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7th-OPX, $60,000, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 1:40, ft. SIX SPOT (g, 3, Cowboy Cal–Our Resurgence, by Polish Pro), completed a Cowboy Cal exacta in his career bow going six furlongs here Jan. 25, was dispatched as the 8-5 chalk for this second go. The bay tracked from second off of the rail and took control entering the...
Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile), victorious in Aqueduct’s GII Nashua S. last November and winner of this term’s GII Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park in his sophomore bow Jan. 25, breezed in company with stablemate GSP Elnaawi (Street Sense) Saturday. The pair covered five furlongs in 1:00 4/5 at Palm Meadows. “He worked very...
Australian jockey Nathan Berry, who has been riding on a contract in Singapore, will spend a minimum of two weeks in a hospital after being diagnosed with a case of viral encephalitis. Berry, the twin brother of top jockey Tommy Berry, collapsed suddenly during trackwork Tuesday morning and was reported to have suffered a seizure...
GAZEBO S., $100,000, OPX, 3-22, 3yo, 6f, 1:10 2/5, wf. 1–#BREWING, 115, c, 3, by Maimonides 1st Dam: Fifty Mil Short, by Johannesburg 2nd Dam: Miss American Mink, by Quiet American 3rd Dam: Silver Mink, by Vice Regent O/B-Zayat Stables LLC (FL); T-D Wayne Lukas; J-Jon Court. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-0-0, $94,931. 2–Big Sugar Soda, 115,...
John Greathouse, who went to $775,000 to pick up hip 75 last year at Keeneland September, was unwilling to let the Smart Strike filly go when she went through the ring Monday at Fasig-Tipton, buying her back for $700,000 to race for his family’s Glencrest Farm. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc, Agent VII, the...
TRAKUS AND THE DUBAI WORLD CUP By Pat Cummings A fascinating night of racing looms tomorrow–the 19th renewal of the Dubai World Cup. More than 60% of the horses projected to start Saturday made their previous start during the Dubai World Cup Carnival. As Meydan has been equipped with Trakus since its opening in 2010,...
Ken and Sarah Ramsey already have GIII Spiral S. winner We Miss Artie (Artie Schiller) headed towards the GI Kentucky Derby, and the duo will have at least one other entrant on the first Saturday after Louisiana-bred Vicar’s in Trouble (Into Mischief) atoned for his third-place effort behind Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday) in the...
MEDAL COUNT DERBY BOUND Spendthrift Farm’s Medal Count (Dynaformer), second in last Saturday’s GI Toyota Blue Grass S., will make his next start in the GI Kentucky Derby. “Medal Count came out of the Blue Grass in great shape, and we’re looking forward to running him a 1 1/4 miles in the Derby,” trainer Dale Romans said....
While I have no interest in dignifying the unsophisticated name calling that constituted much of Barry Irwin’s Op-Ed in the TDN of Apr. 20, I would like to correct one misrepresentation of the facts, regarding New York’s Racing and Wagering Board’s decision to allow Lasix in 1995. At that time, I was a senior advisor...
Chip McEwen’s Wounded Warrior Stables is GI Kentucky Derby bound with GIII Gotham S. runner-up Uncle Sigh (Indian Charlie) and the stable added a daughter of the late Airdrie Stud stallion early during Tuesday’s second session of the OBS April sale. Trainer Gary Contessa, sitting alongside McEwen in the sales pavilion, signed the ticket at...
Sometimes it is a blessing that my column is called Trackside with Liesl King, with the emphasis on the word ‘trackside’, as today was one of those rare days with plenty of action trackside, but none of it related to Sunday’s G1 Audemars Piquet QEII Cup. With Cirrus Des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) deciding...
By Lucas Marquardt If everything goes well this week, breeder Machmer Hall will be represented by not one, but two GI Kentucky Derby starters Saturday: the GII Risen Star S. winner Intense Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday), and the GIII Sam F. Davis S. winner Vinceremos (Pioneerof the Nile). Machmer Hall, the nom de course of Craig and Carrie Brogden and...