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Godolphin's much-documented upturn continued apace at Chantilly on Sunday, when the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Royal Meeting (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) provided his sire with a weekend group 1 double in the Criterium International. Keen initially in third with Christophe Soumillon intent on getting a lead on the inexperienced Sept. 19 Yarmouth maiden winner, the 4-1 shot drifted left when sent in pursuit of Hermosa (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) but once straightened swooped on that 7-5 favourite 150 metres out en route to a 3/4-of-a-length success, with Graignes (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}) a...

Lifelong horseman W. Cothran Campbell passed away Saturday afternoon at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. He was 91. The founder of Dogwood Stable, and widely considered the progenitor of present day racing partnerships, Campbell developed the reputation of turning modestly priced horses into winners. Born Sept. 27, 1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Campbell began syndicating horses in 1969 shortly before launching the Dogwood partnership in Georgia. Based in Aiken, South Carolina since the mid-1980s, Dogwood Stable became irrevocably bound to the Palmetto State through the decades. With over 80...

In stark contrast to weather patterns plaguing the central and eastern part of the country, Saturday morning in Arcadia, California dawned sunny and warm as several Breeders' Cup contenders put in their final works ahead of the Championships next weekend. Heading the cast was Classic favorite Accelerate (Lookin At Lucky) (video), who went six furlongs under John Sadler assistant Juan Leyva in 1:12.80. The four-time Grade I winner covered five furlongs in 1:00.80 with a seven furlong gallop out of 1:26.20, according to Santa Anita clockers. Sadler also sent undefeated...

Ocala horseman Bert Pilcher figured a clever way to breed a Breeders' Cup favorite. Take a free mare, a free stallion season, foal an undersized pocket rocket dismissed by many, and turn loose one of the fastest horses we've seen in some time. That's the story of Imperial Hint (Imperialism), who has belied an unfashionable pedigree to become a dual Grade I winner...and the early choice to go one better than his second in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. "This little horse...he's a dream," Pilcher said of Imperial Hint,...

This year's G2 Ribblesdale S. winner and dual Group 1 runner-up Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was a €1.4-million yearling and is a 3/4 sister to champion Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), is one of 477 fillies and mares-and a few high profile offerings with Coolmore/Mayfair Speculators connections-set to be offered at the Goffs November Breeding Stock Sale on Nov. 22 and 23. The 3-year-old Magic Wand is catalogued as lot 966 through The Castlebridge Consignment, and is offered alongside the stakes-placed Hence (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 965), a 3-year-old...

Bearing the mantle of leadership from Ballydoyle's legions for Saturday's G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy S., Smith, Magnier, Tabor and Flaxman Stables' Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) had to go from boy to man in less than two minutes and roll up his sleeves to prevail in Doncaster's straight-mile test of juvenile staying power. Second to TDN Rising Star Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) in Newmarket's G3 Autumn S. over this mile trip Oct. 13, the 2-1 favourite raced in fifth early under Donnacha O'Brien with the stable setting a...

Headlining a busy morning at Santa Anita Friday, several Bob Baffert runners put in their final preparatory moves ahead of next weekend's Breeders' Cup World Championships. Chief among them, undefeated Grade I winner Game Winner (Candy Ride {Arg}), early favorite for the Juvenile, went four furlongs in :47 flat, the third fastest of 68 moves at the distance. Ridden by Joe Talamo, the colt worked alongside stablemate Ax Man (Misremembered). Also on the worktab, six-time Grade I winner Abel Tasman (Quality Road) and Vale Dori (Arg) (Asiatic Boy {Arg}) worked...

He was a dreamer from Milwaukee and, after three years trying to be a trainer, still had only a handful of claimers in Chicago. Then one Sunday morning, driving into Hawthorne racetrack, Bobby Trussell noticed ash descending onto the windshield out of the dawn sky. He put his foot down and soon saw the flames in the clubhouse. When he arrived at the backstretch, cinders were sparking through the air and the fire crew were spraying the barn roofs. "What about the horsemen's office?" he asked. "All our papers are...

Saturday's European action sees the flat season issue one of its final flourishes with a host of prestige races across Britain, France and Ireland concentrated mainly on the 2-year-olds. It is a shame that the international race-planners could not avoid a clash between the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud the G1 Vertem Futurity Trophy S., the latter of which re-adopts its old title before the Racing Post took up sponsorship in 1989. As ever, Ballydoyle have enough quality middle-distance Classic prospects for 2019 to spread around and have live chances of...

Pearling (Storm Cat), the dam of three-time Group 1 winner Decorated Knight (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), will be offered at this year's Tattersalls December Breeding Stock Sale. Tattersalls released the catalogue for the four-day sale, which takes place at Park Paddocks from Dec. 3 to 6, on Friday, and the 12-year-old Pearling-who is carrying a full sibling to Decorated Knight--is one of the expected headliners. Not only is her first foal the aforementioned Tattersalls Gold Cup, Irish Champion S. and Jebel Hatta winner, but she is also a full-sister to Giant's...

LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearlings Sale concluded its four-day run Thursday in Lexington with a strong session which featured the auction's top two highest-priced offerings. Through four sessions, Fasig-Tipton sold 963 yearlings for a total of $34,260,100--down slightly from last year's record gross of $35,812,900 for 981 head sold. The average was $35,576--down 2.5% from last year's record-setting mark of $36,507--while the median rose 25% to $15,000. The cumulative buy-back rate was 22.7%. "It was a very solid four days of sales," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning,...

They come from all over the world to ride in North America and do so for obvious reasons--the racing and purses here are among the best on the planet. Jockeys from Latin American countries now dominate the sport and France has produced three of the top riders in the U.S. in Florent Geroux, Flavien Prat and Julien Leparoux. Now, a new country needs to be added to the list. There's very little, if any, history of a young jockey from Japan coming here and being successful. But that's exactly what...