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Magic Millions staged the opening session of its two-day Perth yearling sale yesterday. The average and median both posted declines; the average was down 10.5% to A$52,102, while the median dropped 11.1% to A$40,000. Turnover was also down, with 122 horses sold (35 fewer than last year) for A$6,356,500, compared to A$9,144,000 12 months ago....
By T.D. Thornton Wednesday’s acquisition of HRTV by TVG will not result in immediate changes over the next 30-45 days, but as the merger is phased in, viewers can expect side-by-side channels that offer complementary programming similar to the way sports networks ESPN and ESPN2 operate on a larger scale. Under the terms of a...
Racing at the top level returns in Japan with the running of the GI February S. Sunday, one of only two Grade 1 races on dirt in the country. In the absence of Dubai-bound dirt horse of the year Hokko Tarumae (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), second in this race a year ago and victorious in...
Last year’s G2 UAE Derby winner Toast of New York (Thewayyouare) is taking his preparations for a return trip to Dubai for the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai World Cup in stride, according to trainer Jamie Osborne, and will likely be partnered by jockey Frankie Dettori in a racetrack gallop in the next couple weeks. “He went to...
Mike Luzzi has been selected as the winner of the 2015 Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award through a nationwide vote of his peers. Presented annually by Santa Anita since 1950, the Woolf Award recognizes riders whose careers and personal character earn esteem for both the individual and sport of Thoroughbred racing. Winner of...
By Gai Waterhouse Spelling. No, it is not something you do at an English castle, but rather something we do in Australia with our horses to allow them to rest. I am a great advocate of spelling and resting horses, and just as we humans benefit greatly from a change in scenery and a holiday,...
A new interactive website for Thoroughbred breeders and racing fans has been launched called www.FoalPhotos.com. The site is designed to showcase Thoroughbred foals each foaling season, and it invites breeders, photographers, or any authorized person to upload new foal photos for public viewing. “There’s just something about a foal that gets to us all,” said Christine...
by Brian DiDonato Secure Investments is the perfect name for Tami Bobo’s operation, which will offer seven juveniles during Tuesday and Wednesday’s OBS March Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale. “I had my daughter at a young age, and I had to make a living,” explained the Ocala-based horsewoman. “I did what I had to do to...
By Danny Power When Archie Alexander was announced as the new trainer of G1 Melbourne Cup aspirant Renew (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) last October, not only were Australian media and racing fans Googling his name, but also some of the owners involved in Renew as part of the OTI Racing partnership. The whirlwind change of trainer from the...
Nine horses from five countries are expected to line up for the $10 million G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 28. The Dubai Racing Club Wednesday released the projected fields for the Dubai World Cup card’s eight Thoroughbred races, andCalifornia Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) and Lea (First Samurai) are expected to represent the U.S. Godolphin’s African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will attempt...
Hallowed Crown (Aus) (Street Sense) stamped himself a colt of the highest class when earning his second Group 1 in the G1 Randwick Guineas Mar. 7, and he looks to extend his record in Saturday’s G1 Rosehill Guineas, a 2000 meter Classic that has often served as a springboard for 3-year-olds to go on to become...
Having thrown down on two straight occasions with ‘TDN Rising Star’ Dortmund (Big Brown), Arnold Zetcher’s Firing Line (Line of David) gets out of the considerable shadow of that towering foe and looms a prohibitive favorite in Sunday’s GIII Sunland Derby. An impressive maiden winner at the tail end of the Bing Crosby meet at Del Mar Nov. 30,...