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by Alan Carasso Rene and Lauren Woolcott, who own and operate Woodslane Farm, are relative neophytes to the Thoroughbred business, having branched out with the purchase of a few broodmares and their Middleburg, Virginia-area farm in 2006. For some, reaching the pinnacle of the game takes a lifetime; for most, that goal remains elusive. But with...
By Steve Sherack During the early stages of Untapable (Tapit)’s 2-year-old season, owner/breeder Ron Winchell called trainer Steve Asmussen to discuss the possibility of trying her on grass. After all, the half-sister to millionaire and GI Secretariat S. hero Paddy O’Prado (El Prado {Ire}) was produced by GII Buena Vista H. heroine Fun House (Prized). ...
By Christie DeBernardis As the oldest race track in the country, Saratoga Race Course has been the setting of some of the greatest moments in racing history. It is the place where the great Man O’ War suffered his first and only defeat at the hands of the aptly named Upset, and where 100-1...
ROMANS RETURNS TO SARATOGA SALES RING In recent years, trainer Dale Romans has expanded his prevalence in the Thoroughbred industry. Not only is Romans a top conditioner, with nearly $3 million in earnings so far this year, but in the last few years he has been consigning yearlings at various sales. The life-long horseman...
The proposal made by a group of trainers at Saratoga to race two-year-olds in 2015 without furosemide is a strong and positive statement to initiate a study to resolve the furosemide controversy once and for all. I would propose a post-race endoscopic study with photographs after actual races to be graded by a blinded jury...
Consignor Chris Baccari had a big Saturday at Keeneland, selling five of six on offer for $1,205,000–an average of $241,000 that was almost exactly twice the session average. They included a blockbuster pinhook that saw the Kentucky-based horseman turn an $80,000 weanling acquisition into a $385,000 yearling. That 380% appreciation was courtesy of a Trappe...
The Queen’s Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) will not run in the G1 Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington according to John Warren, bloodstock and racing advisor to The Queen. Connections of the Sir Michael Stoute-trained mare will resist the urge to send the 5-year-old to Australia for the coveted prize Nov. 4, instead opting to stay closer to...
DETTORI ON TOP OF THE WORLD Four days removed from partnering Al Shaqab Racing, Magnier, Tabor and Smith’s Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) to a front-running victory in the G2 Prix Foy at Longchamp, jockey Frankie Dettori was full of praise for the 4-year-old, and expressed confidence in the chances of last year’s G1 Investec...
OL’ MAN RIVER COULD HAVE ROYAL DATE Magnier, Tabor and Smith’s Ol’ Man River (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), currently amongst the favorites for next year’s G1 Investec Derby, could make his second start in the G2 Royal Lodge S. at Newmarket Sept. 27. He also holds an entry in the G2 Tattersall S. there two days earlier. “Ol’...
A colt from the first crop of Lane’s End’s Twirling Candy (Candy Ride {Arg}) made his fourth trip through a sales ring a profitable one, fetching a final bid of €115,000 from Peter & Ross Doyle Bloodstock to top day one of the three-day Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale Tuesday afternoon. Consigned by The Castlebridge...
Danza (Street Boss)–last seen rallying smartly in deep stretch for third in the GI Kentucky Derby–was placed on the shelf after being deemed “not 100%” by trainer Todd Pletcher in a pre-GI Belmont S. breeze. The GI Arkansas Derby upsetter has continued to advance in his training with JJ Pletcher at Payton Training Center in Ocala,...
Repole Stable’s MGISW Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat) will put a three-race winning streak on the line while facing older fillies and mares for the first time in Saturday’s GI Beldame Invitational at Belmont Park. Scratched from a showdown with division leader Untapable (Tapit) in last Saturday’s 1 1/16-mile GI Cotillion S. at Parx, Stopchargingmaria has been...