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The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has terminated its contract with Truesdail Laboratory after Truesdail failed to report positive findings in three samples that contained drugs in violation of Indiana’s medication rules. The drugs, isoflupredone and betamethasone, were detected by the commission’s audit laboratory, Industrial Laboratories, and confirmed by referee laboratory LGC Science. The concentrations of...
By Steve Sherack With the top three finishers from the GI Kentucky Derby finally arriving at Pimlico Wednesday afternoon, it’s starting to feel much more like GI Preakness S. week. The game Derby runner-up Firing Line (Line of David) and longshots Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) and Tale of Verve (Tale of Ekati) were up and at ‘em early on a cool...
Thursday’s eye-catching G2 Dante S. winner Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) will be supplemented to the G1 Epsom Derby June 6, trainer John Gosden confirmed late Saturday. Owner Anthony Oppenheimer will therefore pay £75,000 to run his colt in the Epsom Classic rather than go to France for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club May 31. ...
Owner and breeder William Koester, a former RCI and Ohio State Racing Commission chair, joined WHOA in support of federal legislation to ban race day drugs. He released the following statement: “While most trainers born after 1960 have little or no experience racing without drugging their horses on raceday. I refuse to believe that North...
Moyglare Stud’s homebred Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) will miss his eagerly awaited comeback run this weekend due to a head cold. The Dermot Weld trained colt was antepost favorite for the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup at The Curragh this Sunday. Weld said to the Racing Post on Wednesday, “Free Eagle has picked up a head cold and...
Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon will be out of action “for at least 10 days”, said the jockey’s agent Simon Dodds Thursday. Fallon reportedly hurt a foot at Newmarket Saturday, but rode at Southwell Monday. He was booked to ride First Party (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) at Nottingham Thursday evening but will now be replaced...
Sixteen contenders remain for the G1 Epsom Derby June 6 following Friday’s scratching stage. That group does not include current 7-4 favorite Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}); however, that Anthony Oppenheimer colorbearer, who remained unbeaten when besting stablemate Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) in the G2 Dante S. May 14, is expected to be supplemented for £75,000 at the...
Still a maiden after three starts, Stall Nizza’s Nightflower (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) will nevertheless start favorite for Sunday’s G2 Diana-Trial at Hoppegarten as her followers wait for her to come into her own. Bred to be a Classic filly, being a daughter of the 2009 G2 Oaks d’Italia winner Night of Magic (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), she...
G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Shamal Wind (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}) put in her final major preparation before departing Australia for Royal Ascot when finishing second in an 800-meter barrier trial at Cranbourne Monday. Trainer Robert Smerdon told Racing and Sports he was “really happy” with the 5-year-old’s trial. “It was what we wanted, just a nice gallop and...
Godolphin has bought unbeaten 2-year-old colt Birchwood (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) from David Armstrong. The bay, who broke his maiden on debut at Doncaster May 2 before taking a Newbury conditions race two weeks later, will remain in training with Richard Fahey and will have summer stakes targets. John Ferguson, Bloodstock Advisor to Sheikh Mohammed, said, “Birchwood...
Last year’s champion male sprinter Work All Week (City Zip) gets his season off to a somewhat belated start in Churchill’s GIII Aristides S. under the Twin Spires Saturday. The Midwest Thoroughbreds homebred reeled off three straight victories to kick off his Eclipse-winning season before his lone runner-up effort in Arlington’s Addison Cammack H. for Illinois-breds in...
Andre Fabre is confident of a big run from New Bay (GB) (Dubawi [Ire}) as he steps up from a mile for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday. The legendary French trainer believes the son of Dubawi will relish the extra two and a half furlongs of the colts’ Classic following his...