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Sharon Alesia, Bran Jam Stable and Ciaglia Racing’s Dance With Fate (Two Step Salsa) worked a half mile in :47 at Santa Anita Saturday. The GI Toyota Blue Grass S. hero was ridden by Amir Cedeno. “He looked great,” trainer Peter Eurton said. “He galloped out [five furlongs] in a minute. He was just kind of cruising...
The first blockbuster classic weekend of 2014 kicks off Friday with Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Untapable (Tapit), who won her two races at Fair Grounds this winter (GIII Rachel Alexandra S. and GII Fair Grounds Oaks) by a combined 17 lengths, likely to go off at nearly even-money in the GI Longines Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs. Saturday morning...
It was a relatively relaxed morning on a much cooler and damp Pimlico backstretch Wednesday. With temperatures struggling to exit the high 50s, General A Rod (Roman Ruler) and Kid Cruz (Lemon Drop Kid) were the first two GI Preakness S. contenders to head out to the fog-covered racetrack. The former continues to give off good vibes...
Each year, the Thoroughbred Daily News gives the candidates on the ballot for the election of Breeders’ Cup Members the opportunity to make a statement in support of their candidacy. This year, there are 35 individuals on the ballot. These statements will appear in the TDN through June 2, when the voting opens. All of...
by Alan Carasso Rene and Lauren Woolcott, who own and operate Woodslane Farm, are relative neophytes to the Thoroughbred business, having branched out with the purchase of a few broodmares and their Middleburg, Virginia-area farm in 2006. For some, reaching the pinnacle of the game takes a lifetime; for most, that goal remains elusive. But with...
By Steve Sherack During the early stages of Untapable (Tapit)’s 2-year-old season, owner/breeder Ron Winchell called trainer Steve Asmussen to discuss the possibility of trying her on grass. After all, the half-sister to millionaire and GI Secretariat S. hero Paddy O’Prado (El Prado {Ire}) was produced by GII Buena Vista H. heroine Fun House (Prized). ...
By Christie DeBernardis As the oldest race track in the country, Saratoga Race Course has been the setting of some of the greatest moments in racing history. It is the place where the great Man O’ War suffered his first and only defeat at the hands of the aptly named Upset, and where 100-1...
ROMANS RETURNS TO SARATOGA SALES RING In recent years, trainer Dale Romans has expanded his prevalence in the Thoroughbred industry. Not only is Romans a top conditioner, with nearly $3 million in earnings so far this year, but in the last few years he has been consigning yearlings at various sales. The life-long horseman...
The proposal made by a group of trainers at Saratoga to race two-year-olds in 2015 without furosemide is a strong and positive statement to initiate a study to resolve the furosemide controversy once and for all. I would propose a post-race endoscopic study with photographs after actual races to be graded by a blinded jury...
When the New Mexico-based breeder Mike Abraham bought the mare Issues (Awesome Again) at the 2011 Keeneland November Sale, he figured he didn’t have much to lose. The stakes-placed mare was a relatively young eight, came from a solid family that included GISW Wagon Limit, and was in foal to a sire he liked in...
Trainer Clive Brittain received a considerable boon Monday by the news Rizeena (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) is likely to stay in training as a 4-year-old. This season’s G1 Coronation S. winner turned in another fine effort in Ireland this weekend when she finished an honorable second behind Fiesolana (Ire) (Aussie Rules) in the G1 Matron S. at Leopardstown....
Steve Coburn and Perry Martin’s California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) faces a strong field of eight foes as he makes his racetrack return in today’s $1 million GI Pennsylvania Derby. The GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero has not been seen since finishing a disappointing dead-heat fourth in his Triple Crown try in the June 7...