After interviewing jockeys Umberto Rispoli and Flavien Prat via telephone May 23 and reviewing the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1), Maryland stewards elected not to sanction either jockey for their rides that resulted in fierce bumping in early stretch. Had stewards taken any action Friday against the riders, it would not have affected the official outcome of the…
Trainer Clive Cox is confident Ghostwriter can build on his comeback performance in Dubai and mount a strong challenge in the May 25 Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) at the Curragh. Owned by Jeff Smith, Ghostwriter finished fourth in the Dubai Turf (G1T) at Meydan Racecourse on Dubai World Cup (G1) night last month, with the three…
Mid-Atlantic-based trainer Rodolfo Sanchez-Salomon will face a pair of suspensions that total 60 days after admitting a recent TCO2 rule violation. The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit posted to its website May 23 that Sanchez-Salomon, a multiple stakes-winning trainer, had admitted a violation of the rule on alkalinization or administration of an alkalinizing agent (TCO2)…
The catalog is now online for the Inglis Digital USA May Sale, featuring a diverse slate of 30 offerings, including fillies closely related to both parts of this year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) exacta. Bidding is currently open for the online auction, and the first lot will close May 28 at 2 p.m. EST, with subsequent…
Sara Elbadwi & Paul Verderosa look ahead at the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont at the Big A and the Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth. Source link
Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) winner Rodriguez , who missed the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) due to a lingering foot bruise, is “ready for a trip to Saratoga” to contest the June 7 Belmont Stakes (G1), according to co-owner Tom Ryan. Ryan posted on the social media platform X May 23 that Rodriguez had…
While not among the largest players in terms of scale, it will come as little surprise that Amarina Farm has a formidable presence at this year’s Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, with a quality draft set to be offered May 25 at the Gold Coast. A respected and commercially savvy operation, the Hunter Valley nursery…
Records tumbled at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Show May 23 when Yeomanstown Stud’s Night of Thunder colt became the most expensive breeze-up horse ever sold in Ireland at €580,000 (US$658,271, €1=US$1.05). Anthony Stroud was pushed all the way by Hubie de Burgh and his client who proved persistent adversaries, with a new bidder joining the…
Embroidery and Arma Veloce certainly have earned their way to top consideration in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks, G1) May 25 at Tokyo Racecourse but both still have something to prove. The big question mark is distance. Neither filly has yet gone beyond 1,800 meters (about 1 1/8 miles). The Yushun Himba requires them to…
The two racetrack jobs that Crystal Conning currently has can be broken down simply. In one, her goal is to pick winners. In the other, it’s to ride them. On May 26, her professional worlds will collide when the Monmouth Park paddock analyst rides Like a Saltshaker in the second race at the Jersey Shore…
