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Godolphin has been steadily growing its prowess, adding iconic race trophies to Sheikh Mohammed's trophy rooms around the world. On June 5 Godolphin's Adayar captured the Cazoo Derby, while Essential Quality claimed the prestigious 2021 Belmont Stakes. Three weeks later, Godolphin pulled off another double, capturing the Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby at The Curragh with Hurricane Lane and the ...
Shadwell Stables' Zaajel captured the Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher and new owner Sheikha Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum, daughter of the late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who be continuing her father's legacy at Shadwell Estate. Angus Gold, Shadwell's longtime racing manager, told Racing Post that Sheikha Hissa will take over as head of the powerful ...
Mishriff is set to make his next appearance in the Gr.1 Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown after his return from the UAE, where he won the Dubai’s biggest prize on turf after winning the US$20 million Saudi Cup, the world’s richest horse race. proved himself the most versatile horse in training when he won the $20 million Saudi Cup in February on dirt and then the $5m Dubai Sheema Classic on turf ...
Gr.1 Arkansas Derby winner Charlatan has been retired from racing and will take up stud duty at Hill 'n' Dale's newly restored stallion complex in Kentucky. Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings LLC, the imposing son of Eclipse champion Speightstown out of Breeders’ Cup Distaff placed Authenticity, he sold as the second-highest priced colt for his sire at the 2018 Keeneland September ...
Life Is Good owned by WinStar Farm and China Horse Club had his first work back at Keeneland Race Course. Having won all three of his starts, for trainer Bob Baffert this winter, the Into Mischief colt was the individual favorite in four pools of this year's Kentucky Derby Future Wager before being injured. In a text message to Horse Racing Nation, WinStar president and CEO Elliott Walden said ...
Matt Laurie's exciting Gr.1 winning sprinter Portland Sky has recently returned to work for his 4YO season. The son of Deep Field has won four of his eight starts after dead-heating in the Oakleigh Plate, subsequently finishing second to Masked Crusader in the William Reid Stakes. The A$85,000 Perth yearling purchase, the colt has already banked his connections A$529,075 in prizemoney and the ...
State regulators in New York revoked the license of Thoroughbred trainer Linda Rice for her role in what officials say was a "corrupt" scheme to gain an edge with her horses by obtaining the names of entries in races before the cards became final. The New York State Gaming Commission also fined Rice $50,000 and said she cannot re-apply for a license for three years. The vote by the ...
Len Ragozin, who created The Ragozin Sheets, died peacefully on the evening of May 13 at the age of 92. He has described his work in the pre-computer era of working out the algorithms that became The Ragozin Sheets and his handicapping techniques in a book: The Odds Must Be Crazy. The Sheets are still data providers of Thoroughbred horse performance records for racing's leading owners, trainers, ...
American Triple Crown winner Justify's talented younger brother, Stage Raider claimed the US$89,240 first-level allowance at Belmont Park. The 3YO half brother to the 2018 Triple Crown winner came through a narrow stretch opening and pulled clear for a hand-ridden three-length victory over Civil War The John Gunther-owned- and -bred Pioneerof the Nile colt raced the longest in his three-race ...
So You Think mare Realm Of Flowers is the first horse into the 2021 Melbourne Cup after a most emphatic victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. A year exactly to the day since her last win (SA Fillies Classic in Adelaide), Realm Of Flowers underlined just how luckless she was in the Sydney Cup in March when she ran clear to record a near five-length blitz under jockey Mark Zahra. ...
The hot favourite for the Preakness Stakes Medina Spirit gained conditional entry to the event despite failing a drug test for the steroid betamethasone after the 2021 Kentucky Derby victory. The conditions include “a binding commitment” from Medina Spirit’s trainer, Bob Baffert, for “full transparency of medical and testing results that will allow for all results to be released to the public,” ...
Courier Wonder and Fantastic Treasure have set a high standard for this season’s emerging 3YO crop in Hong Kong and the unbeaten Winner Method will attempt to enhance his growing reputation by joining his talented cohorts as winners of their first four outings. Having collected a trio of triumphs the Deep Field gelding will look to continue his advance when he faces eight opponents, including ...
