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Trainer Clive Brittain, who has won every British Classic bar the G1 Epsom Derby at least once, will retire at the end of the season. “Old age would probably be a hint, but I want to spend a few years looking after my wife,” the 81-year-old Brittain explained. “She’s spent 60-odd years looking after me,...
by Jessica Martini and Alan Carasso Stonestreet Farm has announced that its two-time Horse of the Year Curlin (Smart Strike–Sherriff’s Deputy, by Deputy Minister), whose Keen Ice took down the colors of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in the GI Travers S. last Saturday, will be relocated to John Sikura’s Hill ‘n’...
When King T. Leatherbury was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame last month, the honor was viewed as overdue recognition for a blue-collar horseman whose dominance and longevity on the Maryland circuit could be directly traced to more than a half-century of shrewd moves at the claiming box. That’s why...
Alto Racing LLC’s Azar (Scat Daddy) became the sixth horse in the history of Saratoga’s GII With Anticipation S. to break its maiden in the event, as the $300,000 Keeneland September graduate sat a ground-saving trip and ran down loose-on-the-lead Next Shares (Archarcharch) to graduate by 3/4 of a length. It was another 2 1/2...
Trainer Aidan O’Brien confirmed Tuesday that his star 3-year-old miler Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will be aimed at the Oct. 31 GI Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland, adding further luster to a potentially mouth-watering lineup that could include Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), this year’s GI Whitney H. and GI Met Mile...
Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas reaches another milestone Wednesday, this one very personal: his 80th birthday. As he was preparing to leave Saratoga Springs to return to his home in Louisville on Monday, Lukas said becoming an octogenarian is no big deal. He figures his non-celebration will consist of what he does every...
There are 249 sires represented by 4,164 yearlings catalogued at Keeneland September, an average of 16.7 per sire. However, 102 sires have fewer than four yearlings catalogued, including 68 sires with just one each. The 147 sires with four or more catalogued average 27 yearlings each and constitute 96% of the catalogue. So those are...
Excuse me for dipping into my own back catalogue again, but something I wrote in early-February for Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder has some relevance to the thrilling events in the GI Travers S.: “It has long been said that England and America are two countries divided by a common language,” I wrote. “More recently the...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) will parade between races at Del Mar early in the card Sunday. “We’re delighted and excited to allow our always enthusiastic fans an opportunity to see a racing hero,” said Del Mar Thoroughbred Club president and CEO Joe Harper. “American Pharoah started at Del Mar last...
Highclere Thoroughbred Racing has announced the retirement of Telescope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) one of their most successful horses in recent years. The Sir Michael Stoute trained 5-year-old aggravated an injury he sustained earlier in the summer and following veterinary advice connections decided to call time on a racing career that yielded two Group 2 wins...
Hronis Racing’s Stellar Wind (Curlin) has had nothing short of an exceptional season. The chestnut took both the GII Santa Ysabel S. Feb. 28 and GI Santa Anita Oaks Apr. 4 going 1 1/16 miles in Arcadia. She closed decisively to finish fourth as the favorite behind Lovely Maria (Majesticperfection) when stretching out to 1...
Because of the last-minute nature of the trip, I didn’t really have any preconceptions about the Korean racetrack experience. Had I thought about it, I probably would have been somewhat skeptical. Their racing isn’t where ours is, or where Europe’s is, and so why wouldn’t their racetracks and fanbase reflect that? Whether I thought about...