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Churchill Downs has released the stakes schedule for its September meet, which will include the renamed $175,000 Lukas Classic–named in honor of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, designed to be a prep for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic, was introduced in 2013 and was previously...
SILVERBULLETDAY S., $120,000, FGX, 1-18, 3yo, f, 1m70y, 1:43, ft. 1–#UNBRIDLED FOREVER, 117, f, 3, by Unbridled’s Song 1st Dam: Lemons Forever (GISW, $648,940), by Lemon Drop Kid 2nd Dam: Critikola (Arg), by Tough Critic 3rd Dam: Hola Keats (Arg), by Keats O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart; J-Robby Albarado. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $100,830. 2–Divine Beauty, 120,...
CAPE SALE KICKS OFF TONIGHT By Kelsey Riley The Southern Hemisphere yearling sales circuit moves to South Africa today for the two-session Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town. With a boutique catalogue of 202 youngsters on offer, shoppers are sure to have plenty to choose from, with both local and international leading sires represented...
8th-GPX, $44,900, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:49 1/5, fm. EDISON (c, 3, Bernardini–Heart of Grace, by Exploit), fifth on debut going 1 1/16 miles on the lawn here Dec. 22, was overlooked at 8-1 for this second attempt. Away well from his rail draw, he dictated terms from the get-go, clocking early splits of :23.68 and...
6th-OPX, $55,000, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11 3/5, ft. DISCIPLINE (c, 3, Sky Mesa–Spread, by Coronado’s Quest) attended the early pace in a course-and-distance maiden Jan. 11 and stuck around to the eighth pole before crossing the line in sixth–placed fifth via disqualification. The form of that event looks strong, as the victorious Paganol (Tiz Wonderful) is ticketed...
Sunday, Santa Anita SAN VICENTE S.-GII, $200,250, SAX, 2-16, 3yo, 7f, 1:21 4/5, ft. 1–@KOBE’S BACK, 118, c, 3, by Flatter 1st Dam: Well, by Well Decorated 2nd Dam: Faith Tested Raye, by Runaway Groom 3rd Dam: Test of Faith, by Temperence Hill ($60,000 yrl ’12 FTKOCT; $480,000 2yo ‘13 OBSMAR). O-C R K Stable; B-Joanne...
Starlight Racing’s Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday), a rallying third behind Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) in the GII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream last time Jan. 25, surged late to nail Albano (Istan) by a nose in the GII Risen Star S. at Fair Grounds Saturday. With Mike Smith in town for the ride, the dark bay was settled...
IHTIMAL SHINES IN CLASSIC DOUBLE Godolphin’s Ihtimal (Ire) (Shamardal) took her UAE Classic record to two-for-two with a dominating display in yesterday’s G3 UAE Oaks, and in the process solidified her credentials for the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket May 4. An authoritative 3 1/4 length winner of the Listed UAE 1000 Guineas Feb. 6, Ihtimal outdid...
Joel Rosario, who piloted General A Rod (Roman Ruler), to victory in the Gulfstream Park Derby Jan. 1, gets the call again for the Mar. 29 GI Florida Derby. “He’s not a complicated horse to ride and Joel has won on him before, so we’re happy to have him,” conditioner Mike Maker said. “We’ve had a lot...
The official Belmont S. Charity Celebration, benefitting the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation, will return to Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain June 5. Featuring “The Foods of Bobby Flay,” the event will include an auction of select stallion seasons and other prizes. The Earle I. Mack Thoroughbred Champion Award will be presented to...
by Jessica Martini The under tack preview of the Fasig-Tipton Florida s juvenile sales season to be unaffected by rain. “It’s a lovely day to get sunburned,” joked one fair-skinned consignor. In the mid-50s when horses started breezing shortly after 9 a.m., temperatures rose quickly to the upper 70s with a slight tailwind and work...
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert took home his second-consecutive GIII Sunland Derby trophy Sunday and swept the exacta for good measure. Tanma Corporation’s Chitu (Henny Hughes) was knocked down to slight 9-5 favoritism over 2-1 stablemate Midnight Hawk (Midnight Hawk), and the public had it exactly right as the former clawed back the advantage from his familiar foe in...