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Willow Park stud is no stranger to sale-topping drafts. Willow Park will offer a bumper draft of nine at next week’s Easter Yearling Sale, of which Glenn Burrows finds it hard to pick just one highlight. Their 2021 draft includes nine yearlings, one Lot 299 out a very speedy Stakes-winning sprinting mare Exclusive Lass by Champion sire Snitzel. “The colt, who is the mare’s second foal is closely ...
Inglis' Chairman Sale is headlined by Gr.1 superstars In Her Time, Celebrity Queen, Pippie and Danzdanzdance, Gr.1 Blue Diamond runner-up Lankan Star, multiple Stakes-winning 2YO Mildred and Courchevel - the Snitzel half-sister to champion mare Winxwho carries a Capitalist pregnancy – as confirmed entries for the sale, setting the scene for another outstanding renewal. They will be joined by ...
Horse Racing Ireland owner relations manager Aidan McGarry has been named as the new general manager of Navan racecourse, and is set to take over the reins next week. The development comes as the Meath track's current boss Peter Killeen retires from a 40-year career in Irish racing, although he will remain an independent director on the board of the Association of Irish Racecourses. HRI chief ...
Haqeeqy will be the highest profile of the first runners to operate under the new joint John and Thady Gosden training arrangement when he lines up in the March 27 Unibet Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster. Earlier this month, five-time champion John Gosden confirmed he would become the highest profile trainer to operate under a shared license when his son Thady's BHA paperwork was completed. The ...
Retired jockey Larry Melancon, the seventh leading jockey by wins and stakes wins in Churchill Downs history, died March 25 at his home in Louisville, Ky., according to the Louisville track. He was 65. The former rider's health had declined in recent years after suffering a stroke in 2017. A Louisiana native, Melancon retired from riding in 2010 after a successful career in which he won 2,857 ...
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 ...
Chuwa Wizard (JPN) - The sole Japanese contender cantered for half a lap on the dirt track with his regular work rider Kota Kato on board. Gifts of Gold (IRE) - Trainer Saeed Bin Suroor said of his Red Sea Turf Handicap winner: "He had a prep run here over 2000m before Saudi. People were asking me why are you running him over 3200m, he’s a 2000m horse. But in my mind I knew this was the right ...
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 ...
His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and one of the world's leading owner/breeders, has died. He was 75. For the past 40 years, Sheikh Hamdan has raced a powerful string of horses around the world, many of them homebred through his Shadwell Stud operation. His royal blue and white silks have been borne by 19 European Classic winners, including the Derby winners ...
The Dubai World Cup meeting celebrates its historic 25th anniversary on March 27, with six Gr.1 races and three Gr.2s, including one of the world's premier races, the $12 million Dubai World Cup, sponsored by Emirates Airline. Over the next few days, we will pay tribute to each of the previous Dubai World Cup winners. Today, we rewind to 2017 when Arrogate pulled off a thrilling win for American ...
James Bethell is playing a different role in the Moss Gill (IRE) story these days as the No Nay Never gelding is now in the care of Edward Bethell, who inherited him after his father decided to call time on his 46-year career. James formally retired on January 1, having worked to sharpen Moss Gill’s skills over the last few years to turn him into the impressive sprinter who finished third behind ...
Uruguay’s hope cantered a lap on the dirt track this morning. Trainer Antonio Cintra, who has been based at Meydan Racecourse with his five-strong Dubai World Cup Carnival team since December, said: "The two horses, Ajuste Fiscal and El Patriota (who runs in the UAE Derby) will continue like this until race day. They both did their last piece of fast work on Tuesday last week and we are very ...
