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Twice in the last three years, the Belmont Stakes was won by a horse who was still eligible to a first-level allowance race. Neither Jazil in 2006, nor Da’ Tara in 2008 had won anything other than a maiden race before capturing the Belmont, but both thrived over the 1 1/2 miles at Belmont Park. […]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Mr. Hot Stuff has emerged from his 15th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby last weekend in good condition and is being considered for races on both coasts, trainer Eoin Harty said Thursday. Owned by WinStar Stable, Mr. Hot Stuff is with Harty’s stable at Keeneland. He could be sent to California for […]

There are now 182 horses in the Thoroughbred racing Hall of Fame. Every decade or two, California is acknowledged for producing one of them. Any more often would be pushing it. In 1966, California’s Kentucky Derby winner and 1956 Horse of the Year Swaps was elevated to the Hall. The fact that he entered the […]

The connections of favored Hold Me Back were gracious in defeat following the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland April 11 and looking forward to running their colt next in the Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I) in three weeks. The 3-year-old son of Giant’s Causeway finished second, 1 1/2 […]

It was a cold and windy Saturday at Woodbine for the kickoff to their 53rd season of Thoroughbred racing. Horses and riders at the Toronto oval faced wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour, with temperatures in the high 30’s. Kicking off the 2009 stakes schedule was the $100,000 La Voyageuse Stakes, a […]

ARCADIA, Calif. – For a guy who had been halfway around the world and back in a little more than a week, trainer Eoin Harty looked remarkably fresh on Wednesday morning. But with a victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup with Well Armed in his rearview mirror, and a chance to win the […]

Front-running Well Armed, under a snug hold by jockey Aaron Gryder, cut loose at the head of the straight and romped to a record 14-length victory in the $6 million Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) March 28, the final race to be run at Nad al Sheba. On a main track that was favoring speed throughout […]

Godolphin’s Regal Ransom held off stablemate Desert Party by a half-length to post a 13-1 upset in the $2 million UAE Derby (UAE-II) March 28 at Nad Al Sheba. Ridden by Alan Garcia, Regal Ransom stayed close to the pace set by So Shiny in the 1 1/8-mile contest, which was the third race on […]

A Tiznow colt purchased by Jess Jackson’s Stonestreet Stable for $650,000 topped Tuesday’s Barretts select sale of 2-year-olds in training, which saw deep declines in average and median from last year. The colt was consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stable, and was a pinhook, having been purchased last fall at the Keeneland September yearling sale […]

Al Khali Gives Pletcher Another Weapon WinStar Farm’s 3-year-old Al Khali rallied through the stretch for a three-quarter length victory under John Velazquez in a 1 1/8 mile allowance test March 6 at Gulfstream Park, moving him up in trainer Todd Pletcher’s arsenal of Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) candidates. Al Khali […]