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Eight fillies and mares will face the starter in the one-mile G2 Cape Verdi S., six of which will be making their seasonal reappearance. Eight years ago, Alain de Royer Dupre sent out the winner of this race in Sanaya (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}), and the Chantilly conditioner will be hoping for a repeat scenario with...
GII Remsen S. winner Leave the Light On (Horse Greeley) has been taken of the Derby trail after sustaining an injury in a workout at the Palm Meadows training center over the weekend. “He worked 5/8 of a mile on Sunday and he worked really well,” trainer Chad Brown explained. “But he came out of the work...
Jerry Hollendorfer, Mark Dedomenico and George Todaro’s Sam’s Sister (Brother Derek) makes her first trip to the East Coast in hopes of capturing her third straight graded stakes success in Laurel’s GII Barbara Fritchie H. The lightly-raced chestnut opened her account with a trio of wins, starting with two victories over the Del Mar synthetic July 25...
Aerovelocity (NZ) (Pins {Aus}) and Peniaphobia (Ire) (Dandy Man {Ire}), who led home a 1-2 finish for Hong Kong in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint Dec. 14, renew their acquaintances in this afternoon’s Chairman’s Sprint Prize over the metric six furlongs at Sha Tin Racecourse, with each looking ahead at the G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen Mar. 28. ...
Parranda (English Channel), last-out winner of the GIII Marshua’s River S. in her first start for trainer Christophe Clement, drew the outside post in a field of nine for Sunday’s inaugural S$3.05-million CEFC Singapore Cup at Kranji Racecourse, the richest race ever to be run in the country. The 6-year-old, an $800,000 purchase by the China...
Japan is likely to send out a strong contingent to compete on Dubai World Cup day, Mar. 28 at Meydan, with no less than six horses expected to line up for the $29.250 million meeting according to local reports. The Dubai World Cup itself is looming for Epiphaneia (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S), the emphatic winner of the...
Andrew Caulfield responds to Dan Liebman’s Op/ed, which ran in the Feb. 3 edition of the TDN. I have to agree with Dan Liebman that the phrase three-quarter brother is somewhat imprecise, and possibly means different things to different people. But then I can remember being puzzled as a youngster as to why the phrase half-brother...
A field of nine–four males and five females–each owned by an entity of the China Horse Club, is set to go to the post for today’s CECF Singapore Cup, at a shade over S$3 million the richest race to even be contested in the country. The G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup carries prize money of...
2014 Melbourne Cup hero Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) is set to have his first start for new trainer Kris Lees in the 1800-meter G2 Peter Young S. at Caulfield Saturday. This will be the first time the former charge of Andreas Wohler is tried over a distance shorter than 2000 meters since his two-year-old season. The well-traveled...
Godolphin’s Safety Check (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) failed to make an impact at last year’s carnival racing exclusively on the Tapeta, but the switch back to the turf appears to have revived the 4-year-old, who looks for his third straight score in today’s G2 Zabeel Mile. The Charlie Appleby trainee enjoyed two successes going seven furlongs on the...
Japanese jockey Hiroki Goto, 40, was found dead at his home by local police officers Friday, according to The Tokyo Reporter. It is understood the five-time Grade 1-winning rider committed suicide. In 23 years in the saddle, Goto amassed 1447 victories, including the 2010 G1 Yasuda Kinen on board Showa Modern (Jpn) (Air Jihad {Jpn}) and the G1...
The G1 Futurity S. was supposed to be heavy favorite Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus})’s stomping ground, however the pint-sized Suavito (NZ) (Thorn Park {Aus}) finished with a late burst to lift her first top-level victory and deny that rival his fifth Group 1 win. The bay tracked an eager Dissident in fifth perched two deep through the early stages before...