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With a police escort of New York State Troopers leading the way from Albany International Airport, American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)’s road show arrived at Saratoga Race Course Wednesday afternoon. Assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes said the approximately 2,850-mile cross-country trip to run in the GI Travers S. on Saturday could not have gone more smoothly....
During a Tuesday afternoon NTRA conference call, trainer Bob Baffert quipped that the excitement surrounding American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile)’s entry in the GI Travers S. was “…pretty incredible. I feel like I’m bringing the Beatles to town.” In a way he is. While Saratoga Race Course has seen plenty of superstars through the decades,...
Though Book 1 is being compressed from four days into three–so Thursday instead of Friday will be the dark day–the overall composition of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale will not really change very much from last year. The Book 1 sessions will start at 11 a.m. this year instead of noon, and instead of cataloguing 762...
Sports betting at Monmouth Park has been denied yet again, following a majority opinion by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued Tuesday. “While we are disappointed, our fight is not yet over,” said Dennis Drazin, advisor to Darby Dan Development, which operates the Oceanport racetrack. “I respect the opinion issued by the majority; however,...
Much was expected of the son of two Horses of the Year and Jess’s Dream (Curlin) delivered a jaw-dropper Monday, with a thrilling last-to-first move to win his debut at Saratoga Race Course. After a slow start and lagging well off the pace–he was 16 1/2 lengths behind of the leader after a half-mile–the first...
It was another of those weeks where the action on both sides of the Atlantic threw up some highly noteworthy action. For example, there was another hard-fought round in the battle currently being staged by Galileo and Dubawi, the two heavyweights of European breeding. Dubawi appeared to have landed a near knock-out blow in the...
The DBS Premier Sale, which starts its two-day run at 10 a.m. Tuesday, has carved a niche as an auction boasting precocious, speedy types and it posted improved figures across the board in 2014 when amassing £15,512,500 for 419 horses sold at an average price of £37,101 and a healthy 88% clearance rate. Its star...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) was confirmed for the Aug. 29 GI Travers S. after impressing connections with a seven-furlong work at Del Mar Sunday. The Zayat Stables’ runner worked in 1:23.20 under Martin Garcia, registering splits of :23.00, :47.20, :58.80 and 1:10.60 and galloping out a mile in 1:36.40. It was...
It was after The Curragh’s G2 Futurity S. that Jim Bolger boldly proclaimed New Approach (Ire) to be “a European version of Secretariat” and eight years on a son of that luminary Herald the Dawn (Ire) stepped up for Coolcullen in a rain-drenched renewal to emulate his sire in game fashion. Sent off at 7-1...
After the disappointment of Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) suffering defeat in unsuitable conditions in midweek, it was a bold call of John Gosden to let Al Shaqab Racing’s Shalaa (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) take his chance in a rain-affected G1 Darley Prix Morny at Deauville on Sunday, but the prolific G2 July S....
Following Beholder (Henny Hughes)’s victory last time in the GI Clement L. Hirsch S. Aug. 1, the seventh top-level success of her already illustrious career, trainer Richard Mandella seriously upped the ante. The Hall of Famer–the same guy that sent out the top three finishers in the 1997 GI Santa Anita H., the same one...
When last seen at Grade I level, Alex and Joann Lieblong’s Embellish the Lace (Super Saver) was thrown to the wolves in the June 27 Mother Goose S. and dueled on a sizzling pace before fading away tamely to finish a well-beaten ninth behind Include Betty (Include). Undeterred and of the mindset that the bay...