Sinhalite Pads Her Resume in Rose S.
September 18, 2016
Sinhalite (Jpn), winner of the G1 Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) last out at Tokyo May 22, added another win to her ledger in the Kansai Telecasting Corp.Sho Rose S. at Hanshin Sunday. Sent off at 3-5, the daughter of GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Singhalese (GB) was well positioned in the rear third of the [...]
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Dee Majesty Takes Japanese St Leger Prep
September 18, 2016
Held up third last and one off the fence as Key Cracker (Jpn) (Jungle Pocket {Jpn}) led, followed by Ken Hovawart (Jpn) (Marvelous Sunday {Jpn}) and Peace Mind (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) through 1000 metres in 1:01 flat, favored Dee Majesty (Jpn) was shaken up by Masayoshi Ebina and made steady forward progress approaching the far [...]
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Two Down, One to Go
September 17, 2016
Unlike his relatively perfect trip in landing his second G1 Makfi Challenge S. going 1400 metres here Aug. 27, Kawi (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}) did not enjoy luck in the running of the G1 Windsor Park Horlicks Plate, but found enough regardless to add the second jewel of the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown to his resume [...]
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Kawi Eyes Second Jewel at Hastings
September 15, 2016
The second jewel of the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown, the 1600-metre G1 Windsor Park Horlicks Plate, has attracted a field of 13 headlined by four-time Group 1 scorer Kawi (NZ) (Savabeel {Aus}). The gelding started his spring campaign off on the right hoof, taking the first leg, the Aug. 27 G1 Makfi Challenge S. for [...]
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Insights on the American Racing Scene for Sept. 2
September 1, 2016
5th-ELP, $38K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 3:42 p.m. EDT Stronach Stable's homebred SINGING BULLET (Hard Spun) debuts without Lasix for the Dale Romans barn Friday. A son of GI Beldame S. and GI Ogden Phipps H. heroine Life At Ten (Malibu Moon), who sold for $1.95 million to Adena Springs at KEENOV in 2011, the [...]
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Kawi Doubles Down in Makfi Challenge
August 27, 2016
A winner of the 2015 edition of this race, Kawi justified 3.20 favoritism to double up in the 1400-metre G1 Makfi Challenge S., the first Group 1 of the New Zealand season and the first leg of the Hawke's Bay Triple Crown, at Hastings Saturday. Kawi was placed well off the fence in midpack, as [...]
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Insights on the American Racing Scene for Aug. 17
August 16, 2016
3rd-SAR, $73K, Msw (S), 3yo/up, f/m, 6f, 2:06 p.m. EDT Fresh off an exceptional Saturday at Arlington, trainer Chad Brown fields Klaravich Stables Inc. and William H. Lawrence's CASHCONSIDERATIONS (Super Saver) in this unveiling. A half-sister to GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. hero Sean Avery (Cherokee Run), the $230,000 KEESEP yearling's SP half-sister has already [...]
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Morley: Putting an English Spin on NY
August 10, 2016
A few years have passed since Tom Morley left his position as assistant trainer to Eddie Kenneally in March of 2013 and hung out a shingle in his own right on the ultra-competitive New York circuit. In that time, Morley Racing Stable runners have wracked up 72 wins and $3,594,837 in prize money (through Monday), [...]
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Insights on the American Racing Scene for Aug. 3
August 2, 2016
2nd-DMR, $68K, Alw/OC ($62.5K), 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, 5:33 p.m. EDT VALE DORI (ARG) (Asiatic Boy {Arg}), a winner of the G1 Jorge de Atucha in May of 2015 for then-owner El Zorrito and trainer Antonio H. Marsiglia, was purchased privately by Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum and sent to the barn of South African [...]
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'Jumping' Into the Deep End
July 29, 2016
Jump Sucker Stable, comprised of C. Steven Duncker, a member of the Board of Directors for the New York Racing Association, and his friends Kevin Warsh, George Walker and George Loenis, are in for a jam-packed weekend. Two of their three horses conditioned by Christophe Clement–Sea Coast (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) and Blacktype (Fr) [...]
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Insights on the American Racing Scene for July 27
July 26, 2016
5th-SAR, $83K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:14 p.m. EDT Linda Rice saddles LITTLEFIREFIGHTER (Into Mischief) in her debut for Iris Smith Stable. The $110,000 FTFMAR juvenile blossomed into a $450,000 acquisition–the second highest price of 40 juveniles sold by her sire in 2016–as a Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old after breezing a co-fastest quarter-mile in :21 [...]
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'Lion' Breaks New Ground in Japan
July 24, 2016
Lion Race Horse-owned Levante Lion (Pioneerof the Nile), sent off as the 6-1 second choice behind 4-5 favorite Monde Can Know (Jpn) (Kinshasa no Kiseki {Aus}), captured the G3 Hakodate Nisai S. by a half-length over that foe at Hakodate, Japan Sunday. The juvenile was the first stakes winner for WinStar-based Pioneerof the Nile in [...]
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