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by Rob Burnet, Thoroughbrednews.com.au As was widely reported last week, Sydney’s leading trainer Chris Waller was fined A$30,000 by a Racing NSW stewards’ panel, chaired by chief steward Ray Murrihy, over a positive sample of the prohibited substance furosemide. The sample was taken from Junoob (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) after the gelding’s win in the G1...
by Bill Finley The GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile didn’t provide Eclipse voters with anything definite. And it doesn’t figure that today’s Los Alamitos Futurity, the last Grade I race of the year for this division, will either. The race drew just five horses and the only stakes winner among them is No Problem (Munnings), who...
The 59-day 2015 Belmont Park spring/summer meet will include 60 stakes races valued at $18.55 million running from Apr. 29 to July 19 NYRA announced Friday. Anchoring the meet is the expanded 3-day Belmont Stakes Racing Festival headlined by the $1.5 million GI Belmont S. June 6. The supporting card consists of five other Grade...
The family of Robert B. and Beverly J. Lewis and Denali Stud announced yesterday that champion racemare Serena’s Song (Rahy–Imagining, by Northfields) has been retired from breeding at the age of 23. “Serena is still in great health and condition,” noted Denali Stud owner Craig Bandoroff. She doesn’t look anything like your ordinary 23-year-old mare. However, when...
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),...