A field of eight was entered in the Regret, including four-time stakes winner Kathmanblu. The daughter of Bluegrass Cat will be making her first start since finishing sixth in the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I). She has won three of five starts on turf, including the Sweetest Chant Stakes at Gulfstream back in January. Last November, […]
BIRDRUN IS THE LATEST GRADED STAKES WINNER FOR DENALI SALESBirdrun led from start to finish going 1 ½ miles at Belmont Park to win the Brooklyn H.-G2. In doing so he beat last year’s Belmont winner, Drosselmeyer, who finished second three lengths back after being on nearly even terms at the top of the stretch. But the result was dream scenario for trainer Bill […]
BOURBON BAY WORKS FOR THE WHITTINGHAMWorking seven furlongs over the Hollywood Park turf course on June 5, Bourbon Bay recorded a time of 1:26.80 in preparation for Saturday’s G1 Charles Whittingham Memorial H. “He went well, reported trainer Neil Drysdale after the drill. The five-year-old gelding, who began the year with a win in the Jan. 178 G2 San Marcos […]
ANIMLAL KINGDOM ZIPS OVER BELMONT SURFACEDenali foaled, raised and sold Animal Kingdom zipped a half-mile in :47.76 on the Belmont Park surface June 6 as the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner showed his readiness for the June 11 Belmont Stakes (gr. I). The time was the fastest of 32 horses working the distance. With jockey John […]
DENALI GRAD ANIMAL KINGDOM ARRIVES AT BELMONTBELMONT, N.Y. – Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up Animal Kingdom arrived at Belmont Park Sunday morning at approximately 7:30 a.m. in advance of a run in the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 11. The 3-year-old son of Leroidesanimaux took a few laps around the shedrow before getting […]
DATTT STABLE’S EXCHANGE FUNDS WINS AT BELMONTRaised and sold by Denali, the Speightstown filly won a $52,000 optional claiming allowance for 3-year-olds and up over 7 furlongs on the turf. Exchange Funds underwent a three wide pursuit, turned for home, the widest of the a threesome closely-bunched, edged clear of them when let out in the vicinity of the three-sixteenths pole, […]
DENALI GRADUATE ANIMAL KINGDOM ONE OF NORTH AMERICA’S HIGHEST-RATED HORSES ON WORLD RANKINGSThe Top World Rankings are compiled by a panel of handicappers, the rankings are for the period beginning Dec. 1, 2010, through May 23, 2011. The highest-rated American-based horses were Animal Kingdom, winner of the Kentucky Derby-G1 and Preakness S.-G1 winner Shackleford, co-weighted at 121 pounds with five other international runners.
ANIMAL KINGDOM CONFIRMED FOR BELMONT STAKESKentucky Derby (gr. I) winner and Preakness (gr. I) runner-up Animal Kingdom will run in the $1 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday, June 11, trainer Graham Motion said May 27. “We just made the decision that he will be coming to the Belmont,” said Motion, speaking from the training center at Fair Hill, […]
ANIMAL KINGDOM, SHACKLEFORD MAY RESUME RIVALRY IN THE BELMONT STAKESBoth horses could meet again in the Belmont Stakes on June 11.While the upset victory by Shackleford in the 136th Preakness Stakes on Saturday at Pimlico denied Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom a chance to shoot for the Triple Crown, there is a good chance that the final leg of the Triple Crown, the June […]
DENALI FOALED AND RAISED BRIGANTIN CAPTURES GROUP IITeam Valor bred the 4-year-old son of Cozzene in partnership with Mme A Fabre and Denali Stud and Partners. Out of the Poliglote mare Banyu Dewi he races for Team Valor. Left in the lead after Mashoor had run out early in the race, young Pierre-Charles Boudot set a sedate pace on Brigantin before quickening […]
