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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...
Champion Turf and Older Horse Main Sequence (Aldebaran) breezed four furlongs in :50 at Palm Meadows Training Center Monday in preparation for his seasonal debut in Gulfstream’s GII Mac Diarmida S. Saturday. He worked in company with Ring Weekend (Tapit), who is slated to run in Saturday’s GII Canadian Turf S. “He had a good work last week and...
by Bill Finley, special to epsn.com New York winter racing was never a good idea. A racing franchise that had always stood for unparalleled excellence in the industry sullied its image and brand in 1975 when it began winter racing, which amounts to bad horses running for good money in dismal conditions. But this is...
Steve Sherack & Brian DiDonato will make $100 win/place bets on 20 Kentucky Derby preps. The handicapper with the highest total at the end wins. (To sign up for the BetAmerica sign-up bonus, click here). SS: GII Fountain of Youth S. – With a stallion’s pedigree to boot, the streaking Gorgeous Bird has the potential to make some noise on the Triple...
A field of nine–four males and five females–each owned by an entity of the China Horse Club, is set to go to the post for today’s CECF Singapore Cup, at a shade over S$3 million the richest race to ever be contested in the country. The G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup carries prize money of...
After five days dedicated to shows of pure-bred Arabian horses, the focus at H.H. The Emir 24th International Equestrian Sword Festival turns to horse racing on Tuesday. At a press conference held in Doha Monday, Qatar Racing & Equestrian Club General Manager Sami Jassim Al Boenain welcomed local and international media and said, “We have...
King of Kings (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells–Zummerudd {GB}, by Habitat), who provided trainer Aidan O’Brien with his first British Classic victory in the 1998 G1 2000 Guineas, has died at age 20 of heart failure in South Africa, according to Racing Post. Raced by Sue Magnier, King of Kings was beaten just once in five juvenile outings,...
Mornington trainer Mark Riley, already facing a three-year suspension for administering Gold For Kev (Aus) (Desert Sun {GB}) with TCO2 (bicarbonate) prior to a race in July last year, received confirmation yesterday by Racing Victoria stewards that another of his charges had returned a positive sample, this time to the anti-inflammatory Meloxicam. The urine swab was...
Winner of the Listed Pies 3YO Salver at this track Dec. 14, Mongolian Khan was runner-up in a Cambridge handicap Jan. 13, but bounced back to land the G2 Waikato Guineas 18 days later. He proved a very game winner of the G2 Avondale Guineas Feb. 14 in his most recent start, besting Prima (NZ)...
Fresh off a victory in the GII Buena Vista S., Glen Hill Farm’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Diversy Harbor (Curlin) looks to make it two in a row in Sunday’s GII Santa Ana S. going 1 1/18 miles over the Santa Anita turf course. Second to Queen’s Plate winner Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}) in the GIII Autumn Miss...
With under a week left until the A$3.5 million G1 Golden Slipper, the field for the world’s richest juvenile race is starting to take shape, and it is expected to be dominated by trainers Gai Waterhouse and John O’Shea, who are set to saddle four runners each, according to Racing and Sports. The Waterhouse contingent...
Last year’s G1 Cox Plate winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is likely to skip Saturday’s G1 George Ryder S. and head straight for the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at The Championships at Royal Randwick Apr. 11, according to Racing and Sports. The 4-year-old, who has not raced since his landmark victory last October, was partnered...