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The Aga Khan’s Raydara (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}), last seen beating G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal) in The Curragh’s G2 Debutante S. last August, is on track to kick off her sophomore season in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas May 24. Trainer Mick Halford noted the English Guineas came too soon in her preparation,...
Seven wildcard entries have been added to the Goffs London Sale, which takes place June 15, on the eve of Royal Ascot, at The Orangery at Kensington Palace in London. All seven have Royal Ascot entries, bringing the total number catalogued with engagements at the meeting to 23. The latest wildcards include lot 49, the 3-year-old...
Success Days (Ire) (Jeremy), last of 12 in Saturday’s G1 Epsom Derby, has exited that Classic with a stress fracture to his near-fore leg. The winner of the G3 Ballysax S. and G3 Derby Trial S. in Ireland earlier this year was supplemented to the Derby at a cost of £75,000. “He pulled up sore on...
Alain and Gerard Wertheimer’s unbeaten Queen’s Jewel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) will have to overcome a nightmare post after the hot favorite pulled the outside gate for tomorrow’s G1 Prix de Diane Longines at Chantilly. Once again the draw was conducted live on France’s dedicated racing channel Equidia, and last month’s record-breaking G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine must buck...
Richard C. Pell’s Calculator (In Summation), a late scratch from the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile with a foot ailment, headlines a field of eight slated for today’s GIII Sham S. at Santa Anita. The maiden of four starts held his own with a pair of second-place finishes behind Eclipse Award finalist American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in...
Local Queensland trainer Darryl Hansen has just three 2-year-olds in his stable, but that didn’t stop Hansen and one of those charges, Le Chef (Aus) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), from overhauling some of Australian racing’s biggest players in yesterday’s A$2 million Magic Million’s 2YO Classic, the country’s second-richest juvenile event and restricted to Magic Millions sales graduates. ...
GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies heroine Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) worked a half-mile in :51 flat at Oaklawn Park yesterday morning in preparation for a start in Oaklawn’s Martha Washington S. Jan. 31. The “TDN Rising Star” annexed the GIII Delta Princess Nov. 22 and GI Starlet S. Dec. 13 following her Breeders’ Cup victory. Take Charge Brandi...
The British Horseracing Authority will implement hair testing to screen for the retrospective administration of anabolic steroids as part of its enhanced zero-tolerance anabolic steroids policy, according to Racing Post. Hair samples can be used to detect if a horse has received anabolic steroids at any point in its life. Under the BHA’s new policy,...
Qatar Racing’s 2-year-old filly Thurlow (Aus) (Sebring {Aus}) leads the G1 Golden Slipper order of entry after winning the G3 Chairman’s S. Saturday. Trained by Robert Smerdon, Thurlow finished second on debut in the G3 Emirates Airline Plate at Flemington Nov. 4, and graduated 11 days later in Sandown’s Listed Santa’s Magical Kingdom S. She was victorious...
by Alan Carasso Al Shaqab Racing’s Mshawish (Medaglia d’Oro), who overcame traffic in the stretch and knifed through between horses to win the GI Gulfstream Park Turf H. last Saturday, has come out of the race nicely and is being targeted for a start on Dubai World Cup night, according to Al Shaqab’s USA Racing Advisor Bradley...
Russo, Russo, Gatto and Hollendorfer’s Thegirlinthatsong (My Golden Song) seeks a Grade II double in Saturday’s Santa Maria S. in Arcadia. Third in Del Mar’s GIII Torrey Pines S. in August after a private purchase and trainer change from Andrew Konkoly to Jerry Hollendorfer, she was second in both the Remington Park Oaks Sept. 28 and Zia...
Satono Crown stretched his unbeaten record to three with a smooth win in the G2 Hochi Hai Yayoi Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas Trial), a race whose roll of honor includes such future stars as Deep Impact (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), To The World (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), Victoire Pisa (Jpn) (Neo Universe {Jpn}) and Special Week...