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REDBACK ON TOP AS OSARUS HEATS UP By Emma Berry One thing France does rather well is seaside bloodstock sales, and while Arqana’s elite August Sale in Deauville is high pressure for those involved, there’s a distinctly more relaxed air at La Teste de Buch, where rising sales company Osarus has held its flagship yearling...
AUSTRALIA HEADS CHAMPION SEVEN Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) will face four Group 1 winners in tomorrow’s G1 QIPCO Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown, the showpiece feature of the inaugural Irish Champions weekend, with connections in confident mood. Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Teo Ah Khing’s G1 English and Irish Derby and G1 Juddmonte International...
JUST A WAY STILL ON TOP Japan’s G1 Dubai Duty Free victor Just A Way (Jpn), who will look to provide the nation with its first G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe trophy Oct. 5, remains atop the Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings for the sixth straight month with a rating of 130. The 5-year-old is...
HANAGAN CONFIDENT IN TAGHROODA Paul Hanagan, retained jockey to Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum, remains confident in that owner’s star sophomore filly Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) heading into her final start in the G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Oct. 5. Taghrooda, winner of the G1 Investec Oaks and G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth...
MELBOURNE CONTENDERS IN QUARANTINE With Australia’s spring showpieces–including the G1 Caulfield Cup Oct. 18 and the G1 Melbourne Cup Nov. 4–fast approaching, a number of European contenders have entered quarantine in preparation for their journeys Down Under. Chief amongst those is Red Cadeaux (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), who has contested the last three Melbourne Cups, finishing second...
A day after The Jockey Club announced that it would pursue federal legislation to bring about national medication reform and would seek a partnership with the United States Anti-Doping Agency, Travis Tygart, CEO of USADA, spoke to a group of industry insiders to discuss how his agency could help make uniform medication testing and policing...
Over the centuries, people all over the world have attempted to divine the future using an extraordinary range of methods. At the extreme end of the spectrum were the ancient cultures with a penchant for examining the entrails of human sacrifices. They obviously didn’t know about less messy options, such as tea leaves or crystal...
A busy week of selling at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion concluded Sunday night with the second session of the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale. At the close of business, 176 yearlings grossed $14,099,000. A year ago, 196 head sold for $14,206,000. The average of $80,108 was up 10.6% from a year ago, while the...
4th-BEL, $75,000, Msw, 2yo, 6fT, 1:08 3/5, fm. +GRANNY’S KITTEN, c, 2, by Kitten’s Joy 1st Dam: Granny Franny, by Grand Slam. 2nd Dam: Franziska (Ire), by Sadler’s Wells. 3rd Dam: Belle Epoque (Ire), by Habitat. Let go at 7-2, Granny’s Kitten kept tabs on the leaders from third through speedy early splits of :22.20 and...
Multiple champion The Fugue (GB) (Dansili {GB}–Twyla Tharp {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) has been retired from racing after injuring her near-fore when running sixth to Mukhadram (GB) (Shamardal) in the July 5 G1 Coral-Eclipse S. trainer John Gosden told Racing Post Thursday. She will be sent to Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webbers’ Watership Down Stud to begin her...
MARSALI MAKES HER MARK FOR CALUMET By Kelsey Riley When Marsali charged down the center of the track at Fairyhouse to record an authoritative first-out win yesterday, she wrote another chapter into the already historic annals of one of the world’s most famed stud farms. The dark bay, a descendant of Eclipse champion Hidden Lake,...
WinStar Farm’s GI Belmont S. runner-up Commissioner (A.P. Indy) will undergo surgery this week to remove a chip found in his left front ankle Monday. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Larry Bramlage at Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital in Lexington, K.Y. “Commissioner was sent back to WinStar Farm on Sunday for a brief freshening...