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Co-trainer Sam Freedman hopes to take his 3YO places after Elliptical made a winning debut in the A$50,000 Tile Importer Handicap. The A$380,000 from last year's Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale purchase will be aimed at the qualifiers for Melbourne's premier spring 3YO races. The highly-strung son of Dundeel, will not be gelded in hopes of enhancing his value next season. Jockey Mark ...
The greatest jockey in the world, jockey Lester Piggott, passed away peacefully earlier today, in Switzerland, having been in hospital for several days. The decorated jockey rode his first winner, The Chase, at Haydock in 1948 when just 12 years of age and his last win came with Palacegate Jack at the same Merseyside track in 1994, a few weeks short of his 59th birthday. He retired for a final ...
Godolphin's Charlie Appleby secured the fourth straight win in the Newmarket Stakes with Jumeirah Derby-winner Nations Pride. The Teofilo colt powered up the straight and passed the post with seven lengths in hand under William Buick; Hoo Ya Mal finished second with favourite Subastar only third. Buick and Appleby also landed the King Charles II Stakes with Noble Truth. Nations Pride was twice ...
Following a fourth place in the Dubai Sheema Classic (2022) at Meydan, William Muir hopes to aim his stable champion Pyledriver at the Coronation Cup in a bid to defend his crown at Royal Ascot next month. After a disappointing run in the Neom Turf Cup in Riyadh, the 5YO who traveled supremely well turning for home, only for Dettori to find his path blocked and finished a close fourth ...
Flying in from Dubai, popular former Hong Kong-based galloper Pakistan Star has officially started his retirement at Living Legends. The enigmatic Gr.1 winner joins 31 racing champions at the state-of-the-art retirement home, including fellow former Hong Kong star Beauty Generation. The cult hero, while extremely talented but quirky star once again got upto mischief admid his travels . The 9YO ...
Coolmore ensured that a star-studded broodmare band would visit new stallion Home Affairs this spring with the A$1.3 million purchase of Tangier at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on Wednesday. The blueblood daughter of Medaglia D’Oro, who is in foal to I Am Invincible, was offered as part of Godolphin’s 43-strong draft of mares and purchased by Tom Magnier, in conjunction with Mark ...
2022 winner of the Sam F. Davis Stakes and the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby, Classic Causeway has been transferred from trainer Brian Lynch to Ken McPeek, Daily Racing Form reports. One of just three members from Giant Causeway's final crop, the chestnut was a splashy Saratoga debut winner last September before finishing third to Rattle N Roll in the Gr.1 Claiborne Breeders' Futurity and to ...
Bloodstock agent Gary Young bidding on behalf of Amr Zeydan, the owner of Zedan Racing Stables was relentless in his pursuit of the strapping Hip 385 as he stepped into the ring on May 24 on the second day of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2YO in Training Sale. The bidding skyrocketed within minutes as a battle ensued between Young and Terry Finley of West Point Thoroughbreds. Zedan's persistence ...
Yulong Investments, who celebrated Everest success in 2018 with Redzel running in its slot, have secured Eduardo for their 2022 Everest slot. The gelding owned by N Cresci & Miss J Kaufmann will make his third Everest attempt. In his two Everest attempts to date, Eduardo has finished 11th behind Classique Legend in 2020 and third behind Nature Strip and Masked Crusader last year. His selection ...
Yulong spent a staggering AU$29.275 million (US$20,735,483) on 63 mares over three days at the Gold Coast during Magic Millions' National Broodmare Sale reiterating their commitment to leading the Australian Thoroughbred industry from the front. has proved, without doubt, if there was any doubt before, that operation is a serious player in the Australian market. The Yuesheng Zhang-owned ...
A new initiative launched by The Breeders' Cup, comprises of a series of existing Graded stakes races at a variety of distances taking place from May through October at six U.S. tracks, that will award monetary credits–funded by Breeders' Cup–for first- through third-place finishers in selected races for horsemen to use for entry fees in six Grade I Breeders' Cup Dirt races–the US$2-million ...
Leading Singapore-based trainer Shane Baertschiger's plans for his recently purchased colt Saint Tropez don't include a trip to Singapore. The A$200,000 colt may stay and race in Australia with Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young for the time being. Baertschiger made the purchase via an online auction which also featured Chris Waller-trained Aramayo, who ran second in last year's Epsom Handicap. ...
