Stakes placed in her debut this filly from the first crop by Spring At Last takes on a full field Saturday at Woodbine. The Mark Casse trainee gets Gomez in the irons. We look for a big run from her.
WATCH BANDOROFF INTERVIEW WITH RON MITCHELL KEENELAND SEPTEMBER DAY 2Denali’s consignment produced the third highest filly of the day, hip 246 Distorted Humor-Rockcide solf for $420,000 to Steven Young, agent. Also sold by Denali was the day’s fifth highest colt, Unbridled’s Song-Stormy Welcome went for $410,000 to Donegal Racing/Jerry Crawford. Earlier in the day Denali sold a Tapit colt out of Pure Symmetry for […]
58 2012 STAKES PERFORMANCES FROM DENALI SALES GRADUATESBOURBON BAY, 1st San Juan Capistrano H.-G2, San Luis Rey S.-G2 DO IT ALL, 1st Zabeel Mile Sponsored by Commercial Bank of Dubai-G2 HERO OF ORDER, 1st Louisiana Derby-G2, 2nd Iowa Derby-G3 DOUBLES PARTNER, 1st Canadian Turf S.-G3, 3rd Maker’s 46 Mile S.-G1 KITTY IN A TIZZY, 1st Chicago H.-G3, 2nd Presque Isle Downs Masters […]
DAY FOUR AT KEENELAND STARTS WITH DENALIHip 743, f Malibu Moon Evangelizer, by Saint Ballado This Mar. 12 foal is a full sister Worship the Moon, 3rd Matron S.-G2. Their dam Evangelizer is out of G3 winner Religiosity, and is a half-sister to Canadian champion two-year-old filly Knights Templar and For All Seasons, stakes winner and G1 placed. “The only bad […]
YEARLINGS TO WATCH FOR TODAY FROM DENALIHip No. 70, a filly by Smart Strike—Cloudburst, by Storm Cat. Consigned by Denali Stud, agent. “She has a lot of quality,” said Denali’s Craig Bandoroff of this chestnut yearling, which is out of a stakes winner that is a half sister to champion Boston Harbor. “As great a sire as Smart Strike is, a […]
THREE CONSECUTIVE STAKES WINS PUT HESSONITE ON POSSIBLE LIST FOR FLOWER BOWLAfter winning her third consecutive stakes restricted to New York-breds, Hessonite could step up in class in the Grade I Flower Bowl on Sept. 29 for her next start, trainer David Donk said Monday. Donk said the distance of the Flower Bowl would suite Hessonite, and she has run very well at Belmont, especially over […]
RACING RECAP FOR DENALI GRADS2009 Keeneland September Sale graduate HESSONITE impressively took the John Hettinger S. at Belmont yesterday by 5 1/4 lengths. Another 2009 graduate Inimitable Romanee was third, her half brother by Medaglia d’Oro, hip 66 sells at Keeneland today. Another Keeneland September graduate, GLOBAL POWER went wire to wire to win the Unbridled S. at Louisiana Downs on […]
BLUE HEN FAMILY SELLS AT KEENELANDHip 109, A.P. INDY – LACADENA sells with Denali Monday at Keeneland and will be one lucky buyer’s chance to buy into a family of Blue Hens in the hands of the world’s leading breeders, like Coolmore, Juddmonte, the Niarchos Family, Southern Equine, Hill ‘n’ Dale and Northern Farm. From the last yearling crop by […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM TRAINING FOR RETURNKentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom continues to progress well towards a return to the races. The champion colt posted his third workout in 16 days on Wednesday at the Fair Hill training center in Maryland. Trainer Graham Motion told the Daily Racing Form on Thursday that if Animal Kingdom continues to progress, he could be […]
