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By T.D. Thornton Horses for the GI Preakness S. were subjected to a form of out-of-competition (OOC) testing Thursday afternoon, but in terms of pre-race testing, the entrants in other graded stakes this weekend at Pimlico Race Course will only undergo raceday TCO2 testing, according to Maryland Racing Commission officials. “We’ll do OOC testing for...
In recent times, Navan’s G3 Coolmore Vintage Crop S. has provided a clear marker as to the merit of the big Irish G1 Ascot Gold Cup hopes, with Yeats (Ire) and the Montjeu (Ire) pair of Fame and Glory (GB) and Leading Light (Ire) on the honor roll on five occasions between them since 2007....
Undefeated sprinter Limato (Ire) (Tagula {Ire}) will not a make another prep before a start in Royal Ascot’s G1 Commonwealth Cup, trainer Henry Candy stated. Limato began his season with a victory in the G3 Merriebelle Stable Pavilion S., and Candy believes he should do well off that effort. “Limato seems like he has woken up and...
Twenty five fillies remain in the G1 Epsom Oaks scheduled for June 5, the eve of the Epsom Derby. The market is headed by Legatissimo (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) who announced her arrival in the big league when winning the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket May 3. While not set in stone, it would appear Legatissimo is...
Long time Thoroughbred owner and breeder Eugene Melnyk, who also owns the Ottawa Senators hockey team, is in stable condition after a successful liver transplant Tuesday, according to the University Health Network’s website. The donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, is also doing well. “We are delighted and relieved that Eugene’s post-transplantation recovery is progressing...
Good Friends Stable’s MGISW Private Zone (Macho Uno), recent winner of the GII Churchill Downs S. May 2, has arrived at Monmouth Park and will be pointed toward a start in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at season’s end, according to trainer Jorge Navarro. “The Classic is the ultimate goal,” commented Navarro. “[Co-owner] Rene Douglas told me...
Touted as one of Ballydoyle’s leading Derby candidates this spring, Giovanni Canaletto (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) looks to keep the dream alive and book a late ticket to Epsom in The Curragh’s G3 Airlie Stud Gallinule S. on Sunday. Ruled out of Chester due to a bad scope, the full-brother to the 2013 blue riband hero Ruler of...
Gailo Chop (Fr) (Deportivo {GB}), who ran Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) to 1 1/2 lengths when second in Sunday’s G1 Prix d’Ispahan, could become trainer Antoine de Watrigant’s first Royal Ascot starter, with a possible date in the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. June 17. De Watrigant said his charge emerged from the race–his first of...
by Lucas Marquardt The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s Equine Drug Research Council (KEDRC) yesterday approved threshold levels for cobalt and sent the measure on to the KHRC board for full consideration. The KHRC is expected to meet some time in June or early July. If the measure is adopted and clears all subsequent legislative hurdles,...
Hughie Morrison is keen to step up one of his stable stars Not So Sleepy (GB) (Beat Hollow [GB}) in grade following his gritty win the Listed Dee S. at Chester earlier this month. A tilt at the G3 Tercentenary S. at Royal Ascot June 18 is on the cards for the 3-year-old gelding who carries the...
The 82nd running of the 2400-meter G1 Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) sees a full field of 18 colts go to the post Sunday afternoon at Tokyo Racecourse in Japan. The stakes record of 2:23.3 is held jointly by King Kamehameha (Jpn) (Kingmambo)–who landed the 2004 edition–and Japanese Triple Crown hero Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence),...
Trying black-type company for the first time in Ascot’s Listed Buckhounds S., Agent Murphy (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) proved more than worthy of a tilt at Sunday’s G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly with an authoritative success. Having only his fifth start in that May 9 12-furlong contest, he was professional and straightforward as well as stylish and...