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Prime Minister David Cameron made an unexpected visit to the Newmarket gallops Thursday morning and met with several local professionals in a bid to get some first-hand knowledge of the thoroughbred industry. According to Racing Post, he had been staying with his former schoolmate and bloodstock agent Tom Goff. In a video released later in...
Globetrotting Group 1 winner Falbrav (Ire) (Fairy King–Gift of the Night, by Slewpy) has been pensioned from stud duty at Shadai Farm in Japan, according to Racing Post. The 17-year-old reportedly covered just four mares last year due to poor health. Trained and raced in Italy until the middle of his 4-year-old campaign, Falbrav won back-to-back Italian...
Puissance de Lune (Ire) (Shamardal–Princess Serena, by Unbridled’s Song), a multiple group winner and Group 1-placed in Australia, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Swettenham Stud in Victoria, Australia later this year, according to published reports. The 7-year-old made his first four starts in France before being sold to Australian owner Gerry...
Godolphin’s Earthquake (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) enjoyed her finest moment on this card a year ago when taking the G1 Blue Diamond S., and she will look to extend her unbeaten record at Caulfield in today’s G1 Oakleigh Plate. Earthquake went unbeaten through her first four starts last year, including the G3 Blue Diamond Prelude for...
Bob Baffert has sent out a record five winners of the GIII Santa Ysabel S. and three from the last four. Two of those, May Day Rose (Rockport Harbor) and Awesome Baby (Awesome Again), have come for owner Kaleem Shah, and that owner’s familiar red-white-and-blue silks feature prominently again this afternoon aboard TDN Rising Star Enchanting...
The two runners with the inititals DAH on their headgear came to settle Saturday’s G1 Australian Cup at Flemington, and it was European import Spillway (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) who just lasted over 100-1 chance Extra Zero (Aus)(Danzero {Aus}) to give jockey Michael Walker his first success in a top-level contest in the state of Victoria and first overall...
Tattersalls has signed a deal to sponsor a trio of Group 1 events at The Curragh this year through 2017: the Irish 2000 Guineas, Irish 1000 Guineas and Tattersalls Gold Cup, all set to be contested this year over the weekend of May 23 and 24. The weekend will be branded as the Tattersalls Irish...
by Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato Any questions surrounding the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s decision to expand its catalogue for this year’s March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training were likely dismissed Tuesday after a strong opening day of trade. A total of 160 head sold during the first of two sessions for a gross of...
The G1 Ranvet S., the first of five Group 1s on Rosehill’s Golden Slipper card, has drawn a short but intriguing lineup of middle-distance stars. Godolphin’s Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) is a clear-cut favorite off back-to-back scores this season in the G2 Apollo S. over 1400 meters Feb. 14 and the one-mile G1 Chipping Norton S....
Trainer Todd Pletcher won his first GIII Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati Spiral S. with Balto Star (Glitterman) back in 2001 and followed up with Flower Alley (Distorted Humor) three years later in the dirt era at Turfway Park. We Miss Artie (Artie Schiller) provided the barn with a first Spiral win over the Polytrack, taking a...
Al Shaqab Racing’s Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who is currently standing his first season at the National Stud in Newmarket, will shuttle to Swettenham Stud in Victoria, Australia for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season later this year. The announcement comes a week after Al Shaqab revealed its four-time Group 1 winner Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus})...
It was a standing-room only crowd at Gulfstream Tuesday for a memorial service to honor Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who passed away Mar. 18. The 60-minute ceremony was organized by conditioner Carlo Vaccarezza, who shared Barn 14 at Gulfstream with ‘The Chief.’ “He taught us you could live quietly but speak very...