Spelling

Kentucky Derby fifth T O Password (Jpn) (Copano Rickey {Jpn}) has been sent to a farm to recover after surgery to remove bone chips in both front legs, trainer Daisuke Takayanagi announced on Tuesday. The news was first reported by Netkeiba.com. The chips were found on Tuesday, with the surgery performed later that day. He is expected to be sidelined six months. "He had surgery and [I] put him out to pasture today [Tuesday]," Takayanagi told the Japanese publication. "He will be fully healed in six months." A winner of...

Haras du Bois, a breaking-in, pre-training, and spelling facility, has been acquired by Haras d'Etreham, the stud announced on Thursday. Located 30 minutes from Deauville in the direction of Caen, Haras du Bois has three barns with almost 40 stalls, three lunging rings, a horse-walker, a six-furlong all-weather track, a five-furlong straight sand track and 40 hectares of paddocks and fields surrounded by several forest tracks. Breaking and pre-training specialists Laura Vanska and Nicolas Leroch, will be responsible for Haras du Bois. Vanska, a 2015 Godolphin Flying Start graduate, holds...

In the coming months, Godolphin Flying Start trainees will provide insight into practices experienced and observations taken on their worldwide travels. First up is current second-year trainee and Australia native Anna Power, who discusses her country's practice of spelling. The Godolphin Flying Start programme is an unrivaled opportunity to learn about Thoroughbred racing and breeding across the world. The cultural differences of the industry in each country have been eye-opening and surprising. For example, prior to my time in America I had never foaled a mare indoors. "It's really all...