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Jockey Ryan Moore will take the first-string Ballydoyle rides at The Curragh’s season-opening meeting Sunday, with Joseph O’Brien unable to do the weight. O’Brien will instead make his hurdling debut at Limerick aboard the the J P McManus-owned Egyptian Warrior (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is trained by his father Aidan O’Brien. The elder O’Brien said...
by Jessica Martini Donald Adam wasn’t in New Orleans to see his homebred Guapo Man (Street Cry {Ire})’s romping 17-length maiden victory at Fair Grounds Sunday, but he did get to watch the race remotely and he was impressed with what he saw. “I wasn’t at the track, I was traveling,” Adam said Sunday afternoon....
Dual Group 1 winner Vercingetorix (SAf) (Silvano {Ger}), who was forced into early retirement after suffering an injury in the G1 Jebel Hatta Mar. 7, will take up stud duties at Maine Chance Farm as a result of a deal brokered by Form Bloodstock’s Jehan Malherbe. Acting on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum,...
Newmarket Racecourses have announced that Juddmonte Farms has signed a three-year deal to sponsor the G1 Middle Park S., to be run at Newmarket’s Rowley Mile Racecourse Sept. 26. This sponsorship adds to the existing association with the G2 Royal Lodge S., another juvenile event held on the same card and which has been sponsored...
Last year’s G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) headlines 59 entries for the G1 Epsom Oaks June 5. The Tabor, Smith and Magnier colorbearer is the 4-1 favorite with Coral, and her trainer, Aidan O’Brien, has 11 total entries that also include G1 Fillies’ Mile winner Together Forever (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (14-1); Group 3 winner Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet...
Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}–Golden Gamble {NZ}, by Oregon), a dual international Group 1 winner and a two-time Horse of the Year in Hong Kong, has been retired from racing, trainer Tony Millard announced through the Hong Kong Jockey Club Thursday. Bred by E.P. Lowry, Ambitious Dragon was passed in on a bid of just NZ$47,500...
By Michael Sharkie As dawn broke over Flemington Friday, trainer Lee Freedman unveiled perhaps the most anticipated European import to arrive in Australia since G2 Hardwicke S. winner Sea Moon (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}) stepped onto the same track in September 2013. Sea Moon has since been returned to Ireland by owner Lloyd Williams after...
El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) worked five furlongs at Belmont Park Sunday in 1:00.18, third fastest of 16 at the distance. After the work, Zayat Stables confirmed via twitter that three-time GI Kentucky Derby winner Calvin Borel will ride the colt at Churchill on the first Saturday in May. Borel rode El Kabeir to victory in the...
by Bill Oppenheim Of course you’re familiar with the old saying, “its price got shorter while it was sitting in the barn.” That was pretty much the case after two rounds of Classic trials the last two weekends in Britain, Ireland, and France. In spite of in-and-out results for their ‘sighters’ (War Envoy [War Front], fourth in...
Last weekend’s Listed Salsabil S. winner Bocca Baciata (Ire) (Big Bad Bob {Ire}) has been confirmed as a contender for the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas May 24 by trainer Jessica Harrington. The Flaxman Stables colorbearer will have to drop back two furlongs from her last-out victory, but Harrington did not express concern. “I think she showed enough...
With half of the field–which is also the better half–assembled for Friday’s G2 Sandown Mile already gelded, this division, which boasts no Kingman (GB) or the like, is desperately lacking a star turn and so the way open for some lesser lights to enjoy the spotlight. Best of this pack on last year’s form is...
by Bill Finley, special to espn.com It used to be that the first horse you could throw out when handicapping the Kentucky Derby was any horse that last started in the United Arab Emirates Derby. Though the race is worth $2 million and is a 100-point race on the Derby prep points scale the UAE...