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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 ...
From his foal days on Jane Lyon's Summer Wind Farm in Central Kentucky to his sale as a $1 million yearling at The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton select yearling sale in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., undefeated four-time grade 1 winner Flightline has been on a steady ascent. He began to justify his price when he won his debut at Santa Anita Park in April 2021 gate-to-wire by 13 1/4 lengths. The son of ...
Shadwell's progressive Gr.3 champion Alflaila will not compete in Friday's £600,000 Gr.3 Bahrain International Trophy because of an injury sustained during normal work on Monday morning. "Alflaila was having a typical canter at the racetrack at Bahrain this morning," said trainer Owen Burrows, who was set to have his maiden runner in Bahrain. John Lake, my top lad, rode him and said he was ...
Highly Motivated, a son of perennial leading sire Into Mischief and a numerous track-record holder for Klaravich Stables, was added to Airdrie Stud's stallion list on November 15 for the 2023 breeding season for a cost of $7,500, live foal stands, and nurses. Highly Motivated, trained by four-time Eclipse Award winner Chad Brown, was purchased as a weanling at the 2018 Keeneland November ...
Trainer Rhys Radford is looking for a repeat of Great Shot's unexpected victory in the Furphy-Railway Stakes at Ascot five years ago. Comfort Me, who finished second to Western Empire in last year's Gr.1 event, is a major hope for trainer Rhys Radford to win the race for a second time. On the heels of two solid performances in the Gr.3 Eurythmic Stakes and Gr.2 Lee Steere Stakes, Comfort Me ...
Dan Morton, who trainers the odds-on favourite Alaskan God, was pleased with his draw in barrier 14 for Saturday's Gr.1 Railway Stakes at Ascot. If the two emergencies drawn inside him don't start, he will move up to post position 12. Morton would prefer that stall rather than a spot right up to the fence for Chris Parnham to ride their son of Playing God. He's a big, rangy horse who needs to be ...
Sirileo Miss, trained by Symon Wilde of Warrnambool, will run for the third time on Saturday in the Listed Ballarat Cup.She was the front-runner the front-runner and heavy favourite in the Gr.1 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville when she was 3YO, and she was again the front-runner and heavy favourite in the Gr.2 Matriarch Stakes on the last day of the Melbourne Cup Carnival at Flemington. ...
After confirming his retirement and relocation from South Australia to Victoria at the end of the year, veteran and successful rider Paul Gatt is expected to join the Douglas operation with The Everest winning trainer Clayton Douglas. Gatt said to media, "Clayton is certainly a young trainer heading places and I'm looking forward to linking up with him." "South Australia has been my home for ...
Gr.1 Longchamp victory runner-up The winner of the Gr.1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp at two, THE PLATINUM QUEEN, will be sold as lot 1924B at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Tuesday, November 29. She is the first 2-year-old filly to win the race since 1978. As a 2YO, she is the first Gr.1-winning filly to be offered at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in this century. The Tally-Ho ...
At the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, weanling colts from the first crops of sires Vekoma and Country House fetched $290,000 and $250,000 on the 13th, respectively. On Sunday, 279 of the 338 horses offered for sale at Keeneland were purchased for a total of $9,349,400, which is a decline of 2.4% compared to the corresponding statistics for 2021. In comparison to the previous year, ...
Aloha West, the surprise victor of the 2021 Qatar Racing Breeders' Cup Sprint (Gr.1), has been retired from racing and will now stand at Mill Ridge Farm for $10,000 in Lexington. On the 14th, as part of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, the 5YO son of Hard Spun will be made available for inspection at Mill Ridge at 2 p.m. daily until the sale concludes on the 16th. Aloha West, who was ...
