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WE ARE NEARING RETURN George Strawbridge’s exciting sophomore filly We Are (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) is nearing a return to the races, with the G1 Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp Oct. 5 the longer term target. The Freddy Head charge had come home first in all three starts to date, but was disqualified from her two most recent...
Al Shaqab Racing’s Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}–Acidanthera {GB}, by Alzao) will stand at Haras de Bouquetot in France in 2015. A triple Group 1 winner with wins in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere as a juvenile, the G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. at Ascot last October and the G1 Lockinge S., the handsome bay will make...
As many as nine sophomore fillies look to join a list of winners that includes the likes of Ashado (Saint Ballado), Careless Jewel (Tapit), Havre de Grace (Saint Liam), My Miss Aurelia (Smart Strike) and Close Hatches (First Defence) in today’s GI Cotillion S. at Parx. The conversation has to start with Winchell Thoroughbreds’s leading...
Sunday’s GIII Ontario Derby looked on paper to be a clash between Prince of Wales S. hero Coltimus Prime and Breeders’ S. victor Ami’s Holiday, but Florida Won had different ideas and upset that Ontario-bred duo. Fourth behind We Miss Artie (Artie Schiller) in a single appearance at two for Bill Mott, the $385,000 Keeneland...
Trainer Jimmy Jerkens enjoyed a banner day at Saratoga when his V. E. Day (English Channel) closed powerfully to just nip stablemate Wicked Strong (Hard Spun) on the wire in the Aug. 23 GI Travers S. The duo match up again in Saturday’s GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park. “Both horses, knock on wood, have been incredible...
Plus 10 Offers Buyer Incentives… By Emma Berry Over the last few years, several ‘self-help’ incentive schemes have been introduced at bloodstock sales in order to stimulate demand for British and Irish yearlings following the slump in trade caused by recession and over production. Opinion remains divided as to how beneficial each scheme has been,...
After sweeping Saratoga’s Grade I sprinting events this summer, Antonino Miuccio’s Palace (City Zip) looks to punch his (second) ticket to the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint via Belmont’s “Win and You’re In” GI Vosburgh Invitational. Claimed by these connections for a mere $20,000 back in October 2012, Palace has continued to thrive under Linda Rice’s tutelage. The...
Not surprisingly, trainer Chad Brown has a strong hand for today’s GIII Pilgrim S. at Belmont Park, a race which is likely to produce a starter or two for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf a little less than five weeks from today. The superstar conditioner has accounted for the last two winners of the...
Connections of the winners on Belmont Park’s Super Saturday card were looking ahead to the Breeders’ Cup Chamspionships at Santa Anita Sunday morning. Tonalist (Tapit), who added the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup to his GI Belmont S. title, exited the race in fine shape. “He came out of the race in good order,” reported trainer Christophe...
Hong Kong’s two winners from Dubai World Cup night Mar. 29 cross swords in this first local pattern race on the new season. Short-track specialist Amber Sky, last-out winner of the G1 Al Quoz Sprint up the straight 1000-meter turf course at Meydan, would seem to own the advantage over G1 Dubai Golden Shaheen hero Sterling City,...
Champion Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) breezed a best-of-19 five panels in 1:00.60 over the Golden Gate synthetic yesterday in preparation for his next start in the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic Nov. 1 at Santa Anita. Hall of Fame jockey Russell Baze was aboard for the work. “It was a really good work and a very good...
Saturday’s A$3-million G1 Caulfield Cup has attracted an eclectic field of 20, but the complexion of the G1 Melbourne Cup pointer has been affected no fewer than four withdrawals on veterinary grounds. The globetrotting Dandino (GB) (Dansili {GB}), beaten just over a length into second in last year’s running by Fawkner (Aus) (Reset {Aus}) reportedly worked well...