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No 3-year-old male has ever proved best in the G1 Hong Kong Vase, but Juddmonte Farms’ Snow Sky (GB) (Nayef) will have a chance to rewrite that bit of history tomorrow afternoon. Sir Michael Stoute made his first appearance at trackwork Friday morning to observe the homebred 3-year-old, whose dam, the French stakes-placed Winter Silence (GB) (Dansili...
In eight previous trips to the post this season, Qatar Racing’s Trade Storm (GB) (Trade Fair {GB}) has started in Dubai, England, Canada and the United States and gets another stamp on the passport with this trip to Hong Kong for the Mile. The 6-year-old made four starts at the Dubai International Racing Carnival over the winter,...
He’ll be an outsider–well, with Able Friend (Aus) (Shamardal) in the field, they’re all ‘longshots’ in a sense–but you can’t win if you don’t play and the consistent Captain Cat (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) jets in for tomorrow’s G1 Hong Kong Mile with a roughie’s chance to hit the board. Trained by Roger Charlton, who won the...
One of three 8-year-old geldings who will head to the post tomorrow is former Hong Kong Jockey Club Chief Executive Ronald Arculli’s Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who is set to make his fourth straight appearance in the G1 Hong Kong Vase, a race in which he was a dead-heat third in 2011 before posting an...
OM (c, 2, Munnings–Rare Cat, by Tabasco Cat) *$60,000 yrl ‘13 KEESEP; $125,000 2yo ‘14 BESMAR. O-Sareen Family Trust; B-Lavin Bloodstock, Sams & Farish Jr (KY); T-Dan Hendricks. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $46,120. Last Start: 1st MSW at DMR Aug. 9 Om (Munnings) stamped himself as any kind with a powerhouse front-running 7 1/4-length maiden win at second...
CROWN QUEEN (f, 3, Smart Strike–Delta Princess, by A.P. Indy) *$1,600,000 wnlg ‘11 KEENOV. O-Besilu Stables; B-Palides Investments N. V. Inc (KY); T-Bill Mott. Lifetime Record: 6-4-0-2, $593,000. Last Start: 1st GI QE II Cup at KEE Oct. 11 After making it a perfect four-for-four on the season in Keeneland’s GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup...
Jockey Ryan Moore was the recipient of the inaugural Longines World’s Best Jockey Award at the gala dinner for the Hong Kong International Races held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center Dec. 12. The British Moore racked up the highest point total in the 100 highest-rated Group 1/Grade I races as determined by...
by Lucas Marquardt I should start by saying that you should not read past this line and, instead, refer to fellow TDN-er and Hong Kong ace Alan Carasso’s picks–they’re likely to be more astute than mine–for Sunday’s Hong Kong International Races. Ah, that’s the spirit. We’ll do our best to bounce back from our G1...
LANE’S END’S NOBLE MISSION Story and pictures by Kelsey Riley Earlier this year, Lane’s End Farm embarked on a mission to import a high-quality sire prospect from Europe to join its stallion ranks in Versailles, Kentucky. That horse was this year’s triple Group 1 winner Noble Mission (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), and when it was announced the 5-year-old...
by Bill Finley, Special to espn.com The day was May 4, 1996, and at that moment, Grindstone was the most famous racehorse on the planet. With Jerry Bailey somehow getting the horse into a gear no one knew he had, he flew through the stretch to nail Cavonnier on the wire and win the Kentucky...
by Aisling Crowe An idea that was planted by Angus Gold, Racing Manager to Sheikh Hamdan, has begun to yield a promising harvest. He first mentioned the concept of having horses in South Africa to the Dubai owner around 20 years ago and last week the Sheikh’s Shadwell Stud operation celebrated its first South African...
by Michael Burns Argentina´s 2013 Horse of the Year, Soy Carambolo (Arg) (Val Royal {Fr}), victor of last year´s G1 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini, will bid to defend his title in South America´s most prestigious race as the headliner among 22 horses entered for this year’s renewal Saturday at San Isidro. In 60 years, only two horses...