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The “Ship & Win” program introduced at Del Mar four years ago and designed to attract out-of-state horses to race in California has been expanded to include the entire Southern California racing circuit beginning Apr. 2. The program, which will apply to horses racing at Santa Anita, Los Alamitos and Del Mar, will guarantee a...
Ecurie Victoria Dreams’ racing manager Laurent Benoit has revealed that High Celebrity (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a leading contender for next month’s G1 1000 Guineas, has suffered a setback and will be forced to miss an intended racecourse gallop at Longchamp Sunday. However, connections of the Andre Fabre trainee, who was a Group 3 winner in France...
By Kelsey Riley Longines Thursday unveiled the Longines Positioning System, a new technology for timekeeping and tracking in racing, during a press conference at Royal Randwick. The technology will be put into action for the first time during Saturday’s second day of The Championships at Royal Randwick, which features the A$4 million Longines Queen Elizabeth...
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out a trio of GI Kentucky Derby hopefuls for Saturday morning breezes at Palm Beach Downs, including unbeaten GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby winner and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Materiality (Afleet Alex), GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. winner via disqualification and Florida Derby fourth-place finisher Itsaknockout (Lemon Drop Kid), and GII Louisiana Derby runner-up Stanford (Malibu Moon). ...
I read your publisher’s note in the wake of the Derby with interest, not only for the fact that Mike de Kock warranted a mention, but especially for your positivity about American racing. You hit the nail right on the head, (as you generally do) when you pointed to the fact that the crowd that turned up...
An intriguing field of seven line up for today’s GIII Beaugay S., led by 2013 GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Discreet Marq (Discreet Cat). Second in the GI Jenny Wiley S. and third in the GI Diana S. last term, the grey annexed the Ticonderoga S. for New York-breds here Oct. 18 and finished her season with...
Hardened by the Irish handicap system last term, Majestic Queen was launched into black-type company for the six-furlong G3 Ballyogan S. at Leopardstown in June and duly upset the hot favorite Joyeuse (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) to open her account in that sphere. Second under a subsequent penalty in the G3 Brownstown S. over this...
From 1997 until 2008 or 2009, commercial breeders and the auction marketplace loved first-year sires. One cynic said to me that’s because nobody has had a bad one yet, and when you consider that, according to APEX findings, something like 92% of runners do not pay their way, it’s not hard to understand the logic....
by J.M. Severni The undertack show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale began Monday. The first session of the six-day breeze show saw two horses share the co-fastest time for an eighth at :9 4/5 in hip 33, a colt by High Cotton consigned by Harris Training Center,...
Evergreen gelding Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) will miss the June 28 G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud–and a second clash with dual G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB})–after suffering a small setback, according to trainer Corine Barande-Barbe. “It’s nothing serious, just a little bump and a bruise, but it will...
By Emma Berry Each year Nick Smith of Ascot Racecourse treks far and wide across the globe to lure international runners to the prestigious Royal Ascot meeting, with previous visitors including the much-loved rags-to-riches gelding Takeover Target (Aus), the queen of Australian racing Black Caviar (Aus) and Kentucky Derby hero Animal Kingdom. This year’s ensemble...
by T.D. Thornton The two Lasix-free races for 2-year-olds that are to be included in the next Gulfstream Park condition book are being viewed as an experiment by the track’s owner, The Stronach Group (TSG), to see if the concept could be expanded to other TSG tracks. “We want to kind of test the waters,...