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Two years ago at this sale, a de Meric Sales-consigned Street Boss colt was hammered down for $175,000 to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. Hip 315 went on to be named Capo Bastone, earned “TDN Rising Star” status for an impressive late-charging debut tally that summer at Del Mar, finished third in the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile that season,...
By Emma Berry Royal Ascot may be the jewel of the British Flat racing season, but the Cheltenham Festival is the beating heart of the jumping code which, in the UK and Ireland, is arguably more passionately celebrated than its summer cousin. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the Cotswolds in mid-March when for...
5th-FGX, $40,000, Msw, 3yo, f, a5 1/2fT, 1:04 3/5, yl. THIEVES GUILD, f, 3, by Medaglia d’Oro 1st Dam: Gilded Gold (MSW & GSP, $410,182), by Gilded Time 2nd Dam: Gran Senorita, by El Gran Senor 3rd Dam: Hope for a Breeze, by Briartic Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO or free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree . O-Ninety North Racing. B-Flay...
by Bill Oppenheim There were a total of 45 North American and European stallions with first foals 2012 (F2012), which had nine or more yearlings sell in their first crops at the 2013 yearling sales, and which now are the 2014 class of freshman sires. Now that the Winter Mixed sales are finishing–Goffs today and...
DUBAI WORLD CUP NOMINATIONS RELEASED Nominations have been released for the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 29 at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai, with 341 in total given a chance at the world’s richest race. Heading the nominations for the $10 million contest are Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno), winner of last year’s GI Breeders’ Cup Classic;...
By Dean Hoffman Attendees at the Global Symposium on Racing & Gaming got an update on international wagering markets early Wednesday morning from a panel of experts representing North America, Hong Kong, and Australia. Carrie Tong, senior business manager for Hong Kong Jockey Club—where daily handle averages $150 million (US)—says that its success can be...
by T.D. Thornton A bleak, chilly December afternoon in central Kentucky does not often spark visions of Royal Ascot in June, but it did on Wednesday for Ken and Sarah Ramsey when a pair of their Kitten’s Joy homebred first-time starters won overseas in France. Reached by phone at his Nicholasville, KY breeding farm, Ken...
Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am Invincible {Aus}–Sansadee {Aus}, by Snaadee), last-out winner of the stallion-making G1 Coolmore Stud S. at Flemington Nov. 1, has been purchased by Darley, but will continue to race in the colors of his previous owners Ontrack Thoroughbreds through his autumn campaign. A later-maturing 2-year-old for Chris Waller, the brown colt won...
Notes compiled by Alan Carasso GLORY FOR JAPAN AS FUKUNAGA LANDS IJC Japanese rider Yuichi Fukunaga, who earlier this year rode Just a Way (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) to a barnstorming victory in the G1 Dubai Duty Free S. at Meydan, landed the middle two legs of Wednesday’s Longines International Jockeys’ Championship at Happy Valley...
Trainer Robert Heathcote had good news Wednesday regarding the status of G1 Hong Kong Sprint contender Buffering (Aus) (Mossman {Aus}) one day after missing morning trackwork after going lame with a foot abscess. “We were able to shoe him this morning and he then trotted up pretty well,” the conditioner said of the four-time Group 1 winner....
Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards have issued a status update on an inquiry involving the health of Singapore raider Spalato (NZ) (Elusive City) in the immediate aftermath of his 13th-place peformance in the G2 Jockey Club Sprint Nov. 23. Stewards interviewed trainer John O’Hara following the conclusion of live racing that day regarding a report made that...
Earlier this week, Sabena Power’s Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}) was named the Horse of the Year in Ireland. This coming Sunday, the 7-year-old will look to improve off a runner-up effort in last year’s G1 Hong Kong Sprint. Dispatched at odds of 76-1 last December in spite of a campaign that included a victory in the...