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Classifying Mr Prospector’s son Gulch as a champion sprinter may be essentially accurate, but this description certainly doesn’t tell the whole story. The fact that his dam Jameela had flourished over a mile and a quarter, winning the GI Ladies H. and GI Delaware H., persuaded Gulch’s connections that he was worth trying in the...
In a weekend replete with upsets, two longshots introduced themselves as viable stallion prospects by scoring their first Group 1 or Grade I wins. Sheikh Hamdan’s Mukhadram (Shamardal), now a 5-year-old, who had been placed twice behind Al Kazeem (Dubawi) in top Group 1 10-furlong races last year (the Prince of Wales’s and the Eclipse),...
SHEIKH FAHAD ON VERGE OF JRA LICENSE By Michele MacDonald Qatar’s Sheikh Fahad Al Thani has taken another bold step forward in his worldwide racing operation as he moves to finalize details for a Japan Racing Association owner’s license and set up a stable in Japan. David Redvers, Sheikh Fahad’s bloodstock advisor, said July 7...
FROM JAPAN TO THE WORLD By Michele MacDonald Not so long ago, Japanese breeding and sales were viewed by the rest of the world as an exotic domain– basically inaccessible and mostly incomprehensible. Those days are gone. In the span of only about a decade, Japanese breeders have demonstrated that they can produce, with increasing...
reprinted courtesy of ESPN.com By Bill Finley This is America, so Steve Coburn, the co-owner of California Chrome, has every right to have his say, even if his say came across as bitter and irrational. Maybe he doesn’t care that he made a fool out of himself when he called good people who did nothing...
BIG EVENTS TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT AT ARC By Michele MacDonald The rise of international racing in all corners of the world, with big money, big media and big stars flashing over new horizons, could lead to the reinvention of a World Series of racing concept, as well as focused cross promotions of championship events. Several...
Only off the board once in eight starts, Billy Gowan pupil Ride On Curlin (Curlin) hopes to improve on that form Saturday at Oaklawn, where he will attempt to stamp his GI Kentucky Derby ticket in the GI Arkansas Derby. The bay has made all three of his sophomores starts at Oaklawn, starting with an allowance win...
Conditioner Mark Casse has two very good chances at ending up in the GI Kentucky Derby starting gate and Saturday’s prep races will make the final determination. Conquest Titan (Birdstone) heads to Oaklawn for the GI Arkansas Derby, while Coastline (Speightstown) will contest Keeneland’s GI Toyota Blue Grass S. Conquest Titan was last seen finishing fourth in the GII...
by Bill Oppenheim Pending the outcome of this weekend’s final Classic preps, the GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn and the GI Blue Grass S., due to be run for the last time on the synthetic Polytrack surface at Keeneland, there are likely to be three contenders vying for favoritism in the GI Kentucky Derby in...
by Dean Towers I’m one of those people in modern society who catches up on work at night. The day is busy, and at times wasteful, with calls, emails, texts, BBM’s (sorry, I do have a Blackberry, which probably dates me) and just about everything else. So when our household goes to bed, I try...
Saturday, Tampa Bay Downs FLORIDA OAKS-GIII, $152,500, TAM, 3-8, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43 2/5, fm. 1–TESTA ROSSI (FR), 122, f, 3, by Dr Fong 1st Dam: Peggy Lane (Fr), by Dancing Spree 2nd Dam: Sunday April (Fr), by Olantengy (Fr) 3rd Dam: Belle Volga (Fr), by Hauban (Fr) O-James Covello, Thomas Coleman & Donheny ...
CHROME DOMINATES SAN FELIPE California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) stamped himself a sophomore to watch with a stylish 7 1/4-length victory as the 7-5 favorite in Saturday’s GII San Felipe S. at Santa Anita. It was the chestnut colt’s third straight win, but first against open company. California Chrome has been training at Los Alamitos since February...