). “They are both outstanding 3-year-olds and I feel so fortunate,” the Hall...
Trainer John Gosden has reported that leading Guineas entrant Richard Pankhurst (GB) (Raven’s Pass), who was due to make his seasonal reappearance in Thursday’s G3 Craven S. at Newmarket, has suffered a setback and will miss out on both assignments. “Richard Pankhurst was found to be tight in his hind quarter after working nicely on Saturday and...
9-year-old six-time Group 1 winner Cirrus Des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}), who was last seen when finishing fourth to Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G1 Hong Kong Cup Dec. 14, is nearing a seasonal return in the G1 Prix Ganay at Longchamp, a racein which he upstaged the great Treve (Fr)...
By Emma Berry A son of Coolmore’s first-season sire Canford Cliffs (Ire) (lot 70) was one of the last horses through the ring at Tattersalls’ Craven Breeze-up Sale Wednesday evening, but he shot straight to the top of the charts when selling to Charlie Gordon-Watson for 300,000gns. Named Sparte Quercus (Ire) and consigned by Paddy...