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BREAKTHROUGH YEAR by Bill Oppenheim I know, there are plenty of people who say a ‘good gamble’ is an oxymoron, but when you think about the level of financial gambling involved in sire selection, there has to be some relativity included in the equation. One of the best applications of the APEX figures is to...
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Tapiture (Tapit), who broke his maiden last time out in the Nov. 30 GII Kentucky Jockey Club S. at Churchill Downs, kicked off his sophomore debut with a 4 1/4-length triumph over even-money favorite Strong Mandate (Tiznow) in the GIII Southwest S. at Oaklawn Monday. Sent off at 3-1, Tapiture broke from the inside in the...
QATAR FESTIVAL By Michele MacDonald No matter what the hankering–jewelry, clothes, spices, lamps, pots and pans, antiques (and/or copies thereof) and even parrots–it can be fulfilled with twists of historical flair and Arabian hospitality in Doha’s Souq Waqif. Tucked away at the feet of some of Doha’s modern buildings, the souq has been...
Officials at Darley have announced that the operation has acquired a majority interest in leading sophomore Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile–Holy Bubbette, by Holy Bull), winner of the GII Holy Bull S. in his 2014 debut Jan. 25. The gray colt will race in the colors of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum’s Godolphin Stable...
Twin Creeks Racing and WinStar Farm’s Constitution (Tapit), undefeated in two career appearances to date, is set to make the hike into stakes competition in the GI Florida Derby Mar. 29. A debut winner over seven furlongs after missing the break Jan. 11, the $400,000 FTSAUG graduate defeated J “TDN Rising Star” J Tonalist (Tapit) and Mexikoma...
BRAZIL IS THE EXCEPTION By Diego H. Mitagstein Worldwide, getting a Triple Crown winner has become a very difficult journey. Brazil, however, seems to be an special place nowadays. Each year in Brazil there are a pair of Triple Crowns: at Gavea in Rio de Janeiro, and the other at Cidade Jardim of the enormous...
Winchell Thoroughbreds will be keeping their entire string of horses, including Tapit-sired stars Tapiture and Untapable with trainer Steve Asmussen, David Fiske Racing Manager of Winchell Thoroughbreds, confirmed Saturday. “We didn’t think it was in our best interest to take the Oaks favorite and the second choice [co-second at the Wynn] for the Derby out of an environment (familiar...
Coolmore has made a habit of buying high-priced juveniles by Malibu Moon this spring and the Irish team added to the coffers with a sale-topping $1.2-million son of the Spendthrift stallion Monday at Fasig-Tipton. Al Shaqab Racing was underbidder on the colt. “He is a lovely horse and he had a lovely breeze,” commented Coolmore’s...
AL SHAQAB ON TOP OF THE WORLD By Michele MacDonald Spontaneous groans and relieved smiles took their turns on Dubai’s IMAX theater stage as connections of the 16 horses that will vie for racing’s biggest prize, the $10 million G1 Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airlines, drew post positions in an elaborate ceremony yesterday. ...
New Rising Star 3rd-GPX, $49,000, Msw, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:22 4/5, ft. +LA MADRINA, f, 3, by Tapit 1st Dam: Enchanted Rock, by Giant’s Causeway 2nd Dam: Chic Shirine, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Too Chic, by Blushing Groom (Fr) La Madrina followed in big brother Verrazano (More Than Ready)’s footsteps with an ultra-impressive “TDN Rising Star” -garnering...
By Bill Oppenheim Two years ago Newmarket trainer John Gosden got a flying start to the 2012 flat season after a mild winter and spring in England, and he finished up as champion trainer for the season, demonstrating that an early start doesn’t mean you can’t keep going. He’s had a mild spring to work...
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s April Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training begins its four-day run Monday morning at the OBS Sales Complex in Ocala, Florida. Bidding begins at 10:30 a.m. The April sale produced record results in 2013, when 802 horses sold for $48,549,000, an average of $60,535 and a median of $35,000–all...