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Yonkers, trained by champion trainer Chris Waller, knows the going will be tough in tomorrow's Furphy-Railway Stakes, but he is confident in his chances. After competing in the Australian Cup and the Doomben Cup earlier this year, the gelding will attempt his third Gr.1 level race in the iconic Ascot mile. Yonkers seems to be enjoying his new home at Adam Durrant's stable, according to trainer ...
In the last session of the two-day New Zealand Bloodstock Ready to Run Sale, Andrew Williams, a bloodstock agent based in Sydney, Australia, paid $550,000 to get Lot 307, a colt by Hellbent presented by Kilgravin Lodge. Williams commented, "I believed he was one of the standout horses of the sale." I have a lot of respect for the stallion Hellbent since he is an exceptionally swift-looking ...
The momentum gained from Day One's results continued to grow on Day Two as the market continued to show signs of being optimistic. NZB Managing Director Andrew Seabrook said, "At the end of the first day I was satisfied, and at the end of Day Two I was elated." "Today was one of the most successful Ready to Run Sale days I've been a part of in my 30 years in the industry. Amazing for a ...
Sheamus Mills, an ever-vigilant Australian buyer, was present on Thursday at the Keeneland November Horses Of Racing Age Sale, when he paid $140,000 for the GrIII-placed Declaration Of War (USA) filly Miss You Ella. (Lot 5131) Miss You Ella, the 3-time champion, comes from a long line of winners. Miss You Ella is a half-sister to the successful racehorse Newstome (Goldencents) and a daughter of ...
On Friday, the Warwick Farm barrier trials attracted a lot of attention thanks to the most expensive southern hemisphere filly by Justify out of a dual Gr.1 winner. There were five heats, and the filly Just Glamourous, by Justify and out of the Group One Guineas and Gr.1 Flight Stakes-winning Global Glamour, prevailed in Heat 11. At the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale, the ...
Trainer Willie McCreery is confident that his single entrant, Ireland's Insinudendo, can bring Ireland its first victory in the race. This high-class 5YO, stall number seven, is a multiple Group winner and ran to a fantastic third-place finish in the Gr.1 Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot in her most recent outing. As McCreery puts it, "We were meant to come last year but ...
This Friday, the Sakhir International Racecourse will host the fourth annual £600,000 Bahrain International Trophy (1.05 pm). As a strong British challenger, Lord Glitters was a spectacular winner from dead last to first place a year ago. First, Fawzi Nass's new French hire, Dilawar, is quite exciting. Simsir re-signed with a local trainer for 2020. Dilawar's form in France is solid, with the ...
Rosie Jessop, who has been based in Bahrain for the past four years, won her first race of the 2022-23 season last Friday (the Bapco Cup race for locally-bred horses), and she plans to make it two in a row tomorrow (the Rashid Equestrian and Horseracing Club's 2,200m race, also for locally-bred horses) (REHC). The 33-year-old Jessop said, "It would be fantastic to win on consecutive weekends" in ...
The competitors in the prestigious Group Three Bahrain International Trophy, which will be held on Friday at the Rashid Equistrian and Horseracing Club (REHC) in Sakhir, have arrived in the country to finalise their preparations. Eleven horses from throughout the globe will compete in the highly publicised £600,000 contest. Owen Burrows' Alflaila, a progressive dual Gr.3 winner, will not be ...
On December 7 at Happy Valley, the Hong Kong Jockey Club announced that Jamie Kah and Jye McNeil would represent Australia in the Longines International Jockeys' Championship. On Saturday, the son of Savabeel will be ridden by the world's best jockey in the Gr.1 Singapore Gold Cup at Kranji, where he will be hoping to redeem himself following a close loss in the Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth Cup. Sacred ...
After the amazing Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland concluded on November 16, the 10-day Keeneland November Breeding Sock Sale began, and it saw healthy gains and vibrant worldwide involvement. During the first session on November 7th, the sale's top lot, Midnight Bisou, was hammered down to Japanese buyer Katsumi Yoshida for $5.5 million. Midnight Bisou, the 2019 champion older ...
Rich Strike, winner of the 2018 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (Gr.1), is set to make his comeback to the track later this month. After finishing fourth in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr.1) at Keeneland, 11 1/4 lengths behind the winner Flightline, trainer Eric Reed indicated on November 16 that the 3-year-old Keen Ice would be aiming for the Clark Stakes Presented by ...
