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Inglis Changes Locations

Inglis, which is approaching its 150-year anniversary, will relocate its head office and auction facilities from Newmarket in Randwick to Warwick Farm the sales company announced Friday. The new 26-acre plot was acquired in 2009 from the Australian Turf Club and is adjacent to Warwick Farm Racecourse. The target move date is during the spring...

Prospect Park Drills for Return

Pam and Marty Wygod’s Prospect Park (Tapit), off since a troubled fourth-place effort in the Apr. 4 GI Santa Anita Derby, prepped for his return in Saturday’s GIII Affirmed S. with a five-furlong work in 1:01.60 at Santa Anita Sunday. “It was a little slow,” trainer Cliff Sise Jr. said of the work, “but he came home...

Spanish Queen Likely for Belmont Oaks

California-bred Spanish Queen (Tribal Rule), who cemented her status as the leading sophomore turf filly on the West Coast with her victory in the GI American Oaks at Santa Anita May 30, is likely to traverse the continent for the $1-million GI Belmont Oaks Invitational July 4, trainer Richard Baltas confirmed Saturday.  “Right now we’re looking at...

Extension Granted for Comment on Saratoga Redevelopment Plan

by Mike Kane  The comment period on a massive redevelopment plan of Saratoga Race Course by the New York Racing Association has been extended by two weeks, Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen said Monday.  With the original comment period for the environmental review of the multi-year project set to expire on June 15, Yepsen contacted...

Pharoah’ to Make Arcadia Appearance

Triple Crown Champion American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returns to his Santa Anita base Thursday and will make a public appearance between races in Arcadia on GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita Day June 27.  “We want to again thank American Pharoah’s owner, Ahmed Zayat and his trainer, Bob Baffert, for being so incredibly generous in sharing...

Hoppertunity, ‘Flight’ Gold Cup Bound

Bob Baffert may have a GI Gold Cup at Santa Anita runner after all in the form of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday). Winner of last term’s GI Clark H., the bay finished third in last Saturday’s GI Stephen Foster H. at Churchill Downs.  “I might want to run Hoppertunity,” the...

Jubilee Rematch Likely At Newmarket

Next months G1 July Cup at Newmarket could have a strong international lineup with a distinct possibility of the Australian trained Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am invincible {Aus})again going head to head with Undrafted (Purim), his conqueror in last weeks G1 Diamond Jubilee S.at Ascot. Chris Walller’s runner ploughed a lone furrow up the Ascot straight with none of...

Muhaarar on Target for July Cup

The result of next months G1 Darley July Cup at Newmarket can often have a bearing on who is crowned champion European sprinter and at this stage thirty horses stand their ground for the July Course showpiece including impressive G1 Commonwealth Cup winner Muhaarar (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). His Ascot win would suggest he is probably the...

Setting The Gold Standard

Sunday’s G1 Takarazuka Kinen, a ‘Win and You’re In’ qualifier for the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf and the final Group 1 of the Japanese spring season, has drawn a competitive lineup worthy of its $2.4-million purse. Gold Ship (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) goes for his third straight win in the race, and if he achieves the hat...

Hughes Could Start Training This Year

Three-time champion jockey Richard Hughes, who earlier this year announced plans to retire from riding at the end of the season and begin training next year, told Racing Post he could in fact start training later this year, pending approval by the British Horseracing Authority. Hughes said he still plans to ride through the end...

Dept. of Labor Sues Asmussen

According to published reports, the U.S. Labor Department has filed a lawsuit against trainer Steve Asmussen alleging that, since 2012, the trainer’s KDE Equine has not paid Churchill Downs stable workers overtime and has failed to keep proper employment records regarding wages paid and hours worked. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in...

Schivarelli Proves Worth The Wait

SCHIVARELLI       1st Dam: Alotofappeal, by Trippi       2nd Dam: Argos Appeal, by World Appeal       3rd Dam: Lady Argo, by Gold Meridian  Click for the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree.  Winning at first asking is a challenge in itself, but the road has been a bumpy one for maiden graduate Schivarelli. Between growing pains and a run of bad...