Heading into its seventh year, the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearling Sale has not only produced a long line of stakes winners, this year’s catalog includes half siblings to several of those runners. The sale, which has a full complement of California-breds, is slated for Sept. 23 at Fairplex in Pomona beginning at 11 a.m. PT…
Eduardo Terrazas’ broodmare band is small in numbers, but mighty in results, most recently proven when Brotha Keny , a product of his compact breeding program, won the $300,000 Bourbon Flight Stakes Sept. 20 at Churchill Downs. Terrazas and his daughter, Jenny, run Terrazas Thoroughbreds in Lexington, where they have around 55-60 mares total for such clients as Corser Thoroughbreds,…
Duplo Ouro Stables’ Ricardo Felizzola has owned and raced Thoroughbreds in Brazil and Uruguay for about 40 years, but he always dreamed that one day he would have a horse that could let him compete in the United States. His patience was rewarded by No Bien Ni Mal who, on Sept. 20, announced himself on the graded scene…
Classy, 2-and 3-year-old New York-breds will be featured in four stakes events on Monday afternoon at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack (FLGR). The co-features are the $104,338 Aspirant Stakes for 2-year-old males (race eight) and the $116,528 Lady Finger Stakes for 2-year-old fillies (race seven), both to be contested at 5 ½ furlongs. Earlier in…
A severe thunderstorm bringing heavy rain and lightning through the area caused Gulfstream Park to cancel its final five races Sunday out of an abundance of caution for horses, horsemen and fans. The decision was made following a lengthy weather delay prior to Race 6 with steady rain forecast into early evening. Exactas, Trifectas and…
At a 4 1/2-furlong distance, there was not a lot of ground to make up from a poor start. However, that did not faze Gurney Halleck as he made a sustained rally to nail the leaders by a half-length in the $75,800 Henry Mercer Memorial Stakes at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races Sept. 20. The…
Record-breaking Tattersalls Horses In Training Sale buy Sir Delius announced himself as a spring staying force with a win in the Sept. 19 Underwood Stakes (G1) at Caulfield, supplying Juddmonte Farms’ stallion Frankel with his 40th group 1 winner in the process. It was a performance that confirmed the entire as a major player in…
The 31st season of racing at Canterbury Park concluded Saturday evening the same way it began May 24 with Minnesota-bred filly I C Gold and leading jockey Harry Hernandez in the winner’s circle. Hernandez won 70 races, atop the jockey standings the entire meet, and his third Canterbury riding title. Average daily attendance increased 4…
The 82nd Keeneland September Yearling Sale concluded Sept. 20 with the highest gross sales ever achieved at a Thoroughbred auction. At the end of the 12th session, 3,076 horses had changed hands for a record $531,634,400, including post-ring sales, up 24%, breaking last year’s record sale of $428,097,000. The average and median also broke last year’s…
It’s not often that one wins a race at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., and, a day or two later, decides to ship more than 17 hours east to run in graded company. However, that was exactly the thought process of trainer David VanWinkle with Mad House . “The meet at Canterbury was coming to an end,”…
