Day 2 at Keeneland September crackled with energy as Book 1 closed strong—35 yearlings sold for seven figures, with fierce bidding and global buyers fueling an electric marketplace.
Closing from last under Florent Geroux, Fionn caught midstretch leader Totally Justified and scored by a half-length in the $272,500 Regret Stakes (G3T) May 31 at Churchill Downs. The 3-year-old daughter of Twirling Candy notched her second stakes victory and first at the graded level in taking the 1 1/8-mile turf contest. In March she…
Acacia Clement & Sara Elbadwi look back at the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct and the Dig A Diamond Stakes at Oaklawn. Source link
Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, Ky., announced today the return of the network’s popular Breeders’ Cup Countdown shows hosted live from Del Mar beginning Tuesday, October 28. The shows, hosted trackside by Bobby Neuman and Jude Feld, can be heard live Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 11:00…
Fasig-Tipton has added two racing/broodmare prospects to its November Sale, the company’s selected mixed sale to be held on Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington. Backcheck, a half sister to current undefeated Frizette Stakes (G1) winner Iron Orchard , will be offered as Hip 223. Iron Orchard, who recently sold on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform for $2.5…
Rabbit’s Foot topped the Arqana Arc Sale Oct. 4 after running the race of her life in the Prix de Royallieu (G1) at Longchamp only hours earlier. In finishing third to Consent in the group 1 event, Francois Rohaut’s filly had made herself a considerably more valuable prospect as she took the quick trip across Paris…
Cash Asmussen, a former jockey and brother to Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, went to $1.35 million on behalf of Richard Drake for Hip 1066, a son of Not This Time , during the fourth session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 11. The colt is the first foal of the unraced Tapit mare Definitive,…
