Coming off a strong win in the Riyadh Dirt Sprint (G2), Straight No Chaser looks primed for the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1). Trainer Dan Blacker discusses the 6-year-old horse at Meydan Racecourse. Video courtesy of Dubai Racing Club.
The Tattersalls October Yearling Sale opened with a flurry of activity from American buyers. The second of three days comprising the prestigious sale’s Book 1 had a similar theme Oct. 8 as Determined Stables again made the single-biggest purchase among buyers visiting the Newmarket, England, auction from the United States. Working with bloodstock agent David…
Lady Claypoole is a new lady in this relatively new year. Just 1-for-16 through the end of 2024, she is 3-for-3 in 2025 after upsetting the $101,000 Santa Ana Stakes (G3T) with a last-to-first rally March 15 at Santa Anita Park. Jockey Tiago Pereira was aboard Saturday, as he has been throughout her win streak. Lady Claypoole (IRE),…
Roughly an hour before Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Good Cheer races for Godolphin and trainer Brad Cox in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes (G1) Sept. 20 at Parx Racing, one of their other top 3-year-old fillies, Immersive , competes in the $175,000 Seneca Overnight Stakes at Churchill Downs. Perfect in four starts last year and awarded…
Burnham Square came up short of winning his third straight victory of the 2024-25 Championship Meet when finishing fourth in the $401,650 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park March 1, but trainer Ian Wilkes is forging ahead with the Liam’s Map gelding on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. After breaking his maiden,…
If attention to detail is what makes a good racehorse trainer, then Dan Blacker has it in abundance. The California-based trainer flew 16 hours to Dubai last week to watch his superstar Straight No Chaser work at Meydan Racecourse ahead of the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) April 5. “I came in for four days,” he…
Hip 2266, a filly by Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm’s Good Magic , and Hip 2302, a filly by Spendthrift Farm’s Omaha Beach, were the co-highest priced fillies at $400,000 Sept. 15 during the first of two sessions for Book 4 of Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale. Hip 2302 is out of the Arch mare Carmel Beauty, who is a full sister…
