Stakes Recap: Virginia Derby & Jimmy Winkfield

Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing continued to invest heavily as the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale moved onto Book 2 Oct. 13. After nearly ten and a half hours of selling at Park Paddocks Monday, the outfit’s name appeared on the docket of nine lots with a market value of 2.135 million guineas (2,989,508.13; 1 guinea =…

Curlin   has been long established as one of the premier, if not the premier, North American sire of classic distance dirt runners. What he has not generally been associated with is precocious speed. He is sire of a champion 2-year-old male in Good Magic  , who didn’t break his maiden until capturing the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile…

A pair of $225,000 listed stakes for 2-year-olds are among the highlights of the June 29 card at Churchill Downs, which features five stakes races. The Bashford Manor Stakes for 2-year-olds going six furlongs on the dirt drew a field of seven, and one race later the Debutante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies attracted nine going the…

Sara Elbadwi & Paul Verderosa look ahead at the Woodhaven Stakes at Aqueduct and the Dig A Diamond Stakes at Oaklawn. Source link

Expectations (Hip 177), a filly by first-crop yearling sire Mo Donegal  , topped Day 1 of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales October Yearling Sale Oct. 7, bringing $240,000 from Dream With Me Florida from the Kaizen Sales consignment. “The price was excellent,” Kaizen Sales Richard Kent said. “The filly justified the price. She was just a superstar all…

Journeyman jockey Francisco Arrieta equaled a career high on Friday at Oaklawn Park winning five races on the day’s 10-race card to garner Jockey of the Week honors by the panel of racing experts. The weekly honor recognizes jockeys for significant riding accomplishments and who are members of the Jockeys’ Guild, the organization which represents…