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In the Olympic annals of Track and Field, for every Jesse Owens and Babe Didrikson there has been a Ben Johnson and Marion Jones. Every hero seemingly can be counterbalanced by an athlete who tested positive for a banned substance or who was suspected to have done so. Two weeks ago when I attended the...
by Steve Sherack After switching hands for $2.35 million at last year’s FTKNOV sale, jaw-dropping GII Lexus Raven Run S. heroine Taris (Flatter) immediately showed her class in her first start for her new connections with a courageous second following a scorching early pace in the GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita Dec. 26. The Tabor,...
A new contender has emerged for the G1 Ascot Gold Cup in the shape of Ed Dunlop’s A Trip To Paris (Ire) (Champs Elysees {GB}). Following some excellent runs this season, including when finishing second to Vent De Force (GB)(Hurricane Run {Ire}) in the G3 Henry II S. at Sandown, connections have decided to supplement the 4-year-old for...
Adele Dilschneider and Claiborne Farm’s Lea (First Samurai) resurfaces for the first time since a track record-breaking win in February’s GI Donn H. in today’s GIII Hal’s Hope S. at Gulfstream. A Grade III winner on the turf in 2012 for Al Stall, Jr. and twice Grade II-placed the following season, the homebred was transferred to Bill...
Drakenstein homebred Inara (SAf) (Trippi) was let go at overlaid odds while facing her elders in the co-featured Paddock S., but got the job done in a blanket finish and earned a berth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf in the process. A maiden winner at this track at second asking at this track last...
There is no stopping Teo Ah Khing’s China Horse Club. Hot on the heels of a massive spending spree at the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale and Parranda (English Channel)’s three-length win in the GIII Marshua’s River S. at Gulfstream Park last Saturday, the international venture secured a share in triple Group 1 winner Dissident...
The Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book got off to a strong start in Sydney yesterday, with the average and median both rising by more than 30%. A total of 136 horses changed hands from 162 offered for a buyback rate of 16%, which was up slightly more than three points from the corresponding session...
Last year’s G1 Blue Diamond S. heroine Earthquake (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) prepared for a return in the Feb. 28 G1 Oakleigh Plate with an eye-catching trial victory at Cranbourne yesterday. Racing prominently early in the 800-meter heat, Earthquake took a clear lead on the inside rounding the bend and lengthened her advantage to 3 1/2...
A total of 12 Kentucky-based horsemen and horsewomen are ‘catalogued’ and set to go ‘under the hammer’ this coming Friday at the Race for Education’s eighth Horsemen of All Ages Bachelor Auction, to be held at the Red Mile in Lexington. Among the ‘lots’ is the TDN’s own International Editor Kelsey Riley, who is being...
Double Diamond Farm’s J S Bach (Tale of the Cat) is aiming for a start in Monday’s GIII Southwest S. at Oaklwan Park, according to conditioner Todd Pletcher. The colt graduated by 8 1/2 lengths at Gulfstream Park Jan. 17. “He did look good in his last race, and he also ran well his first time, but...
The Meydan Group has announced that it will this year again team up with the Municipal Government of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in South West China, to stage the second running of the Chengdu Dubai International Cup race day. The race meeting, to be held Apr. 3 at Jinma racecourse, in China’s Wenjiang...
Sydney, Australia-based trainer Sam Kavanagh has been informed by Racing NSW that an inquiry will take place after caffeine and cobalt were found in a urine sample taken from the 4-year-old gelding Midsummer Sun (GB) (Monsun {Ger}) after his win in the Gosford Gold Cup Jan. 9. A report issued by Racing NSW stated the cobalt was...