Sahlan Upsets Prix du Moulin, Eyes Breeders’ Cup Mile

Sahlan Upsets Prix du Moulin, Eyes Breeders’ Cup Mile

The Prix du Moulin (G1) provided the season’s latest shock result as 20-1 shot Sahlan  got the better of the fast-finishing Rosallion  at Longchamp Sept. 7. The 3-year-old was supplemented for the contest by trainer Francis Graffard and provided him with a second group 1 within half an hour after Goliath ‘s strike in the Grosser…

Stonestreet Sends Another Top-Class Group to Keeneland

Stonestreet Sends Another Top-Class Group to Keeneland

A year after bringing the $5 million sales-topping Curlin   colt to the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, the dynamic Stonestreet operation returns to the ring for Book 1 with a quartet of high-quality offerings. While all eight Stonestreet offerings stir the possibility of raising fireworks, two of those yearlings in particular, produced from a pair of…

Diktaean, Self Improvement Clinch BC Berths in Korea

Diktaean, Self Improvement Clinch BC Berths in Korea

G1 Racing’s Japan-based Diktaean surged past Chancheng Glory to win the Korea Cup (G3) by a half-length at Seoul Racecourse Park Sept. 7. With this victory, Diktaean earned an automatic starting position in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series: Win and You’re In. Earlier in the program, Chung Yin…

G1 Winner Fionn Chases Riches in Dueling Grounds Oaks

G1 Winner Fionn Chases Riches in Dueling Grounds Oaks

The seven-day all-turf meet at Kentucky Downs wraps up Sept. 10 with a pot of gold—err, prize money—awaiting the winner of the Dueling Grounds Oaks Invitational Stakes (G3T). At 1 5/16 miles—one lap around the pear-shaped oval—the Dueling Grounds Oaks carries a purse of $2 million for the 12 competitors, all of them Kentucky-bred 3-year-old…

Stonehaven Steadings Loaded With Sire Power in Book 1

Stonehaven Steadings Loaded With Sire Power in Book 1

Jeff and Chiquita Reddoch’s Stonehaven Steadings is back with another strong consignment for the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, held Sept. 8-20 in Lexington. Their Book 1 contingent features sire power and strong physicals. Aidan O’Meara, director of bloodstock at Stonehaven Steadings, is excited about all four of his offerings, especially Hip 252, a colt by red-hot sire Gun…