The 1 1/2-mile San Luis Rey Stakes (gr. IIT) at rainy Santa Anita Park came down to the final jump when favored Bourbon Bay nipped Slim Shadey by a head on the turf March 25. With Joel Rosario aboard the 6-year-old gelding for the first time, Bourbon Bay managed to wrangle plenty of drama out […]
STRESS FRACTURE SIDELINES ANIMAL KINGDOMAnimal Kingdom underwent a nuclear scan March 13 at Palm Beach Equine Medical Center, which revealed the start of a stress fracture in his hind end. The injury will not require surgery. The latest injury to the 2011 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner is unrelated to his hock fracture from last […]
DENALI $900,000 SARATOGA SALE GRAD TAKES G2 IN DUBAIDenali was rewarded with our second group/graded stakes winner of 2012 with DO IT ALL. ZABEEL MILE-G2, $250,000, Meydan, NH3yo/up/SH3yo/up, 1600mT, 1:38.98, gd. 1–DO IT ALL, 128, h, 5, by Distorted Humor 1st Dam: Stupendous Miss (GSW-US, $232,097), by Dynaformer 2nd Dam: Subeen (GB), by Caerleon 3rd Dam: Khamsin, by Mr. Prospector ($900,000 yrl ’08 […]
NEW MILLIONAIRE FOR DENALI SALES PROGRAMGroup stakes winner A SHIN FORWARD is the latest millionaire sold by Denali. A son of Forest Wildcat out of Wake Up Kiss, A Shin Forward has been a stakes performer for three consecutive years in Japan, winning or placing in three stakes already in 2010, and earning $1,696,322. A Shin Forward was one of […]
REMEMBERING ROYAL ACADEMYThe horse that made it happen in the early stages of Denali’s sales prep program, ROYAL ACADEMY, Champion in England and Ireland and winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile-G1, dies at 25. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/67587/top-international-sire-royal-academy-dies/print
KY DERBY WINNER & DENALI GRAD ANIMAL KINGDOMeMaking all the headlines, trainer Graham Motion says it is on to Dubai after Animal Kingdom’s sparkling victory Saturday at Gulfstream. The champion 3-year-old of 2011 showed no rust in his first start since he was injured in the Belmont Stakes (G1). Team Valor International’s homebred had been sidelined to recover from a hairline fracture […]
HER SMILE HIGH-WEIGHT FOR HURRICANE BERTIEHer Smile, third in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) when last seen, will make her season debut for her new connections Feb. 19 in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park. Purchased for $1 million from the Denali Stud consignment after the Breeders’ Cup at the Fasig-Tipton […]
HER SMILE HIGH-WEIGHT FOR HURRICANE BERTIEHer Smile, third in the Sentient Jet Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) when last seen, will make her season debut for her new connections Feb. 19 in the $150,000 Hurricane Bertie (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park. Purchased for $1 million from the Denali Stud consignment after the Breeders’ Cup at the Fasig-Tipton […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM WORKS DAY AFTER ECLIPSE WINAnimal Kingdom worked an easy half mile on turf in :53.44 at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida Jan. 17, the day after he was honored with an Eclipse Award as 2011’s champion 3-year-old male. Even though the time was leisurely, it was the fastest among the 13 workers on turf that morning. The move […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM ENTERED IN GULF ALLOWANCETeam Valor International’s Animal Kingdom, who had originally been scheduled to make his 2012 debut in the Feb. 25 Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIIT), will now run instead in a turf allowance race at Gulfstream Park Feb. 18. Last year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner and 3-year-old male champion has not […]
