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The Robert Medina trainee earned her spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) with a win in the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 4.
The Robert Medina trainee earned her spot in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) with a win in the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland Oct. 4.
As the curtain came down on what will now be known as the “old” Pimlico Race Course, talk of the great performances in the long history of the racetrack surfaced. There was Secretariat’s last-to-first move in the 1973 Preakness Stakes (G1) and the epic stretch duel between Sunday Silence and Easy Goer in the 1989…
The last three races awarding 100 Kentucky Derby (G1) qualifying points to the winner will be held April 5, at Aqueduct Racetrack and Santa Anita Park, and April 8, at Keeneland. Talented 3-year-olds will compete in the $750,000 Wood Memorial (G2) and the $500,000 Santa Anita Derby (G1), both Saturday, as well as in the…
There’s been much debate about Contrary Thinking ‘s presence as a “rabbit” in the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), but owner Peter Brant doesn’t understand all the fuss. “We’ve been getting pressure about running a pacemaker but pacemakers have been in racing forever. Sometimes they win races,” Brant said. “It’s important to have pace or…
The Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale closed May 14 with 98 horses sold for $3,786,000. The sale averaged $38,632 with a clearance rate of 83%, and a median of $15,500. The catalog offered horses of racing age, racing/broodmare prospects, 2-year-olds in training, broodmares (including mares with foals at foot), and yearlings. Ifurhappynuknowit (Hip 30) topped the…
A colt by Little Avondale Stud’s Per Incanto topped what was a solid day of trade June 26 at New Zealand Bloodstock’s National Weanling Sale at Karaka, with James Mitchell signing for the youngster on behalf of Jim Carey for NZ$190,000 (US$115,900, NZ$1=US$0.61). Offered by Seaton Park as Lot 13, the colt is the second foal…
The market at the Hidaka Breeders Association Selection Sale of Yearlings at Shizunai July 21-23 was not as strong as the Japan Racing Horse Association Select Sale the previous week. The results were solid with an average price of ¥18,636,364 (approx, US$126,365) and a median of ¥16 million (approx. US$108,489); resulting in a 6.7% and 17.4% increase from…