After winning her third consecutive stakes restricted to New York-breds, Hessonite could step up in class in the Grade I Flower Bowl on Sept. 29 for her next start, trainer David Donk said Monday. Donk said the distance of the Flower Bowl would suite Hessonite, and she has run very well at Belmont, especially over […]
Hip 109, A.P. INDY – LACADENA sells with Denali Monday at Keeneland and will be one lucky buyer’s chance to buy into a family of Blue Hens in the hands of the world’s leading breeders, like Coolmore, Juddmonte, the Niarchos Family, Southern Equine, Hill ‘n’ Dale and Northern Farm. From the last yearling crop by […]
Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom continues to progress well towards a return to the races. The champion colt posted his third workout in 16 days on Wednesday at the Fair Hill training center in Maryland. Trainer Graham Motion told the Daily Racing Form on Thursday that if Animal Kingdom continues to progress, he could be […]
All sorts of history was made at Del Mar Sept. 5, when Arnold Zetcher’s Rolling Fog won the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity (gr. I). There was a closing-day crowd letting a horse trained by Bob Baffert go off at 7-1 (a rare occurrence in modern times). There was the 2-year-old son of Posse hanging tight […]
Fiddler Afleet, a Northern Afleet horse bred by Hidden Lake Farm LLC Joan Simpson and Richard Gallagher proved the best in the 7f $100,000 Clever Electrician S. at Saratoga. the NY-Bred was sold by Denali at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga NY Bred sale. The previous day Denali sale graduate and Jerome S. placed Brigand won a […]
One of the hardest things Dr. Michael Cavey Jr., 63, has ever done in his 35 years in the Thoroughbred industry was sell Playa Maya, dam of 2010 champion 2-year-old male Uncle Mo. The decision to part with the crown jewel of his broodmare band meant letting go of a family with which the veterinarian/breeder […]
Away in good form, the daughter of Freud took her cue at the top of the stretch to gain the lead and take over and win the $150,000 stakes for NY breds by 1 ½ lengths. Bred by Berkshire Stud and Waterville Lake Stables Limited LLC, the daughter of Lakab, by Manila was sold by […]
Denali sale graduate PERFECT OFFICER was part of the two horse finish that left the others four lengths behind, after battling it out most of the way in the 5 1/2fT $100,000 stakes at Saratoga. The six year old was offered by Denali at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton July sales as a yearling and is owned […]
Barry Irwin, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Team Valor International, will be the featured guest on the next “Talkin’ Horses with The Blood-Horse” live podcast at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012. A Turf writer who later found success as a bloodstock agent and horse owner, Irwin and then-partner Jeff Siegel began syndicating […]
Breeder Diane “Dede” Snowden attended the Aug. 6-7 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling sale with one specific purpose: to watch her flashy Empire Maker colt bring big money. Snowden, who had scaled back her involvement in the Thoroughbred business considerably in recent years due to the poor economy, had high hopes for the colt as her […]
