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Triple Crown Winner's Progeny Challenging For Classic Honours Ten years after capturing the Triple Crown, American Pharoah is making waves once again – this time through his promising sons who are set to contest America's most prestigious race. The now 13YO stallion, who stands at Coolmore America's Ashford Stud in Versailles, Kentucky, remains an impressive physical specimen. The bay horse ...
California Star Brings Fresh Challenge To Churchill Downs Journalism arrived at Churchill Downs yesterday to begin final preparations for the Kentucky Derby, capping a 12-hour journey from Southern California that saw the expected favourite touchdown in Indianapolis before completing the trip by road to Louisville. The bay son of Curlin stepped off a Brook Ledge van at around 4:30 p.m. ET and ...
Star-Studded Field Assembling For Churchill Showpiece The field for the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby is taking shape ahead of the historic race at Churchill Downs on 3 May, with post positions to be drawn this Saturday evening. Twenty Thoroughbreds have earned their spots through the Derby points series that began last September, creating a compelling mix of established stars and emerging ...
Cox Charge Makes Breakthrough In Arkansas Instant Replay made his mark in the racing annals on Saturday, becoming the first stakes winner for second-crop sire Maximum Security with a determined victory in the Bathhouse Row Stakes at Oaklawn Park, securing a coveted berth in the Gr.1 Preakness Stakes. Closing Strongly To Land First Black-Type Racing closer to the pace than in recent outings, the ...
Gun Runner Colt Made US$3M Before Retirement Eddie Woods has retired from the juvenile sales scene after more than three decades of selling top-class racehorses, with the Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale on 15-18 April marking his final appearance as a consignor. The renowned horseman, who trained the early days of numerous champions including Big Brown, Lady Eli and Midnight Lute, announced ...
Record Average As OBS Spring Sale Closes With A Bang A colt by Tiz the Law topped the final session of the OBS Spring Sale of 2YOs in Training, selling for US$1.5 million to a partnership including West Point Thoroughbreds, Spendthrift Farm and St. Elias Stable. The bellwether juvenile auction produced year-over-year gains in gross and a record average, with nine horses selling for seven figures ...
Champion Juvenile Citizen Bull Amongst Top Contenders Bob Baffert will field a powerful two-pronged attack in the 151st Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on 3 May, with champion 2YO Citizen Bull and Wood Memorial winner Rodriguez both completing their final preparations at Santa Anita Park. Baffert's Derby team has been reduced from three runners after the withdrawal of Madaket Road, who will ...
Godolphin Double Lifts Newmarket Spirits Charlie Appleby put a mixed start to the season behind him by registering his second double of the Craven meeting with Military Code and Indian Spring in the opening two contests on Thursday. The Godolphin trainer has seen the likes of Mountain Breeze, Al Qudra, Verse Of Love, Aomori City and Opera Ballet beaten in trials in recent days, although he did ...
Record-Breaking Eclipse Champion Headlines Catalogue Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 550 2YOs for its upcoming Midlantic May Sale, taking place at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium on May 19-20, with recent sale graduate and reigning Eclipse champion male sprinter Straight No Chaser featuring prominently. Champion Sprinter Leads Stellar Graduates The catalogue cover star Straight No Chaser, ...
US$1.3 Million Purchase Adding To Impressive Figures The Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2YOs in Training continues setting records as a colt by the late Uncle Mo paced the third session on Thursday, fetching US$1.3 million from Ramiro Restrepo's Marquee Bloodstock. Consigned as Hip 833 by the soon-to-retire Eddie Woods, the colt became the eighth horse to sell for seven figures during the ...
Amo Racing Secures Star Lot For 1,750,000 Guineas The Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up Sale at Newmarket on Wednesday shattered all previous records with the second session headlined by a colt by Havana Grey selling for an unprecedented 1,750,000 guineas to Kia Joorabchian's Amo Racing. The magnificent result eclipsed the previous record of 1,400,000 guineas paid by Godolphin for an Acclamation colt ...
Gun Runner Colt Tops US$1.45M As Quality Shines Through Gun Runner progeny continues to command premium prices at the second day of a record-breaking Ocala Breeders' Sales Spring Sale of 2YOs in Training yesterday, with Kerri Radcliffe signing for the current sale topper at US$1.45m. Radcliffe, purchasing on behalf of Memo Racing, secured Hip 601, a colt from the immediate family of 2024 Gr.1 ...
