In an exhibition of pure sprinting prowess, Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum's Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) brought all his power to bear on his rivals on Friday to register back-to-back successes in Goodwood's G2 King George Qatar S. Despite the contrasting ground conditions to the easy turf he encountered 12 months ago and the obvious questions posed by defeat in the June 19 G1 King's Stand S. at Royal Ascot, the bay attracted heavy support as the 8-11 favourite and was in front before he had raced two...
The 17th edition of the Claiming Crown, held Saturday at Gulfstream Park, generated total handle of $10,118,000--up 0.57% from 2014 despite rainy conditions which caused four races to be taken off the turf. Gulfstream was hosting the event for the fourth year. "We're extremely pleased with the success of Saturday's Claiming Crown," said P.J. Campo, General Manager of Gulfstream Park and Vice President of Racing for The Stronach Group. "We had big fields and tremendous participation from horsemen throughout North America. We're confident the numbers would have been even more...
The top spot on the second day of selling at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale belonged to a son of the high flying Too Darn Hot (GB), offered as Lot 499 by Gilgai Farm, who provided a number of the top lots on Monday. The dark brown colt is out of Baveno (Street Cry {Ire}), a winning daughter of G1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes winner Neroli (Viscount) and a half-sister to Group 3-performed Enfleurage (Exceed And Excel). This is also the family of sire Benfica and 10-time winning black-type...