Private Terms Stakes winner Pay Billy and Withers Stakes runner-up Surfside Moon lead a competitive edition of the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes April 19 at Laurel Park. The 1 1/8-mile event for 3-year-olds offers any Triple Crown-nominated runner that wins an automatic berth to the Preakness Stakes (G1), the May 17 second leg of the Triple…
Outstanding mares Kimochi and Magic Time will be striving to raise another group 1 victory for their Yarraman Park sires—and yet another for owners Yulong—when they contest the April 19 All Aged Stakes (G1) at Randwick Racecourse. With a blistering field assembled for Sydney’s last group 1 of the season, their respective trainers, Gary Portelli and…
Godolphin’s Good Cheer , the likely favorite for the May 2 Kentucky Oaks (G1), turned in her most serious work to date April 17 at Churchill Downs with a five-furlong breeze in a sharp :59 2/5, the fastest of 10 at the distance. The undefeated daughter of Medaglia d’Oro hit the track at 7:15 a.m. ET…
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 550 entries for its upcoming Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training sale, to be held May 19-20, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Md. View the catalog online here Recent graduates of the sale include reigning Eclipse champion male sprinter Straight No Chaser , earner of more than $2.6 million to date and recent winner…
Official Kentucky Derby (G1) preps have concluded this spring, but not those for horses under consideration for the second leg of the Triple Crown: the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course. Two 1 1/8-mile dirt stakes April 19, the $150,000 Federico Tesio Stakes at Laurel Park and the $200,000 Bathhouse Row Stakes at…
A lawsuit filed seeking damages after Rich Strike finished second behind Hot Rod Charlie in the 2022 Lukas Classic (G2) at Churchill Downs was dismissed this week by Jefferson Circuit Court in Louisville, Ky. The dismissal order filed April 14 kept intact Hot Rod Charlie‘s head victory. Rick Dawson, who campaigned Rich Strike as RED TR-Racing, alleged in…
Kerri Radcliffe signed for a pair of top colts on behalf of Memo Racing on the second day of a record-breaking Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training April 16, including the current sale topper, a Gun Runner colt consigned as Hip 601 from the immediate family of 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) winner More Than Looks ….
Steve Asmussen trained Yaupon to win six of eight starts, capped by the 2021 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. Now, one of Yaupon’s quick-working juvenile sons is set to join his stable for owner Kaleem Shah. On April 16 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training, Shah purchased Hip…
Kerri Radcliffe signed for a pair of top colts on behalf of Memo Racing on the second day of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale April 16, including the current sale topper, a Gun Runner colt consigned as Hip 601 from the immediate family of 2024 Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) winner More Than Looks . The colt…
Another day, another Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale record. A little over 24 hours after Godolphin paid 1.4 million guineas for a son of Acclamation , the operation came off second best to Amo Racing when Malcolm Bastard presented the Havana Grey colt out of the appropriately named Show Stealer. Godolphin’s buying team of David Loder and…
