Kentucky Derby presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom and Java’s War, who is being pointed to this year’s Louisville classic, are among the U.S.-trained horses being considered for Royal Ascot. On Wednesday, April 24, Royal Ascot announced early entries for its seven group I races that will be contested from June 18-22. […]
MOTION WEIGHING ROYAL ASCOT OPTIONS FOR ANIMAL KINGDOMFAIR HILL, Md. – While Graham Motion was back at his Fair Hill training center base Friday morning overseeing his large stable, his mind rarely wanders far from England, where his prized pupil Animal Kingdom is preparing for what is expected to be his final race at the Royal Ascot meeting in June. What has […]
SANTA ANITA: BOURBON BAY RETIREDARCADIA, Calif. – Bourbon Bay, the winner of the San Juan Capistrano in 2010 and 2012 at Santa Anita and five other stakes in Southern California, has been retired, trainer Neil Drysdale said. Drysdale had Bourbon Bay nominated for Sunday’s $150,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap, but decided to end the career of the 7-year-old gelding […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM LIKELY FOR QUEEN ANNEThe Dubai World Cup (Gr. 1, 2000m) winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux)is more likely to contest the Queen Anne Stakes (Gr. 1, 1m) rather than the Price of Wales’s Stakes (Gr. 1, 1m2f) at Royal Ascot in June. “Your mile at Ascot is much more grueling than a mile in the States and a mile and […]
ARROWFIELD SETS FEE FOR ANIMAL KINGDOMClassic winner and champion Animal Kingdom will stand for Aust$38,500 (about $40,000 in United States funds) when he enters stud this year at John Messara’s Arrowfield Stud in Australia. Animal Kingdom, the 2011 winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) who last month impressed with a victory in the $10 million […]
UNBRIDLED’S SONG FILLY BRINGS $700,000Hip 51, by Unbridled’s Song, fetched $700,000 from Irish bloodstock agent John McCormack. A daughter of Unbridled’s Song brought the highest price so far at the Keeneland April 2-year-olds in training sale when she fetched $700,000 from Irish bloodstock agent John McCormack. Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables on behalf of an undisclosed Denali Stud […]
DARLEY ACQUIRES INTEREST IN ANIMAL KINGDOMDarley has acquired a 29% interest in Dubai World Cup (UAE-I) and Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom, Arrowfield Stud and Team Valor International announced April 3. As a result, Animal Kingdom will stand in the Northern Hemisphere at Darley’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. The son of Leroidesanimaux will stand in the […]
DUBAI WORLD CUP: ANIMAL KINGDOM TAKES WORLD BY STORMDUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Animal Kingdom is by Leroidesanimaux, a horse bred in Brazil, and he was produced by a German-bred mare named Dalicia. Late last year, an Australian stud farm acquired controlling rights to the horse, and Animal Kingdom will retire to stallion duty there sometime in the next year. Animal Kingdom’s breeder […]
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ANIMAL KINGDOMAnimal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux) galloped approximately 2400m and appeared more relaxed than he had in his first two days of training at Meydan. The 2011 Kentucky Derby (Gr 1, 10f ) winner and American champion “is settling into the routine now,” said Alice Clapham, assistant to trainer Graham Motion and exercise rider. “He was very happy […]
