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by T.D. Thornton After failing to make headway with an official protest letter that demanded a new election, Terry Finley said he now believes he will be forced to resort to legal action in an attempt to resolve his disputed 14-vote loss in the Dec. 1 election for the presidency of the New York Thoroughbred...
By J.M. Severni It’s been a banner year for trainer Keith Desormeaux. The older brother of Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux tallied his first Breeders’ Cup victory when Texas Red (Afleet Alex) charged home to take the GI Juvenile, and Desormeaux is looking to add one more major 2014 success with Danette (Curlin) in Saturday’s GI...
In 2005, Hat Trick (Jpn) (Sunday Silence) used a victory in the G1 Mile Championship as a springboard to success at Sha Tin. The Japanese are represented by a quartet of runners in this year’s G1 Hong Kong Mile, three of which emerge from the Kyoto test, including Grand Prix Boss (Jpn) (Sakura Bakushin O {Jpn}), who...
Tony Cruz has experienced it all in Hong Kong. Born in the colony of Portuguese descent, Cruz, who will celebrate his 58th birthday on Christmas Eve, became a professional jockey in 1973 and earned his first win in the saddle exactly 40 years ago Thursday at Happy Valley Racecourse. After riding successfully in England and...
The Niarchos Family’s Flaxman Holdings was named the recipient yesterday of the fourth-annual John Deere Award for outstanding breeder of the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series and Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Flaxman earned a total of 54 points–assigned for wins in the 71 Breeders’ Cup Challenge races and 13 Breeders’ Cup races–in part due to...
Photos & Editorial by Dean A. Hoffman The final day was “fantasy day” at the 41st annual Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming in Tucson, Arizona Thursday as speakers in one session indulged in role playing to show attendees the role of the stewards on race day, while other speakers addressed the potential of fantasy...
The Todd Pletcher-trained duo of soon-to-be 4-year-olds Constitution (Tapit) and Danza (Street Boss) are both expected to contest Gulfstream Park’s GI Donn H. Feb. 7. The former, a “TDN Rising Star” campaigned by WinStar Farm and Twin Creeks Racing, upped his record to three-for-three in March’s GI Florida Derby over the same track and trip as the Donn, but was sidelined...
Two of the stars of Rick Violette, Jr.’s barn, the soon-to-be 3-year-old Upstart (Flatter) and 2014 Triple Crown participant Samraat (Noble Causeway), are gearing up for their respective 2015 seasons at Palm Meadows in Florida. Ralph Evans’s Upstart annexed his first two starts at Saratoga before finishing second in Belmont’s GI Champagne S. Oct. 4 and third in the...
by Alan Carasso A total of 49 horses representing England, Ireland, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Australia and of course the home team was entered Thursday for Sunday’s richest-ever renewal of the Longines Hong Kong International Races at Sha Tin Racecourse. This year’s series offers purse money of HK$83 million (US$10.7 million), a whopping increase of...
Yesterday’s second-highest horse was the 3-year-old racing or stallion prospect Race Day (Tapit–Rebalite, by More Than Ready), who was purchased by Jake Ballis for $285,000. Ballis signed under the name Ghost Bloodstock, and said he was acting on behalf of owner and partner Matt Schera. Race Day was offered from the WinStar Racing draft as hip 2893. The...
Tuesday’s mare topper was the $150,000 Big Sink Star (A.P. Indy–Simadartha, by Gone West), who sold to Grey Flight from the draft of Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud. The 9-year-old Big Sink Star, catalogued as hip 2567, sold in foal to Bellamy Road. Denali sold on behalf of WinStar Farm. Big Sink Star is a half to...
Trainer Mike Tomlinson, standing out back, saw off all challengers to purchase yesterday’s topper at Keeneland November, which, with a session heavy on horses-of-racing age, slipped a touch from 2013 numbers but generally maintained well. Tomlinson came away with the promising 2-year-old Barbados (Speightstown–Northern Station, by Street Cry {Ire}) (hip 2860), a winning colt from the WinStar...