Looking back on the lone defeat in Eclatant ‘s career doesn’t look so bad. In her first start stretching out to two turns, the Golden Rod Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs Nov. 30, she ran third to two of the top contenders for the Kentucky Oaks (G1): Brad Cox-trained stablemate Good Cheer and Quietside . Refocused on sprints, the…
Trainer Danny Shum discusses Romantic Warrior ahead of the Dubai Turf (G1T). Video courtesy of Dubai Racing Club. Source link
The field of eight entered April 5 in the $650,000 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland is full of fillies and mares who have displayed top-quality form throughout their careers. For one of them, the seven-furlong contest will provide that breakthrough victory at the top level. Perhaps the most promising in the group is the 4-year-old…
Multiple graded stakes winner Cogburn ‘s stud fee has been set at AU$27,500 (approx. US$17,326, AU$1=US$0.63), including goods and services tax, when he shuttles to Widden Stud in Australia later this year, according to a report by ANZ Bloodstock News. The son of Not This Time set the North American record for 5 1/2 furlongs in :59.80 in the…
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…
From July this year Sharon O’Regan will become CEO of Weatherbys Limited—succeeding Russell Ferris who is moving on to become the Managing Director of Racecourse Media Group. Sharon, who is currently Deputy Chief Executive of Weatherbys Limited and General Manager of Weatherbys Ireland, has played a central part in the development and diversification of the…
The board of directors of Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced that it has authorized expenditure of $2,693,312 to fund 16 new projects and 10 continuing projects at 17 universities as well as two career development awards. The 2025 slate of research brings Grayson’s totals since 1940 to more than $44.4 million to underwrite more than…
Fresh off his first Fair Grounds leading rider title, Jose Ortiz was on the move travelling to Oaklawn Park for Arkansas Derby weekend. Ortiz proceeded to win three stakes races including sweeping the track’s feature races, the Gr. I Arkansas Derby and the Gr. II Fantasy on Saturday and the Hot Springs Stakes on Sunday….
Just in case he wasn’t already front-of-mind with racing fans throughout the world, Japan’s Forever Young stirred more souls by prevailing over Romantic Warrior in one of the greatest stretch duels in the history of international dirt racing in this year’s Saudi Cup (G1). Now with his connections plotting a path that will include international stops…
The William Haggas-trained Dubai Honour preserved his unblemished record in Sydney group 1 races when he added the April 2 Tancred Stakes (G1) at Rosehill Gardens Racecourse to his back-to-back 2023 triumphs in the Ranvet Stakes (G1) and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1). With nine of the 11 runners bred in the Northern Hemisphere, this…
