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The deadline for owners and trainers to make their horses eligible for the 2015 Triple Crown series is approaching quickly. The window to the early nomination phase for the GI Kentucky Derby, GI Preakness S. and GI Belmont S. will close Saturday, Jan. 17. The nomination of each horse must be accompanied by a fee...
Nick Eaves, the president and chief executive officer of the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced his retirement, effective Mar. 30, 2015. Eaves assumed the role of CEO in 2010 and has worked at the WEG for over 20 years, taking over as president in 2006 before his promotion to CEO. During his tenure, Eaves...
For some, today’s Hong Kong Classic Mile is a destination. For others it’s a means to an end, that particular end being the Hong Kong Derby two months down the road. For now, a field of 11 4-year-olds from both hemispheres will vie for the winner’s share of the purse, given a boost to HK$8...
California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit), who on Saturday night was named 2014 Horse of the Year, returned to the track Monday for a seven-furlong work at Los Alamitos. The chestnut covered the distance in 1:27 2/5 under regular rider Victor Espinoza. “He went easy and galloped out strong,” said Alan Sherman, assistant to his father, trainer Art...
Daredevil (c, 3, More Than Ready–Chasethewildwind, by Forty Niner), a head-scratching last of 11 at odds of 5-2 in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Santa Anita Nov. 1, is likely to kick off his sophomore campaign in the seven-furlong GII Swale S. at Gulfstream Park Feb. 28. The Let’s Go Stable and WinStar Farm colorbearer,...
By Mike Kane A few hours before a closed-door meeting to discuss the New York Racing Association’s new safety regulations was held Thursday evening at Aqueduct, another horse suffered a catastrophic injury on the inner track. Miss Macarena was vanned off after sustaining damage to her left front leg in the first race and was...
Fort Wood (Sadler’s Wells–Fall Aspen, by Pretense), a two-time leading sire in South Africa for Mauritzfontein Stud, passed away from heart failure early Saturday morning according to Sporting Post. He was 25. Trained by Andre Fabre for Sheikh Mohammed, the bay–who raced exclusively as a 3-year-old–won half of his six starts including the G1 Grand Prix de...
WHO RAN SECOND? His 10 crops of racing age thus far have averaged 138 foals, which definitely confers a certain numerical advantage, nonetheless the dominance of Coolmore’s World Number One, Galileo, is impressive in its quantity as well as its quality. Last year Galileo sired 25 Graded/Group winners (GSW) and 50 Graded/Group Stakes Horses (GSH),...
Mike de Kock, who has trained the winner of the last three renewals of the G2 Al Rashidiya S. and holds a total tally of six wins in the 1800-meter contest, is set to saddle exactly half the field in the 2015 edition, following the late withdrawal of Salem bin Ghadayer’s Army Bulletin (Ire) (Invincible...
Jockey Roman Chapa has posted a $10,000 surety bond with Harris County District Court in Texas and will be arraigned Feb. 6 on felony charges of “unlawful influence on racing” in conjunction with his alleged use of an electrical device at Sam Houston Race Park Jan. 17. It was unclear from the court filings whether...
The 2013 G1 Japanese Derby winner and G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe fourth Kizuna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is expected to make his long-awaited return in Sunday’s G2 Kyoto Kinen. The 5-year-old hasn’t been seen since May, when he ran a disappointing fourth in the G1 Tenno Sho and was later discovered to have suffered a...
A dozen 4-year-olds face the starter for today’s Hong Kong Classic Cup, the final restricted prep race for the HK$18 million (US$2.32 million) Hong Kong Derby in four weeks’ time. Beauty Only (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) knocked out a Class 2 handicap going a mile Nov. 9, but faltered to be 11th as the favorite...