Folland-Bowen Bloodstock makes a first appearance at the Goffs Orby Sale this year, which begins Sept. 29 with a two-day Book 1, with the event cherry-picked in order for a well-bred colt to make the right impression. Natalie Folland and Matt Bowen’s operation, which has been in existence on the Fonthill Estate in Wiltshire for…
Tom’s Magic , a hard-charging second in The King’s Plate, went one better in the CA$400,000 Breeders’ Stakes, the final jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown, Sept. 28 at Woodbine. It was the duo of D’aurum and Ciunas who positioned themselves first and second, respectively, soon after the start, followed by Faber , Borealis Trail and Tom’s…
The Sept. 28 renewal of the Sprinters Stakes (G1) at Nakayama Racecourse featured the winners from each of the last two years, the winner of Japan’s only other top-level sprint race, and a former Hong Kong champion sprinter—but they all bowed to 8-year-old, first-time grade 1 winner Win Carnelian . The outcome was a shocker as the…
Sunday’s closing day program at Churchill Downs with mandatory payouts in all wagers led by a $214,090 jackpot carryover in the 20-cent Derby City 6. Sunday’s 10-race card, the last of 14 programs during the September Meet, gets underway at 12:45 p.m. (all times Eastern) with the Derby City 6 beginning in Race 5 at…
If Johannes wasn’t such a talented racehorse, he could trade on his looks in the show ring. “We love Johannes—he’s such a pretty boy,” said Debby McCloskey, who bred and owns Johannes with her husband, Joe. “He was always a little heartstopper. He was just really cute.” Johannes, dk b/br, 5/h Nyquist — Cuyathy, by Congrats…
If Johannes wasn’t such a talented racehorse, he could trade on his looks in the show ring. “We love Johannes—he’s such a pretty boy,” said Debby McCloskey, who bred and owns Johannes with her husband, Joe. “He was always a little heartstopper. He was just really cute.” Johannes, dk b/br, 5/h Nyquist — Cuyathy, by Congrats…
Coming into the $250,000 Gallant Bloom Stakes (G2) Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack, Averill Racing, Two Eight Racing, and Anthony Mattera’s R Disaster had an exemplary record that included three narrow misses at the graded stakes level, and having never finished worse than second in 11 starts. But she was missing one thing—a graded stakes…
Remington Park has added a date of racing on Sunday, Oct. 5 with the first race at 2pm-Central. The added date serves as a makeup situation for the racing night lost on Thursday, Sept. 25. The Remington Park schedule for the first week of the new month will have racing Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 2-5….
Winchell Thoroughbreds’ Snow Face Princess , a maiden and stakes winner at Saratoga Race Course over the summer, returns to New York for the Oct. 2 Matron Stakes (G3T) at Aqueduct Racetrack. Snow Face Princess had recorded those wins while under the care of trainer Todd Pletcher, but was moved to Steve Asmussen’s barn after dropping…
Godolphin’s globetrotting 7-year-old Rebel’s Romance easily won the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Stakes (G1T) Sept. 27 at Aqueduct Racetrack in the reigning champion turf male’s return to American racing. Jockey Frankie Dettori made an early move on the winner, advancing from third up to the lead after a half-mile in :49.26 in the field of five. The son of…
