Stakes Recap: Dwyer & Hill Prince

Though Europeans often dominate the Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T), this year they had better watch out for California-based Formidable Man . The 4-year-old son of City of Light   added the Aug. 30 Del Mar Mile (G2T) to bring his perfect Del Mar record to 6-for-6. With the Breeders’ Cup returning to Del Mar this year, Formidable…

Records tumbled at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Show May 23 when Yeomanstown Stud’s Night of Thunder  colt became the most expensive breeze-up horse ever sold in Ireland at €580,000 (US$658,271, €1=US$1.05).  Anthony Stroud was pushed all the way by Hubie de Burgh and his client, who proved persistent adversaries, with a new bidder joining the…

Back on a fast track in the $200,000 Shuvee Stakes (G2), Whisper Hill Farm’s Leslie’s Rose  returned to the form that brought her her first graded stakes win, notching her second by 3 3/4 lengths at Saratoga Race Course July 18. The 4-year-old Leslie’s Rose made it quite clear in last year’s Kentucky Oaks (G1) and this year’s…

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When Amerman Racing imported the French filly Society Dream in 1997, they surely didn’t expect that she would she would prove a “gift that kept on giving” nearly 30 years later. Bred by Jean-Luc Lagardere—best known for the outstanding French sire Linamix—Society Dream was by the Marcel Boussac-bred/Aga Khan-raced Akarad out of Society Bride, a Blushing…

Atlantic Six Racing received an offer for Book’em Danno  last season when he was a 3-year-old, a proposition so substantial it led each partner to take a deep breath and assess priorities. While partner Jim Scappi did not reveal the amount, he made it clear it was massive. “We got offered so much money,” he…