Horse Racing
Trainer Richard Mandella, a member of racing's Hall of Fame since 2001, has been named the 20th recipient of the Laffit Pincay, Jr. Award and will be honored at Del Mar on Saturday, Aug. 31, the track said in a Thursday release. The Pincay Award, named for, and presented by, the Hall of Fame rider, goes to those who have served the sport of racing "with integrity, extraordinary dedication, determination and distinction." Mandella, 74, went out on his own with a public stable in 1976 and has over 2,300 winners...
The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) has awarded $10,000 to the Belmont Childcare Association, Inc. (BCCA) for their early childhood education program, the organization said in a release Thursday. The mission of the BCCA is to provide a safe, supportive and academically inspiring environment for the children of parents working in the Thoroughbred racing backstretch area located at NYRA's three tracks. BCCA has received funds from TERF over the last five years and will once again use the grant to prepare students for elementary school as they develop physically,...
Awesome Czech (Mendelssohn) became the fourth new stakes winner in the last 31 days for her Ashford-based stallion, pulling away to take Wednesday's Suzie O'Cain Stakes with a fair bit of authority. Settled in fourth and detached from the leading trio that was led by commonly owned stablemate Red Burgundy (Noble Mission {GB}), Awesome Czech was patiently handled down the back before being asked for some acceleration leaving the three-furlong pole. Steered out three wide at the top of the lane by Manny Franco, Awesome Czech easily gathered up her...
6th-Saratoga, $90,000, (S), Msw, 8-14, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.13, fm, 3 lengths. ANNASCAUL (f, 2, American Pharoah--Epping Forest {SP, $306,000}, by Exchange Rate) took play to be off as the 7-4 favorite while making her career debut against fellow New York-breds Wednesday afternoon at Saratoga, and she duly treated them to a three-length beating from the front beneath Frankie Dettori. The beautifully bred chestnut bounced alertly and was soon at the head of affairs, clicking off an opening quarter-mile in :22.04. Taking pressure to her outside from a lugging-out...
It almost feels like he's on the other end of some celestial phoneline, listening in and smiling. Because somehow Marty Wygod seems to have arranged things so that family and friends, since mourning his loss in April, could be consoled by an afterglow of the same vitality that had sustained his 84 years. First a colt gifted to his daughter Emily Bushnell and longtime racing adviser Ric Waldman took them to the GI Kentucky Derby; and now another graduate of his program has assisted its transition with a $2.4 million...
6th-SAR, $100k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, post time: 4:03 p.m. ET Klaravich Stable paid $410,000 at last year's Keeneland September Sale for COMPETITIVE MARKET, whose pedigree reads all dirt, being a daughter of Horse of the Year and GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Authentic out of Cajun Delta Dawn (Kantharos), who took two-thirds of the Florida Stallion Stakes in 2016 and was runner-up in that year's GIII Delta Downs Princess Stakes. The main-track form runs through the entire family, as Cajun Delta Dawn is a half-sister to SW Mom'z Laugh...
In order to accommodate the setting sun, Del Mar will permanently move Friday's first post from 4 p.m. PT to 3 p.m. PT and remain on that schedule for the rest of the meet, the club said in a release on Wednesday. The time shift is keyed on the setting of the sun in the San Diego area, which corrects by almost an hour over the course of the summer. Sunset on opening day (July 20) was at 7:55 p.m. PT, while on closing day (Sept. 8) it will be...
After being purchased by Tom Magnier for AU$3.4 million ($2,250,545) at this year's Inglis Chairman's Sale, the G1 VRC Oaks winner She's Extreme (Aus) (Extreme Choice {Aus}) will head to North America to be covered by Justify in her maiden season, according to Coolmore in an article on TTR AusNZ. As has been well-documented, the Triple Crown winner is not returning to the Southern Hemisphere this spring, but will cover a limited book to Southern Hemisphere time at Ashford Stud. "Justify has quickly emerged as a world-class stallion but despite...
Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Thursday at Saratoga: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Saratoga 1, $90k, 2yo, (S),...
By winning last Sunday's GI Saratoga Derby Invitational, Carson's Run (Cupid) secured a spot in the AUS$5-million Ladbrokes G1 W. S. Cox Plate on October 26 in Australia. In U.S. dollars, the race is worth about $3.3 million. It's an invitation his connections are seriously considering. "We're interested," said Terry Finley, the managing partner of West Point Thoroughbreds, which owns the horse with Steven Bouchy. "It is a very lucrative package. I haven't talked to (trainer) Christophe Clement about it yet but we are definitely game. That's an awful lot...
Amplify Horse Racing has launched its new Impact Campaign, an initiative aimed at raising $1 million to engage youth across the nation with horse racing, the organization said in a press release on Wednesday. The campaign will extend Amplify's reach and impact as the national youth arm of the Thoroughbred industry. Campaign goals include enhancing educational programs through curriculum creation and implementation, and the development of a mobile education unit, just to name a few. "Amplify is doing hugely important work for the industry by cultivating youth and young adult...
Kingsbarns (Uncle Mo--Lady Tapit, by Tapit), who had earned a berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Classic after his win in the GI Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill, exited a recent workout with an injury and has been retired from racing, according to a Wednesday press release from the farm. The 4-year-old son of Uncle Mo will ship from Saratoga to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, where he will begin his stud career in 2025. The farm has not, as of yet, named a fee. "We got to see Kingsbarns's most...