UK RACING: Top two-year-old Pinatubo makes it six from six
Pinatubo, who has drawn comparisons to the great Frankel as an unbeaten 2-year-old, gave the handicappers more to consider Saturday (Oct 12) when improving his record to 6-for-6 in the Dewhurst Stakes (G1). While not quite as eye-popping as a nine-length victory last time at the Curragh, where Pinatubo won the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes […]
US RACING: Edgar Prado back in the saddle after injury
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado returned to the saddle Friday at Gulfstream Park West after being sidelined for nearly two months. Although his return was not triumphant, Prado was otherwise pleased to get back in action after recovering from a rib injury sustained in a last-race spill at Gulfstream Park on […]
UK RACING: Tattersalls Sales again pits Coolmore against Sheikh Mohammed
KINGSTON, Jamaica - It hasn't been easy to get the better of Godolphin at Tattersalls this week, but Coolmore gained some ground Oct. 10, denying Sheikh Mohammed's buying team at 1.8 million guineas (US$2,306,355) to secure the Kingman colt during the concluding session of Book 1 of the October Yearling Sale. The two teams clashed over the […]
US RACING: Decrease in stallion, foal numbers for 2018
The Jockey Club on Thursday reported that 1,630 stallions covered 32,508 mares in North America during 2018, according to statistics compiled through Sept. 26, 2019. These breedings have resulted in 20,363 live foals of 2019 being reported to The Jockey Club on Live Foal Reports. The Jockey Club estimates that the number of live foals […]
US RACING: Churchill Down Inc buys Turfway Park
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Churchill Downs Incorporated announced Thursday that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NKYRG, LLC, it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Turfway Park in Florence, Ky., from Jack Ohio LLC, an affiliate of JACK Entertainment LLC and Hard Rock International, for total consideration of $46 million in cash, subject to certain working capital and other […]
EUROPEAN RACING: Waldgeist defeats Enable in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
The fairytale ending to Enable’s storied career wasn’t to be Sunday when Waldgeist stormed by in the final strides to top the great mare in Longchamp’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). Enable looked to have a measure of her rivals, sitting just behind a leading trio off the final bend. She found the lead […]
US RACING: Omaha Beach rallies to win in Santa Anita comeback
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Omaha Beach rallied to beat 1-5 favorite Shancelot by a head in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship on Saturday, winning after a six-month layoff for the former Kentucky Derby favorite. Trained by Richard Mandella, Omaha Beach earned an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Sprint next month over the same […]
EUROPEAN RACING - Enable seeks career finale in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
While Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe has been widely speculated as Enable's career finale, trainer John Gosden added credence to that expectation in a wide-ranging preview of Europe's most lucrative race by VSiN's Ron Flatter. Flatter, in France to cover the Arc at Longchamp, spoke with trainer John Gosden about the prospects of Enable […]
US RACING: Magnum Moon euthanised – laminitis the culprit
Multiple Graded Stakes winner Magnum Moon was euthanized Friday at the Cornell Ruffian Clinic in Elmont, N.Y., after over a year-long battle with laminitis. After sustaining a career-ending injury during a morning workout in June of 2018 at Belmont Park, Magnum Moon was under the professional care of the veterinarians at the Cornell Ruffian Hospital […]
EUROPEAN RACING: No hiding place for history-seeking Enable in Arc: Gosden
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) - Enable will have no place to hide as she seeks an historic third win in Europe's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, her trainer John Gosden told AFP. The 68-year-old Englishman, bidding for his fourth Arc win in the last five runnings, believes it will be […]