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Recently completed research regarding the use, or non-use, of Lasix in Thoroughbred racehorses adds some pertinent new facts to the discussion. One investigation looked at horses racing in Hong Kong over a 5 year period where the use of Lasix is not permitted in training or racing. A second involved a 10-year study of Australian...
SO NICE THEY NAMED IT TWICE By Kelsey Riley A town, “so nice, you have to name it twice,” enthused Bill Clinton upon a visit to Baden-Baden, and indeed he was correct. Baden-Baden–which this week plays host to the international horse racing community for tomorrow’s BBAG yearling sale–is perhaps Germany’s answer to Deauville, France or...
CLOSER INSPECTION Everything that Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) has done so far suggests she is out of the top drawer, and today’s G1 Moyglare Stud S. at The Curragh is the opportunity for Merry Fox Stud’s bay to prove that point. After an emphatic success from the subsequent GI Del Mar Debutante S. and GII Sorrento S....
Virginia Kraft Payson has a long history with the family of hip 1299 and, faced Sunday morning with the prospect of selling the yearling, she decided she would rather keep the daughter of Candy Ride (Arg) to race. Payson outbid bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt and signed the ticket on the filly at $650,000 in...
Just in time for its September Yearling Sale, Keeneland has launched a new, improved version of its Buyers Portfolio, which is accessible through www.keeneland.com. A browser-based service (that is, it’s accessible through the internet), the new portfolio works on iPads, Androids and wide range of other systems. “It’s available, it’s free, and we feel like it’s a...
Saturday’s GIII Gallant Bob S. could set up for a closer as a number of speedy sophomores line up in the six-panel test. Frank Calabrese homebred Fast Anna (Medaglia d’Oro) figures to take some beating as long as he doesn’t exert himself too much early. The son of champion Dreaming of Anna was an easy winner of...
After an absence of more than 15 years, the Newmarket Open Day returned to the calendar in 2012 and the last three years have seen more and more people descend on the town for a special behind-the-scenes view of activities at British horseracing’s headquarters. Visitors on Sunday will not have been disappointed. Two of Newmarket’s...
TAGHROODA WORK PLEASES CONNECTIONS G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favorite Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) worked over Newmarket’s Rowley Mile yesterday under regular jockey Paul Hanagan in preparation for that Oct. 5 Longchamp assignment. “She worked this morning and, touch-wood, it went well,” said Angus Gold, racing manager to Taghrooda’s owner Sheikh Hamdan. “Paul was...
“TDN Rising Star” Mean Season (Henny Hughes)–vanned off with a stress fracture to his front left foreleg after running his record to a flawless three-for-three at Aqueduct Mar. 1–is on the comeback trail. “Mean Season is at Fair Hill with Bruce Jackson rehabbing,” co-owner Jake Ballis offered. “He should be back around the first of the year...
MOODY’S TIME Trainer Peter Moody enjoyed a long spell in the spotlight thanks to the exploits of Black Caviar (Aus) and Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy (Aus) before her, and the leading Victorian conditioner looks to have another superstar on his hands in Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}), who aims for his third straight Group 1–and fourth...
DETTORI ANTICIPATING ‘VINTAGE’ ARC With just a week to go until the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, last-minute preparations are being made and jockeys plans finalized as the racing world turns its attention to Paris. Jockey Frankie Dettori could be aboard last year’s G1 Investec Derby winner Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the...
By Lucas Marquardt On Sept. 22, 1826, a young politician named Sam Houston crossed from Tennessee into Kentucky, stood in a field as the sun rose over the nearby town of Franklin, and fatally shot Gen. William White in a duel that, at that point, was still legal in the state. Almost exactly 115 years...