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Marty and Pam Wygod’s homebred Prospect Park (Tapit) turned heads with his impressive 5 1/4-length allowance tally (video) at Santa Anita Friday and trainer Cliff Sise, Jr. admits he has been impressed by his charge’s progress. “I loved the horse on Friday,” Sise, who has some 30 horses in training at his base at San Luis Rey...
John Deer’s Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a triple Group 1 winner in 2013 and second in last year’s G1 Champion S. after returning to training due to subfertility, could start off his 7-year-old campaign this year in France. “We’ll see how things go, but my thoughts would be that he could come back in a Group...
Godolphin’s retained jockeys William Buick and James Doyle are likely to rack up some considerable air miles this year after Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor John Ferguson confirmed the riders would likely partake in the Sydney Autumn Carnival, and could also receive assignments in America. Ferguson noted he has had positive conversations with Godolphin’s trainers in...
Moment of Change (Aus) (Barely A Moment {Aus}), winner of last year’s G1 C.F. Orr S. and G1 Futurity S., will miss an Australian autumn campaign after undergoing colic surgery yesterday. The 6-year-old gelding was being prepared to defend that double by trainer Peter Moody. “We took him to the vet clinic and we tried to...
Four Japanese gallopers–To the World (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), Real Impact (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and World Ace (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn})–are Sydney-bound for the 2015 The Championships at Royal Randwick in April, it was announced yesterday. To the World and Tosen Stardom will be aimed at the A$4-million G1 Longines Queen Elizabeth S. (2000m) Saturday,...
Owners Ken and Sarah Ramsey, trainer Todd Pletcher and jockey Javier Castellano wrapped up the year as the North American leaders in earnings in their respective categories for the second consecutive year. The Ramseys won 153 races out of 628 starts and earned a total of $10,544,148. The complete list of top 10 owners, according...
Zayat Stable’s “TDN Rising Star” El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) will look for his second consecutive graded score in the 145th edition of Aqueduct’s GIII Jerome S. Saturday. The Florida-bred sophomore broke his maiden at Saratoga Aug. 30 and finished fourth in the GI Champagne S. Oct. 4. He garnered his first black-type when second in the GII Nashua...
TDN Rising Star Mr. Jordan (Kantharos), winner of the Gulfstream Park West’s Juvenile Spring S. Nov. 8 and Smooth Air S. Nov. 29, has been sidelined after undergoing surgery earlier this week. The Eddie Plesa, Jr.-trainee was originally thought to have torn a ligament, but the prognosis was even better than thought. “It’s a better-case scenario than...
The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book continued its strong performance during its second of three sessions in Sydney yesterday. While the average and median dipped slightly from opening day, significant gains were posted nonetheless, with the average now standing at A$44,356, up 27.7% from last year, and the median at A$35,000, up 34.6%. Despite...
NOW TO SPECULATE It was great to see Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato dead-heat for the win on Far From Over in their Bet America Derby Prep Showdown, and it reminded me that, after a month of talking about APEX sires, which by definition have disclosed form as stallions, it’s about time we turned our...
Fasig-Tipton has entered a partnership with Gulfstream Park to sponsor the GII Swale S. Feb. 28. The Fasig-Tipton Swale S. will kick off a week of festivities leading up to the Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Mar. 4 in Hallandale. “We are looking forward to kicking off our 2-year-old sale at Gulfstream Park by being...
By T.D. Thornton Three weeks ago, there was considerable anxiety among United States breeders and consignors over how new British Horse Racing Authority zero-tolerance rules for anabolic steroids would affect the marketplace for exported Thoroughbreds. But when the BHA released expanded rules clarification guidelines six days before the anti-doping code took effect on Mar. 2,...