Grade 3 winner and Louisiana-based freshman sire Elusive Bluff was represented by his first winner July 8 when Crash the Party broke through in his fourth career start, a maiden claiming event at Delaware Park.
Racing Post in England has reported the death of 1999 European champion juvenile Fasliyev in Japan, citing a tweet from Kentucky-based breeder Dr. Naoya Yoshida.
Bodemeister, a Grade 1 winner and dual classic runner-up, was named 2012 Virginia-bred Horse of the Year by the Virginia Thoroughbred Association.
Mama’s Mad Money scored her first career win in the Iowa Stallion Futurity on July 5 at Prairie Meadows, becoming the first winner for Oklahoma freshman sire Save Big Money, a multiple stakes-placed winner.
Under a new matching funds agreement, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club will match 50 percent of racehorse owners’ voluntary contributions to the California Retirement Management Account during its upcoming meet, which begins on July 17.
French Group 1 winner and freshman sire Aqlaam was represented by his first winner on July 6 when his son Culdaff broke throu gh with a victory at Haydock in his fourth career start.
Celtic Moon’s victory in a maiden special weight race on Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park was the first by an offspring of Grade 3 winner and multiple classic-placed freshman sire Denis of Cork.
Prior to Sunday, it could already be said that Lou Tucci and his uncle Carlo, who manage the family's Tucci Stables, have mastered the claiming game in a big way. The outfit campaigned former claimer One For Rose to multiple Sovereign Awards a decade ago.
Racing is old hat for Grade 2 winner Mr. O’Brien, but on July 13 the former mid-Atlantic runner will get a chance to see his former workplace at Pimlico Race Course in a new light.
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Two of the best horses in the handicap division returned last Saturday in familiar venues and echoed past glories with explosive performances, setting up a contentious second half of the year on both coasts that should result in an exciting Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park.
