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SEPOY COLT STEALS THE SHOW By Kelsey Riley With the Magic Millions raceday taking center stage on the Gold Coast yesterday afternoon, the sales action shifted to the evening, and was highlighted by vibrant trade and a new sale topper; a Sepoy (Aus) colt secured by Spendthrift Farm for A$1.2 million. That transaction marked the...
Ralph Evans’s Upstart (Flatter), third in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, continues to progress and may make his sophomore debut in the Jan. 24 GII Lambholm South Holy Bull S. at Gulfstream Park. The colt is expected to work five furlongs at Palm Meadows Monday for trainer Rick Violette. “He’s doing great,” Violette said. “We’ll have tomorrow’s...
Jockey Javier Castellano reached a career milestone Sunday when he piloted Captain Stan (Henrythenavigator) home to a win in Gulfstream’s 10th race, notching his 4,000 career win. “It’s amazing,” the reigning two-time Eclipse award winner said after the victory. “I’m so, so happy. I think it’s one of the best moments of my life, right...
The first three-day renewal of the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale Summer Book ended on a high yesterday, with increases across all indicators. A total of 459 yearlings were sold for A$19,178,000, up 47% from last year but with 91 more horses offered. The buyback rate dropped five points to 10.6%. The average climbed 20% to...
by Alan Carasso In Wednesday’s TDN, we introduced to you the six ‘colts’ up for auction at Friday’s Horsemen of All Ages Bachelor Sale at the Red Mile in Lexington. Today, we profile the six females ‘on offer,’ a list headed by the TDN’s own International Editor Kelsey Riley, who is being ‘consigned’ by our...
Rajiv Maragh will be reunited with champion older male and champion male turf horse Main Sequence (Aldebaran) for the GII Mac Diarmada S. at Gulfstream Feb. 21 after being forced to miss what would have been a winning ride in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf due to a broken arm. Maragh rode the Flaxman homebred in each...
TAMPA BAY DERBY-GII, $350,000, TAM, 3-7, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43 3/5, ft. 1–CARPE DIEM, 122, c, 3, by Giant’s Causeway 1st Dam: Rebridled Dreams (SW & GSP, $134,663), by Unbridled’s Song 2nd Dam: Key Cents, by Corridor Key 3rd Dam: Centimeter, by Aloma’s Ruler ($550,000 yrl ’13 KEESEP; $1,600,000 2yo ‘14 OBSMAR). O-WinStar Farm LLC &...
The Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation Board of Directors has approved a budget of $1,100,500 to fund equine research in 2015. A total of 10 new projects will be funded, as well as two second-year projects and two Career Development awards to encourage young scientists. The budget also allows for a second call for research later in...
Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred Tapiture (Tapit) headlines an intriguing field of seven in Oakawn Park’s 1 1/16-mile GIII Razorback H. Winner of last term’s GIII Southwest S., the Steve Asmussen pupil failed to fire in the GI Kentucky Derby, but enjoyed a successful second half of the season starting with a win in Churchill Downs’s GIII Matt Winn...
by Kelsey Riley The first 63 lots of the third and final session of the Inglis Australian Easter Yearling Sale yesterday comprised the final offerings of ‘Session One’ of the sale, after which the action shifted down a gear for ‘Session Two.’ Trade remained strong throughout the day, however, and session one saw the popularity...
Regis Racing’s Donworth (Tiznow), tabbed as a ‘TDN Rising Star’ after narrowly overcoming a nightmare trip in his seven-furlong Gulfstream debut Mar. 14, heads right into the deep end in Saturday’s GIII Coolmore Lexington S. at Keeneland. The dark bay was scratched out of a Keeneland allowance Thursday in favor of this spot, which carries a point breakdown of...
The Arnaud Delacour-trained Divining Rod (Tapit), winner of Saturday’s GIII Coolmore Lexington S., will return to Fair Hill before his connections make any decisions on a possible next start. “We are just going to take it one race at a time,” Delacour explained. “I run my last horse here on the 19th and then will go back...