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The Aga Khan’s 4-year-old filly Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}), winner of the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic when last seen Mar. 28, will make her British debut in the G1 Coronation Cup June 6. Dolniya is lightly raced, having made just eight starts to date, but she has made the most of those opportunities, having also won the...
by Rob Burnet, Thoroughbrednews.com.au The 2015 edition of the Magic Millions Gold Coast National Broodmare Sale was always going to have big shoes to fill compared to last year, when the horses comprising the dispersal of Teeley Assets took centerstage, resulting in sensational statistical gains. Nevertheless, Wednesday opening session of the sale posted results that were...
The road to a third G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for France’s wonder mare Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) starts at Saint-Cloud Friday, where the G2 Prix Corrida takes on vastly increased significance. Honoring the memory of the only other mare in history to win two renewals of Longchamp’s showpiece, this race serves as a stepping stone...
Robert Evans’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Tonalist (Tapit) breezed five furlongs in 1:01.23 (7/13) at Belmont Friday morning in his final work for the GI Metropolitan H. June 6. The bay, who was ridden by regular exercise rider Lee Vickers, galloped out six furlongs in 1:14, according to trainer Christophe Clement. “It was a nice maintenance work; he...
Dual Guineas winner Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will likely remain in the June 6 G1 Epsom Derby at Monday’s confirmation stage, trainer Aidan O’Brien reported from Chantilly Sunday. While it appeared more likely that Gleneagles would stick to a mile for the G1 St. James’s Palace S. at Royal Ascot after his G1 Irish 2000 Guineas win...
by Mike Kane Saratoga Springs Mayor Joanne Yepsen has asked for a 30-day extension of the comment period on the environmental review of a list of proposed changes in the redevelopment of the Saratoga Race Course. The comment period on the multi-year project developed by the New York Racing Association ends Monday. Yepsen was one...
Of all the British races to concentrate the mind of Aidan O’Brien, Royal Ascot’s G1 St James’s Palace S. obviously takes high rank in importance with a record-equaling six winners emanating from Ballydoyle since the turn of the millennium. Traditionally by this time of year the Rosegreen establishment is hitting top stride and there is...
With Leading Light (Ire) Montjeu {Ire}) off the scene, Thursday’s G1 Gold Cup is there for the taking for the current crop of stayers, of which Moyglare Stud’s Forgotten Rules (Ire) (Nayef) is the obvious pick. Only raced three times on the flat, the 5-year-old has been handled with great patience and tenderness by Dermot Weld, and...
‘TDN Rising Star’ Mr. Jordan (Kantharos) headlines a field of eight in Sunday’s GIII Pegasus S. at Monmouth Park as he makes his first start since being disqualified from first to second in Gulfstream’s Tarpon S. Apr. 25. A head-turning debut winner for Eddie Plesa sprinting here last September, the grey added a pair of stakes...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was back on the track jogging at Santa Anita Sunday morning. “He jogged today,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “The weather is still pretty hot, but he’ll probably start galloping tomorrow. He’ll parade here Saturday, but he won’t breeze.” Baffert’s other top sophomore Dortmund (Big Brown) breezed a half-mile in :47.40 in...
The fallout from Royal ascot continues as with every winner invariably there are many more losers. Two strongly fancied horses that both failed to perform to their best ability were Hootenanny (Quality Road) and Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Wesley Ward’s Breeders’ Cup winner was favorite for the G1 Commonwealth Cup but never featured and his trainer is at a loss...
The connections of 35 3-year-old colts and geldings have been extended invitations to the GI William Hill Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park Aug. 2, headed by Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile). The Zayat homebred, who was winning his seventh consecutive race when besting Frosted (Tapit) to secure the Triple Crown in the GI Belmont S....