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Kevin Ryan believes the ground is turning in The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire})’s favor as he prepares his dual Group 1 winner for the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh Sunday. The going at The Curragh was described Thursday morning as good to yielding and the forecast is for dry weather through the weekend. “I...
Frankie Dettori has picked up the mount on G1 Epsom Derby favorite Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) for that June 6 Classic. Dettori was aboard Golden Horn’s John Gosden stablemate Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) when finishing second to Golden Horn, under William Buick, in the May 14 G2 Dante S., but Jack Hobbs was partially bought by Godolphin...
The new TDN Topics feature (click here to read TDN Topics: Should the Crop Be Banned?) creates a great opportunity for those of us who care about the long-range health of racing to stand up and be counted. Therefore, I am moved to write one last time, despite being “retired” from 40 years of handicapping, betting,...
The Japan Racing Horse Association has catalogued 244 yearlings and 241 foals for its Select Sale July 13 and 14. The catalogue will be posted on the JRHA’s website May 29, and printed catalogues will be posted June 5. The catalogue features a selection of foals and yearlings by leading sires Heart’s Cry (Jpn), Symboli...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) breezed a half-mile in :48 flat Tuesday at Churchill Downs in his first work towards the GI Belmont S. June 6. With jockey Martin Garcia in the saddle, the Zayat colorbearer went in 1/8-mile splits of :12.20, :24, and :35.80 with five furlong gallop...
California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) is set to have a racecourse gallop at Ascot next week ahead of his engagement at the Royal meeting. It is hoped Frankie Dettori will be able to partner last year’s G1 Kentucky Derby and G1 Preakness S. winner in the exercise as he prepares for the G1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes...
Irish trainer Sabrina Harty believes her stable star Ansgar (Ire) (Celtic Swing {GB}) is ready to do himself justice on his seasonal bow in Saturday’s G3 Jury S. at Haydock. The 7-year-old enjoyed a magnificent campaign in 2014, striking gold in the G3 Minstrel S. at the Curragh, the G3 Supreme S. at Goodwood and the G2...
Chantilly’s G1 Prix du Jockey Club has been the property of His Highness The Aga Khan on six occasions since 1979, and it could be a case of seven up in Sunday’s edition with the likely favorite Karaktar (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) charged with sporting the emerald green. Mastering testing conditions when annexing the Mar. 28 Listed...
Goffs stages its second London Sale Monday, and the boutique event, coined by Goffs Chief Executive Henry Beeby as the “unofficial curtain-raiser to Royal Ascot,” will offer 43 lots at The Orangery at Kensington Palace, with 13 scratches from the catalogue. The offerings are comprised of a select breeze-up bunch followed by horses in training,...
Third in both the G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas, Ivawood (Ire) (Zebedee {GB}) sets a clear standard as he steps back more into his comfort zone on Wednesday, reverting to seven furlongs for the G3 Jersey S. Beaten three lengths by Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) when forced to race from the front away from the main...
Wesley Ward’s beaming smile has already graced Royal Ascot’s winner’s circle this week courtesy of “The Aeroplane” Acapulco (Scat Daddy) in Wednesday’s G2 Queen Mary S., and the Florida-based conditioner offers up last year’s Listed Windsor Castle S. hero Hootenanny (Quality Road) in the inaugural rendition of the G1 Commonwealth Cup. Edged out of G1 Prix Morny...
With a decent amount of early speed signed on, Saturday’s $500,000 Ohio Derby could set up nicely for a wait-and-sprint runner. But which one will the gamblers fall for? Divining Rod (Tapit) employed front-running tactics when falling just short in the GIII Sam F. Davis S. at Tampa Jan. 31 and when a more well-beaten third...