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The Ackerley Brothers Farm’s Bold Conquest (Curlin), who would need two defections to make into the field for Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby, was the Classic’s only contender on the Churchill work tab Monday. The chestnut colt worked five furlongs in 1:01.80. With exercise rider Abel Flores in the irons, he worked in splits of :13.20, :25.40, :37.60...
All weanlings and yearlings in the 246-horse Heinrich dispersal at the Magic Millions National Sale May 24 to June 5 will be presented with x-rays at the sale repository, the sale company announced Wednesday. In an added incentive, 13 of the 46 yearlings on offer are paid up for the A$11.29 million Magic Millions Race...
Joseph O’Brien will be at the start of Saturday’s G1 Qipco 2000 Guineas at Newmarket after Aidan O’Brien confirmed ‘TDN Rising Star’ Ol’ Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) for the mile Classic alongside favorite Gleneagles (Ire)(Galileo {Ire}). With Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) set for next Sunday’s G1 Poule des des Poulains, the unbeaten G2 Beresford S....
With a number of confirmed front-runners among the entries for a talented renewal of the GIII Miss Preakness S., the race figures to feature lightning-fast early splits. Jack Swain III’s homebred, Miss Ella (Exchange Rate), enters with an undefeated record from two starts and a proven ability to win from a stalking position. Winner of Keeneland’s GII...
Saturday’s GIII Gallorette H. at Pimlico has a decidedly European feel to it, as a pair of talented racemares traverse the Atlantic for their stateside debuts. Mango Diva (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), a Group 3 winner in Ireland during her sophomore season when trained by Sir Michael Stoute for the Antoniades Family, split the field...
by Harper Hutchins Editor’s Note: This week, we asked our college intern to attend the Preakness and report on it for us from a younger fan’s perspective, and to produce content for the TDN’s various social media feeds; Twitter, Facebook and Vine. Her report follows. The Preakness Stakes on Saturday was a prime example of...
The Niarchos Family’s Karakontie (Jpn) (Bernstein), a winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile last fall, will miss this weekend’s G1 Prix d’Ispahan and is unlikely to make the trip to Royal Ascot as he continues to recover from a foot injury. The Jonathan Pease-trained colt also won the G1 French 2000 Guineas during a...
A full field of 16 plus one also eligible line up for the G1 Doomben 10,000 in Queensland, Australia Saturday led by current favorite–the 5-1 Ciaron Maher-trained Srikandi (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}). The chestnut filly displaced one-time market leader Our Boy Malachi (Aus) (Top Echelon {Aus}), trained by Team Hawkes, in the betting after drawing an ideal position in barrier...
By Daithi Harvey The 10th edition of the Goresbridge breeze-up sale exploded into action on Friday, with the previous record top price smashed early in the day when lot 16 exited the ring. The daughter of Candy Ride (Arg) consigned by Brendan Holland’s Grove Stud was knocked down to Italian bloodstock agent Alberto Panetta for €170,000, eclipsing...
Godolphin’s Frosted (Tapit), a respectable rallying fourth in the GI Kentucky Derby, tuned up for the GI Belmont S. with a five-furlong move in 1:01.45 (12/20) (video) in Elmont Friday. Working in company with 5-year-old Tamarkuz(Speightstown), winner of the G2 Godolphin Mile Mar. 28, Frosted and his workmate hit the wire together and galloped out six furlongs in...
Trainer Roger Varian was upbeat Sunday about the effort put in by Godolphin and Prince A A Faisal’s Belardo (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) to finish fourth in Saturday’s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, and the conditioner noted last year’s G1 Dewhurst S. scorer would be pointed towards the summer’s top mile events, including the G1 St. James’s...
Amanpour (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}), winner of the G1 Queen of the Turf S. in April, is one of eight in a last-minute supplementary draft to the Magic Millions National Sale by Gooree Park as agent. The 4-year-old, trained by Gai Waterhouse, will be offered at the end of the day Friday. Also set to be...