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The second day of the Arqana Yearling Sale, first of the three-day Part 2, registered results slightly down from 2013, owing to a more selective market as had been seen on day one. A total of 106 of the 138 yearlings on offer changed hands for a clearance rate of 76%, down 6.2% from the...
Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, who has been sidelined since having knee replacement surgery in July, has been booked to ride Martin Schwartz’s Sivoliere (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf next Friday. The bay filly, last seen finishing third in Deauville’s G3 Longines Prix du Calvados for Jean-Claude Rouget...
RAFFLES CUP, S$500,000 (US$392,102), Kranji, 10-26, 3yo/up, 1800mT, 1:46.34, gd. 1–WAR AFFAIR (NZ), 126, g, 4, O’Reilly (NZ)– Kristique, by Kris S. (NZ$70,000 yrl ‘12 NZBPRE). O-Warplan Racing Stable; B-Trelawney Thoroughbred Ltd; T-Tan Hai Wang; J-Danny Beasley; S$297,500. Lifetime Record: 15-11-3-0, S$1,832,889. 2–Goodman (NZ), 126, g, 4, Alamosa (NZ)–Lucky Street (NZ), by Street Cry (Ire). O-V-Day Stable. S$106,250. 3–Stepitup (Aus), 128, g,...
ALLEZ ALEA! Unbeaten and amongst the creme of her crop, Kirsten Rausing’s G3 Prix Thomas Bryon heroine Alea Iacta (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) takes on the colts again in today’s G1 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud. So impressive in that course-and-distance contest last time Oct. 9, the Andre Fabre trainee was six-lengths best easing down in the closing...
by J.M. Severni If there’s one GI Breeders’ Cup Classic contender who has truly captured the hearts of racing fans on a global scale, it’s the charismatic Toast of New York (Thewayyouare). That’s a bold statement, considering the loyal and vocal fanbase of dual Classic winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit), but it’s hard to deny. The big...
by Alan Carasso Trainer Ben Colebrook is anything but a new kid on the block, even though he has only been training horses on his own for just over two years. It’s been a slow process in building up to a current count of 34 horses in the barn for a variety of clients, and...
by Heather Likins When Blane Servis finally decided to hang out his shingle as a public trainer, he had plenty of family history to fall back on. His father, John Servis trained dual-Classic winner Smarty Jones (Elusive Quality) and a pair of uncles enjoyed graded-stakes success this year. Servis himself has gotten off to...
For the third consecutive year, the New Zealand Bloodstock Sale of Ready-To-Run 2-Year-Olds established new records for turnover, average and median. The two-day sale concluded Thursday at the company’s Karaka complex. Despite a catalogue that featured 41 fewer offerings, turnover reached nearly NZ$19.3 million, a 4.5% increase over the 2013 figure, while the cumulative average...
DAVID DUO TAKING GEMS TO TATTS By Aisling Crowe Three years after David Cox and David Myerscough joined forces in the sales arena to create the Baroda & Colbinstown Studs consignment, the two Irish horsemen approach the upcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale with what Cox describes as their “best draft ever” for the breeding stock...
Saturday, Delta Downs DELTA DOWNS JACKPOT S.-GIII, $1,000,000, DED, 11-22, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:45 2/5, ft. 1–@OCHO OCHO OCHO, 119, c, 2, by Street Sense 1st Dam: Winner, by Horse Chestnut (SAf) 2nd Dam: Pennant Champion, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Personal Ensign, by Private Account ($50,000 yrl ’13 KEESEP; $200,000 2yo ‘14 OBSAPR). O-DP Racing...
STARS STILL SHINING AT TATTERSALLS By Emma Berry It was standing room only in the Tattersalls ring for each appearance by a Frankel (GB) foal yesterday, but the many spectators were left largely disappointed when none managed to find a buyer. Only three of the four catalogued took their turn, as Cheveley Park Stud’s colt...
1st-FGX, $39,000, Msw, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1:12 3/5, ft. Squatty (f, 3, Congrats–Skyward Bound, by Relaunch), a $3,500 RNA yearling from the FTKOCT sale, ran second against $50,000 maiden claimers over the Arlington turf at first asking Sept. 20 and missed by a neck when switched to conventional dirt at Keeneland going six panels Oct....