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On Friday, the seven-race dirt card at Meydan Racecourse returns with several potential stars of the Dubai World Cup Carnival. Race 5's featured Nakheel Handicap is a affair with a purse of AED105,000. Nine horses have entered the race. One of them is Meshakel, who, after winning by seven and a quarter lengths at a mile distance in March of 2021, drew attention as a possible contender for the ...
In Saturday's A$1 million The Hunter at Newcastle, New Zealand, trainer John O'Shea is hopeful for his promising galloper Waihaha Falls (NZ) (Sacred Falls). The son of Sacred Falls, who is now 5YO, is nominated by trainer John O'Shea for the Karaka 2023 Benchmark 88 Handicap on the same card as The Hunter, where he is now ranked 22nd in the order of entry among a total of sixteen runners. After ...
On Tuesday morning, two juvenile heats were run at Randwick, and the victors were both horses trained by Michael Freedman: a colt by champion sire Exceed and Excel who was purchased at a cheap price, and a filly by I Am Invincible who is a three-quarter sister in blood to a Gr.1 winner. Foal named I Am Invincible On her debut, Blanc de Blanc breezed to a comfortable victory by more than three ...
In the evening of the first day of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale on November 7 in Lexington, champion mare Midnight Bisou sold for $5.5 million to Katsumi Yoshida of Northern Farm. Hill 'n' Dale consigned Hip 235, a filly by Midnight Bisou, who is in foal to Tapit, sire of this year's Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Flightline. The daughter of Midnight Lute won five grade ...
The winning price of $4.6 million gives the son of multiple leading sire Tapit a staggering $184 million valuation. At the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale in Lexington, Kentucky on November 7, 2022, Freddy Seitz purchased an interest in Flightline for $4.6 million on behalf of an unnamed bidder, just two days after Flightline set a new record in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr.1) ...
On Friday, November 18th, Alflaila, trained by Owen Burrows, will compete in the Gr.3 Bahrain International Trophy for £600,000. Alflaila, owned by the prestigious Shadwell Estate, will be Burrows' first runner in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is considered a top contender for the 1 14-mile race. The son of Dark Angel is unbeaten in three runs, with his most recent victory coming in the Gr.3 Darley ...
New Zealand's premier racehorse Probably the Irish stallion Sea The Stars will be used to sire offspring from Verry Elleegant. The date has not yet been set, but co-owner Brae Sokolski said the company was interested in sending their 11-time Group One winner to the world's greatest thoroughbred of 2009. That horse, Arrogate, is responsible for 19 Group One wins, including European stars Baaeed ...
Flightline, a 4YO son of Tapit, retired to Lane's End Farm the day after he maintained his undefeated record with an 8-length victory in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr.1) at Keeneland. "We would like to thank trainer John Sadler and his team for the incredible work they did with Flightline," Bill Farish of Lane's End told Blood-Horse. "His historic performances are a credit to their ...
The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic was easily won by Flightline, a 4YO colt, on Saturday. This was Flightline's sixth victory in six starts. Saturday's race was won by the 2/5 favourite, who helped set the pace throughout the race and pulled away from his closest rival, Life Is Good, in the final stages of the race. First place went to Flightline, who beat out Olympiad by eight lengths. In third ...
The Meydan Racecourse's inaugural event of the 2022/23 season has spared no effort in introducing the racing world to several promising young riders. After winning the opening 2YO Arabian Adventures maiden race from post position 11 with jockey Ray Dawson atop, Sharp Army has a legitimate shot at the UAE Classic in 2019. By defeating Nyaar by a length early on, the colt not only handed trainer ...
Although Front Page has suffered from injuries, he finally gets a shot at the Gr.1 level following his most impressive victory. The Corowa-based trainer has seen it all with his outstanding sprinter and believes he is at the height of his powers as he competes in the Gr.1 Champions Sprint at Flemington on Saturday against the likes of champion Nature Strip and The Everest winner Giga Kick. The ...
Michael and his brother Matthew cannot wait for their favourite week of the year: the New Zealand Cup carnival in Riccarton. There will be a large contingent representing the father-and-son training team on the first day of the carnival, with 17 of their runners expected to wear their silks. “It’s a great week, I am really looking forward to it,” Michael Pitman said. Okay Pal and My World will ...
