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by Amanda Duckworth Peter O’Callaghan of Woods Edge Farm was rewarded for his patience when hip 984 topped not just the Wednesday session of the Fasig-Tipton October Yearling Sale, but the entire three-day auction. The Tapit filly, out of Sage Cat (Tabasco Cat), was hammered down for $410,000, making her one of only two horses to reach...
BACK ON THE RIGHT TAC Breaking through into the big time when successful in Longchamp’s G1 Prix Royal-Oak twelve months ago, Tac de Boistron (Fr) (Take Risks {Fr}) returns to the Bois de Boulogne today to relaunch his truncated season. Despite having won the 2012 G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil here, it was not until he beat...
By Steve Sherack Just six days after emotionally parting ways with back-to-back GI Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint heroine Mizdirection (Mizzen Mast) for the hefty sum of $2.7 million at last year’s Fasig-Tipton November sale, co-owners Kevin and Kimberly Nish were immediately back in the fast lane courtesy of Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg})’s jaw-dropping score in the...
DERBY DREAMS FOR WATERHOUSE It has been 20 years since trainer Gai Waterhouse saddled the winner of the G1 Victoria Derby, but if punters are correct, Australia’s popular Hall of Fame trainer could be in line to collect the lion’s share of that A$1.5 million prize tomorrow with Hampton Court (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}). The A$500,000 Inglis...
bi Aisling Crowe When Rich Tapestry (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) bursts out of the stalls at Santa Anita in the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint tomorrow afternoon, the 6-year-old gelding will have brought his family full circle, all the way back to the state and track where an Irish dynasty took its first steps. Although...
By Lucas Marquardt The 2014 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded its 11-day run yesterday in Lexington, and the prognosticators who eyed a stable market going in couldn’t have gotten nearer to the bulls-eye. With one more session and 338 more horses through the ring from last year, a total of 2,512 horses sold for...
FAST START TO READY TO RUN SALE New Zealand Bloodstock’s two-day Ready to Run Sale got off to a promising start yesterday, with 116 horses changing hands for NZ$8,658,000, a figure that was down only 1.5% despite 10% fewer horses catalogued. Demand was highlighted by a buyback rate that dropped 11 points to 32%, and...
Jockey Ryan Moore, whose recent international conquests includes victories in the GI Canadian International S., the G1 Cox Plate and the G1 Melbourne Cup, is the marquee name among 10 riders from around the world to be invited to the 2014 Longines International Jockeys’ Championship to be held at Hong Kong’s Happy Valley Racecourse the...
A change of scenery, equipment change and a new trainer helped vault Three Hearts to a career high here. Three Hearts, a half-sister to 2010 GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf hero Pluck (More Than Ready), closed out her tenure for Graham Motion with a Keeneland allowance victory in April 2013, her most recent trip to...
Talented Australian 3-year-old Looks Like The Cat (Aus) (Husson {Arg}) is headed to Hong Kong after the Group 1-placed gelding was purchased by Hong Kong interests for an undisclosed amount Tuesday according to Racing and Sports. The Tony Gollan trainee has accumulated five top-three efforts from six starts exclusively in group company beginning with a runner-up finish...
The lone member of the 11 horses to emerge from a date in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Three Chimneys Farm’s Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow) will look to capitalize on a dip in class in today’s GIII Jimmy Durante S. over the Del Mar turf course named in the entertainer’s honor. A...
An up-then-down, then up again week for the connections of Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) ended on a sour note Sunday morning when the 8-year-old, winner of the 2012 G1 Hong Kong Mile, failed to pass the vet and was declared from the race. “In the end, the vet didn’t have to make the call – we...