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Pegram, Watson and Weitman’s Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) kicks off his 4-year-old campaign in Saturday’s GII San Pasqual S. at Santa Anita. The half-brother to MGISW Executiveprivilege (First Samurai), a heart-breaking defection with a foot issue two days before the GI Kentucky Derby, returned from the shelf with a smart second-place finish in a seven-furlong optional claimer...
Dual Classic winner and Horse of the Year finalist California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) breezed six furlongs in 1:11.60 at Los Alamitos yesterday in preparation for his 4-year-old debut in Santa Anita’s GII San Antonio S. Feb. 7. With blinkers on and regular rider Victor Espinoza aboard, the flashy chestnut doled out splits of :23 1/5, :47 2/5...
Recently retired 5-year-old Premier Steps (Ire) (Footstepsinsand {GB}) provided the first major jolt to the Keeneland sales pavilion Monday morning as Japan’s Shadai Farm saw off all challengers to secure the broodmare prospect for $400,000. Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud, Agent II consigned the bay as hip 39. Trained in Europe as a juvenile by Tom Dascombe,...
A number of Todd Pletcher’s top 3-year-old worked at Palm Beach Downs over the weekend. Both GI Champagne S. winner Daredevil (More Than Ready) and GI Breeders’ Futurity victor Carpe Diem (Giant’s Causeway) fired bullets with Daredvil completing five panls in :59.64 on Sunday and Carpe Diem going that same distance in :59.42 Saturday. “They’re both training exceptionally well,”...
Texas Racing Commission stewards heard jockey Roman Chapa’s appeal Monday of a summary suspension and are expected to issue a ruling this week. Chapa was suspended on Jan. 19 while the commission investigates allegations that he used an electrical device on a horse in a stakes race at Sam Houston Race Park Jan. 17. The...
Beginning with the upcoming March Sale of 2-Year- Olds under-tack show, Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company will initiate implementation of Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) guidelines for controlled therapeutic medications. The first phase will include adopting the ARCI medication schedule for administration of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and bronchodilators. OBS will incorporate the entire ARCI...
By Steve Sherack As the push for expanded gaming continues to play out in Illinois, the state’s longtime horsemen’s association president and veteran trainer Michael Campbell currently has a nice distraction on his hands–a potential GI Kentucky Derby starter. Private Prospect (Discreet Cat), a very solid fourth at odds of 21-1 in the Smarty Jones S....
Upstart (Flatter), disqualified from first and placed second in the Feb. 21 GII Besilu Fountain of Youth S., will likely make his next start in the Mar. 28 GI Besilu Florida Derby. “Right now, we’re certainly pointing to the Florida Derby,” confirmed trainer Rick Violette, Jr. “We’ll follow his lead if he makes us change course,...
Book one of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale drew to a close yesterday with figures nearly on par with last year. After two days of trade, 205 lots were sold for A$6,680,500 (compared to 207 sold for A$6,645,500 12 months ago) with a buyback rate of 20.2% compared to 18.5% last year. The average...
What is being advertised as one of the more wide-open renewals of the BMW Hong Kong Derby became even more interesting Thursday when likely favorite Luger (Aus) (Choisir {Aus}) drew gate 12 in a field of 14 for the richest domestic race on the calendar. After nearly having his Derby campaign derailed by a heart irregularity, the...
Loooch Racing Stables Inc. and Glenn K. Ellis’s War Story (Northern Afleet) was confirmed for the May 2 GI Kentucky Derby yesterday after breezing four furlongs over the Churchill Downs main track in :49.20 (7/15). “We chose to work him with blinkers off, which is an idea that we’re considering for his next start, and the work...
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Untapable (Tapit) was the 1-10 favorite when she went postward in her 4-year-old debut in the Mar. 14 GII Azeri S. at Oaklawn Park. Last year’s champion 3-year-old filly could manage only second, beaten a half-length by Gold Medal Dancer (Medaglia d’Oro) over a off track that day, but she will get the chance to avenge that...