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GARSWOOD RETIRED Garswood (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}), who capped his career with a victory in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest Aug. 10, has been retired to Cheveley Park Stud. Trained by Richard Fahey, the 4-year-old broke his maiden in listed company at Ayr in September 2012, and recorded his second stakes win in Newmarket’s Listed...
SCENE SET AT TATTS FOR DRAMATIC BOOK 1 By Emma Berry As the European bloodstock market braced itself for the three most important days of the yearling season, there was an expectant hush around the sales ring at Tattersalls on the eve of Book 1 of the October Sale. In the amphitheatre that last year...
TREVE ‘FINE’ AFTER ARC NUMBER TWO Trainer Criquette Head-Maarek reported that Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), who turned around a sub-par 4-year-old campaign in emphatic fashion to defend her G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe title Sunday, exited the race in good order. “She’s fine today and has eaten everything,” Head-Maarek said. She added that the Arc was...
by Lucas Marquardt Glencrest Farm’s John Greathouse, suffice it to say, has a keen eye for horses. Over the past 15 years, he has purchased no fewer than four Grade I winners: Devil May Care (Malibu Moon), Panty Raid (Include), Zoftig (Cozzene) andHoney Ryder (Lasting Approval). He’s also signed for the likes of MGSW Disposablepleasure (Giacomo), and the undefeated but ill-fated Onlyforyou (Malibu Moon), who aired...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) drilled six panels in 1:10.37 under regular rider Victor Espinoza in between races at Los Alamitos Race Course yesterday. The chestnut, who is being pointed to the GII Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 20, galloped out seven furlongs in 1:24 flat. “I thought it was a fantastic...
GI Kentucky Derby and GI Preakness S. winner California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) drilled six panels in 1:10.37 under regular rider Victor Espinoza in between races at Los Alamitos Race Course yesterday. The chestnut, who is being pointed to the GII Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 20, galloped out seven furlongs in 1:24 flat. “I thought it was a fantastic...
LASIX BAN FOR RICH TAPESTRY Hong Kong-based sprinter Rich Tapestry (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) is set to travel to the U.S. for a two-race campaign culminating in the GI Breeders’ Cup Sprint Nov. 1, but the Hong Kong Jockey Club has banned the 6-year-old from receiving Lasix, according to South China Morning Post. “The club’s position–that...
Much as their sire Kitten’s Joy has dominated his competition on the leading sire lists, Ken and Sarah Ramsey dominated the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association’s National Awards Dinner, held at the Lexington Convention Center Friday night. The Ramseys were honored as TOBA’s National Owner of the Year and National Breeders of the Year for...
SEAING IS BELIEVING Unbeaten and so far unchallenged, J “TDN Rising Star” J Sea the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) has the pressure on today as he bids to extend his tally in the G1 Longines Grosser Preis Von Baden. Despite showing errant tendencies in his last two starts, Gestut Gorlsdorf’s homebred has left nobody in any doubt...
SLADE POWER BACK ON TRACK Sabena Power’s Slade Power (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}), forced to sit on the sidelines for yesterday’s G1 Haydock Sprint Cup after contracting a skin disease, is back in full training and being aimed for the G1 VRC Sprint Classic in Australia in November. The Eddie Lynam-trained 5-year-old won the G1 Diamond Jubilee...
LANKAN RUPEE UPSTAGED Australian sprinter Lankan Rupee (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}), currently the highest-rated in the world in his division, had a six-race win streak snapped when second, beaten a short head, by 5-year-old mare Angelic Light (Aus) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G2 McEwen S. at Moonee Valley yesterday. The 5-year-old gelding was making his first start...
By Bill Oppenheim When all was said and done, this year’s Saratoga Select Yearling Sale on the Fasig-Tipton grounds just across from the race track, didn’t look so very different from the previous two years. Monday started out with a nearly unprecedented 90% sold from the 71 yearlings sent through the ring, but that...