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by Jessica Martini  A filly by Broken Vow turned in the fastest quarter-mile breeze during Friday's fifth session of the under-tack preview ahead of next week's Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's June 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age Sale. Hip 925, consigned by Ciaran Dunne's Wavertree Stables, covered the distance in :20 3/5. She was the third juvenile of the week to hit that mark.  "She's fast," admitted Dunne. "We were excited to see how fast she would go when we finally said go. The whole winter, we've been trying to slow her...

by J.M. Severni  Regis Racing had something of a coming-out party this past week, with sophomore fillies Seduire (Elusive Quality) taking the GII Santa Ynez S. Jan. 3 (video) and Shook Up (Tapit) becoming a  "TDN Rising Star"  with her impressive graduation at the Fair Grounds that same day (video). Regis Farm, which is owned by lifelong horseman Nat Rea, began purchasing Thoroughbreds in 2012 and is now starting to reap the benefits of those investments.  Regis Farms and Racing President Kieran Lalor noted that the operation is both excited about the recent success...

Saturday's G1 L'Ormarins Queen's Plate was supposed to be another walk in the park for South Africa's Horse of the Year Legislate (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}), but that one came up empty in the stretch and Futura (SAf) (Dynasty {SAf}) took advantage to scoop the nation's premier weight-for-age mile, a 'Win and You're In' event for the GI Breeders' Cup Mile.  Beaten a neck into third as the odds-on favorite in the G3 Cup Trial at Clairwood June 7, Futura stayed on well to finish third, beaten under a length, behind the dead-heating Legislate and Wylie...

Saturday, Santa Anita  SHAM S.-GIII, $100,750, SAX, 1-10, 3yo, 1m,  1:34 4/5, ft.  1--#@CALCULATOR, 118, c, 3, by In Summation       1st Dam: Back to Basics, by Alphabet Soup       2nd Dam: Christy Love, by Unbridled       3rd Dam: Amo, by Hold Your Peace  ($132,000 2yo '14 OBSAPR). O-Richard C Pell;  B-Ocala Stud (FL); T-Peter Miller; J-Elvis Trujillo.  $60,000. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 5-1-2-1,  $193,500. Werk Nick Rating: D+.  Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.  Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. VIDEO.     Santa Anita's GIII Sham S.--named in honor of the GI Santa Anita Derby...

Something strange happened Saturday in Fayette County in the heart of the Bluegrass. A winter which has been characterized by frigid temperatures for periods at a time and frequent snowfall gave way to sunny skies and temperatures that were manageable for a change.     The timing of the climatological change, however brief, could not be better, at least for officials at Fasig-Tipton, where a total of 616 horses are catalogued for the auction house's February Mixed Sale, with an opening session commencing this afternoon at 3 p.m. at the Newtown...

A total of 1,221 nominations were received for the second renewal of The Championships at Royal Randwick in Sydney Apr. 4 and 11 when nominations closed yesterday. The event's feature race is the G1 Queen Elizabeth S. on day two, which with an A$4 million purse is the country's richest weight-for-age event. The Queen Elizabeth attracted 120 nominations, up eight from last year. Nominations for the A$3 million G1 Doncaster Mile on day one are also up, by 11 to 139.  Nominations were received from every Australian state as well...

by Alan Carasso A flight containing the China Horse Club's Parranda (English Channel), My Option (Belong to Me) and Bajan (Speightstown) departed Miami Monday and was expected to arrive in Singapore early Wednesday via Luxembourg as the trio prepares for the S$3.05-million CEFC Singapore Cup at Kranji Racecourse Sunday, Feb. 22.  "The negative is that it's a very long trip, but the positive is that they should hopefully have plenty of time to recover between now and the race," said trainer Christophe Clement, who will be represented in the race by Parranda and My Option. Roger...

Zayat Stable's Mr. Z (Malibu Moon) worked a half-mile in :49.20 Wednesday in preparation for a start in Monday's GIII Southwest S. The D. Wayne Lukas trainee was third last out in the Smarty Jones S. after bearing out badly in the lane. Lukas said he has been "fooling with some different bridles" to fix the problem. "That's about as good as I can get him," Lukas said. "It was a pretty work, really pretty--without incident, straight as a string. Everything's good."

A handful of the Eastern raiders for Royal Randwick's The Championships posted their first serious workouts in Australia yesterday at the new quarantine center at Canterbury Park. Dual Group 3 winner Tosen Stardom (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), who is aiming towards the G1 Ranvet S. Mar. 21 prior to the A$4 million G1 Queen Elizabeth S. at The Championships Apr. 11, cantered under jockey Tommy Berry before being pushed out through the straight.  “It was a good, solid workout without breaking a sweat,” Berry noted.  Jockey Nick Hall partnered Group 2-winning miler World...

Award-winning singer Kylie Minogue will perform at Meydan Mar. 28 upon conclusion of the Dubai World Cup card. The concert will begin at approximately 10 p.m. following the presentation of the G1 Dubai World Cup trophy.  Minogue's talents span from singing to television and film. She has received both Brit and Grammy Awards; has been appointed as a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. She also has a Guinness World Records citation for most consecutive decades with...

Brilliant G1 Idee 145 Deutches Derby hero Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) has been voted the 2014 German Horse of the Year by the German public according to www.galopponline.de. The Markus Klug trainee stormed to an 11-length victory in the German Derby last July, before sustaining an injury which forced his retirement to Lanwades Stud in England, when runner-up in the G1 Longines Grosser Preis Von Baden in September of 2014. In addition to his Classic victory, the Gestut Gorlsdorf homebred won the G2 Oppenheim-Union-Rennen and G3 Fruhjahrs-Preis Des Bankhauses Metzler...

NBC Sports Group will televise 18 “Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In” races, according to a schedule released Thursday. The challenge series, now in its second year, consists of 10 telecasts on NBC and NBCSN. Winners of the 18 races are automatically qualfied for a spot in the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland Oct. 30 and 31.  “Our 2015 season with NBC Sports Group continues a very successful expanded network partnership with the challenge series designed to showcase the highest quality races from some of the nation's...