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DAVID POWELL In the debate about the number of fatal breakdowns at Aqueduct, I am struck by the omission of, what seems to me, the obvious major cause: that these horses are running on a powerful analgesic, phenylbutazone, and don’t feel the pain–nature’s warning signal when an injury occurs–in time to save themselves. The racing...
Post times for this year’s G1 Investec Oaks and Derby, set for June 5 and 6, respectively, have been pushed back to 4:30 p.m., according to Racing Post. Television audiences for the Classics have fallen since coverage was moved from the BBC to Channel 4 racing in 2013, with 1.5 million people watching from home as...
Godolphin’s Frosted (Tapit) will wear blinkers for the first time Gulfstream’s GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 21, according to trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. Last seen finishing a distant second to expected Fountain of Youth entrant Upstart (Flatter) in the GII Lambholm South Holy Bull S. Jan. 24, the homebred fired a four-furlong bullet in :47.55...
Dortmund (Big Brown), who took his record to a perfect five-for-five with his win in Saturday’s GII San Felipe S., exited the race in fine shape and remains on target for the Apr. 4 GI Santa Anita Derby. “It was a walk in the park for him,” trainer Bob Baffert said of his charge’s 1 1/4-length...
By Emma Berry He’s won Classics in Britain, Ireland, America and Italy, not to mention two Melbourne Cups; but, like many in Irish racing, Dermot Weld can’t resist a tilt at some of jump racing’s biggest prizes, and his training skills were demonstrated once more at Cheltenham with the rousing victory of Windsor Park (Ire) (Galileo {Ire})...
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). ...
Sheikh Mohammed homebred Via Strata (Street Cry {Ire}) puts her unbeaten record on the line in Belmont’s GII Ruffian S. Saturday. A 5 3/4-length debut victress sprinting over the Big A inner Dec. 13, she had no trouble defeating winners when stretched to a mile back in Ozone Park Feb. 7. The 4-year-old earned the ‘TDN Rising Star’ distinction...
The 2014 Italian Horse of the Year Priore Philip (Ity) (Dane Friendly {GB}) will face a crucial test Sunday at Capannelle in the form of the G1 Premio Presidente Della Repubblica, over 2000 meters. The chestnut 4-year-old, who won the (then) G1 Gran Criterium at two, looked like a good miler when prevailing in the G2 Premio...
It’s a scene that could play out Saturday in Baltimore or, perhaps, three weeks later at Belmont Park. Dortmund has the lead as the field hits the sixteenth pole, and American Pharoah is bearing down on him. The two lock heads, go stride for stride the last few yards … and Dortmund wins by a...