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Australian Horse of the Year and joint top-rated sprinter in the world Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}) returns from a summer break in the G1 Black Caviar Lightning S. at Flemington Saturday, where he is set for an eagerly anticipated clash with Team Hawkes’ unbeaten 4-year-old Deep Field (Aus) (Northern Meteor {Aus}) and Chris Waller’s top 3-year-old Brazen Beau...
GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile romper Texas Red (Afleet Alex) is still pointing towards the GI Santa Anita Derby Apr. 4 despite a slight setback caused by an abcess. The bay has been swimming in order to stay fit while he recovers from the abcess, which was discovered in his right front foot following a second-place finish in...
In an adjourned penalty hearing Monday, Australia’s Racing and Disciplinary Appeals Board pronounced a three-year ban against Victorian trainer Mark Riley. On Jan. 29, Riley was found guilty of administering the prohibited substance TCO2 (bi-carb) to one of his charges ahead of a race at Sandown last July. The trainer pleaded not guilty and argued...
by T.D. Thornton United States breeders, owners and regulatory officials attempting to figure out the export implications of the British Horse Racing Authority’s impending zero-tolerance steroid policy were given guidance in the form of a 23-page expanded rules clarification released on Tuesday. But while the new regulations shed light on a number of concerns such as the...
Hardly 24 hours ahead of the running of the A$1 million G1 Blue Diamond S., Widden Stud revealed they had bought a 10% interest into leading contender Of The Brave (Aus) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}). The A$170,000 Magic Millions yearling purchase–one of the highest-priced member of his sire’s small first crop–looks to maintain his perfect record going into Saturday’s...
Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) headed home a quinella of Godolphin-owned European imports in the G1 Chipping Norton S. at Warwick Farm and presented trainer John O’Shea with his first top-level trophy for the ‘Boys in Blue’, and hour and a half after Exosphere (Aus) (Lonhro {Aus}) saluted the judge in the G2 Skyline S. 5-year-old...
Flat racing is not yet back on turf in the UK, but the Pattern season gets underway at Lingfield Saturday with the running of the £100,000 G3 Winter Derby, where Roger Charlton’s dual G3 winner Captain Cat (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) bids to add another feather in his cap. The 6-year-old gelding really came into his own...
A full field of 14 will head to the post for Sunday’s HK$18-million BMW Hong Kong Derby, trying to follow in the considerable hoofprints of recent winners such as Vengeance of Rain (NZ) (Zabeel {NZ}), Viva Pataca (GB) (Marju {Ire}), Ambitious Dragon (NZ) (Pins {Aus}), Akeed Mofeed (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and last year’s hero Designs...
by Ben Massam It’s been an exciting winter for trainer Brian Lynch. With a number of proven graded stakes winners and promising maiden graduates already residing in his barn, it was Power Alert (Aus) (Alert {Arg})–an imported turf sprinter–who stole the show this past weekend at Gulfstream Park. The grey’s victory in Saturday’s Silks Run S. marked...
It has been a year since the New York Times published its article and the PETA video which painted then-Hall of Fame nominee Steve Asmussen and his assistant, Scott Blasi, as allegedly abusive operatives in the seedy world of horse racing. While many of us were disturbed by the images and comments made in the PETA video,...
by J.M. Severni Trainer Mike Machowsky’s will look for his second win in the GIII Sunland Park Derby Sunday when he sends forward Why Two (Bob and John). Machowsky won the 2009 edition of the race, when it was still a listed stakes, with Kelly Leak (Runaway Groom). The lightly raced Why Two graduated in his second...
The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association and Fasig-Tipton have joined forces to offer Thoroughbred owners a new concierge service. The TOBA Owners Concierge will serve as a liason between horse owners and participating racetracks and will facilitate relations with the extended racing community. It will also provide information on its websites:www.ownersconnection.horse and www.ownerview.com. “Through the work of...