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The unbeaten 3-year-old filly turf superstar Lady Eli (Divine Park) is nearing a return to training, according to co-owners Sol Kumin and Jay Hanley of Sheep Pond Partners. Perfect through her first six attempts–including the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S. most recently July 4 and the 2014 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa...
He’s 53, hasn’t ridden in 22 months and his career has been interrupted repeatedly by substance-abuse related suspensions, but Pat Valenzuela predicted he will be as good, if not better, than ever when he returns to riding this week in Louisiana. Valenzuela, who has not ridden since January 2014, has been granted a jockey’s license...
Firing Line (Line of David)–a game runner-up to Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in the GI Kentucky Derby–is aiming for a spring return. The handsome bay was eased after stumbling at the start over a very sloppy going when last seen finishing seventh in the GI Preakness S. at Pimlico May 16....
Chirico Vallis (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) became the highest-priced jumping prospect to ever sell at the Arqana Autumn Sale when bringing a final bid of €355,000 from bloodstock agent Hubert Barbe during the auction’s opening session in Deauville Monday. Barbe fended off Harold Kirk for the 3-year-old gelding (lot 255), who has been second in two...
This time, American Pharoah’s competitors are not named Tonalist, Keen Ice, Effinex, Frosted or Firing Line but Curry, Rousey, Djokovic, Serena, Speith, Messi. They, along with American Pharoah, are among the 12 nominees for the coveted title of Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year. If there’s any justice, if the panelists who decide who will...
It is now nearly 250 years since the colourful gambler Dennis O’Kelly correctly predicted at Epsom that “it will be Eclipse first, the rest nowhere.” Perhaps using his winnings, O’Kelly went on to buy this brilliant horse, who retired unbeaten in 18 starts before developing into the ancestor of the vast majority of today’s Thoroughbreds....
When Susan Chu got into horse racing just three years ago, she had almost instantaneous success. The first horse to don the colors of her Tanma Corporation was Super Ninety Nine (Pulpit), winner of the 2013 GIII Southwest S. and third in that year’s GI Santa Anita Derby. That success was quickly followed the next...
GI Travers S. winner Keen Ice (Curlin) will likely conclude his sophomore campaign with a start in the Nov. 27 GI Clark H. at Churchill Downs. The Donegal Racing colorbearer worked a half-mile at Churchill Sunday in :48.20 under exercise rider Tammy Fox. He began the workout at the three-eighths pole over a “fast” track...
The Goffs November Foal Sale kicks off its expanded run in Ireland Monday Nov. 16 with the first 227 lots slated to go under the hammer in Co. Kildare. An increased Irish foal crop and a resurgence in the sale itself in recent years has seen the sale expanded to 1203 hips over five days...
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman’s Toews On Ice (Archarcharch) became the first graded stakes winner for his freshman sire (by Arch) with a gritty score in the GIII Bob Hope S. at Del Mar Saturday night. Avoiding early trouble caused by Jury (Tale of the Cat) who took a hard left out of...
There weren’t too many people from out of town who came for the Breeders’ Cup and stayed for the whole three-week Kentucky experience, finishing with Keeneland Book 6 Friday. Keeneland CEO Bill Thomason and his team of hundreds no doubt hope to sleep in this morning after pulling off the unprecedented logistical challenge of hosting...
French sales company Arqana will still hold its Arqana Autumn Sale from Nov. 16-18 beginning at 11 a.m. local time, despite the events in Paris the night of Nov. 13. The sales company released the following statement Saturday morning which reads: ” As a consequence of the terribly sad events that took place in Paris...