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By Kelsey Riley Longines Thursday unveiled the Longines Positioning System, a new technology for timekeeping and tracking in racing, during a press conference at Royal Randwick. The technology will be put into action for the first time during Saturday’s second day of The Championships at Royal Randwick, which features the A$4 million Longines Queen Elizabeth...
Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out a trio of GI Kentucky Derby hopefuls for Saturday morning breezes at Palm Beach Downs, including unbeaten GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby winner and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Materiality (Afleet Alex), GII Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth S. winner via disqualification and Florida Derby fourth-place finisher Itsaknockout (Lemon Drop Kid), and GII Louisiana Derby runner-up Stanford (Malibu Moon). ...
Sheikh Mohammed homebred Via Strata (Street Cry {Ire}) puts her unbeaten record on the line in Belmont’s GII Ruffian S. Saturday. A 5 3/4-length debut victress sprinting over the Big A inner Dec. 13, she had no trouble defeating winners when stretched to a mile back in Ozone Park Feb. 7. The 4-year-old earned the ‘TDN Rising Star’ distinction...
The 2014 Italian Horse of the Year Priore Philip (Ity) (Dane Friendly {GB}) will face a crucial test Sunday at Capannelle in the form of the G1 Premio Presidente Della Repubblica, over 2000 meters. The chestnut 4-year-old, who won the (then) G1 Gran Criterium at two, looked like a good miler when prevailing in the G2 Premio...
It’s a scene that could play out Saturday in Baltimore or, perhaps, three weeks later at Belmont Park. Dortmund has the lead as the field hits the sixteenth pole, and American Pharoah is bearing down on him. The two lock heads, go stride for stride the last few yards … and Dortmund wins by a...
Saturday’s racing surely came extremely close to perfection for any lover of the Thoroughbred. The highlight, inevitably, had to be American Pharoah’s majestic display at Belmont, which finally quenched America’s thirst for a Triple Crown winner. However, there were no grounds for complaint earlier in the day at Epsom, when the exciting Golden Horn maintained...
Irish Rookie (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}), the 3/4-length runner-up in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches May 10, may bypass Sunday’s G1 Prix de Diane and instead be supplemented for next Friday’s G1 Coronation S. over a mile at Royal Ascot. Newmarket-based trainer Martyn Meade told At The Races he may prefer to stick to a mile...
The ongoing cobalt doping controversy has sent shockwaves throughout the Australian racing industry and there were further developments on Thursday when five people were charged by Racing Victoria stewards for doping offences. Among these were Group 1 winning trainers Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh. O’Brien, whose biggest success came when Shamus Award (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) won the...
The trainers who have supplied the two most recent winners of Saturday’s GIII Matt Winn S. look to have the race surrounded with horses who stand a chance to make some noise during the second half of the season. Bob Baffert sent out Code West (Lemon Drop Kid) to win the 2013 Matt Winn for...
by Danny Power Anyone who has studied Australian history shouldn’t be surprised that the premier states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria are at loggerheads over the future of the media rights to Australia’s racing vision. For nearly 200 years, NSW and Victoria-particularly their respective capital cities, Sydney and Melbourne-have been bickering. This is...
BENETEAU COLT TOPS BOOK 2 By Kelsey Riley Action on the Gold Coast shifted down a gear yesterday as the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale rolled into its fifth day and the single-session Book 2. The momentum built through Book 1 continued, with 179 lots sold for A$9,863,000 (US$8,032,575) for a clearance rate of...
While the opening session of Keeneland’s January Horses of All Ages Sale saw headliner Blind Luck (Pollard’s Vision) RNA for $1.4 million, overall trade was relatively steady, with 204 head bringing a total of $12,607,200. The average rose 4.54% to $61,800 from last year’s corresponding mark of $59,116, while the median was unchanged at $35,000. The buy-back...