King Reviews Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial – Video –

Dual group 1-winning mare Emily Upjohn  has been sold to Northern Farm and will relocate to Japan later this year.  “Emily Upjohn is a wonderful horse that I had seen race, so when I heard about (her sale), I jumped at it immediately,” Shunsuke Yoshida, the vice president of the behemoth Hokkaido stud, told Japanese…

After a year-long winless spell, Italian Soiree – Horse Profile – BloodHorse.com”>After a year-long winless spell, Italian Soiree  emerged victorious as a 14-1 longshot in the $175,000 Coronation Cup Stakes (G3T), a 5 1/2-furlong turf race July 11 at Saratoga Race Course. Italian Soiree, b, 3/f Uncle Mo — Social Call, by Smart Strike Owner: Hit…

Starstruck. That’s what we were. Absolutely starstruck like U2 groupies beholding Bono suddenly wandering in our midst. Only it was hard to figure out how to act around this D. Wayne Lukas person, a tireless self-promoter whose idea of a role model was the chair-throwing basketball coach Bobby Knight. Why did he prefer Wayne to…

Royal Ascot will be the next destination for George Boughey’s globetrotting pupil Believing  as the trainer sets his sights on more group 1 success. The 5-year-old Mehmas  mare won her first race at the highest level at the ninth attempt in the April 5 Al Quoz Sprint (G1T) at Meydan Racecourse, and while that was enough to…

Marc Witkowski, the regular exercise rider of Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Journalism, reacts to the colt’s victory the following morning May 18. Source link

When Jack Keller arrived at what is now Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack in 1967, he figured he’d spend a year working as a valet and then move on to another track for his next adventure in the world of racing. One year, however, turned into 59. “As it turned out, I never left,” said Keller, who…