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While potential champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) will certainly take some beating, the connections of Feathered (Indian Charlie) have shipped their charge back across the country to try and turn the tables on the favorite in today’s GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos Race Course. Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ Feathered was beaten a head in her Saratoga unveiling Aug....
By Lucas Marquardt The last weanling to sell in 2014 by the red-hot Pioneerof the Nile topped yesterday’s single-session Book 5 at Keeneland November, which saw healthy increases from last year’s comparable session. In all, 242 horses sold Wednesday for $4,165,200, an average of $17,212 that was up 16.7% from last year’s average of $14,753....
For the first time in 13 years, the New York Racing Association will show an operating profit in 2014, the organization’s chief executive officer Christopher Kay told a meeting of the NYRA Board of Directors Wednesday afternoon at the offices of Governor Andrew Cuomo in midtown Manhattan. Pledging to position NYRA as a “well-run, responsible...
ADELAIDE AUSTRALIAN PLANS CONFIRMED Coolmore’s G1 Cox Plate winner Adelaide (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will remain in Australia under the care of trainer Chris Waller as originally planned, Coolmore Australia spokesman James Bester confirmed to Racing and Sports yesterday. Trained by Aidan O’Brien through an international campaign that included a win in Arlington’s GI Secretariat S. and group...
RATHASKER KEEPING GOOD COMPANY By Aisling Crowe A stockman’s knowledge and understanding of land has helped turn the Burns family’s Rathasker Stud into one of Ireland’s leading independent stud farms, and with foals in its arsenal by the likes of its successful first-season sire Fast Company (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) and the first crop of...
The two-day 2014 CECF Yangtze Delta Region–the major social and Thoroughbred racing event for the China Horse Club (CHC) which promotes Chinese culture to an elite audience–was held in Shanghai and Zhejiang this past weekend. “Our theme for 2014 has been to ‘Bring the World to China and China to the World,’ we have had...
The running of the richest race in Singapore–worth S$3.05 million (US$2,389,486)–was announced Saturday by Teo Ah Khing, Chairman of the China Horse Club (CHC) and Tan Guong Ching, Chairman of the Singapore Turf Club (STC) at the 2014 CECF Yangtze Delta Region Gala Dinner in Shanghai, China. The new racing event will be one of...
Trainer Roger Varian has confirmed Kingston Hill (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) will not run again this season, ruling out a crack at Saturday’s G1 QIPCO Champion S. at Ascot. The G1 St Leger hero still holds an entry in the 10-furlong feature, but following a campaign that has also seen the Mastercraftsman colt finish second in the G1...
The German raider Quaduna has a special liking for San Siro. Last season she came for the G3 Premio Verziere with just a maiden win in her bag and posted a wire-to-wire success. The Gestut Fahrhof homebred started this season winning at the listed level at Hoppegarten and was not disgraced when fourth, less than...
Hero Look, who opened his account with an impressive show at the end of June over 1200 meters and strolled home in a conditions race over 1500 meters, was the top choice of the four juveniles trained by Stefano Botti. The dominating trainer was just worried about the heavy ground. Hero Look, who stalked the...
Largely ignored by the betting public entering this test, Brisanto had the pedigree credentials to shine being a son of the 2008 G2 German 1000 Guineas winner Briseida and he was able to dent some bigger reputations and state his case for next year’s domestic Classics. Fourth on debut over 7 1/2 furlongs at Dusseldorf...
The Sunday feature at Sha Tin was the 10th and final race, an apparently innocuous Class 2 over 1400 meters, but the winner should have a major say in feature races over the coming months. Divine Calling (Aus) (Stratum {Aus}) was making his Hong Kong debut for trainer Tony Millard, having been conditioned in Australia by...