Simplification, Verifying to Shuttle to Argentina

Simplification, Verifying to Shuttle to Argentina

Simplification   and Verifying  , both graded stakes winners who stand at Pleasant Acres Stallions in Morriston, Fla., will shuttle this year to Argentina for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, Pleasant Acres confirmed June 26.  “We’re thrilled to announce that Simplification will be standing his first season at Haras Carampangue, while Verifying heads to Haras Abolengo for his…

European Horseracing Federation Sets Dunshea Vice Chair

European Horseracing Federation Sets Dunshea Vice Chair

Brant Dunshea, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the British Horseracing Authority, has been elected Vice-Chair of the European and Mediterranean Horseracing Authority. Dunshea becomes one of three EMHF Vice-Chairs, and will represent its member countries which are European and outside the European Union, the others being Channel Islands, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey. He fills the…

My Boy Prince, Patches O’Houlihan to Duel at Woodbine

My Boy Prince, Patches O’Houlihan to Duel at Woodbine

My Boy Prince , fresh off a runner-up performance in the Jaipur Stakes (G1T) earlier this month at Saratoga Race Course, returns to familiar turf June 28 at Woodbine to race six furlongs in the CA$200,000 Highlander Stakes (G2T). The multiple stakes-winning 4-year-old son of Cairo Prince  , trained by Mark Casse for owner Gary Barber, has experience…

IFHA Council on Illegal Betting, Crimes Expands

IFHA Council on Illegal Betting, Crimes Expands

The International Federation of Racing Authorities announced that its Council on Anti-Illegal Betting & Related Financial Crime has expanded its membership to include four additional experts to support integrity in racing and other sports:  Stefano Caneppele, Associate Professor in Criminology and Deputy Director at the School of Criminal Justice of the University of Lausanne Dr….

Tap the Champagne Tops Inglis Digital USA Sale at 0K

Tap the Champagne Tops Inglis Digital USA Sale at $350K

The Inglis Digital USA June Sale closed June 25, led by the the well-bred filly Tap the Champagne , who sold to Tropical Racing for $350,000. The June sale closed with 21 horses sold from 29 offered, with revenues of $560,000, an average sale price of $26,666, and median of $3,250. The RNA rate was 27.6%, representing the eight…

Tap the Champagne Tops Inglis Digital USA Sale at 0K

Tap the Champagne Tops Inglis Digital Sale at $350,000

The Inglis Digital USA June Sale closed June 25, led by the the well-bred filly Tap the Champagne , who sold to Tropical Racing for $350,000. The June sale closed with 21 horses sold from 29 offered, with revenues of $560,000, an average sale price of $26,666, and median of $3,250. The RNA rate was 27.6%, representing the eight…

New Vet Inspection Rules to Begin July 1 in Kentucky

New Vet Inspection Rules to Begin July 1 in Kentucky

The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation announced June 25 that amendments to its veterinary examination rules will take effect July 1, two days before the opening of Ellis Park‘s summer meeting. The new rule states the attending veterinarian must conduct a soundness examination of a horse within three days after the close of entries and no later…