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GAZEBO S., $100,000, OPX, 3-22, 3yo, 6f, 1:10 2/5, wf. 1–#BREWING, 115, c, 3, by Maimonides 1st Dam: Fifty Mil Short, by Johannesburg 2nd Dam: Miss American Mink, by Quiet American 3rd Dam: Silver Mink, by Vice Regent O/B-Zayat Stables LLC (FL); T-D Wayne Lukas; J-Jon Court. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-0, $94,931. 2–Big Sugar Soda, 115,...
John Greathouse, who went to $775,000 to pick up hip 75 last year at Keeneland September, was unwilling to let the Smart Strike filly go when she went through the ring Monday at Fasig-Tipton, buying her back for $700,000 to race for his family’s Glencrest Farm. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc, Agent VII, the...
TRAKUS AND THE DUBAI WORLD CUP By Pat Cummings A fascinating night of racing looms tomorrow–the 19th renewal of the Dubai World Cup. More than 60% of the horses projected to start Saturday made their previous start during the Dubai World Cup Carnival. As Meydan has been equipped with Trakus since its opening in 2010,...
Ken and Sarah Ramsey already have GIII Spiral S. winner We Miss Artie (Artie Schiller) headed towards the GI Kentucky Derby, and the duo will have at least one other entrant on the first Saturday after Louisiana-bred Vicar’s in Trouble (Into Mischief) atoned for his third-place effort behind Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) in the...
MEDAL COUNT DERBY BOUND Spendthrift Farm’s Medal Count (Dynaformer), second in last Saturday’s GI Toyota Blue Grass S., will make his next start in the GI Kentucky Derby. “Medal Count came out of the Blue Grass in great shape, and we’re looking forward to running him a 1 1/4 miles in the Derby,” trainer Dale Romans said....
While I have no interest in dignifying the unsophisticated name calling that constituted much of Barry Irwin’s Op-Ed in the TDN of Apr. 20, I would like to correct one misrepresentation of the facts, regarding New York’s Racing and Wagering Board’s decision to allow Lasix in 1995. At that time, I was a senior advisor...
Chip McEwen’s Wounded Warrior Stables is GI Kentucky Derby bound with GIII Gotham S. runner-up Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) and the stable added a daughter of the late Airdrie Stud stallion early during Tuesday’s second session of the OBS April sale. Trainer Gary Contessa, sitting alongside McEwen in the sales pavilion, signed the ticket at...
Sometimes it is a blessing that my column is called Trackside with Liesl King, with the emphasis on the word ‘trackside’, as today was one of those rare days with plenty of action trackside, but none of it related to Sunday’s G1 Audemars Piquet QEII Cup. With Cirrus Des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) deciding...
By Lucas Marquardt If everything goes well this week, breeder Machmer Hall will be represented by not one, but two GI Kentucky Derby starters Saturday: the GII Risen Star S. winner Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday), and the GIII Sam F. Davis S. winner Vinceremos (Pioneerof the Nile). Machmer Hall, the nom de course of Craig and Carrie Brogden and...
Steve Coburn and Perry Martin’s California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) drew post five for Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby, prompting a smattering of applause from his connections, and he was installed the 5-2 morning-line favorite on Mike Battaglia’s morning line when post positions were drawn Wednesday evening at Churchill Downs. The flashy chestnut will be ridden by Victor Espinoza,...
Danza (Street Boss), winner of the GI Arkansas Derby, will miss his next scheduled start in the GI Belmont S. June 7, owners Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners announced yesterday. Most recently third in the GI Kentucky Derby, trainer Todd Pletcher was unhappy with the way the chestnut emerged from his four-furlong breeze–completed in :49.49–Sunday at Belmont. ...
MM BROODMARE SALE SMASHES RECORDS The three-day Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale wrapped up on the Gold Coast yesterday with, as expected, records smashed across the board. With the 56-horse Teeley Dispersal highlighting a sale that was complemented by a host of other high-class offerings, the cumulative gross finished at A$69,030,000, a record for the...