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NOW TO SPECULATE It was great to see Steve Sherack and Brian DiDonato dead-heat for the win on Far From Over in their Bet America Derby Prep Showdown, and it reminded me that, after a month of talking about APEX sires, which by definition have disclosed form as stallions, it’s about time we turned our...
Fasig-Tipton has entered a partnership with Gulfstream Park to sponsor the GII Swale S. Feb. 28. The Fasig-Tipton Swale S. will kick off a week of festivities leading up to the Fasig-Tipton 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Mar. 4 in Hallandale. “We are looking forward to kicking off our 2-year-old sale at Gulfstream Park by being...
By T.D. Thornton Three weeks ago, there was considerable anxiety among United States breeders and consignors over how new British Horse Racing Authority zero-tolerance rules for anabolic steroids would affect the marketplace for exported Thoroughbreds. But when the BHA released expanded rules clarification guidelines six days before the anti-doping code took effect on Mar. 2,...
Tomorrow’s G1 Australian Cup, one of the top weight-for-age contests in the country, sees the rematch of last year’s G1 Melbourne Cup one-two, Protectionist (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) and Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}). Protectionist made up some ground after at last finding daylight when sixth in the too-short 1800 meter G2 Peter Young S. on seasonal debut two...
Connections of Integral (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) are weighing up the prospect of starting her off in the G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. at Newbury next month. The Group 1 May 16 is under consideration as a potential starting point for the 5-year-old, winner of both the G1 QIPCO Falmouth S. and the G1 Sun Chariot S....
Officials at the Hong Kong Jockey Club have released a list of 13 invitees for the G1 Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin Racecourse Apr. 26, a group that includes defending race champion and reigning Horse of the YearDesigns on Rome (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), but not Luger (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}), recent winner of...
Leopardstown stages the first Irish Derby trial of 2015 Sunday, with the often-informative G3 P W McGrath Memorial Ballysax S. dominated by the presence of the much-vaunted current Epsom ante-post favorite John F Kennedy (Ire)(Galileo {Ire}). Earning ‘TDN Rising Star’ status when opening his account in authoritative fashion over a mile at The Curragh in August,...
Zayat homebred American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) has exited his romp in Saturday’s GI Arkansas Derby in fine form, according to his connections. The Bob Baffert trainee walked the shedrow Sunday and is scheduled to ship to Churchill Downs, where he’ll be among the favorites for the GI Kentucky Derby May 2. “I was ecstatic,” Baffert said...
It just wouldn’t be a Grade I turf marathon without the presence of Phipps Stable’s Imagining (Giant’s Causeway) and West Point Thoroughbreds’s Twilight Eclipse (Purim), and the millionaire veterans will both line up for Saturday’s GI Man o’ War S. at Belmont. The former won this race 12 months ago, and was beaten just a head by eventual champion...
Stoneway Farm homebred Ahh Chocolate (Candy Ride {Arg}), unbeaten in two career starts, prepped for her stakes debut in Friday’s GII Black-Eyed Susan S. with a half-mile work in :49.20 at Churchill Downs Saturday. “I was very pleased,” trainer Neil Howard said afer the work. “It’s cliche to say this, but it’s what we were looking for....
Maisons-Laffitte stage their upgraded G3 Prix Texanita on Monday, with Andre Fabre putting the unexposed Sallal (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) to the test with Royal Ascot’s new 3-year-old sprint looming on the horizon. Raced entirely at this track so far, Al Shaqab’s promising bay has already been successful twice over six furlongs in conditions events staged...
Saint-Cloud’s G3 Prix Cleopatre is recognized as a trial for the G1 Prix de Diane, but it is 39 years since Pawneese (Ire) (Carvin II {Fr}) completed the double in both contests. This year’s edition boasts a small-but-select field and conditioner Andre Fabre is represented by a pair of Al Shaqab Racing colorbearers in a...