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Fifteen sophomores will face the starter in Japan’s first colts’ Classic of the season, the G1 Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas), and Satono Crown (Jpn) (Marju {Ire}) is the 2-1 morning line favorite as he looks to extend his unbeaten record to four. Wrapping up a two-race juvenile campaign with a Group 3 score under Ryan Moore...
Trainer Richard Hannon saw three of his Guineas prospects beaten at their Newbury trials Saturday, but the conditioner was nonetheless optimistic about their performances Sunday. Last year’s G1 Cheveley Park S. victress Tiggy Wiggy (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) appeared to run out of gas when third in the G3 Fred Darling S., and Hannon confirmed she will head...
by T.D. Thornton On Tuesday, joint gatherings of the Racing Commissioners International (RCI) and the Association of Official Racing Chemists Association (AORC) will convene in Tampa for the three-day Conference on Equine Welfare and Anti-Doping Policy. Regulators, scientists and veterinarians will wade through overlapping agendas to address issues like harmonization between jurisdictions, model rules, and...
The Freddy Head-trained Ride Like The Wind (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) was one of 34 entries remaining in the G1 2000 Guineas at Wednesday’s declaration stage for the May 2 Classic, and the Olivier Thomas silkbearer has his conditioner comparing him to Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), who was Head’s first Guineas entrant last year,...
Tapit Filly Lights Out at OBS… by Jessica Martini A filly by leading sire Tapit lived up to all the pre-sale hype, selling for an OBS record $1.9 million to bloodstock agents Alex Solis and Jason Litt, who were bidding on hip 439 on behalf of the ownership group LNJ Foxwoods and fended off a bidder on...
ELLIOTT WALDEN, WinStar Farm President/CEO & Racing Manager: I often get asked if I miss training. There are times that I miss the camaraderie of the backside, the friendships of fellow trainers, and the many great people who have worked for me over the years. Yesterday, however, was a day I did not miss training....
Fabio Branca, the retained jockey of Scuderia Effevi, faced a tough choice for Sunday’s G3 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1000 Guineas), with his boss, Felice Villa, having two talented and unbeaten fillies in the race. Reset In Blue (Ire)(Fastnet Rock {Aus}) opened her account strolling home in her juvenile debut over 1800 meters and has won...
Trainer Aidan O’Brien will make the call “early in the week” as to whether G1 1000 Guineas favorite Found (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) lines up for the May 3 Newmarket Classic, according to Racing Post. O’Brien revealed over the weekend that a temperature earlier in the season had forced Found to progress slower than planned, but the Ballydoyle...
Now that the inaugural G1 Commonwealth Cup is looming on the horizon, it is time for the 3-year-old sprinters to show their hands in the newly promoted G3 Pavilion S. on Wednesday’s Ascot card. Designed to offer a clear path to the Royal meeting along with next month’s G2 Sandy Lane S. at Haydock, the...
by Bill Finley Everyone wants to win the Kentucky Derby, but the people who usually get there shop at Tiffany. Not Jon Jazdzewski. He goes to the Dollar Store. What does it take to buy a Derby contender these days? Sometimes as much as $1.6 million, which is what was paid for Carpe Diem at...
Ten Broeck Farm’s Sunset Glow (Exchange Rate) will look to hog the spotlight in the GIII Edgewood S. under the Twin Spires. Second in last June’s G3 Albany S. at Royal Ascot, the Wesley Warned-trained miss ran away with Del Mar’s GII Sorrento S. Aug. 6 and showed a new dimension to take the GI Del Mar...
Renewals of the G2 Betfred Dante S. rarely come as potentially informative as this one, with all the leading protagonists for Epsom bar Zawraq (Ire) (Shamardal) lining up for the leading blue riband trial on York’s Knavesmire circuit. Despite their prominent place in the winter ante-post lists for the Derby, both Ballydoyle colts John F Kennedy...