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In comments Sunday morning, trainer Bob Baffert talked as if Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)’s racing career will continue beyond his loss in the Travers S. While it is owner Ahmed Zayat’s call on whether American Pharaoh will be retired, something he speculated on following the race Saturday at Saratoga Race Course,...
The ‘Graveyard of Favorites’ has claimed another. Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile), favored at 1-5 in Saturday’s GI Travers S. at Saratoga, gamely turned back Frosted (Tapit) in midstretch after being pressed by the gray throughout testing fractions and looked to be on his way to his ninth straight victory. But then...
Unbridled Forever (Unbridled’s Song) flashed plenty of ability as a 3-year-old, placing in a trio of Grade I events–including the Kentucky Oaks and Coaching Club American Oaks–but has really found her calling in the female sprint division in 2015. An eye-catching come-from-behind winner over Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast) while making her seasonal debut in Saratoga’s Aug....
Legendary Australian trainer Bart Cummings, whose accomplishments include a record 12 G1 Melbourne Cup wins, has died at age 87. Cummings’s son, trainer Anthony Cummings, confirmed the news on Twitter early Sunday Australian time, saying “Dad died peacefully in his sleep early this morning, surrounded by his family. He lived a full life.” Cummings’s grandson...
Zayat Stables’s American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) looks to continue his march into racing immortality by becoming the second Triple Crown winner to capture Saratoga’s GI Travers S. Saturday. Whirlaway was the first to accomplish the feat in 1941 and only two other Triple Crown winners have tried, but both ended up second. Gallant Fox...
Jerry Durant’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Holy Boss (Street Boss) seeks a fifth-straight victory as he looks to see out the seven-panel trip of Saturday’s GI King’s Bishop S. The Steve Asmussen pupil returned to winning ways in an Oaklawn optional claimer in March, and added that venue’s Bachelor S. a month later. He defeated three...
Juddmonte Farm’s $5.3-million earner Flintshire (GB) (Dansili {GB}) looms an imposing presence as he makes his second trip to the States for Saturday’s $1-million GI Sword Dancer S., a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf. Second behind Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) in last year’s GI Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe,...
The Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company wrapped up its three-day August Yearling Sale with statistics that further amplified the stability of the yearling market. For the two open sessions, the auction house realized gross receipts of $5,494,400, down some $900,000 from last year when nearly 90 more horses were reported as sold. The open session average...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was all business Thursday–galloping and schooling in the paddock–during his first full day at Saratoga Race Course. American Pharoah traveled from Del Mar in Southern California to Saratoga Springs Wednesday to run in the GI Travers S. Saturday and, typical for him, showed no signs of fatigue....
Palace Malice (Curlin–Palace Rumor, by Royal Anthem), who carried the silks of Cot Campbell and partners’ Dogwood Stable to victories in the 2013 GI Belmont S. and to a spectacular success in the GI Metropolitan H. last season, has officially been retired from racing and will enter stud in 2016 at Three Chimneys Farm, who...
While Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) will certainly hog much of the spotlight Saturday with his appearance in the $1.6-million GI Travers S., Saratoga will run five other Grade I events leading up to that centerpiece, and another Grade II for good measure after the “Midsummer Derby.” The $1-million GI Sword Dancer...
Even when a yearling is a good-looking individual, significant pedigree updates make a world of difference to a sales price, and everything fell into place for a Pantile Stud-bred daughter of Paco Boy (Ire) (lot 286), who topped a vibrant edition of the DBS Premier Sale at a record-equaling 280,000gns. Her full-brother Galileo Gold (GB)...