Gassim Ghazali Buys Gulf Legend At Tattersalls Online
August 15, 2024
Gulf Legend (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) topped the Tattersalls Online August Sale when picked up by Qatar-based trainer Gassim Ghazali for 75,000gns on Thursday. Sold as lot 59 from the draft of James Ferguson Racing, the 3-year-old colt has been placed thrice in five starts and carries a rating of 80. He is also a half-brother [...]
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Los Angeles Supplemented To The Great Voltigeur
August 15, 2024
Irish Classic hero Los Angeles (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) has been supplemented to Wednesday's G2 Great Voltigeur Stakes at York on Aug. 21. The Coolmore partners' runner and Aidan O'Brien trainee was undefeated in two starts at two, including the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. First up at three, the bay won the G3 Derby Trial Stakes [...]
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You Got To Me Pleasing Connections Ahead Of Yorkshire Oaks Run
August 15, 2024
Classic winner You Got To Me (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is pleasing connections ahead of a run in next Thursday's G1 Pertemps Network Yorkshire Oaks, according to trainer Ralph Beckett. The G1 Irish Oaks heroine is one of 18 still left in the York showpiece. A winner at two from a pair of starts, the Valmont [...]
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Keeneland Supplements 10 Horses To September Yearling Sale Book 1
August 15, 2024
Keeneland will add 10 horses–colts by Authentic, Constitution, Into Mischief, Maclean's Music and Uncle Mo, along with fillies by Authentic, Curlin, Gun Runner and Not This Time–to Book 1 of its September Yearling Sale scheduled for Sept. 9-10, the auction house said in a release on Thursday. Opening day of the sale will include these [...]
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Jockeys Revealed For Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity Race
August 15, 2024
A total of 20 jockeys have been confirmed for the Pat Smullen Cancer Trials Ireland Charity Race at the Curragh on Saturday, Aug. 31. Part of the Pat Smullen Race Day in aid of Cancer Trials Ireland, the race, supported by the Breeze-Up Consigners Association and Smullen's son Paddy, is just one of the events [...]
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Trainer Richard Mandella Named 2024 Winner Of Pincay Award
August 15, 2024
Trainer Richard Mandella, a member of racing's Hall of Fame since 2001, has been named the 20th recipient of the Laffit Pincay, Jr. Award and will be honored at Del Mar on Saturday, Aug. 31, the track said in a Thursday release. The Pincay Award, named for, and presented by, the Hall of Fame rider, [...]
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TERF Awards Grant To Belmont Childcare Center
August 15, 2024
The Thoroughbred Education and Research Foundation (TERF) has awarded $10,000 to the Belmont Childcare Association, Inc. (BCCA) for their early childhood education program, the organization said in a release Thursday. The mission of the BCCA is to provide a safe, supportive and academically inspiring environment for the children of parents working in the Thoroughbred racing [...]
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Pierata Set To Cover A$6.6-Million Mare Imperatriz
August 15, 2024
Champion Imperatriz (Aus) will be covered by Pierata (Aus) this season, Yulong announced on Thursday. The champion mare smashed records when she sold for A$6.6 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast earlier this year. The 10-time Group 1 winning daughter of I Am Invincible (Aus) was offered for sale [...]
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Details Of Upcoming HIT Sales At Leopardstown, Ascot, Doncaster and Kildare, Revealed By Goffs
August 15, 2024
The upcoming Horses-in-Training Sales series, to be held at Leopardstown, Ascot, Doncaster and Kildare, was announced by Goffs on Thursday. The boutique Goffs Champions Sale returns to Leopardstown as the opening event of the Irish Champions Festival on Saturday, Sept. 14. First held in 2014, the 10-year average is €188,000, with a median of €150,000 [...]
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Into Mischief's Bernard Shaw Heads To Dundalk
August 14, 2024
Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a pricy son of Into Mischief. 3.25 Dundalk, Mdn, €18,000, [...]
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American Pharoah Filly Annascaul Flies at First Asking at Saratoga
August 14, 2024
6th-Saratoga, $90,000, (S), Msw, 8-14, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:03.13, fm, 3 lengths. ANNASCAUL (f, 2, American Pharoah–Epping Forest {SP, $306,000}, by Exchange Rate) took play to be off as the 7-4 favorite while making her career debut against fellow New York-breds Wednesday afternoon at Saratoga, and she duly treated them to a three-length beating [...]
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Len Green Honored with Marylou Whitney Award for Commitment to the Backstretch Community
August 14, 2024
Edited Press Release Len Green is well known in racing circles for D.J. Stable's success at the New York Racing Association tracks, but on Wednesday he was publicly recognized for his longstanding commitment to the backstretch community when he received the Marylou Whitney Award from the New York Race Track Chaplaincy at the organization's 17th [...]
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