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Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum, the son of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed whose silks were carried to victory in Saturday’s G1 Dubai World Cup by Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), has donated his prizemoney earned from the world’s richest race to charity, he tweeted Sunday. The Dubai Crown Prince donated the $6 million winner’s share of...
Horse of the Year and recent G1 Dubai World Cup runner-up California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will get a two-week break in the Rae Guest yard before he heads to the Newmarket gallops. The big chestnut, who has been under the care of trainer Art Sherman for his entire career, will transfer to the Guest barn for a...
LEOPARDSTOWN 2000 GUINEAS TRIAL S.-Listed, €45,000, LEP, 4-12, 3yo, 8fT, 1:52.25, sf/hy. 1–#ZAWRAQ (IRE), 129, c, 3, by Shamardal 1st Dam: Sundus, by Sadler’s Wells 2nd Dam: Sarayir, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Height of Fashion (Fr), by Bustino (GB) O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Company Ltd (Ire); T-Dermot Weld; J-Pat Smullen. €29,250....
French auction house Arqana will sponsor a pair of Group 2 contests on the opening day of Newmarket’s July Festival July 9. The two races are the Princess of Wales’s Arqana Racing Club S. for older horses over 1 1/2 miles, and the Arqana July S. for juveniles. “We are very proud to become a...
Cheveley Park Stud has bought into last year’s G3 Acomb S. winner Dutch Connection (GB) (Dutch Art {GB})), a 25-1 chance for the G1 2000 Guineas May 2, according to Racing Post. Cheveley Park, which stands Dutch Art, joins the colt’s breeder, Susan Roy, on the ownership line, and Charlie Hills trains. Dutch Connection was last seen...
by Mike Kane Owner-breeder Phillip Birsh and trainer George Weaver crunched some numbers in the days following Tencendur’s (Warrior’s Reward) second-place finish in the G1 Wood Memorial and compared them to the other major prep races for the Kentucky Derby. They liked what the stats revealed. The math exercise–showing a jump in speed figures and a...
G1 Australian Guineas scorer Wandjina (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) will target the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot before retiring to Newgate Stud later this year. The Gai Waterhouse-trained 3-year-old finished second to Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}), who will also enter stud at Newgate in September, in Saturday’s G1 All Aged S. “Gai Waterhouse said to us, ‘you...
WinStar Farm has acquired a minority interest in Upstart (Flatter), winner of the GII Holy Bull S. and runner-up in the GI Florida Derby and GII Fountain of Youth S. earlier this year. Trained by Rick Violette Jr., Upstart is being pointed toward a start in the GI Kentucky Derby May 2. “Upstart has been on our...
Trainer Jim Bolger will be hoping his G2 Rockfel S. scorer Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal), who was one of 25 fillies remaining in the May 3 G1 1000 Guineas at Wednesday’s declaration stage, will continue to follow the path of his previous winner of that Classic, Finsceal Beo (Ire) (Mr. Greeley). Finsceal Beo closed out her juvenile campaign...
by Bill Finley With 16 full card cancellations and a horse shortage that allowed the racing office to card just eight races on many occasions, this was a winter that the New York Racing Association would like to forget. Yet yesterday’s meeting of the New York Racing Association Reorganization Board at times took on a...
As a company that sold $535 million worth of horses in 2014, and handled another $263 million in wagers, Keeneland, it could be assumed, has a big economic impact on the local economy in Lexington, Kentucky. But just how big? That’s what officials at Keeneland wanted to know when they commissioned a study by the...
Reigning Hong Kong Horse of the Year Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) will attempt to become the first horse since Japan’s Eishin Preston (Green Dancer) in 2002-2003 to record back-to-back successes in Sunday’s G1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse. He is somewhat surprisingly the second favorite in early wagering...