Team Valor International’s Animal Kingdom, winner of last year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), breezed five furlongs in 1:01.05 at Palm Meadows Feb. 8 in preparation for his 4-year-old debut in the Tampa Bay Stakes (gr. IIIT) on grass Feb. 25. The Tampa Bay will be Animal Kingdom’s lone prep for the […]
After ruling out an appearance at Gulfstream Park Feb. 11 in either the GI Donn H. or GI Gulfstream Park Turf H., officials at Team Valor have announced that their reigning GI Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) will return to the races in the GIII Tampa Bay S. on Florida’s Suncoast Feb. 25. […]
Never before had the top two Eclipse Award vote getters in the 3-year-old male division been so much like the proverbial apples and oranges comparison, which made voting in 2011 so unique and difficult. That is how different the two protagonists, Animal Kingdom and Caleb’s Posse, were from each other. Voters had to decide between […]
As Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom resumes training for his four-year-old campaign next year, trainer Graham Motion hopes Eclipse Award voters don’t forget about the colt’s three-year-old season, which was cut short by an injury in the Belmont Stakes. “Ultimately, he won the classic race that everyone wants to win in what was his first […]
Team Valor International’s G1 Kentucky Derby hero Animal Kingdom is ready to resume training after spending 60 days on the sidelines. The chestnut had undergone surgery June 30 to repair a hairline fracture in his left hock, and X-rays taken Friday indicated that the injury had healed. The 3-year-old will begin on the Aquatred at […]
Kentucky 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 […]
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Denali 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 […]
BELMONT, 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 […]
The 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.
