A little more than 28 months had passed since the last time Ride a Comet had appeared in a turf race and that absence surely made his heart grow fonder for a start on sod. The 6-year-old son of Candy Ride made a triumphant return to turf Jan. 9 when he recorded a half-length victory over Casa Creed in the […]
There have been some great performances in the Malibu Stakes over the years at Santa Anita, but perhaps none better than the show Charlatan put on Saturday during opening day of the track’s 84th winter-spring meet. The anticipated showdown between Nashville, the 6-5 favorite, and Charlatan, the Bob Baffert-trained speed ball, turned into a […]
Excerpt from TDN ‘TDN Rising Star’ Malathaat (Curlin) did not look like a winner through the first mile of Aqueduct’s GII Demoiselle S., but turned things around late with a surprisingly strong rally to keep her perfect record in tact. Away well from her rail draw, the 2-5 favorite settled in a ground-saving third as an eager […]
Dual Grade I winner She’s a Julie (Elusive Quality–Kydd Gloves, by Dubai Millenium {GB}) held her own during a star-studded run of mares at Fasig-Tipton November Sunday when selling for $3 million to Spendthrift Farm, who also bought Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) and Got Stormy (Get Stormy) earlier in the sale. Originally sold for $160,000 at KEESEP, […]
The winners of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards were announced via a virtual ceremony Thursday, November 5th hosted by Studio 46 Media in Lexington, Kentucky. Jill Byrne, Vice President of Racing Operations at Colonial Downs, was once again the master of ceremonies. The Awards are sponsored by Godolphin in partnership with the National HBPA, […]
Bradley Thoroughbreds, Tim Cambron, Anna Cambron, Denali Stud, Rigney Racing, and Madaket Stables’ multiple grade 1 winner She’s a Julie has been retired from racing. The 5-year-old Elusive Quality mare will be offered as a broodmare prospect with Denali Stud at The November Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s premier breeding stock sale in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 8. […]
A Medaglia d’Oro half-sister to leading second-crop sire and MGISW Constitution (Tapit) was the first to reach the seven-figure threshold during Sunday’s opening session of the Keeneland September sale when garnering a top bid of $1.1 million from Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm. Consigned by Denali Stud, Agent LIX as hip 58, the Mar. 21 […]
After a relatively quiet morning on the grounds of Fasig-Tipton, a fierce bidding war for an American Pharoah colt kept the crowd at the Selected Yearlings Showcase enraptured for several tense moments as buyers fired shots back and forth in an effort to take home the son of the Ashford Stud stallion. In the end, Speedway Stables was […]
Yearlings by prominent sires Into Mischief and Curlin each fetched final bids of $700,000, the second-highest price during the Sept. 9 first session of the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase. Agent Demi O’Byrne acquired the Into Mischief colt consigned by Denali Stud, agent, as Hip 274. The colt, bred in Kentucky by Jeff Lewis’ Lewis Thoroughbred Breeding, is out of the […]
Excerpt from DRF Mundaye Call broke the track record in leading every step Sunday in the seven-furlong Runhappy Audubon Oaks at Ellis Park, and although the filly earned 10 qualifying points toward the Kentucky Oaks, trainer Brad Cox seemed inclined to set his sights a little lower – for the time being anyway. “That’d be […]
