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John Oneil, who took over the lead midway through day two of the three-day competition, bested 606 entries to win the $2.3-million Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship Sunday at the Treasure Island in Las Vegas. Oneil was the NHC two-day leader at the end of Saturday’s races, but lost the lead toward the end...
Frankie Dettori will be at Gulfstream Park Feb. 7 to ride at least two horses in graded stakes events on the GI Donn H. day card, including Sandiva (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) for Al Shaqab Racing in the GIII Suwanee River H. Javier Castellano rode the 4-year-old filly last out in her winning effort in the Dec. 20...
By T.D. Thornton The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has embarked upon a strategy shift in an effort to ease the burden of federal tax reporting and withholding requirements for horseplayers. For roughly the past decade, the NTRA has been lobbying for legislative changes to Internal Revenue Code Section 3402(q)(3)(c), which requires tax withholding if winnings...
Juddmonte have unveiled the names of 16 of their mares set to be covered by outstanding miler Kingman (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), the newest resident at Banstead Manor Stud in Newmarket. The list is headed by none other than Kind (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of Champion racehorse Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), fellow G1 winner Noble Mission (GB)...
Ron the Greek (Full Mandate) proved far too classy for his rivals in Saturday’s The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (King’s Cup) at Janadriyah Racetrack in Riyadh, a race marred by a terrible spill which resulted in a reported three equine fatalities. Drawn in stall five, Ron the Greek raced in about a joint...
Saturday, Golden Gate Fields EL CAMINO REAL DERBY-GIII, $200,525, GGX, 2-14, 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:49 4/5, ft. 1–#@METABOSS, 122, c, 3, by Street Boss 1st Dam: Spinning Yarns (SP, $189,416), by Free House 2nd Dam: Belle Story, by Bien Bien 3rd Dam: Bags of Pace, by Shadeed ($10,000 wlng ’12 KEENOV; $60,000 2yo ‘14 BESMAY)....
By Christie DeBernardis After missing an expected rematch with champions Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) and California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in the GII San Antonio S. Feb. 7 due to an abcess, Kaleem Shah’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Bayern (Offlee Wild) is preparing for his next target. The “TDN Rising Star” breezed three furlongs in :36.60 Monday at...
Ralph Evans’s Upstart (Flatter) looks to continue his march towards the Triple Crown in the GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S., which is part of a blockbuster Gulfstream card Saturday that features seven additional added money events. The bay kicked off his career with a pair of wins against New York-breds at Saratoga before finishing a...
A field of 11 line up Sunday for Oaklawn’s GIII Southwest S., which was postponed from its traditional spot on Presidents Day due to winter weather. Harry Rosenblum and Robert LaPenta’s Far Right (Notional) rallied up the rail to win the local Smarty Jones S. Jan. 19 going away after favored Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) veered out in deep...
Trainer Todd Pletcher reported that Itsaknockout (Lemon Drop Kid), winner of Saturday’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. via disqualification, came out of his stakes debut in good order and is a prospect for the GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby Mar. 28. “He came out of it well,” Pletcher said. “He looked good. We’ll see how...
by Ben Massam After multiple flights across the Atlantic Ocean, Tabor, Smith, Magnier and Allen’s The Great War (War Front) has found a home in Kentucky–a return to the state in which he was bred that trainer Wesley Ward hopes will ultimately propel his charge to the top of the American sophomore division. Winner of his 3-year-old...
Plans for Willis Horton’s champion 2-year-old filly Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) are still very much up in the air, but the D. Wayne Lukas trainee is expected to be entered next Wednesday for Oaklawn’s Mar. 7 GIII Honeybee S. The GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and GI Starlet S. heroine is also being considered for the...