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By Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.com Yes, Main Sequence is an older male horse who had an outstanding year. No, he should not have been named champion older male horse. While those may seem like completely contradictory statements, they are anything but. Since the industry first began awarding year-end championships there was, for the longest...
ROD STREET, Chief Executive, British Champions Series On Jan. 15, the European Pattern Committee announced a number of changes for 2015, several pertaining to the autumn 2-year-old racing program in Europe. One of them was to move the G1 Middle Park S. to an earlier date, a fortnight before the G1 Dewhurst S., and also...
Jerre Paxton, one of Washington’s all-time leading owners and breeders, passed away Monday night at the age of 76. The Yakima, Washington native served as President of his family’s Kwik Lok Corp., which produces plastic clips used to seal bread and produce bags. He entered the Thoroughbred industry in the 1970s and was the founder of Northwest...
As the second session of Karaka’s three-day Select Yearling Sale drew to a close, average and median figures both registered increases on last year’s renewal. The average price over the first two days of selling stood at NZ$50,036, up 8%, while the median reached NZ$36,750, a 5% gain. The clearance rate was 74%, a similar...
NO DUBAI FOR CIRRUS DES AIGLES Veteran Group 1 galloper Cirrus Des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) will bypass this year’s Dubai World Cup card with an aim towards a seasonal debut at Longchamp prior to the G1 Prix Ganay at that course May 3. The 9-year-old gelding was last seen finishing fourth, beaten 1 1/2 lengths,...
by Alan Carasso Owner Adam Wachtel, along with his regular partners Nils Brous and Gary Barber, have teamed to purchase recent Parx maiden winner Tiz Shea D (Tiznow) for an undisclosed sum in a deal brokered by Bradley Weisbord’s BSW Bloodstock. A$67,000 Keeneland November weanling purchase in late 2012, Tiz Shea D was bought back twice as...
Australian import Thunder Fantasy (Aus) (Lucky Owners {NZ} caused a boilover in Sunday’s Classic Cup at Sha Tin, thickening an already complicated plot for the Mar. 15 Hong Kong Derby. A veteran of 12 starts Down Under for trainer Anthony Cummings, the homebred posted his biggest win in the G2 Autumn S. at Caulfield exactly 53 weeks earlier...
by Ben Massam As the road to the GI Kentucky Derby winds on, very few trainers have as many highly regarded prospects in their barn as Kiaran McLaughlin. This coming weekend will be a particularly eventful one, as he sends out Frosted (Tapit) in the GII Besilu Fountain of Youth S. at Gulfstream Park and Imperia (Medaglia d’Oro) in...
By Christie DeBernardis Barry Schwartz’s undefeated Jacaranda (Congrats) has some pretty big shoes to fill, but the talented sophomore is already well on her way. A half-sister to GI Donn H. and GI Florida Derby hero Constitution (Tapit), the chestnut is set to make her seasonal bow in Saturday’s GII Davona Dale S. at Gulfstream. “It was...
Initially scheduled Jan. 20, the G3 Jebel Ali Mile was postponed due to the death of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia. The race is sponsored by Derrinstown Stud, the Irish arm of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s breeding empire, and has attracted a field of 10, most notably last year’s winner Forjatt...
Globetrotting sprinter Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}), last seen finishing fourth in the G1 Hong Kong Sprint Dec. 14, tuned up for another trip to that nation for the Mar. 15 G1 Queen’s Silver Jubilee Cup with a spin over the Dundalk course prior to racing yesterday. The 7-year-old gelding completed a mile over the course...
By Lucas Marquardt Three years ago, few in Europe had heard of Sheikh Joaan Al-Thani, a younger brother of Qatar’s ruling Emir. Then came Group 1 winners like Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) and Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}). And of course, the mighty Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), who won the last two renewals of the G1 Prix de l’Arc de...