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Multiple Grade I winner Private Zone (Macho Uno) faces seven formidable foes in Saturday’s GIII Belmont Sprint Championship S., the finale on a blockbuster Fourth of July weekend card. Transferred from Alfredo Velazquez to the high-percentage Jorge Navarro barn after running away with Aqueduct’s GI Cigar Mile H. in November, the Good Friends Stable colorbearer finished second...
By Christie DeBernardis Francoise Dupuis, a bloodstock agent and California breeder, has enjoyed a lot of success throughout her career in horse racing, but she achieved her biggest success as a breeder last Saturday when she watched Masochistic (Sought After) win the GI Triple Bend S. “It is something I have never experienced before and I have...
by Steve Sherack After Tammy the Torpedo (More Than Ready) blitzed home to a jaw-dropping debut win over the grass at Saratoga last summer, trainer Chad Brown turned to co-owner Jay Hanley, pulled on his shirt and said, “The one we have in the barn is a lot better.” Talk about calling your shot. With...
by Hal Handel Over the course of the past 40 years, I have seen the sport of Thoroughbred racing encounter significant challenges and I’ve witnessed them from a couple of different perspectives. As a deputy attorney general in New Jersey in 1975-77, I supervised the Tony Ciulla race-fixing case. (For those of you...
Richard Hannon has decided to give two of his high profile horses a mid season break following recent disappointing efforts from the pair. Tiggy Wiggy (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) made a bright start to the season when third in the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket but failed to build on that when well beaten in the G1 Commonwealth...
Trainer Eddie Lynam could be double handed in his bid to land the G1 July Cup for the second year running. Successful in last years Newmarket event with current Darley stallion Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}), Lynam is hoping to be represented July 11 by both Anthem Alexander (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) and Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}). Anthem...
WinStar Farms and Stonestreet Stables’ Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway) will not contest Saturday’s GI Belmont S., according to his connections. “[Trainer] Todd [Pletcher] and I have been talking all of the last week,” WinStar Farm CEO Elliott Walden said. “We just felt he wasn’t 100% going into what is a phenomenal race, with a horse of such...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) registered his last serious work before Saturday’s GI Belmont S. under cloudy skies Monday at Churchill Downs. The bay covered five panels in 1:00.20 (video) with Martin Garcia in the irons shortly after the renovation break. Churchill clocker John Nichols recorded 1/8-mile fractions in...
PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB-G1, €1,500,000, CHY, 5-31, 3yo, c/f, 10 1/2fT, 2:05.69 (NRR), gd/sf. 1–#@NEW BAY (GB), 128, c, 3, by Dubawi (Ire) 1st Dam: Cinnamon Bay (GB) (SW-Fr), by Zamindar 2nd Dam: Trellis Bay (GB), by Sadler’s Wells 3rd Dam: Bahamian (Ire), by Mill Reef O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd (GB); T-Andre Fabre; J-Vincent Cheminaud. €857,100. ...
It was a nondescript autumn day at one of Britain’s least storied racetracks. Eight colts and geldings lined up for a maiden race over an extended mile. The action that followed was remarkable, and the stories of the two horses that made it happen are the most notable heading into Saturday’s G1 Investec Derby at...
The 2015/16 racing season in the UAE will include 62 racedays over five months, with the Dubai World Cup Carnival kicking off Jan. 7 and concluding with the Dubai World Cup card Mar. 26. Meydan Racecourse will have 20 days of racing over the season, while Abu Dhabi will have 15; Jebel Ali 11; Al...
The G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S., set for July 25 at Ascot, will this year carry a record purse of £1.15 million, up £150,000 on last year’s pot. Ascot has also revealed details of enhanced facilities for King George weekend, including two new enclosures: the King George VI Enclosure and the Winning...