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by Dan Liebman  My first day of employment for Daily Racing Form was the Monday after the 1984 Kentucky Derby.  I was hired by Logan Bailey, who will be laid to rest on the Monday after the 2015 Derby.  I took his passing hard, tears flowing several times the night after learning the news from another person Logan hired, Tammy Curlin.  I didn't have to think long to figure out how old Logan was. He used to always say he was from the same crop as Count Fleet.  When Logan...

Saturday's G1 2000 Guineas victor Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will likely resurface in the May 23 G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at The Curragh, trainer Aidan O'Brien re-confirmed Sunday on At the Races. Gleneagles, who has crossed the wire first in all but one of his seven starts, earned his second Group 1 when besting Godolphin's French shipper Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) by 2 1/4 lengths Saturday.  "He traveled well and he has the ability to quicken-- that's what he showed us last year,” O'Brien said of the Michael Tabor colorbearer. O'Brien...

The four-day Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling sale kicked off yesterday in Sydney with figures largely comparable to 12 months ago. The platinum weanling session--which offered 103 weanlings with x-rays on site--and select weanling session kicked off proceedings, and combined saw 169 youngsters change hands for A$5,773,350, compared to 128 sold for A$4,388,500 last year. The average dipped fractionally, down 0.4% to A$34,162, and the median was down 6% to A$16,000. The top price of A$230,000 was paid for a colt by Medaglia d'Oro, sire of this year's G1 Golden...

by T.D. Thornton For the past decade or so, the images conjured up by the phrase "Maryland racing" have been anything but optimistic. The once-proud circuit had bet big and lost on its on-site casino gamble, and outside of the tradition-rich GI Preakness S., Maryland Jockey Club (MJC) tracks Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course were losing money.  So when parent company The Stronach Group (TSG) announced it was attempting a major rebranding and spiffing-up initiative some six months ago, past performances dictated there were reasons to be skeptical the changes...

By Kelsey Riley Kia Ora Stud, situated in Australia's Hunter Valley, has been selling yearlings at the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale since 1917, and the farm's relationship with Inglis has been both storied and prolific; recent Kia Ora graduates of Inglis sales include South African champion and multiple Grade 1 winner Igugu (Aus) (Galileo {Ire}) and Zululand (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), winner of the G2 VRC Sires' Produce S. Such a long history of presenting yearlings for sale naturally requires regular refreshing of one's breeding stock, and one recent...

Trainer Bob Baffert has won the GI Santa Anita Derby a half-dozen times since Cavonnier (Batonnier) gave him his first back in 1996. That's the good news. The negative side of that coin is that, with a certain amount of frustration, none of the six winners has managed to go on to GI Kentucky Derby success, though Cavonnier and Pioneerof the Nile (Empire Maker) were second while Point Given was the beaten favorite behind in 2001.  The silver-haired conditioner has two very legitimate chances in Saturday's race, including the 3-5...

A couple of years ago, Normandy Invasion (Tapit) entered the GI TwinSpires.com Wood Memorial S. in need of a runner-up effort or better to secure a spot in the field for the GI Kentucky Derby under the new points structure and got his nose down right on the wire to punch his ticket. Back in 2004, when earnings in graded stakes was the criteria for a Derby berth, Eddington was just touched out of second in the Wood by Master David (Grand Slam), and was shut out of the Run...

The status of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile romper Texas Red (Afleet Alex) is relatively unchanged, but he will get an ultra sound Saturday to decide whether he will remain at Santa Anita or go back to the farm.  "He'll have a thorough examination and then we'll decide if we're going to send him off to the farm again, but I don't think that's going to happen," trainer Keith Desormeaux said. "He's doing great, his legs look great. We're going to do an ultra sound tomorrow to make sure things are progressing nicely,...

Oaklawn Park's series of races for 3-year-old fillies culminates Saturday afternoon with a contentious renewal of the GIII Fantasy S. over 1 1/16 miles. Joe Ragsdale's Sarah Sis (Sharp Humor) proved that her narrow loss to reigning champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway) in the Jan. 31 Martha Washington S. was no fluke, recently returning to annex the trip-and-track GIII Honeybee S. by 1 1/2 lengths Mar. 7. The Ingrid Mason trainee has been first or second in all six of her previous starts, and breaks from the rail in this event....

A half-hour after the GI Santa Anita Derby is contested Saturday afternoon, the graded stakes action rolls on at the Arcadia oval with a full field of sophomore fillies set to go in the GIII Providencia S. In addition to a number of entrants with previous graded stakes experience, the nine-furlong turf test features the first try against winners for pair of impressive recent maiden graduates. Frosty Friday (Eskendereya) jetted clear in the lane to annex a one-mile special weight event over this course Mar. 1, a performance which earned her 'TDN Rising...

Al Shaqab Racing's G1 Prix Morny hero The Wow Signal (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) is set to have a racecourse gallop at Pontefract Tuesday ahead of the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas. Trainer John Quinn scrapped plans to take him to Wetherby a week ago and has decided to put him through his paces at the West Yorkshire track. A winner of the G2 Coventry S. at Ascot in addition to his French triumph, The Wow Signal now appears unlikely to take in the  G3 Greenham S. at Newbury Apr. 18 and is set...

Kaleem Shah's undefeated 'TDN Rising Star' Luminance (Tale of the Cat) looks to keep her perfect record intact while taking a big step up in class in Saturday's GI Santa Anita Oaks. An impressive debut winner sprinting over the Del Mar synthetic July 20, the Bob Baffert pupil was subsequently shelved for the season. Returning in Arcadia seven months later, the bay overcame a slow start and wide trip to out nose Wild at Heart (Indian Charlie) in a one-mile optional claimer Feb. 28.  John Sadler saddles the morning-line favorite in Hronis Racing's Stellar Wind (Curlin), who...