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Glen Hill Farm’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Diversy Harbor (Curlin–Motokiks, by Storm Cat) was euthanized Tuesday due to complications from surgery to repair a pair of broken sesamoids. The 4-year-old incurred the injury during the GIII Santa Barbara H. at Santa Anita Apr. 18, in which she was pulled up by Hall of Fame pilot Gary Stevens rounding...
Juddmonte Farms’ G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud hero Epicuris (GB) (Rail Link {GB}) came through a stalls test at Chantilly Thursday morning, but trainer Criquette Head-Maarek cannot rest on her laurels ahead of the G1 French Derby. While the bay successfully passed through the gates, he did so only accompanied by Nicolas Blondeau, the man renowned...
With Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) staying at home, Saturday’s G2 Temple S. at Haydock has opened up for the likes of G Force (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) to capitalize. Although he was disappointing when last of 15 in Ascot’s G2 British Champions Sprint S. in October, Middleham Park Racing’s 4-year-old had looked a natural throughout the campaign...
It was in the 1997 G1 Irish 1000 Guineas that Aidan O’Brien first served notice that the second empire had been built at Ballydoyle as Classic Park (GB) (Robellino) struck at 20-1 in the Curragh contest. By now, a winner of the now Tattersalls-sponsored Classic from that establishment has come to be almost expected with...
Undefeated Lady Eli (Divine Park), winner of the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, will aim for a start in Belmont’s 1 1/8-mile Wonder Again S. May 31, with her ultimate aim being the GI Belmont Oaks July 4. The Sheep Pond Partners colorbearer worked five furlongs in 1:01.16 Sunday over Belmont’s inner turf course in preparation...
The Aga Khan’s Karaktar (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), the winner of his two outings this year including the G3 Prix Noailles Apr. 20, is one of 18 remaining in the May 31 G1 Prix du Jockey Club after Tuesday’s scratching stage. Karaktar is likely to be trainer Alain de Royer Dupre’s lone representative as he looks to...
by J.M. Severni The Barretts May 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale will make its Del Mar debut today at 1:00 p.m. local time. The sale, which was held in Pomona, California previously, features a catalogue of 151 head. Last year’s edition, which saw 70 horses sell for an average of $43,307,...
by T.D. Thornton Parx Racing has become the latest United States racing entity to adopt a “house rule” in an attempt to bring about proactive equine welfare change without having to wait out the bureaucratic delay typically associated with getting regulations passed at the state racing commission level. As of June 1, extracorporeal shockwave therapy...
A total of 24 horses will be offered during the horses-in-training portion of the Goffs London Sale in association with QIPCO, held at The Orangery at Kensington Palace June 15. This brings the total lots on offer up to 44, as there are also 20 2-year-olds during the breeze-up section that was announced last week. ...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) will put in his final work ahead of the June 6 GI Belmont S. Monday morning at Churchill Downs. “He looks very healthy and he’s happy; he looks like he’s getting ready to work,” trainer Bob Baffert said after the Zayat Stable’s runner galloped...
Prepping for the $500,000 GII Dwyer S. over Belmont’s one-turn mile July 4, last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile upsetter Texas Red (Afleet Alex) went six furlongs in 1:14.60 Saturday morning at Santa Anita. The bay colt worked in the company of his 2-year-old stablemate Go Long (Congrats), with Kent Desormeaux in the irons for his brother...
When Jim Bolger brings a top-rank juvenile to Royal Ascot, they usually pack a formidable punch and on Tuesday the master of Coolcullen arrives with Round Two (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) in the G2 Coventry S. Unbeaten in two starts, Godolphin’s representative beat the smart Argentero (GB) (Zoffany {Ire}) on debut in the same six-furlong Naas conditions race...