Barry Irwin’s Team Valor and Craig and Holly Bandoroff’s Denali Stud have formed a strategic alliance this week in Kentucky that, among other things, will see the international racing stable using the bluegrass nursery and consignor as its exclusive boarding and sales agent. Team Valor will board all of its domestic broodmares at Denali Stud […]
DENALI FOALED & RAISED PLUCK TRAINING TOWARD IRISH GUINEASTeam Valor International and Vinery Stable’s PLUCK, who completed a last to first rally to win the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G2) is on target fo the Abu Dhabi Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-G1) on May 21 at the Curragh. Trainer Graham Motion and Team Valor President Barry Irwin announced their intention to point […]
POTOSINA SCORES SECOND STAKES WIN OF THE YEAROut of the Chilean mare CRISTALLINE, POTOSINA is a half sister to Chilean Horse of the Year CRYSTAL HOUSE, POTOSINA won the Maryland Racing Media S. at Laurel today by ¾ a length. On Jan. 22 she took the Nellie Morse S. at Laurel by 4 ½ lengths. POTOSINA was offered by Denali at the […]
SPLASH POINT TAKES UAE 2000 GUINEAS-G3Bred by WinStar and sold by Denali at the 2009 Keeneland September sale for $300,000 to Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohd Al Maktoum the son of Darley’s Street Cry forged to the lead in the final 200 meters for a 1 length victory. The grandson of Breeders’ Cup Sprint heroine Very Subtle was confidently in charge […]
DENALI GRADS UP FOR TOP HONORS IN NYThe New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) has announced the nominees for the New York-bred Divisional Champions of 2010. New York turf writers, handicappers and chart callers will vote on the winners in each division, and will also choose a New York-bred Horse of the Year. All the winners and their connections will be honored […]
UNCLE MO PUTS IN FIRST WORK OF 2011by Blood-Horse Staff Uncle Mo, the undefeated juvenile male champion of 2010, worked for the first time this year Jan. 30 at the Palm Meadows Training Center in South Florida. The son of Indian Charlie — Playa Maya, by Arch, went three furlongs in :39.95 on a fast track. Uncle Mo is the leading contender […]
SERENA’S SONG’S SCHRAMSBERG BUBBLES TO TOP IN GRADED JOHN CONNALLY S.Schramsberg, a regally bred son of Storm Cat out of the champion Serena’s Song, registered his first graded stakes victory when he swept to a 2 1/4-length win in the $200,000 John B. Connally Turf Handicap (gr. III) over the Sam Houston Houston Race Park turf course on the night of Jan. 29. With blinkers […]
DENALI GRADUATES AMONG ELITE 2YOS OF 2010Uncle Mo Tops Experimental at 128, Pluck Fifth at 121 and Kathmanblu among top fillies The Jockey Club revealed Thursday that Repole Stable’s unbeaten Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie) has been assigned a ranking of 128 pounds for the 2010 Experimental Free Handicap, two pounds above the standard 126 top impost. He is the highest-weighted juvenile […]
KATHMANBLU BEGINS HER SEASON WITH A TURF WIN IN SWEETEST CHANTBy Mike Welsch for drf.com HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Kathmanblu asserted her class through the stretch, outfinishing Excited by 1 1/4 lengths to register a popular victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream Park. What was even more encouraging for trainer Ken McPeek was jockey Julien Leparoux’s comment after the race. “She can do […]
UNCLE MO RUNS OFF WITH 2YO MALE HONORSby Jason Shandler, bloodhorse.com Mike Repole’s Uncle Mo, who ran away with the Grey Goose Breeder’s Cup Juvenile (gr. I), ran away with the Eclipse Award for top 2-year-old male Jan. 17. The son of Indian Charlie garnered all but two of the 238 first-place votes. Repole can’t help but look forward to the 2011 […]
