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Hronis Racing’s GII Summertime Oaks heroine Stellar Wind (Curlin) seems to have exited Saturday’s victory in good order and is being considered for Parx’s GI Cotillion S. Sept. 19. “I haven’t really put my hands on her as yet this morning, but I saw her walking around and she looked good,” trainer John Sadler said. “It looks...
By Harper Hutchins There are hundreds of differences between American racing and the sport around the world. Whether traditions or regulations have kept these differences in place–from the weight scale to the use of lead ponies to racetrack stabling–America, frankly, often seems to be on the other side of the world. One difference that is...
Darren Fox, a 2009 graduate of the Darley Flying Start program, has been appointed to the position of sales manager of the Darley stallion division in America. A native of County Roscommon, Ireland, Fox was employed by the farm for four years before moving on to become the Stallion Seasons Director at WinStar Farm. Dan...
Denied the coveted 1000 Guineas-Oaks double by Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) as her stamina ebbed in the final yards at Epsom last time June 5, Michael Tabor’s Legatissimo (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) drops back to what looks an ideal trip of 10 furlongs on Sunday for The Curragh’s G1 Sea the Stars Pretty Polly S. Having...
One week from tomorrow Fasig-Tipton kicks off the 2015 North American yearling market with the Kentucky July yearling sale, in which 40 years ago this year, Seattle Slew sold as a yearling for $17,500 to Karen and Mickey Taylor, and it’s been producing good horses ever since. This year 332 yearlings are catalogued–a 25% increase...
4th-GPX, $42,000, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 1:50 1/5, ft. TONALIST, c, 3, by Tapit 1st Dam: Settling Mist, by Pleasant Colony 2nd Dam: Toll Fee, by Topsider 3rd Dam: Toll Booth, by Buckpasser Tonalist finished fourth on debut behind two fellow Tapits, Matterhorn and Harpoon, going a mile at the Big A Nov. 16. Adding...
By Catlyn Spivey The Boston Marathon bombing that killed three and injured 260 people on Apr. 15 shook America, but no one was more effected than the New England residents. Since that time, funds have been developed for victims, and many have rallied together to restore the city. With the anniversary of the tragedy fast...
6th-SAX, $57,750, Msw, 3yo, f, a6 1/2fT, 1:13, fm. +DIVERSY HARBOR, f, 3, by Curlin 1st Dam: Motokiks, by Storm Cat 2nd Dam: Matoki, by Hail to Reason 3rd Dam: Salmon Lake, by Tom Fool Diversy Harbor, sent off at 5-1 in this unveiling, was shuffled back in the field going down the hill while racing...
6th-AQU, $65,000, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 1:40 1/5, ft. EMPOWER (c, 3, Distorted Humor–Magnificience {GSW, $163,378}, by Stormy Atlantic) took action all the way into 5-2 for his six-furlong debut at Gulfstream Park Dec. 19, but little went right that day, as he was wide and trailed in ninth. He found himself on a van back to New...
3rd-TAM, $21,000, Alw, Opt. Clm. ($75,000), NW1X, 3yo, 7f, 1:24, ft. GIANCARLO (c, 3, Tapit–Glitzen Glory {SP, $102,710}, by Honour and Glory), a 6 1/2-length maiden winner in his second outing at Calder Dec. 7, finished third in the Pasco S. here Jan. 4 and was a well-beaten second last time in Calder allowance company Jan....
Honors Stable Corp’s Wildcat Red (D’wildcat)–a runaway winner of the seven-furlong GIII Hutcheson S. Feb. 1, proved all heart on the stretch out in distance by defeating General a Rod (Roman Ruler) by a head over a course playing kind to speed in yesterday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream. General a Rod previously defeated Wildcat...
By Alan Carasso After taking some time off for the Sochi Olympics, Esquire TV’s ‘Horseplayers’ was back with a new episode Tuesday evening entitled ‘Del Mar Destiny.’ While Team Rotondo was not in attendance ‘where the surf meets the turf,’ the rest of the cast were on hand for a handicapping challenge during the second...