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Originally scheduled as Keeneland’s opening day feature Apr. 3, the GIII Transylvania S. will instead highlight Wednesday’s card after lightning and heavy rains forced the Lexington oval to cancel the last half of their opening day card. Though the field has gone from 13 to seven in the interim, the 1 1/16-mile test for sophomore...
GIII Coolmore Lexington S. winner Divining Rod (Tapit) is being aimed toward a start in the GI Preakness S. May 16. “Yes, I’m thinking of the Preakness,” trainer Arnaud Delacour said. “The timing seems right. It’s five weeks after the Lexington. We had the Preakness in mind before we entered in the Lexington, hoping he would step...
By Emma Berry Twelve months have passed, but the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale headline looks remarkably similar to last year, with a Mocklershill-consigned son of War Front (lot 113) selling to the Coolmore team to head proceedings. The top price of 850,000gns was slightly more modest than last year’s 1.15 million gns sales-topper, but it...
Trainer Bob Baffert’s GI Santa Anita Derby one-two of ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Dortmund (Big Brown) and One Lucky Dane (Lookin at Lucky) both worked in Arcadia Saturday in anticipation of the GI Kentucky Derby, but only the former will be heading to Churchill. Kaleem Shah’s undefeated Dortmund, who also boasts wins in the GI Los Alamitos Futurity, GIII Robert B....
Qatar Racing and the China Horse Club’s Just The Judge (Ire) (Lawman {Fr}) is being readied to make her first appearance of the season in Britain in the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom. After finishing down the field on her seasonal return in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic in Meydan last month, plans are now in place...
Mubtaahij (Dubawi {Ire}, the Irish-bred colt who recently annexed the G2 UAE Derby for South African-based trainer Mike De Kock, notched his first piece of American prep work ahead of the May 2 GI Kentucky Derby with a three-furlong move at Arlington Park Tuesday morning. The globe-trotting 3-year-old officially breezed three furlongs in :36.20 over the local...
Easter Bunnette (Carson City–Toll Fee, by Topsider) died as a result of hemorrhaging after foaling her Bernardini colt Apr. 18 at Mill Ridge Farm. The 17-year-old was known best for producing Horse of the Year Havre de Grace (Saint Liam). “It is everyone’s dream in this business to associate with a mare like Easter Bunnette,” Mill...
A project to build a new Longchamp Racecourse was voted to continue 8-4 Thursday by the board of director of France Galop, according to Jour de Galop. A company was also chosen for the construction of the new facility, but that party will be revealed at a later date. Construction on the new track will...
As the Classics loom in Germany, Sunday’s G3 Dr Busch-Memorial at Krefeld offers the first real clues with Pearl Bloodstock’s Karpino (Ger) (Cape Cross {Ire}) likely to start a warm order following his highly promising debut success at Hoppegarten in September. Whereas he is all potential, Stall Leon’s Los Cerritos (Swi) (Dr Fong) has proven pattern-race form over this...
In the second of two stirring finishes on the card, Singapore Horse of the Year War Affair came from an impossible position to win first-up in what, for most, was a prep for the S$1-million G1 KrisFlyer International Sprint May 17. Winner of 11 of his 16 local appearances to date, the 4-year-old won races...
The OBS March 2-year-old sale had 200 more horses catalogued than last year, and 125 more sold, for a 48% increase ($18 million) in gross, though a 9% drop in average (still $170,804). So for their April Sale last week to have actually risen 7% in average, with virtually the same number catalogued as last...
Al Shaqab Racing and Gerard Augustin-Normand’s G1 Criterium International winner Ectot (GB) (Hurricane Run {Ire}) will bypass Sunday’s G1 Prix Ganay and instead set his sights on the G1 Prix d’Ispahan May 24. “He had a bit of a problem on a foot and that is why he will not run at the weekend,” said Sylvain Vidal,...