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by Michele MacDonald In a major change of policy, the Japan Racing Horse Association has opted to prohibit owners who are not Japanese residents from selling foals at the annual JRHA Select Sale in July. The decision was announced in a brief statement on the JRHA website, which indicated there had been “no specific limitation”...
Although the race has attracted its three most recent winners, Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) will start a heavy favorite as he looks to solidify his status as one of the world’s elite milers in today’s Stewards’ Cup at Sha Tin, granted international Group 1 status for the first time in its history. Following his defeat of Designs...
By Emma Berry Imitation, it is said, is the sincerest form of flattery. In devising the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Stallion Trail, the Irish studs have followed the example set in the Normandy region, when in 2010 the French farms and the French Racing and Breeding Committee launched La Route des Etalons, which has continued annually....
A former Epsom Derby runner-up who once commanded a mere 50,000gns as a stallion prospect emerged from well under most people’s radar to make the headlines at Wednesday’s inaugural session of the Karaka Select Sale. Tartan Bearer (Ire) (Spectrum {Ire}), the winner of the 2008 G2 Dante S. and second to New Approach (Ire) (Galileo...
Tommy Town Thoroughbreds’ Barbados (Speightstown) exited his GIII Hutcheson S. victory Jan. 24 with a knee chip, according to trainer Mike Tomlinson. “He came out of the Hutcheson with a small chip in the upper joint of the left knee,” Tomlinson said. “It’s not anything serious. He’ll only be off 60 to 90 days and it’s a...
After two years of shuttling at the Aga Khan’s Haras de Bonneval, where he covered strong books of mares from all around Europe and as far away as the USA and Canada, Arrowfield Stud’s three-time Champion Sire Redoute’s Choice (Aus) will serve a limited number of mares to northern hemisphere time from his home base...
Impressive GII Lambholm South Holy Bull S. winner Upstart (Flatter) tuned up for Saturday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. with a five-furlong breeze in 1:00 3/5 (9/29) at Palm Meadows yesterday. “If all systems are as good as they are, we’ll be entering in the Fountain of Youth,” trainer Rick Violette commented. Owned by Ralph...
By Kelsey Riley The Haefner family’s Moyglare Stud, which enjoyed a banner year in 2014 as the breeder of Grade/Group 1 winners Designs On Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) and Rich Tapestry (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) as well as the exciting J “TDN Rising Star” J Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), has unveiled the matings for some of its approximately...
Though still in its relative infancy, the China Horse Club has become an increasingly important entity on racetracks and in sales pavilions around the world. Earlier this year, the CHC purchased a stake in the Peter Moody-trained Dissident (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) and the 4-year-old validated his new part-owner’s confidence as he went on to win his fourth...
Team Valor International’s Speechify (Harlan’s Holiday) looks for his third-consecutive stakes score in today’s GIII Gulfstream Park Sprint S. The Ralph Nicks pupil annexed Gulfstream Park West’s Kenny Noe, Jr. S. Nov. 16, and doubled up last time in the local GIII Mr. Prospector S. Dec. 27. “He’s good. I’m sure the water will be a little...
What a good piece written by Dean Towers on simulcasting fees. It explains very well the complex world in which racing is today, one where not only breeders, owners, trainers, racetracks and jockeys provide value but those distributing the product and marketing the experience of racing as well. It gets very difficult to accept it,...
by Jessica Martini The juvenile sales season, which will feature a markedly different landscape in 2015, kicks off Monday afternoon with the Barretts Select 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Pomona, California. The auction will be the last to be held at the Hinds Pavilion at Fairplex, with Barretts set to move to Del Mar for...