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Sunday, Monmouth Park WILLIAM HILL HASKELL INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $1,030,000, MTH, 7-27, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:47 4/5, ft. 1–sBAYERN, 118, c, 3, by Offlee Wild 1st Dam: Alittlebitearly, by Thunder Gulch 2nd Dam: Aquilegia, by Alydar 3rd Dam: Courtly Dee, by Never Bend ($320,000 2yo ‘13 FTMMAY). O-Kaleem Shah Inc; B-Helen Alexander (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Martin ...
MONCEAUX ON THE MOVE By Kelsey Riley When the hammer fell on Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) for an Irish record of €6 million at Goffs November last year, it marked an historic moment for many involved, but perhaps none more so than Lucien Urano’s Ecurie des Monceaux, the co-breeder of the G1 Irish Oaks winner. ...
Winner of his last five starts, Midwest Thoroughbreds homebred The Pizza Man (English Channel) hopes to keep that streak alive while attempting the highest level for the first time today in Woodbine’s GI Northern Dancer Turf S. Trained by Roger Brueggemann, the hard-knocking gelding spent six months in the Tom Amoss barn last year and captured his...
Sophomore sire Pioneerof the Nile has been red-hot of late, concluding the Del Mar meet, by way of example, with three graded winners in the span of four days, including GI Del Mar Futurity winner American Pharaoh, the GII Del Mar Derby winner Midnight Storm, and the GIII Torrey Pines S. winner Jojo Warrior. A nicely built son...
When Keeneland sent the finalized version of its September catalog, the 2-year-old filly Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate) was a sharp maiden winner at Belmont who had shipped to Royal Ascot and run second in the 21-strong G3 Albany S. Not bad, for sure. Since then, however, the Ten Broeck Farm-owned, Wesley Ward-trained filly has become arguably the...
OVERSEAS OPTIONS FOR SIMCOCK DUO Trainer David Simcock has reported that Trade Storm (GB) (Trade Fair {GB}) and Sheikhzayedroad (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})–who handed the conditioner a Grade I double in the Woodbine Mile and Northern Dancer S. Sunday–have both exited their efforts in good order and could log more air miles in the near future. “The two horses have...
Longines, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) will honor the inaugural world’s best jockey at the Longines Hong Kong International Races gala dinner at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center Dec. 12. Jockeys earn points by performing in the world’s 100 highest-rated Group 1 or Grade...
ENCKE TO GO THE DISTANCE Godolphin’s 2012 G1 St Leger winner Encke (Kingmambo) has exited his third-place finish in the G1 Irish St Leger Sept. 14 in good order and will likely continue down the comeback trail in the G2 Qipco British Champions Long Distance Cup at Ascot Oct. 18. “Encke came out of the Irish St...
LOOK TO LUCIDA One of Jim Bolger’s leading juveniles of 2014, Godolpin’s Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal) bids to build on her latest second in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. in today’s G2 Shadwell Rockfel S. at Newmarket. Just a neck behind Cursory Glance (Distorted Humor) in The Curragh’s feature Sept. 14, the bay had earlier filled the same...
TRAINER TOBY BALDING DIES Prominent British jumps trainer Toby Balding, brother to trainer Ian Balding and uncle to trainer Andrew Balding and renowned broadcaster Clare Balding, died Thursday at age 78. Balding had trained the winners of all of Britain’s major jumps prizes before his retirement in 2004, including two Grand Nationals and Champions Hurdles...
EYES ON THE PREIS Today’s G1 Preis von Europa at Cologne is without a domestic star and overseas challenge, and with the 3-year-olds accounting for six of the last nine winners it may be that the Classic generation holds sway again in an open renewal. Boasting marginally the best form of that age group is...
by Emma Berry If Henry Beeby and his team are seeking omens ahead of the start of Goffs’ Orby Sale, then warm sunshine in Kildare and a facile Group 2 victory for last year’s €2.85-million sale-topper, Ol’ Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), on Sunday can be considered to be two major positives. Beeby is a...