Balnikhov gets an owner change ahead of next start
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Balnikhov, the millionaire four-time stakes winner, has had a change of ownership in advance of his 2026 debut at Gulfstream Park on Saturday.
A 6-year-old gelding, Balnikhov will now race for Andrew Molasky’s Old Bones Racing, having been purchased for $70,000 at the Fasig-Tipton December digital sale.
Molasky was previously part of a partnership that owned Balnikhov, whose last stakes win was the Grade 3 Dinner Party Stakes at Pimlico in 2024.
Balnikhov, trained by Phil D’Amato, was eighth of nine in the Grade 2 Hollywood Turf Cup at Del Mar on Nov. 28.
On Saturday, Balnikhov is entered in the Grade 3 William McKnight Stakes at 1 1/2 miles on turf, and is on the also-eligible list for the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Turf at 1 1/8 miles.
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