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by Pat Cummings It’s one thing to put a horse’s performance in perspective immediately following a race, but like much in life, time has a way of revealing the true impact. On a gorgeous afternoon last December, Lord Kanaloa earned his second straight win in the G1 Longines Hong Kong Sprint, and I had chills...
Kern Thoroughbreds’ Joe Miller came up just short to Robert Cowell when he tried to acquire the racing prospect Dornoch (Mizzen Mast) at the Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale two weeks ago. Recompense came yesterday at Keeneland November, however, when Miller came out on top for Dornoch’s 8-year-old dam Gainful (Gone West). Miller paid $190,000 for the stakes-placed mare,...
Seventeen years ago, at the 1997 Keeneland November sale, Glencrest Farm’s John Greathouse stood out back with his brother, the late David Greathouse, and purchased a maiden stakes-winning mare named Call Her (Caller I.D.) for $82,000. The men put the mare in foal to the then-unheralded Smart Strike and sent her back through the ring the following...
In his four previous wins in Hong Kong, Packing Llaregyb (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire})’s largest margin of victory was a half-length. He cut it close again under a featherweight in Sunday’s Sa Sa Ladies’ Purse H., but entered the discussion for the International Races with the win. A two-time winner in England while racing as Llaregyb for...
by Amanda Duckworth The threat of rain could not diminish the smiles of those in attendance of the seventh annual Make-A-Wish Day at Keeneland on Thursday. Eight Kentucky children were each paired with a local equine industry organization and treated to a VIP day at the races. Before heading to Keeneland, they, along with their...
By Tony Chamblin A recently published statement by the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association took “strong exception” to remarks made by Dr. Larry Bramlage as an honored guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America’s 83rd Testimonial Dinner. In his acceptance speech, Dr. Bramlage, a prominent Kentucky-based veterinarian, called for banning race day administration of...
Native Ivory, a 30-year-old gelding who spent the last 14 years in retirement at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation’s Second Chances Farm at the Blackburn Correctional Facility, was put down at the farm Oct. 8 due to complications of colic. “Its a little quiet in the barn this morning.” said farm manager Linda Dyer. “All the...
Another ‘Joy’-ful Transaction for Voute… Ted Voute’s Voute Sales sold the first-ever Kitten’s Joy yearling in Britain or Ireland when selling a colt to Fiona Shaw for €300,000 at Goffs Orby last week, and that agency enjoyed another score with that U.S.-based sire when receiving 390,000gns for lot 361, a blaze-faced chestnut who is a full-brother...
Shamardal for Al Shaqab… Al Shaqab Racing may have missed out on the million-guineas Street Cry colt, but gained compensation a little later when holding sway at 550,000gns for lot 415, a Shamardal half-brother to G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches winner Elusive Wave (Ire) (Elusive City). Ross Doyle was the agent charged with the bidding this...
Magnier Records a Double… When a Montjeu (Ire) colt is followed through the ring by a Galileo (Ire) colt it’s a pretty safe bet that any would-be purchasers will find themselves bidding against John Magnier, who is now the owner of lots 326 and 327 having been pushed to 675,000gns and 750,000gns, respectively. The former, a Newsells Park Stud-bred...
Ferguson Scores a Street Cry… Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock advisor John Ferguson has been busy scooping up blue-blooded colts by Darley sires all week, and when an opportunity arose to snap up a son of Street Cry (Ire) out of a multiple group-winning mare, Ferguson swooped, seeing off representatives of Al Shaqab Racing to add him...
A Galileo Filly Pour Flay… It took just two lots into trade to get the atmosphere buzzing during Book 1’s third and final session yesterday, and that happened when lot 318 a Galileo (Ire) three-quarter sister to G1 Investec Derby hero Pour Moi (Ire) from Camas Park Stud stepped into the ring. Auctioneer Ollie Fowlston asked for...