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Champion Work All Week (City Zip–Danzig Matilda, by Repriced) has been retired from racing due to a stress fracture discovered in his knee during a routine scan. The Midwest Thoroughbreds homebred most likely suffered the injury during his third-place effort in Keeneland’s GIII Phoenix S. Oct. 2. “Sometimes he gets heat in his ankles, so...
Both the Keeneland Association and the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) have joined the Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity in support of HR 3084, it was announced Thursday. The act, filed by Congressmen Andy Barr (R-KY) and Paul Tonko (D-NY) in July, aims to establish a federal, non-governmental racing regulatory organization headed by the...
Newsells Park is no stranger to sales ring success with its mare Shastye (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of 3.6 million guineas colt Sir Isaac Newton (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in 2013, and Andreas Jacobs’s operation once again found itself at the top of the results table. Newsells topped Wednesday’s session with the sale-topping Dubawi (Ire) filly,...
Trainer Graham Motion has appealed a suspension handed down to him by the Kentucky Racing Commission for an overage of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol–also known as Robaxin–detected in a sample taken after Kitten’s Point (Kitten’s Joy)’s victory in the GIII Bewitch S. at Keeneland last April. The leading conditioner, who has never before had a...
Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize (Scat Daddy) raced well off the early pace in Wednesday’s GIII Jessamine S., but came thundering down the center of the Keeneland course to get up in the final jumps for a narrow victory in the Win and You’re In event for the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The even-money favorite...
By Emma Berry and Kelsey Riley They say love is all you need and for Richard Henry, the opportunity to buy a stunning daughter of a mare by that very name from a family he knows better than anyone proved too strong a desire to resist. Being by Dubawi (Ire), the filly was naturally drawn...
An overflow field of 2-year-old fillies is entered to vie for the final GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf “Win and You’re In” berth in Wednesday’s GIII JP Morgan Chase Jessamine S. at Keeneland. Larkin Armstrong’s Harmonize (Scat Daddy) broke her maiden by a runaway four lengths at second asking in a driving rainstorm in...
Palace (City Zip–Receivership, by End Sweep), winner of the 2014 GI Forego S. (video) and GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. (video) at Saratoga, will stand at B. Wayne Hughes’s Spendthrift Farm upon the conclusion of his racing career. Owned by Antonino Miuccio and trained by Linda Rice, the New York-bred is currently being aimed at...
By Emma Berry and Kelsey Riley Galileo (Ire) and Dubawi (Ire) are locked in battle in the European sires’ championship, and their offspring played dominant roles in the opening session of Book 1 of Tattersalls’ October Sale, which began in explosive fashion on Tuesday. The reigning champion had the edge, with a filly and...
A trio of horses from trainer Todd Pletcher’s barn pointing towards the Oct. 30 and 31 Breeders’ Cup championship weekend worked at Keeneland Monday. Teresa Viola Racing Stables’ GI Woodward S. winner Liam’s Map (Unbridled’s Song) worked a half-mile in :48.60 (video). Clockers caught the 4-year-old in fractions of :11.80, :23.80, :48.60 and galloping out...
The unexpectedly good weather enjoyed last week at Goffs and over the weekend in Newmarket finally gave way to grey skies and light rain on Monday, but it will not dampen the feel good spirit around Park Paddocks, which this week is the temporary home for a mouthwatering selection of some of the best-bred yearlings...
Breeding’s superpowers were much in evidence towards the end of last week, when the emphasis was very much on quality on both sides of the Atlantic. Darley, for its part, added the majestic Arc winner Golden Horn to a roster which already features his sire Cape Cross. In addition they enjoyed Grade/Group 1 2-year-old success...