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Reigning juvenile champion American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), a devastating winner while making his sophomore debut in a sloppy renewal of the GII Rebel S. Mar. 14, looks to punch his ticket to Louisville in Saturday’s GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park. The Zayat homebred, winner of last term’s GI Del Mar Futurity and GI FrontRunner S.,...
By T.D. Thornton Colonial Downs has not hosted a Thoroughbred meet since 2013 because a complex tangle of disagreement and distrust has soured the partnership between the Virginia Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., the owner of the state’s only commercial horse track. Last autumn, acrimony over simulcast rights resulted in...
Tokyo’s 20th edition of the G1 NHK Mile Sunday is headlined by the consistent performer Grand Silk (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}), who is the 2-1 favorite on the morning line. Never worse than third in five trips to the post to date, the Hirofumi Toda charge closed his final three furlongs in a scintillating :33.70 seconds, but...
Former U.S. galloper Parranda (English Channel), winner of the CECF Singapore Cup Feb. 22 and recently a close third in the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Kranji Apr. 26, has been ruled out of next Sunday’s S$3-million G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup after undergoing surgery on a foot, according to a release from the Singapore Turf Club....
Group 1 Melbourne Cup hero Green Moon (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}–Green Noon {Fr}, by Green Tune) has been retired following a last-place finish in the G1 The Bundaberg Rum Doomben Cup Saturday. The 8-year-old, trained by Robert Hickmott, was a resident of Australia since 2011. In addition to his Melbourne Cup victory in 2012, Green Moon captured the...
French racing star Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) is reportedly pleasing trainer Criquette Head-Maarek ahead of her eagerly awaited seasonal debt in the G2 Prix Corrida at Saint Cloud May 29. The brilliant filly was last seen galloping to a second successive victory in the G1 Prix De l’Arc de Triomphe at Paris last October and her campaign...
Trainer David Hayes admits that it took some time for his triple Australian Group 1 winner Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}) to adjust after shipping to England, but the conditioner insists his charge is now spot-on for a date in the G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot June 17. “He has really settled in well,” Hayes...
QIPCO has renewed its sponsorship of the British Champions Series, including the QIPCO Guineas Festival, and its official partnership with Ascot Racecourse until 2024. QIPCO became title sponsor of the British Champions Series, which culminates in Britain’s richest raceday, QIPCO British Champions Day, at Ascot in October, in 2011, and since then purses across the...
Betfair has priced Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) at 8-13 to stand for a fee between $175,000 and $200,000 at his first season at Coolmore. The son of Pioneerof the Nile, who stands at WinStar for $60,000, is offered at 11-4 to stand for less than $175,000 and 4-1 to stand for over $200,000....
Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, has been named a presenting partner of the Breeders’ Cup Trackside Breakfast Marquee at Keeneland Race Course, the site of this year’s event Oct. 30 and 31. The Breakfast Marquee will be the central location where horsemen and other racing VIPs from around the world will congregate in the...
Candy Boy (Candy Ride {Arg}), winner of the 2014 GII Robert B. Lewis S. and placed behind Eclipse Award candidates in the GI Santa Anita Derby, GII Los Alamitos Derby and GII Pennsylvania Derby, has been accepted to run at the Dubai International Racing Carnival. The gray colt will continue his career with trainer Doug Watson,...
Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence’s Top Decile (Congrats) and Charles Fipke’s Forever Unbridled (Unbridled’s Song) turned in works Sunday at Fair Grounds for their sophomore debuts in Saturday’s Silverbulletday S. Top Decile, coming off a runner-up effort behind Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, went four furlongs in :49.60 for trainer Al Stall,...