European Horse of the Year Sea The Stars, winner of the 2009 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, was represented by his first winner on Monday when Stars Over the Sea took the first race at Ayr in England.
Forefathers, a multiple graded stakes-placed half-brother to Grade 1 winner Pioneerof the Nile, was represented by his first winner at stud on Saturday when Home of America won a maiden claiming race at Gulfstream Park by 3 3/4 lengths.
At Delaware Park, a 21-year-old apprentice from Puerto Rico named Victor Carrasco has fans and horsemen drawing comparisons between the young rider and Ramon Dominguez in his early days.
I Raffaella figures to be a short price when she runs in a first-level allowance race for fillies and mares that serves as Wednesday’s feature at Northlands Park. The 6 1/2-furlong sprint drew seven horses, but there are a lot of arrows pointing toward I Raffaella as the one to beat.
The once-beaten Langstaff gets some class relief Wednesday night at Woodbine in the $125,000 Deputy Minister Stakes, a seven-furlong sprint for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds.
Darley shuttle sire Exceed And Excel will be the first mate for unbeaten two-time Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar when the Southern Hemisphere breeding season begins in September.
Michael Hammersly's weekly graded stakes roundup, Trip Notes, which this week includes recaps of the Eddie Read, Delaware Handicap, and CCA Oaks (among others).
We’re less than two weeks away from the sport’s most coveted prize, the Hambletonian. Perhaps never in the race’s history at the Meadowlands has the event been so unpredictable at this point. To date, there have been no superstars who have emerged and no colts or geldings who have even appeared without some flaw.
Led by a 2012 Kentucky stakes winner who sold for $510,000, the second Paddock Sale at Del Mar on Sunday evening saw sharp increases in gross, average and median prices compared with the inaugural sale in 2012.
Bob Pandolfo's Sharp Horses and Track Trends report featuring horses from Balmoral, Monticello, Northfield, Yonkers and others.
