Multiple stakes winner ICABAD CRANE raced in behind the leaders before rallying when asked and overtaking Stormy’s Majesty at the finish line for a nose victory in the $75,000 Evan Shimpman S. at Saratoga. His fifth stakes win and seventh lifetime win for the six-year-old half brother to Hip 258 selling at Saratoga Aug. 13. […]
GALLAGHER’S STUD BRED/DENALI SOLD, STEPHEN’S REVENGE WINS OPENING DAY AT SARATOGAIn the second race at the Spa, a 1 1/16m maiden special weight on turf, STEPHEN’S REVENGE, a half-brother to Denali sale graduate ICABAD CRANE ($497,895) and OUR GOLDEN DREAM, saved ground on the first turn, settled a bit off the hedge on the backstretch, shifted three to four wide and was roused midway through […]
UNCLE MO ‘PERFECT’ IN FIRST BREEZEDenali sale graduate, Champion 2YO UNCLE MO, took the first steps towards a return to racing Friday at Saratoga when he breezed three furlongs in a move that trainer Todd Pletcher called “perfect.” UNCLE MO covered the distance in an easy :38 2/5, and galloped out a half-mile in :51 3/5. Owner Mike Repole was […]
BERKSHIRE STUD BRED & DENALI SOLD, BRIGAND SECOND IN G3A $90,000 yearling sale by Denali for breeder Berkshire Stud at the 2010 Fasig-Tipton NY Bred Preferred Sale, BRIGAND is off to a solid start in racing. At the OBS March 2YO sale, pinhooker Barry Eisaman scored a homerun with his $90,000 purchase, reselling the juvenile for $925,000 to trainer Bob Baffert for owner Kaleem […]
DENALI SALES GRAD, CHAMPION UNCLE MO RETURNS TO SARATOGAOn Monday afternoon, Uncle Mo, the defending 2-year-old champion who was sidelined from the Triple Crown due to what was diagnosed as a rare liver disease, arrived in Saratoga, where his connections hope to bring him back in the Grade 1 King’s Bishop at seven furlongs on the Travers undercard. Though Uncle Mo has only […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM HAS SUCCESSFUL SURGERYKentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom had successful surgery to repair a hairline slab fracture, Team Valor International president Barry Irwin said in a statement July 7. Dr. Dean Richardson performed the June 30 operation at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. It required two screws to compress the […]
CASINO DRIVE TO STAND IN JAPANCasino Drive, a half brother to Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners Jazil and Rags to Riches, has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan, according to the Racing Post. A $950,000 Keeneland September sale yearling Casino Drive won the 2008 Peter Pan Stakes (gr. II) at Belmont Park. After […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM DONE FOR YEAR WITH FRACTUREKentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) will miss the remainder of his 3-year-old season with a slab fracture, it was announced Wednesday. The Team Valor International colorbearer was originally diagnosed with a small fissure at the tip of his left hind cannon bone two weeks ago. “A second set of films has revealed a […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM IN THE NEWSAnimal Magnetism – Blood-Horse, May 14, 2011 Fit for a King – Thoroughbred Times, May 14, 2011 Animal Instinct – Thoroughbred Daily News, May 8, 2011
DENALI FOALED AND RAISED BREEDER’S CUP JUVENILE TURF CHAMP PLUCK BACK IN TRAININGTeam Valor International and The Vinery’s Pluck, who won last year’s Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, will be returned to training June 28. Pluck in the spring was diagnosed with bone bruising on his canon bones, which necessitated him being turned out in a grass paddock for two months. Radiographs reviewed […]
