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Australian trainer Darren Smith, who has been stood down from racing by stewards since May, has been charged with 20 cobalt positives. The charges encompass raceday samples from 17 different runners from Apr. 29 to Dec. 4, 2014. One of those runners, the 3-year-old filly Nisroc (Aus), was also found to have cobalt in her...
Zayat Stables’ El Kabeir (Scat Daddy) will now be aimed at the Apr. 4 GI Twinspires.com Wood Memorial after exiting his win in Saturday’s GIII Gotham S. in fine shape. “He ate up well last night and looked great this morning,” said trainer John Terranova. “He’s happy, sound, and was excited to see everybody [today]. All looks...
David Howman, who has served as director general of the World Anti-Doping Agency since 2003, will share insights on the creation of the World Anti-Doping Code and the organization’s successful efforts in bringing international consistency to anti-doping policies and regulations when he addresses Thoroughbred racing delegates from all over the world at the Pan Am...
Steve Sherack & Brian DiDonato will make $100 win/place bets on 20 Kentucky Derby preps. The handicapper with the highest total at the end wins. (For the BetAmerica sign-up bonus, click here). SS: Last Week – Well, we’re both still showing a profit, but not by much after hitting a bit of a cold spell. Classy Class gave me the best run of...
Conquest Two Step (Two Step Salsa–Homesteader, by Pioneering)–winner of the GII Palos Verdes S. Jan. 31 and a narrow runner-up to Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the GI Malibu S. Dec. 26–was euthanized earlier this week. “Unfortunately, he broke his hind leg while exercising last Saturday, and our vet had to make the difficult call...
In the absence of the still-sidelined two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan (Wiseman’s Ferry), who won this race the last two years, Waterford Stable’s Summer Front (War Front) is the 8-5 morning-line favorite in Friday’s GI Maker’s 46 Mile S. at Keeneland. The 6-year-old is a four-time graded stakes winner, but is still looking for his...
Last year’s dual Classic heroine Avenir Certain (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), whose only defeat in seven outings to date came in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, the filly’s first attempt at a mile and a half, is set to make her seasonal reappearance in the 1600-meter G2 Prix du Muguet at Saint-Cloud May 1. Speaking...
Australian powerhouse Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}), a three-time Group 1 winner in Australia, could end up running in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe if he dazzles at Royal Ascot. David Hayes, who trains the 4-year-old in partnership with his nephew Tom Dabernig, accepts a visit to Longchamp in the autumn is remote, but a big...
In what could be his best season in recent times, Dermot Weld sends Stormfly (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) to Sunday’s G3 Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial at Leopardstown in a bid to repeat the feat of the stable’s Carribean Sunset (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) in completing the track’s Guineas Trial double in 2008. Impressive in testing ground...
Sunday, Longchamp, France POULE D’ESSAI DES POULAINS – PRIX LE PARISIEN-G1, €550,000, LCP, 5-10, 3yo, c, 8fT, 1:36.85, gd/sf. 1–#@sMAKE BELIEVE (GB), 128, c, 3, by Makfi (GB) 1st Dam: Rosie’s Posy (Ire), by Suave Dancer 2nd Dam: My Branch (GB), by Distant Relative (Ire) 3rd Dam: Pay the Bank (GB), by High Top (Ire) ...
Sheikh Hamdan’s Zawraq (Ire) (Shamardal), removed from G1 Epsom Derby consideration last week after returning lame from a work, has been diagnosed with a fracture of his off-fore cannon bone. Unbeaten in two outings, including the Listed Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial S. Apr. 12, Zawraq will now miss most of his 3-year-old season. “He was re-x-rayed over...
By Emma Berry As opening acts go, hosting a lavish garden party in one of London’s historic palaces with Johnny Murtagh riding high on Joey from War Horse, the first-ever Frankel foal to go under the hammer and a couple of stallions on show is always going to be a hard one to beat. Goffs’...