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If there is a certain thing this week, it is that Richard Hannon will be walking off with the G2 Norfolk S. on Thursday with either of his precocious stable stars Log Out Island (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) or King of Rooks (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). The former, who dealt the first major blow to the reputation of the subsequent...
Saturday’s G1 Diamond Jubilee S. may have lost out on the small number of potential runners among the European 3-year-old brigade who were instead diverted to Friday’s G1 Commonwealth Cup, but it still boasts two substantial Australian sophomores in Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}) and Wandjina (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}). The former has the more immediate appeal as...
Day two of the Inglis Great Southern Sale could be classified into three sections. It began with forty two of the Platinum weanlings selling followed by the remaining general weanling section. This was in turn followed by the opening broodmare section. It was from the first hour of trading that saw the weanling sales topper...
Trainer Ed Dunlop has some serious decisions to make about where to target his new stablestar Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}). Successful in a handicap at Lingfield in April off a mark of 88, last weeks G1 Ascot Gold winner is now up to a mark of 113 following his biggest triumph and one could...
by T. D. Thornton Don’t expect to see any Lasix-free races soon in the Golden State, but the California Horse Racing Board is zeroing in on proactive ways to head off other “emerging threats” to equine welfare, like requiring post-mortem reviews of all on-track fatalities, focusing on quality instead of quantity when it comes to...
Fresh from her successful raid on the G2 Oaks d’Italia, Gestut Ittlingen’s Lovelyn (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}) returns to her native Germany on Sunday to take on the colts and older horses in Hamburg’s G2 Grosser Hansa-Preis. Showing gameness to belie her inexperience when capturing that 11-furlong Classic at the San Siro at the end of last...
Churchill Downs has released the stakes schedule for its September meet, which will include the renamed $175,000 Lukas Classic–named in honor of Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. The 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds and up, designed to be a prep for the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic, was introduced in 2013 and was previously...
SILVERBULLETDAY S., $120,000, FGX, 1-18, 3yo, f, 1m70y, 1:43, ft. 1–#UNBRIDLED FOREVER, 117, f, 3, by Unbridled’s Song 1st Dam: Lemons Forever (GISW, $648,940), by Lemon Drop Kid 2nd Dam: Critikola (Arg), by Tough Critic 3rd Dam: Hola Keats (Arg), by Keats O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart; J-Robby Albarado. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $100,830. 2–Divine Beauty, 120,...
CAPE SALE KICKS OFF TONIGHT By Kelsey Riley The Southern Hemisphere yearling sales circuit moves to South Africa today for the two-session Cape Premier Yearling Sale in Cape Town. With a boutique catalogue of 202 youngsters on offer, shoppers are sure to have plenty to choose from, with both local and international leading sires represented...
8th-GPX, $44,900, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8mT, 1:49 1/5, fm. EDISON (c, 3, Bernardini–Heart of Grace, by Exploit), fifth on debut going 1 1/16 miles on the lawn here Dec. 22, was overlooked at 8-1 for this second attempt. Away well from his rail draw, he dictated terms from the get-go, clocking early splits of :23.68 and...
6th-OPX, $55,000, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:11 3/5, ft. DISCIPLINE (c, 3, Sky Mesa–Spread, by Coronado’s Quest) attended the early pace in a course-and-distance maiden Jan. 11 and stuck around to the eighth pole before crossing the line in sixth–placed fifth via disqualification. The form of that event looks strong, as the victorious Paganol (Tiz Wonderful) is ticketed...
Sunday, Santa Anita SAN VICENTE S.-GII, $200,250, SAX, 2-16, 3yo, 7f, 1:21 4/5, ft. 1–@KOBE’S BACK, 118, c, 3, by Flatter 1st Dam: Well, by Well Decorated 2nd Dam: Faith Tested Raye, by Runaway Groom 3rd Dam: Test of Faith, by Temperence Hill ($60,000 yrl ’12 FTKOCT; $480,000 2yo ‘13 OBSMAR). O-C R K Stable; B-Joanne...