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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...
Chalk Racing’s Ready for Rye (City Zip) exited his victory in Saturday’s GII Fasig-Tipton Swale S. in good shape and will likely stick to sprinting in the near future, according to trainer Tom Albertrani. “He looked fine this morning,” Albertrani said. “I think for now [we’re going to keep him sprinting]. I’m not convinced that he might...
by Jessica Martini The 2014 GI Kentucky Oaks runner-up My Miss Sophia (Unbridled’s Song), who sold for $2.15 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale last year, continues to progress towards her 4-year-old campaign for new trainer Bill Mott. The chestnut filly turned in a best-of-12 five-furlong work at Payson Park Tuesday in 1:02.00. It was her fourth...
Steve Koch has been named Executive Director of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association’s Safety and Integrity Alliance. Starting Apr. 6 and based in Lexington, Koch will oversee the NTRA’s accreditation program which is tasked with assuring the establishment and implementation of uniform standards for racetrack safety and integrity. Koch has spent the last seven years...
by T.D. Thornton The ongoing dispute between Colonial Downs and the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association escalated another notch on Wednesday when it was revealed at a Virginia Racing Commission meeting that Jacobs Entertainment, the owner of Colonial, has withheld $419,351 in simulcast revenue payments from the VHBPA over the last five months. According...