'She's A Superstar' – Adare Manor Will Be Missed at Baffert Barn
October 14, 2024
Bob Baffert has no qualms about admitting that Adare Manor (Uncle Mo) is going to be a difficult horse to part with. The three-time Grade I winner and $2 million earner has been a steady presence in Baffert's barn for the past three years. “When you have them for that long, you actually get emotionally [...]
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Private Mission and Eda: A Pair of Stars Bound for Fasig-Tipton
October 7, 2024
Four years ago, Baoma Corp's Susan and Charles Chu sent their three-time Grade I-winning star filly Bast (Uncle Mo) through the ring at the Fasig-Tipton 'Night of the Stars' Sale. Carrying her first foal by Justify, she brought down the house when she sold to Spendthrift Farm for $4.2 million. This year, the Chus will [...]
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Bobby Flay Purchases Pizza Bianca from Resolute Bloodstock
October 5, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY–International owner and breeder Bobby Flay has re-purchased his homebred Breeders' Cup champion Pizza Bianca (Fastnet Rock {Aus}–White Hot {Ire}, by Galileo {Ire}) from Resolute Bloodstock's John Stewart. Flay and Stewart finalized the private sale of Pizza Bianca and her first foal by Into Mischief on Saturday morning at Resolute Farm. Pizza Bianca claimed [...]
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Breeders' Cup Connections: Taylor Cambra and Subsanador, Born for This
October 4, 2024
His voice was hoarse from yelling and his hand was a little sore after an overly exuberant high five, but Taylor Cambra was grinning from ear to ear as he weaved through the crowd at Santa Anita and made his way down to the winner's circle. The assistant trainer to Hall of Fame trainer Richard [...]
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Breeders' Cup Connections: “Zurdo” Estrada Happiest With His Horses
September 27, 2024
“Zurdo” Estrada earned his nickname back when he was a kid in Mexico running up and down the soccer field. He would always kick the ball with his left foot so everyone called him Zurdo, the term word for left-handed. The nickname stuck and even still today, it's what everyone knows him as on the [...]
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International Buyers Encounter Same Strong Market at Keeneland
September 24, 2024
At a record-breaking Keeneland September Sale, there were very few hidden gems throughout the two weeks of trade and buyers shopping at all levels had to dig deep to land any of the treasures they came to find. 31 different countries were represented on the Keeneland results sheets, but just like some domestic buyers, there [...]
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Bellavinino First Taylor Made Offering Through Inglis Digital USA
September 23, 2024
Bellavinino (Get Stormy), who was a fast-closing second in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes in her most recent start, will be the first horse offered by Taylor Made Sales through Inglis Digital USA. Bidding is currently open for the online auction's September Sale and lots will close on Wednesday, Sept. 25 starting at 2 [...]
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Breeders' Cup Connections: Edgar Revolorio, Groom of Highland Falls, Dedicated to His Trade
September 20, 2024
For many lifelong racetrackers, it's a natural ascent to start out as a hot walker, move up to becoming a groom and perhaps eventually, work your way towards exercise riding. That wasn't the case for Edgar Revolorio, groom of GI Breeders' Cup Classic hopeful Highland Falls (Curlin). Revolorio grew up around horses in his native [...]
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Breeders' Cup Connections: Former Jockey Lee Vickers Living for the Thrill with Far Bridge
September 13, 2024
They say that once horse racing gets in your blood, it never leaves. Lee Vickers has no doubts about that. For him, a passion for the sport was practically embedded into his genetic code. Both his father and his grandfather were jockeys in his native England and Vickers was riding racehorses himself by age 12. [...]
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Stonestreet Poised for a Book One to Remember
September 6, 2024
Stonestreet Farm has had plenty of stacked rosters going into Book 1 of the Keeneland September Sale, but the farm's longtime bloodstock advisor John Moynihan estimates that this year's class of of yearlings is among the best that the operation has ever presented to the market. “It's rare that you get the physical horse with [...]
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Breeders' Cup Connections: Damian Hinds the Perfect Fit for Arthur's Ride
August 30, 2024
GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes contender Arthur's Ride (Tapit) is all business when he goes out to train in the morning. Coming back to the barn afterwards? Well, that's a different story. Damian Hinds has been assigned to Arthur's Ride as the 4-year-old colt's exercise rider throughout this year's Saratoga meet. He has grown [...]
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Honor Marie, Mo Plex Headline Big Travers Weekend for Legion Bloodstock
August 23, 2024
Kyle Zorn considers himself and his partners Travis Durr and Kristian Villante to be a group of big thinkers. The trio set out with some pretty high expectations for themselves when they formed Legion Bloodstock three years ago, but looking back now, they never could have predicted the initial success that their partnership has enjoyed. [...]
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