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The Goffs February Sale drew to a close with its mares and mixed bloodstock session yesterday and posted encouraging figures. A total of 180 horses changed hands yesterday for €2,873,600 and a buyback rate of 18.1%, which was down substantially from last year’s mark of 36.1%. While the average was down 18.6% to €15,964, it...
Oriental Art (Jpn) (Mejiro McQueen {Jpn}–Electro Art {Jpn}, by Northern Taste), the dam of Group 1 winners Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}) and Dream Journey (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}), has died, according to Racing Post. The 18-year-old mare reportedly suffered a perforated uterus after delivering a full-sister to Orfevre and Dream Journey last Wednesday. Oriental Art visited Stay Gold during...
With a $610,000 KEESEP pricetag and a highly regarded half-brother that earned a record 114 Beyer Speed Figure at first asking on his page, it’s safe to say that the bar was set high for Fox Hill Farms colorbearer Kentuckian (c, 3, Tiznow–Forest Music, by Unbridled’s Song). The gray–favored at 3-5 in his Golden Gate unveiling Saturday–certainly...
Team Valor International’s Euro Charline (GB) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), winner of the GI Beverly D. S. last summer, prepared for a tilt at the Mar. 28 G1 Dubai Turf (formerly the Dubai Duty Free) with a one-mile ‘mock race’ at Chelmsford City last night. Jockey Ryan Moore partnered the 4-year-old filly in the workout with two stablemates. “I...
Just three trainers are responsible for better than half of the field in Saturday’s G1 Queen of the Turf S. at Royal Randwick. Noble Protector (GB) (Haafhd {GB}) is a fascinating contender and is bidding for a hat trick of wins since being exported to Australia from England for the Melbourne Spring Carnival. Running in the...
Contributer (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), the odds-on favorite for Saturday’s G1 Queen Elizabeth II S., was reported by Godolphin head trainer John O’Shea to be lame in his off fore leg Friday afternoon and was subsequently scratched from the race. O’Shea commented, “We’ll know more in the next few days but we’re hoping for a...
Lexie Lou (Sligo Bay {Ire}), who defeated the boys in the 2014 Queen’s Plate between victories in two legs of the Canadian Filly Triple Crown, was named the nation’s Horse of the Year at ceremonies held Friday evening at Woodbine Racetrack. Having received 156 votes, the Ontario-bred easily outpointed Calgary Cat (Cowtown Cat), who took town the champion...
by Emma Berry Arqana’s Breeze-up Sale has been riding the crest of a Classic wave of late, with 2013 graduate The Grey Gatsby (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) winning last year’s G1 Prix du Jockey-Club before overturning dual Derby winner Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Irish Champion S. Brendan Holland’s Grove Stud, which consigned...
Thursday’s scratching of Spendthrift Farm’s Beholder (Henny Hughes) has deprived Saturday’s GI Vanity S. of a good deal of it intrigue, and it should leave Cal-bred Warren’s Veneda (Affirmative) as a prohibitively strong favorite for a second consecutive Grade I victory and fourth win overall. Winner of the 2013 Cat’s Cradle H. at Hollywood Park, the homebred...
by Emma Berry In almost an action replay of last year’s Arqana Breeze-up Sale, a late lot though the ring from Grove Stud ensured that the day’s trade ended in explosive fashion when Nicolas de Watrigant was pushed to €600,000 for an Oasis Dream (GB) half-brother to G1 Coronation S. winner Maid’s Causeway (Giant’s Causeway)...
Champion trainer Caspar Fownes made an earlier-than-usual appearance at Kranji Racecourse Tuesday morning to check up on Lucky Nine (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Military Attack (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}) as each gears up for another attempt in the G1 KrisFlyer International Sprint and G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup, resepctively. At the advanced age of eight, Lucky Nine is back in...
WICKED STRONG (c, 3, Hard Spun–Moyne Abbey, by Charismatic) *$375,000 yrl ‘12 KEESEP. O-Centennial Farms; B-William Flynn (KY); T-Jimmy Jerkens. Lifetime Record: 11-3-2-1, $1,474,610. Last Start: DNF GI JCGC at BEL Sept. 27 With his eventful journey in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup after clipping heels and unseating jockey Rajiv Maragh now firmly in the...