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Darley Stable, et al’s Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) breezed an easy four furlongs in :49 3/5 yesterday at Palm Meadows as he continues to prepare for the GI Besilu Stables Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park Mar. 29. The Kiaran McLaughlin-trained colt galloped out five panels in 1:03 4/5. “It was just what we ordered and wanted...
“TDN Rising Star” Top Billing (Curlin) sustained a cracked cannon bone in his right front during a workout at Payson Park Saturday morning, which will scratch him from the GI Florida Derby March 29, trainer Shug McGaughey said. The injury will knock the colt off of the Triple Crown Trail, but McGaughey said that the...
4th-SAX, $56,750, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, 1:48 2/5, fm. +NASHOBA’S GOLD, f, 3, Smart Strike 1st Dam: Nashoba (Ire), by Caerleon 2nd Dam: Grise Mine (Fr), by Crystal Palace (Fr) 3rd Dam: Katie May (GB), by Busted (GB) Nashoba’s Gold, who sported some strong local works on the main track here and boasted a super-talented...
COOLMORE ACQUIRES RUBICK INTEREST Coolmore Stud acquired an interest in boom Australian 2-year-old colt and J “TDN Rising Star” J Rubick (Aus) (Encosta de Lago {Aus}) just ahead of his victory in yesterday’s G3 Blue Diamond Prelude S. at Caulfield. Rubick, who is now two-for-two, will race for the existing partnership of David Raphael’s Stallion Racing, Teeley Assets, Neil...
by Jessica Martini Clifford Barry has already enjoyed success as breeder of graded stakes-winning sophomores Soldat (War Front) and High Limit (Maria’s Mon) and the longtime general manager at Josephine Abercrombie’s Pin Oak Stud has another promising graduate in Sunday’s first-out winner Itsaknockout (Lemon Drop Kid). Itsaknockout was bred under the Brookfield Stud banner of Barry...
The Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale continued yesterday with the second of four sessions in Deauville. While the top prices took a notable dip, positive results were returned across most key indicators. The average rose 15.9% from this session last year to €27,848 and was down 1.9% overall to €60,387, while the median climbed 17.6%...
The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic December Mixed Sale will take place today in Timonium, Maryland. The 202-hip catalogue will be separated into four sections: hips 1-90 are broodmares, broodmare prospects and racing/broodmares, hips 91-180 are weanlings, while hips 181-190 are yearlings and lots 191-202 are horses of racing age. The estate of Maryland horseman and breeder Brice...
By Lucas Marquardt The day after the Japan Cup, I took an early-morning bus to Narita Airport, about 20 miles east of Tokyo and caught a short flight to Hokkaido. At New Chitose Airport I met up with Paca Paca Farm head honcho Harry Sweeney, Communications Manager Kate Hunter, an American and two more guests,...
Valentin Bukhtoyarov and Evgeny Kappushev’s G1 Preis Von Europa winner Empoli (Ger) (Halling) will try to become the first German-bred horse since Borgia (Ger) to win an event at the Hong Kong International Races when he enters the stalls in the G1 Hong Kong Vase Dec. 14. The Peter Schiergen trainee should be fresh after making only...
PICCHI JOINS FRANCE’S ITALIAN RENAISSANCE by Sue Finley The Arqana sales sheets have, in recent times, begun to take on a distinctly Italian flare. In Monday’s catalogue, however, one of the names on the sellers’ side, Haras du Grand Lys, is typically French, but hides very Italian roots. Paolo Picchi, a 40-year-old native of Tuscany,...
When Frank Justice died in February of 2012 at the age of 79, the farm he founded with his wife Mattie, Dell Ridge Farm, was, to outsiders at least, seemingly at a crossroads. But for Mattie Justice and the couple’s children–sons Frank II and Jason and daughters Bridget and Karla Corbin–there was no question that...
By Brittany Raine Some may consider Amy Tarrant a late bloomer in the Thoroughbred racing industry, but there is no denying her passion for horses is infectious…and successful. At 71, this triple threat–owner/breeder/trainer–isn’t close to stopping, especially as she prepares to leave her mark on the sport in a different way, one that keeps the...