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Exactly one month after Frank Stronach sued his daughter in a $520-million (CDN) civil suit claiming she is mismanaging the family's financial empire while forcing her father out of control of the fortune he built, the son of the 86-year-old Thoroughbred magnate has now launched his own lawsuit against his sister alleging malfeasances that mirror many of his father's claims. A chief allegation made by Andrew Stronach, 50, against Belinda Stronach, 52, claims that he is suffering because of a "complete breakdown in trust and confidence" between family members over...

LEXINGTON, KY--The Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale opened with a single-session Book 1 section Monday in Lexington, and champion Lady Eli (Divine Park) stole the headlines when selling for $4.2 million to John Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale. During Monday's session, 120 horses sold for $56,429,000. The average was $470,242 and the median was $350,000. Year-to-year comparisons would be inexact at this time considering Keeneland offered a larger two-day Book 1 last November. "As we forecasted, there's just continued strength in the domestic market here in the U.S. for high-quality...

You'll hardly need me to tell you that Saturday was a historic day for Juddmonte Farms, with Prince Khalid Abdullah's colours being carried to victory in two of the main Breeders' Cup events. Thanks to Expert Eye in the Mile and Enable in the Turf, Juddmonte has now had seven Breeders' Cup winners with five of them being products of the Prince's European operation (the two exceptions are Arrogate, who landed the 2016 Classic, and Ventura, winner of the Filly & Mare Sprint. I still believe Juddmonte's total should stand...

Anthony Oppenheimer's English highweight Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}--Rhadegunda {GB}, by Pivotal {GB}), who ran out an authoritative winner in the G1 QIPCO Champion S. in his final start in October, will stand for £25,000 at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. The John Gosden trainee wracked up four Group 1 wins during his career and took his first Champion S. title in 2017. The 2017 Irish Derby runner-up and G1 Investec Derby third added this spring's G1 Prix Ganay and the June 1 Coronation Cup, and was second in the G1...

by Jessica Martini, Brian DiDonato, and Christie DeBernardis LEXINGTON, KY - The action was fast and furious during the Fasig-Tipton November Sale Sunday at Newtown Paddocks, with 22 horses seven-figure sales propelling the auction to a record-setting gross $89,473,000. "It was a remarkable night," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. "To be able to assemble a catalogue with as many quality horses as we had this year, it sure makes for an exciting and interesting evening. It was pretty remarkable to have grossed $89 million tonight. If someone would've told...

'TDN Rising Star' Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) was one of the more visually impressive winners during the two-day Breeders' Cup festival at Churchill Downs this weekend, and while her trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klaraman of Klaravich Stables have become synonymous with big-race success in America, her breeder, Allan Belshaw, has thus far been much less in the spotlight. That doesn't mean, however, that he hasn't produced results from his tiny broodmare band: Simply Times (Dodge), the second dam of Newspaperofrecord, is also the second dam of...

LEXINGTON, KY--Bidding moves across-town Monday with the first session of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale getting underway at noon. The 12-day auction opens with a single session Book 1 comprised of 250 catalogued head. Last year, Book 1 was comprised of 367 horses and held over two sessions. Of the change to one session, Bob Elliston, Keeneland's Vice President of Racing and Sales, said, "Last year we had a multi-day Book 1 and one thing we hear from buyers all the time, especially with the Breeders' Cup in Kentucky,...

WERRIBEE, Australia—One man who could be forgiven for being a little bleary-eyed at Sunday's breakfast press call was Charlie Fellowes, who had enjoyed the biggest win of his career less than 24 hours earlier. Victory for A Prince Of Arran (GB) (Shirocco {Ger}) in the G3 Lexus S. on Victoria Derby Day at Flemington was not just a first Group win for the trainer but it also means he is set to have his first runner in Tuesday's G1 Lexus Melbourne Cup. For a horse that has run in Dubai,...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Strictly in terms of turf racing, we all know that the grass tends to be a little greener in Europe. But if the raiders played to their strengths at the 35th Breeders' Cup, duly extending a prolific record in both the Mile and the Turf, it sure helps if you have an operation like Juddmonte seeding the herd. For if an unmistakable and effusive common denominator to Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) was one of the great international riders of the era, this was...

LOUISVILLE, Ky - John Sadler, Breeders' Cup-winning trainer. A much-discussed 0-for-41 heading into this year's two-day Championships, the 62-year-old finally put that story to bed with a popular, one-length victory by Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) in Saturday's GI Breeders' Cup Classic on a spectacular late fall afternoon before a lively crowd of 70,423 at Churchill Downs. Longshot Gunnevera (Dialed In) rallied smartly from far back to finish second after getting bumped badly at the start. Thunder Snow (Ire) (Helmet {Aus}) was a solid third. "Yeah, I'm thrilled, no doubt," Sadler...

There is a first time for everything, they say, yet heading into Saturday's GI Longines Breeders' Cup Turf, a few things had not been accomplished in the 34 previous runnings, one not entirely surprising and another that bordered on the unbelievable. Europe's premier weight-for-age race, the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, typically takes place just shy of four weeks prior to the Breeders' Cup meeting. The Arc is the 'Holy Grail,' the race around which many a campaign is built. The Breeders' Cup Turf offers $4 million in prize...

The trainer, who may be the best ever when it comes to winning the GI Kentucky Derby, won Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile with an undefeated horse that will be named 2-year-old champion. The talent, the pedigree, the trainer, the 2-year-old season...every box is checked. Can we just concede right now that Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}) will win the 2019 Derby? Not so fast. It may not seem like it, but there are actually a few things about Bob Baffert that indicate that the trainer is mortal and the...