Determined Stables

When Matt Dorman spent 3,240,000 guineas on eight yearling fillies at last year's Tattersalls October Book 1, he pretty much accepted that he'd never again see the 10-15% tariffs he paid on the horses again. The tariffs, a result of Donald Trump's invocation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to implement taxes on goods being imported from foreign countries in 2025, included a 10-percent rate. The figure was levied on goods coming from the U.K., while 15 percent was assessed on other European Union countries. That meant that...

A Triple Crown nominee, MEMORY (Uncle Mo) debuted a well-beaten seventh behind stablemate and newly minted 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', Crude Velocity (Beau Liam) at 'The Great Race Place' Mar. 7. As a 9-2 shot here, the hooded dark bay fired out of the gate and was in the mix heading into the first turn. Taken in hand entering the backstretch as his stablemate Authentic Patriot (Authentic) proceeded to carve out the fractions, the Keeneland grad waited for the right time to strike. The colt was asked for speed...