Pay Billy Leads 10-Horse Federico Tesio Field

Pay Billy Leads 10-Horse Federico Tesio Field

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…

Yulong Seeks 14th Group 1 of the Season in All Aged

Yulong Seeks 14th Group 1 of the Season in All Aged

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…

Fasig-Tipton Charts 550 2-Year-Olds for Midlantic Sale

Fasig-Tipton Charts 550 2-Year-Olds for Midlantic Sale

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…

Court Dismisses ‘Toe Grab’ Suit From 2022 Lukas Classic

Court Dismisses ‘Toe Grab’ Suit From 2022 Lukas Classic

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…

Gun Runner Colt Tops Record Day of OBS Sale at .45M

Gun Runner Colt Tops Record Day of OBS Sale at $1.45M

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  ….

Gun Runner Colt Tops Record Day of OBS Sale at .45M

Radcliffe Lands $1.45 Million Gun Runner Colt at OBS

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…

Amo Buys Record-Setting Havana Grey Colt at Tattersalls

Amo Buys Record-Setting Havana Grey Colt at Tattersalls

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…