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by Alan Carasso At the tone, the time will be 3:54 a.m. I’ve just gotten settled, after taking a wrong escalator to the food court or something and after hitting the button that said ‘back’ and not the one that reads ‘start surfing’ and getting all sorts of fired up before finally getting onto the...
What a weekend it was for first-crop sires. They ran 1-2-3 in the GII Davona Dale for 3-year-old fillies: Ekati’s Phaeton (Tale of Ekati) scored her second graded win by hanging on grimly from Birdatthewire (Summer Bird), with Eskenformoney (Eskendereya) a close third. They also dominated the filly ranks in New Orleans, with I’m A...
Last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) makes his first start since that victory and his first for local trainer Kris Lees in tomorrow’s G2 Peter Young S. at Caulfield. The 1800 meter event will serve as a gauge as to whether the 5-year-old import will contest the G1 Australian Cup over 2000 meters...
In anticipation of wet weather scheduled to hit Southern California early Saturday morning, there were no fewer than 302 works recorded over the Santa Anita main track Friday morning, including a swath of Triple Crown prep hopefuls. Eclipse Award-winning juvenile American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) continued to progress nicely towards his sophomore debut, breezing seven furlongs in...
First Seal (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus} was sent off the prohibitive odds-on favorite in Saturday’s G1 Coolmore Classic, but an awkward draw in gate 11 proved her undoing, as Plucky Belle (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}) was able to save some ground and knifed through late to take it in a blanket finish. Upset winner of the G3 Lavazza Short Black...
Australian champion sprinter Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) emerged from a sixth-place finish in Saturday’s G1 Newmarket H. with a torn muscle and stifle inflammation, according to Racing and Sports, but trainer Mick Price has declared the 5-year-old will be ready to defend his G1 T J Smith title at The Championships at Royal Randwick Apr....
The Inglis Australian Broodmare and Weanling Sale will be extended an extra day due to increased entries and will take place May 3 to 6 in Sydney. For this year’s sale Inglis will introduce the Platinum Session, restricted to weanlings that, at the time of entry, vendors guaranteed would have x-rays lodged. Inglis is also...
The competitiveness of the G1 The Galaxy H. is highlighted by the fact that just one favorite has won in the last 17 years, and there are certainly some interesting propositions in this year’s lineup. Stonestreet’s A$900,000 acquisition Miracles of Life (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}) began to pay back some of that sum, shelled out...
Previously trained by the late H. Allen Jerkens, House Rules (Distorted Humor) looks to honor the recently deceased Hall of Famer with a victory in Gulfstream’s GII Royal Delta S. Transferred to Jerkens’s son Jimmy last summer, the Joseph Shields Jr. colorbearer romped in her debut for the younger Jerkens at Saratoga last August, but failed to...
High-class Japanese galloper Gold Ship returned to his winning ways and defended his title when taking Sunday’s Hanshin Daishoten. Winner of three Group 1s, including two Classics, as a sophomore three years ago, Gold Ship has scored at the highest level each year since. He took the G1 Takarazuka Kinen the last two years, but...
It was a standing-room only crowd at Gulfstream Tuesday for a memorial service to honor Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens, who passed away Mar. 18. The 60-minute ceremony was organized by conditioner Carlo Vaccarezza, who shared Barn 14 at Gulfstream with ‘The Chief.’ “He taught us you could live quietly but speak very...
The G1 Vinery Stud S. is a key prep race for the G1 Australian Oaks Apr. 11, and the China Horse Club’s First Seal (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) is still considered the leader of her division despite being turned over first-up against elders in the G1 Coolmore Classic S. two weeks ago. First Seal was just nipped...