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Fasig-Tipton will award a bonus of $25,000 to the trainer that purchases the highest number of yearlings at its upcoming July Selected Yearling Sale July 8. To receive the bonus, the trainer will need to be in attendance at the sale and sign the ticket for each yearling purchased personally. The auction, scheduled for Tuesday,…

While Forever Young was the talk of the Dubai World Cup media briefings on Wednesday, out on the track it was the Noburu Takagi-trained pair of Ushba Tesoro and Wilson Tesoro that drew admiring glances after going through their pre-World Cup paces.  Yuga Kawada triumphed aboard Ushba Tesoro in the biggest race of the night…

Ballydoyle has sent out 10 winners of the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1), a sparkling roll of honor which includes Halfway To Heaven, Winter , and Hermosa , but none had as stellar a juvenile campaign as Lake Victoria , who lines up against 11 rivals at the Curragh May 25. The Frankel   filly proved a sensation last year,…

It’s not often a jockey wins two Grade I races in a span of four days at two different tracks, but Brian (BJ) Hernandez, Jr. did indeed post the Grade I double. The dual Grade I feat led the panel of racing experts to vote Hernandez Jockey of the Week for April 7-April 13. The…

First Mission  has a guaranteed spot in the $250,000 Pimlico Special Stakes (G3) May 16 at Pimlico Race Course, but his team has bigger plans for the 5-year-old son of Street Sense  . A first career grade 1 victory. “Absolutely,” Godolphin USA director of bloodstock Michael Banahan said moments after First Mission’s two-length victory in the $1.25…

Workouts from anticipated Breeders’ Cup starters picked up Oct. 24 across much of the country, one week before the start of the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar. Fierceness  , Mindframe  , and Antiquarian  breezed in preparation for the $7 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Saratoga Race Course for Hall of Fame trainer Todd…