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By Jessica Martini Donato Lanni, bidding on behalf of Arkansas businessman Frank Fletcher, went to a session-topping $550,000 to secure a son of Mineshaft during Monday’s first day of the four-day OBS April sale. “At the 2-year-olds sales, those boxes that we like to check, they get bigger and tougher to check and so few...
Hip 330, a Pure Prize colt, led the early bidding in the second session of the OBS April sale, going to trainer Lynn Whiting for $350,000. Whiting signed the ticket on behalf of owner Charles Cella. Bred by Susan Forrester, the bay colt was purchased by Talus Racing for $90,000 at the Fasig-Tipton October sale....
The New York-based trio of Samraat (Noble Causeway), Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) and Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) had their final major preps for next Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby Friday morning. Samraat worked a mile in 1:45.91 at Aqueduct (video). Meanwhile, over Belmont’s training track, Wicked Strong covered seven furlongs in 1:27.11 (video) and Uncle Sigh worked five furlongs in a bullet...
NATIONAL SALE ENDS WITH GAINS By Kelsey Riley It took until late in the second session of the Emperor’s Palace National Yearling Sale yesterday for the high prices to emerge, but emerge they did, with the top four prices of the day coming in the final two hours of trade. The strength of the middle...
All was fairly quiet on the Pimlico backstretch on an unseasonably warm and humid morning as California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit)’s assistant trainer Alan Sherman did a live interview with WBAL-TV 11 News just adjacent the GI Preakness S. barn shortly after 6 a.m. Maryland Jockey Club’s Vice President of Communications Mike Gathagan kindly gave a...
By Christie DeBernardis When conditioner Jerry Hollendorfer approached Dan Gatto about going in on the purchase of a five-year-old mare named Parranda (English Channel), it did not take much convincing. “I got a call from Jerry and he said he had a line on this horse,” said Gatto, who owns Gatto Racing LLC with his...
Freshman sire and GI Carter H. winner Warrior’s Reward (Medaglia d’Oro–For All You Do, by Seeking the Gold) is off to a quick start at stud, with his first three starters–all fillies–coming home decisive winners on debut in maiden special weights across the country May 30. An imposing physical specimen, Spendthrift resident Warrior’s Reward posted his marquee...
GOFFS TAKES CENTER STAGE IN LONDON By Kelsey Riley Goffs today stages its inaugural London Sale in association with QIPCO at The Orangery at Kensington Palace, and anticipation is high ahead of the unique event. Not only is it the first time a Thoroughbred auction has been held in central London, but it has attracted...
Officials at Breeders’ Cup Limited made it official Tuesday morning, announcing that iconic Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, will play host to the 2015 World Championships. Additionally, Breeders’ Cup confirmed that the 2016 championships will be staged again at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, and that the 2017 event will remain in the...
Last term’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno–Ponche de Leona, by Ponche) has been retired from racing and will stand the 2015 breeding season at Adena Springs Farm in Paris, KY. His stud fee will be announced at a later date. Bred in Florida by John and Carole Rio, Mucho Macho Man was...
In April, Dogwood Stable’s Cot Campbell placed a wager through William Hill on his outfit’s charge Palace Malice (Curlin) taking 2014 Horse of the Year honors. The 12-1 he got at the time looks like a savvy investment so far, as the bay added to his GII Gulfstream Park H. and GII New Orleans H. victories with...
Friday, Deauville, France PRIX GUILLAUME D’ORNANO – HARAS DU LOGIS SAINT-GERMAIN-G2, €400,000, DEA, 8-15, 3yo, 10fT, 2:11.64, hy. 1–GAILO CHOP (FR), 128, g, 3, by Deportivo (GB) 1st Dam: Grenoble (Fr), by Marignan 2nd Dam: Blue Wings (Fr), by In the Wings (GB) 3rd Dam: Blue Rider, by Wajima O-OTI Management Pty Ltd & Alain...