Goosebumps First Winner for WinStar Farm's Tom's d'Etat
WinBlaze’s Goosebumps became the first winner for freshman sire Tom’s d’Etat in breaking her maiden in the third race at Belterra Park June 15. The post Goosebumps First Winner for WinStar Farm's...
View ArticleTamfana, Dance Sequence Have Eyes Set on Prix de Diane
David Menuisier and Charlie Appleby have differing levels of experience when it comes to preparing classic contenders, but they present fillies that have shown themselves already to be genuine group 1...
View ArticleClash of Grade 1 Winners in Stacked Chicago Stakes
Grade 1-winning fillies Vahva, Society, and Chi Town Lady vie in the $250,000 Chicago Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs. The post Clash of Grade 1 Winners in Stacked Chicago Stakes appeared first on...
View ArticleRacing Set to Resume June 16 at Gulfstream After Storms
Gulfstream Park will resume racing June 16, with a 10-race program after the track canceled racing June 13-15 due to record rainfall that saturated the South Florida area. The post Racing Set to Resume...
View ArticleEighth Circuit Court of Appeals Hears HISA Challenge
While two major legal actions seeking invalidation of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act are in hiatus pending further rulings, a lesser-known proceeding was argued in court this week. The post...
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Planetario Breaks His Own Track Record To Win Another GIII San Juan...
Favored to defend his title in Sunday’s GIII San Juan Capistrano S., Planetario (Brz) didn’t disappoint, breaking his own course record over the 1 3/4-mile distance at Santa Anita in the process....
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Week In Review: Northern California Racing Begins Its Uphill Battle For Survival
You have to root for the people who strive so hard to make a go of racing in Northern California after Golden Gate Fields shut its doors for good June 9. Racing has a rich history in Northern...
View ArticlePlanetario Breaks Own Track Record in Capistrano Rally
It took every inch of the 1 3/4-mile distance, but Planetario got up in time to repeat in the $100,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park June 16 while breaking his own track record....
View ArticleCon Marnane Hopes for Repeat at Goffs London Sale
Memories from last year pervade through Givemethebeatboys, the auction-topping colt who made US$1,395,585 to Bronsan Racing when offered to a who’s-who of the global racing community. The post Con...
View ArticleStakes Recap: Bed O' Roses and Pegasus Stakes
Acacia Clement & Sara Elbadwi look back to the results of the Bed O’ Roses Stakes at Aqueduct & Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth. The post Stakes Recap: Bed O' Roses and Pegasus Stakes appeared first...
View ArticleArabian Knight Returns to Work Tab at Santa Anita
Working for Bob Baffert were Arabian Knight, who worked a bullet five furlongs in :59 1/5, and Reincarnate who went four furlongs in :49 1/5. Arabian Knight has been sidelined since a fourth-place...
View ArticleAguas de Cristal First Winner for G1 Winner Volatile
Three Chimneys Farm’s grade 1 winning stallion Volatile was represented by his first winner June 16 as Aguas de Cristal won the fifth race, a five-furlong maiden special weight, at Monmouth Park. The...
View ArticleSparkling Plenty Wins Scrambled Prix de Diane Finish
Sparkling Plenty showed a superb burst of speed from the back of the pack to run down co-favored Tamfana in a scrambled finish in the Prix de Diane (G1) at Chantilly June 16. The post Sparkling Plenty...
View ArticleBrown Considering Sierra Leone for Jim Dandy
As much as trainer Chad Brown exited the Belmont Stakes Racing Festival with a couple of grade 1 victories, there was also a case of classic disappointment. The post Brown Considering Sierra Leone for...
View ArticleNadal Off To Successful Start at Stud in Japan
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View ArticleReport: Castleton Lyons Land Could Be Sold for Housing
The owners of Castleton Lyons Farm filed plans May 31 to “subdivide more than 1,000 acres of the property into 16 different lots,” according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The lots will range in size...
View ArticleTrio of Guineas Winners to Clash in St James's Palace
William Buick has been full of praise for Notable Speech, who bids to confirm his position as Europe’s best 3-year-old miler against the winners of the Irish and French Two Thousand Guineas in the St...
View ArticleHeat Forces Woodbine to Push Back June 20 Start
With an extreme heat warning in effect for the city of Toronto, Woodbine has made the decision to push back the start of Thursday’s live racing in the best interest of horse welfare. The post Heat...
View ArticleWhite Birch Absent From Prince of Wales's Stakes
White Birch was a notable absentee as a field of 10 was declared for the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot June 19. The race will feature a duel between Breeders’ Cup winners Auguste Rodin...
View ArticleSparkling Plenty a Buyback Despite $10.2 Million Bid
Sparkling Plenty, winner of the Prix de Diane (G1) a little more than 26 hours earlier, was hammered down for £8,100,000 at the Goffs London Sale June 17, only for it to transpire that the...
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