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With two similarly named drug-related racing bills competing for legislative attention on Capitol Hill, it seems appropriate to trot out the old adage “people who appreciate both laws and sausages should observe neither in the making.” Even though it’s early in the process, not only is the horse racing industry watching the federal lawmaking process...
Larry Rivelli, the current leading trainer at Arlington Park by a wide margin, will once again send a string to Saratoga, led by Saturday’s GIII Sanford S. contender Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John). Unveiled successfully despite a troubled trip by trainer John Hancock for Blue Checker Thoroughbreds at Keeneland Apr. 9, the $16,000 KEESEP yearling...
Last week we took a look at the Top 50 North American and European sires by APEX A Runner Index (click here), using new Midyear 2015 data, meaning from 1/1/2009 through 7/5/2015. A particular note about this, if you will refer to the table on page five of last Wednesday’s paper, is that the earnings...
Grade I winner Danza (Street Boss–Champagne Royale, by French Deputy) has been retired from racing and will stand the 2016 breeding season at Spendthrift Farm as part of the nursery’s Share the Upside Program. The handsome chestnut, third in the 2013 GII Saratoga Special S., won last year’s GI Arkansas Derby before concluding his career...
In the BBC’s never-ending soap opera “Eastenders,” Peggy–the matriarch of the Mitchell clan–never ceased to stress the importance of family–or faaamly, as it is pronounced with a cockney accent. Although most racehorse breeders are a very different breed from the glowering Peggy, most of them would share her faith in the family, especially the female...
Eleven horses stand their ground for Saturday’s G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot including star 3-year-old Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Anthony Oppenheimer’s homebred is now unbeaten in five outings and will be a heavy favorite to make it a perfect six on Saturday. His trainer John Gosden could also...
DP Racing’s Prize Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), fresh off her first graded victory in Santa Anita’s GIII Senorita S. June 27, closed decisively down the straight in Del Mar’s GII San Clement H. to record another sparkling win Sunday afternoon. The second choice broke well and was content to establish her usual position at the...
Dual Classic winner and 2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) will race in 2016, trainer Art Sherman said on Roger Stein’s radio show Sunday. The chestnut was originally scheduled to run in the GI Arlington Million Aug. 15, but was taken out of contention after sustaining a bruised cannon bone. Last week,...
Successful in two conditions races over 10 and 12 furlongs at Saint-Cloud May 5 and May 29, Dariyan was fourth behind the subsequent G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Erupt (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the G3 Prix du Lys over the latter trip at Chantilly last time June 14. Anchored in the slipstream of the...
Harold Queen homebred Sheer Drama (Burning Roma) stalked Frivolous (Empire Maker) for every step of the way and powered clear in the stretch to get the money by two lengths in the GI Delaware H. America (A.P. Indy) was along for third. The chestnut, a runaway winner of Gulfstream’s GII Royal Delta S. Mar. 21,...
Triple Crown champion American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) worked a bullet six furlongs in 1:11.40 (1/12) at Del Mar Saturday morning. With Martin Garcia aboard, the track’s official clockers had American Pharoah in splits of :24.0, :36.20 and :59.20. The gallop out times were 1:24.40 and 1:38.40. “I think the bit of rain we got...
OUT IN THE OPEN Supplemented by Hugo Palmer for Saturday’s G1 Darley Irish Oaks at The Curragh with the fledgling trainer looking for his first Classic win, the Listed Hoppings S. scorer Covert Love (Ire) (Azamour {Ire}) justified all his faith to beat off the home challenge under a finely judged ride from Pat Smullen....