Charles Fipke's homebred grade 1 winner Unbridled Forever was euthanized March 17 following complications due to injuries suffered during foaling that required surgery, the owner/breeder's bloodstock adviser Sid Fernando disclosed on Steve Byk's "At The Races" radio program. The 10-year-old daughter of Unbridled's Song out of Kentucky Oaks winner Lemons Forever delivered a colt March 15 ...
Dreams shape the future and for 30YO trainer, Jose Francisco D’Angelo, one might come true this Saturday, when his charge Jesus’ Team (USA) lines up for the 25th anniversary of the $12m Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline. The former leading Venezuelan handler found himself travelling across states during his first full year of training in the USA, him behind the wheel and his precious ...
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has few mountains left to climb in the racing world but the tallest of his yet-unconquered peaks is the Kentucky Derby Sponsored by Woodford Reserve. This year, the master of Godolphin's global juggernaut has the race pretty much surrounded with potential candidates in Dubai, England, and Japan adding to his formidable U.S.-based contingent.. The sharpest ...
The traditional seven races at Al Ain on Friday evening, a meeting highlighted by the 1800m Al Ain Derby, a Prestige contest for 4YO foaled in the UAE and won in determined fashion by AF Mahzamy under a positive Tadhg O’Shea for his main employer, Khalid Khalifa Al Nabooda and trainer Ernst Oertel. Inaugurated in 2016, the owner and trainer became the first dual winners of the prize they also ...
Racing at Sharjah Longines Racecourse on Saturday afternoon featured the track’s traditional annual highlight, the HH The Ruler Of Sharjah Cup. a 1700m conditions race afforded Prestige status, where class prevailed with Jawaal delivering a workmanlike, rather than spectacular, performance to win the prestigious prize. Settled in midfield by Jim Crowley, opening his account for the year, the ...
Several contenders tuned up their style and form while preparing for the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes. The Korea Racing Authority's Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Knicks Go signaled he's on "go" for the Pegasus with his final work for the 1 1/8-mile event. Knicks Go will fly from New Orleans to South Florida Jan. 19. Joel Rosario has the mount in the Pegasus. Last week, Grupo 7C Racing ...
In an unexpected but happy outcome of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Royal Ascot will be permanently expanded with the introduction of seven-race cards each day after its revised schedule proved popular with bookmakers and connections last year. The five-day meeting, which begins on June 15, was expanded last season to facilitate extra runners, whose campaigns were severely interrupted by the ...
As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson’s eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok deserved acclaim as the unsung heroine at Sha Tin on Sunday (26 December) following Wellington’s stunning win in the Class 3 Long Ke Handicap (1000m). Posting his fourth win from five starts, Wellington vindicated Gibson’s faith by powering ...
Gr.1 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Vino Rosso has won the Champion Older Dirt Male Award for 2019. Working with trainer Todd Pletcher, co-owners Mike Repole and Vinnie Viola chose to shut down their classic runner Vino Rosso in August of his 3yo season in 2018 for some rest and time away from the track. That decision proved key in Vino Rosso's development as the son of Curlin reached new heights ...