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Robert Evans’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Tonalist (Tapit) breezed five furlongs in 1:01.23 (7/13) at Belmont Friday morning in his final work for the GI Metropolitan H. June 6. The bay, who was ridden by regular exercise rider Lee Vickers, galloped out six furlongs in 1:14, according to trainer Christophe Clement. “It was a nice maintenance work; he...
Dual Guineas winner Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will likely remain in the June 6 G1 Epsom Derby at Monday’s confirmation stage, trainer Aidan O’Brien reported from Chantilly Sunday. While it appeared more likely that Gleneagles would stick to a mile for the G1 St. James’s Palace S. at Royal Ascot after his G1 Irish 2000 Guineas win...
by Mike Kane Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen has asked for a 30-day extension of the comment period on the environmental review of a list of proposed changes in the redevelopment of the Saratoga Race Course. The comment period on the multi-year project developed by the New York Racing Association ends Monday. Yepsen was one...
Of all the British races to concentrate the mind of Aidan O’Brien, Royal Ascot’s G1 St James’s Palace S. obviously takes high rank in importance with a record-equaling six winners emanating from Ballydoyle since the turn of the millennium. Traditionally by this time of year the Rosegreen establishment is hitting top stride and there is...
With Leading Light (Ire) Montjeu {Ire}) off the scene, Thursday’s G1 Gold Cup is there for the taking for the current crop of stayers, of which Moyglare Stud’s Forgotten Rules (Ire) (Nayef) is the obvious pick. Only raced three times on the flat, the 5-year-old has been handled with great patience and tenderness by Dermot Weld, and...
‘TDN Rising Star’ Mr. Jordan (Kantharos) headlines a field of eight in Sunday’s GIII Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park as he makes his first start since being disqualified from first to second in Gulfstream’s Tarpon S. Apr. 25. A head-turning debut winner for Eddie Plesa sprinting here last September, the grey added a pair of stakes...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was back on the track jogging at Santa Anita Sunday morning. “He jogged today,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “The weather is still pretty hot, but he’ll probably start galloping tomorrow. He’ll parade here Saturday, but he won’t breeze.” Baffert’s other top sophomore Dortmund (Big Brown) breezed a half-mile in :47.40 in...
The fallout from Royal ascot continues as with every winner invariably there are many more losers. Two strongly fancied horses that both failed to perform to their best ability were Hootenanny (Quality Road) and Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Wesley Ward’s Breeders’ Cup winner was favorite for the G1 Commonwealth Cup but never featured and his trainer is at a loss...
The connections of 35 3-year-old colts and geldings have been extended invitations to the GI William Hill Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park Aug. 2, headed by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile). The Zayat homebred, who was winning his seventh consecutive race when besting Frosted (Tapit) to secure the Triple Crown in the GI Belmont S....
After wins in the 11-furlong Prix de la Seine at Longchamp May 10 and Chantilly’s G3 Prix de Royaumont three weeks later, His Highness The Aga Khan’s Kataniya (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) bids to maintain the winning sequence as she continues to scale the heights in Sunday’s G2 Prix de Malleret at Saint-Cloud. Despite having just a neck...
Dual Group 1-winning juvenile Pride Of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) has returned to the stable of trainers Peter and Paul Snowden after taking a winter spell. The Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed al Maktoum homebred broke his maiden in Victoria’s most important 2-year-old race–the G1 Blue Diamond S.–in his third start, after which Coolmore bought into him....
SILVERBULLETDAY S., $120,000, FGX, 1-18, 3yo, f, 1m70y, 1:43, ft. 1–#UNBRIDLED FOREVER, 117, f, 3, by Unbridled’s Song 1st Dam: Lemons Forever (GISW, $648,940), by Lemon Drop Kid 2nd Dam: Critikola (Arg), by Tough Critic 3rd Dam: Hola Keats (Arg), by Keats O/B-Charles Fipke (KY); T-Dallas Stewart; J-Robby Albarado. $75,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $100,830. 2–Divine Beauty, 120,...