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Mine that Bird (Birdstone–Mining My Own, by Smart Strike), winner of the 2009 GI Kentucky Derby, is among the 2015 inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Bred in Kentucky by Canadian breeder Peter Lamantia and partners, the bay began his career at Woodbine for conditioner David Cotey and Dominion Bloodstock, annexing the 2008...
Hard Not to Like (Hard Spun) looks to successfully defend her title in Keeneland’s GI Jenny Wiley S. Saturday in just her second start since that victory. It is also the gray’s second start since being purchased by Speedway Stable for $1.5 million at the Keeneland November sale and transferred to Christophe Clement. Previously campaigned by...
One shy of the record of nine successes set by Etienne Pollet in today’s G3 Prix de Fontainebleau at Longchamp, Andre Fabre fields a solid contender in Godolphin’s Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) as he seeks to share the mantle of that former luminary. Third, before being promoted to second, in a controversially stewarded renewal of the...
With the rain refusing to abate over Chester’s leaden skies, this renewal produced a finish akin to a national hunt spectacle with one of that sphere’s former gems Clever Cookie outbattling the penalized dual G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero Tac de Boistron in a stirring finish. Already a smart performer over hurdles before besting Thursday’s G3...
Lael Stable’s Divining Rod (Tapit) worked an easy half-mile in :51.60 at Fair Hill Training Center Saturday in preparation for the May 16 GI Preakness S. “He just stretched his legs out there, and that’s kind of what we wanted,” commented trainer Arnaud Delacour. “He had a good breeze last week. Everything has been going well with...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa al Maktoum’s Mubtaahij (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) returned to the work tab Sunday for the first time since finishing eighth in the GI Kentucky Derby. The colt went a half-mile in :49.40 in preparation for the June 6 GI Belmont S. “This was his first piece of work since he ran, so we’re still...
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. ...