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5th-WOX, $43,741, Msw, (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 7f (AWT), 1:24, ft. +NIIGON’S QUEEN, f, 3, by Niigon 1st Dam: Queen of the Ice (SW, $155,868), by Alwuhush 2nd Dam: Swingin Nickel, by Plugged Nickle 3rd Dam: I’m Swinging, by Imasmartee Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $25,345. Click for the brisnet.com chart, brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree or VIDEO. O/B-Don Amos (ON). T-Daniel J Vella. When...
It would never have been right to dismiss the Deutsches Derby as a parochial affair, even in the days prior to 1993 when the race was confined to horses trained or reared in Germany. Those pre-1993 winners featured numerous colts who helped shape the modern German Thoroughbred, including the 1977 scorer Surumu, the 1979 Triple...
A WINTER’S DAY AT SUMMERHILL Story and photos by Liesl King Cold, colder, coldest. Welcome to the Summerhill Stallion Day. Traditionally held the day after the G1 Vodacom Durban July, Summerhill’s Stallion Day is a veritable United Nations on the beautiful stud situated just outside Mooi River at the foot of the Drakensberg Mountains. And...
STREWTH! If Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor and Teo Ah Khing’s Australia (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) was going to justify all that talk, he had to win yesterday’s G1 Investec Derby at Epsom, and the chestnut son of a Derby and Oaks winner duly got the job done to go some way to fulfilling his enormous potential....
THE BEST, FROM THE BEST Twenty-four hours after his younger half-brother Sea The Stars (Ire) was represented by his first Classic winner in Taghrooda (GB), the name Galileo (Ire) was back in the spotlight at Epsom as his son Australia (GB) confirmed the Ballydoyle team’s belief in him with a superlative performance in the Investec...
6th-BEL, $77,000, Alw, NW1$X, 3yo, 1m, 1:35 4/5, ft. BAY OF PLENTY, c, 3, by Medaglia d’Oro 1st Dam: Kotuku (GB), by A.P. Indy 2nd Dam: Flagbird, by Nureyev 3rd Dam: Up the Flagpole, by Hoist the Flag Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $95,200. O-Godolphin Racing LLC. B-Darley (KY). T-Kiaran P McLaughlin. Bay of Plenty made it two...
MEDICATION A MAJOR FOCUS AT ARC By Michele MacDonald A day after an international racing leader suggested a single set of rules for elite racing worldwide that could penalize American racing if medication remains legal, The Jockey Club President James Gagliano strongly voiced his organization’s view that drugs be banned in competition. Speaking to the...
Friday, Churchill Downs LONGINES KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $1,000,000, CDX, 5-2, 3yo, f, 1 1/8m, 1:48 3/5, ft. 1–sUNTAPABLE, 121, f, 3, by Tapit 1st Dam: Fun House (GSW, $432,922), by Prized 2nd Dam: Bistra, by Classic Go Go 3rd Dam: Carols Christmas, by Whitesburg O/B-Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steven M Asmussen; J-Rosie Napravnik. $576,600. Lifetime Record: 7-5-0-1,...
by Barry Irwin To hear some tell it, I have been biting the hand that feeds me for more than 40 years. This has been pointed out to me over the years by a diverse group that includes Daily Racing Form publisher Mike Sandler, my DRF overseer Joe Hirsch, my current friend Ray Paulick back in an unenlightened incarnation...
By Lucas Marquardt Yesterday’s Keeneland April Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale sold its two highest-priced horses in five years, including a $1 million Malibu Moon half-brother to leading sire Tapit, and realized gains in both average and median, but enthusiasm among participants was tempered as the boutique action was battered by outs and, to a...
By Jessica Martini The Keeneland April sale was the third select sale of the season, following Barretts March and Fasig-Tipton Florida. While figures remained strong at Barretts, the Florida sale suffered significant setbacks with numerous outs and only 47 horses of 157 catalogued finding new homes. By contrast, the record-setting OBS March sale, with...
By Jessica Martini A trio of high-profile owners will campaign a half-brother to super sire Tapit after joining forces to secure the Keeneland April sale-topping colt by Malibu Moon for $1 million. Antony Beck, whose Gainesway stands Tapit, sitting alongside the farm’s Brian Graves, signed the ticket on hip 55, as Greg Goodman of Mt....