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FEVER KOS RING WEEKEND St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbred’s Ring Weekend (Tapit) has been removed from consideration for Saturday’s GI Kentucky Derby after spiking a fever Sunday. “They took a temp and it was elevated, 102 degrees,” West Point’s Jeff Lifson said of trainer Graham Motion’s Fair Hill team. “The white blood cell count was...
By Lucas Marquardt Unbridled’s Song died last year at the age of 20, but his offspring–and those hailing from his sire line–are still making noise on the track. On Friday, the former Taylor Made stallion will be represented by two daughters and two granddaughters in the GI Kentucky Oaks. Another granddaughter, Fiftyshadesofgold (My Golden Song), was originally...
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale opened with a strong session in Timonium Monday, with figures up across the board from last year’s first session. In all, 168 horses sold for $11,553,000. A year ago, 121 head grossed $7,235,000. The average of $68,768 was up 15% from last year’s figure of $59,793, while the...
Sherman to Stick With His Winning Formula… Colburn and Perry’s California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will put in his first work since Apr. 26 this Saturday in Elmont in preparation for the GI Belmont S. June 7. Art Sherman, trainer of the Triple Crown hopeful, said during an NTRA teleconference yesterday that the workout will be routine...
BEHIND THE SCENES AT ROYAL ASCOT– FINE DINING This Horse, armored athlete, beast of sinew and grace; Is a creature, not born of Mare, but born of Men and born to race; Of the Trainer, whose eye judges angles and form; Of the Saddler, whose fingers craft leather with awl; Of the Farrier; whose knees...
SHEIKH FAHAD DIGS DEEP IN JAPAN Story and photos by Michele MacDonald Smiling and laughing with enthusiasm, Sheikh Fahad Al Thani grasped the halter of the colt by Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) that he had just bought for the princely sum of ¥260 million ($2,549,020) to crown the Japan Racing Horse Association Select Sale...
Vision, a photographic fund-raising event for the Latino Community Advocacy Program (LCAP), celebrates its seventh anniversary Aug. 5 in Saratoga Springs, New York. LCAP sits under the larger umbrella of the Saratoga County Economic Opportunity Council (EOC) and was established in 2005 to address the needs of Saratoga’s Spanish-speaking community. English as a Second Language...
FIGHT AGAINST WASTE DUMP CONTINUES by Sue Finley For those selling yearlings this week, the focus, of course, has been on the Arqana sale and the fight to be on top of the list of leading consignors. But for those who live in the Norman horse country around the Arqana sales grounds, a much larger...
With two-time defending GI Ricoh Woodine Mile S. hero Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry) opting to make his return in last month’s GII Bernard Baruch H. at Saratoga, an automatic berth to the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile appears to be fairly wide open in this year’s renewal Sunday. Gary Barber, Quintessential Racing Florida and Horse’n Around...
Super Ninety Nine (Pulpit–Exogenetic, by Unbridled’s Song) has been retired from racing and will stand at Josh and Mike Pons’ Country Life Farm near Bel Air, Maryland, as the property of Spendthrift Farm and Country Life. He will be part of Spendthrift’s Share the Upside Program, where mare owners who breed at a fee of $5,000...
After taking the racing world by storm this spring, GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. hero California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) makes his much-anticipated return in Saturday’s GII Pennsylvania Derby. The flashy chestnut returned to the worktab in early August at Los Alamitos after receiving some down time at Harris Farms in California. He emerged from his...
BURN THE TURF Newbury plays host to the sprinting juveniles today, with Qatar Racing and Meikle Ben Stables’ Strath Burn (GB) (Equiano {Fr}) bidding to cement his burgeoning reputation in the G2 Dubai Duty Free Mill Reef S. Following a clear-cut maiden success on debut over five furlongs here July 3, the bay was denied by just...