Denali sale graduate BOURBON BAY surged past the pacesetter Dahoud (NZ) in the stretch and won the $125,000 Cougar II H.-G3 by 2 ¾ lengths at Del Mar for his seventh win in 20 starts. “It all set up good,” winning jockey Joe Talamo said. “I was in the right spot and hitting my spots […]
Champion and Denali sales graduate UNCLE MO worked for the second time since returning to training earlier this month, breezing a half-mile in :50.38 on Thursday on the Saratoga Race Course main track. Daily Racing Form reports that the three-year-old went in splits of :12.70 and :25.37, completing his final quarter-mile in :25.01. He also […]
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. […]
Denali 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 […]
A $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 […]
On 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 […]
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 […]
Casino 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 […]
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Team 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 […]
