As soon as the hammer fell down on the concluding day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Oct. 17, attention swiftly turned to Arqana and the treasure trove of prospects lined up for their October Yearling Sale Oct. 21-25. The sale has increasingly grown in prominence thanks to star graduates such as four-time group 1…
As they turned for the money in the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 19 at Kyoto Racecourse, Embroidery again was asked the distance question that had humbled her in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks-G1) five months earlier. This time, the Admire Mars filly had the right answer, gliding smoothly alongside pacesetting Erika Express, then edging by…
King’s Plate Stakes winner Mansetti led for most of the race, but it was Chiefswood Stables’ homebred Borealis Trail who finished strongest of all to take the $124,304 Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine. The winner, a 3-year-old Quality Road gelding, was making his sixth lifetime start and was coming off a head loss in the…
Parx Racing-based trainer Butch Reid resides in Pennsylvania, but Kentucky is his apparent home away from home. He won the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Keeneland with Vequist , added the $1.3 million Ladies Marathon Stakes (G3T) last year at Kentucky Downs with Neecie Marie , and Oct. 18 at Keeneland landed the $334,688 Raven Run…
A season of near-misses and frustration ended with sheer joy and elation for the team behind Kalpana after she defended her crown in the 1 1/2-mile British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse. After hitting the crossbar on several occasions this season, and also finishing a disappointing seventh in this…
The catalog has been unveiled for the Arqana Vente d’Elevage mixed sale which will run four days in Deauville, France, Dec. 6-9. A total of 1,002 lots have been cataloged for the breeding stock sale, consisting of 462 mares, 219 fillies in and out of training, 301 foals, and five stallions. On the first day of selling,…
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1)-winning team of Mickael Barzalona, Francis Graffard, and Aga Khan Studs continued their awesome autumn when Calandagan landed the Champion Stakes (G1) Oct. 18 at Ascot Racecourse. In a race in which Godolphin and Coolmore pacemakers ensured an honest gallop, Calandagan picked up best from the rear of the field…
Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer’s former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse. The world’s highest-rated sprinter now has the world’s richest sprint title to show for it, after racing in…
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky. is pleased to announce a new partnership with MyRacehorse that brings together the passionate supporters of two organizations dedicated to celebrating the sport of Thoroughbred Racing and its athletes. “I believe MyRacehorse and Old Friends represent all that is good about the sport of Thoroughbred Racing,”…
The funeral of Elizabeth II in September of 2022 prompted 10 days of official mourning, included 3,000 military personnel, and cost an estimated $300 million. That’s how you say goodbye to a queen. The farewell for Thorpedo Anna has been somewhat more subdued, but no less heartfelt. She was a racehorse for everyone, a Thoroughbred…
