Mon, 08/19/2024 - 20:39

Arabian Knight retired, will stand stud at Hill 'n' Dale Farm

Barbara D. Livingston

Grade 1 winner Arabian Knight will begin his stallion career next year at Hill 'n' Dale Farm.

Grade 1 winner Arabian Knight has been retired from racing and will arrive at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm in Paris, Ky., on Tuesday to prepare for the start of his stud career there in 2025.

Arabian Knight, trained by Bob Baffert for Zedan Racing, has started once this year, finishing fourth in the Grade 2 San Diego Handicap on July 27 at Del Mar. Baffert told Daily Racing Form on Sunday that he planned to cut the colt back in distance and start him in the Grade 2 Pat O’Brien Stakes this coming Saturday at Del Mar.

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 13:30

BidXSell.com to Present its Inaugural Sale on August 28

By Press Release

Silk Road LLC announced today that its thoroughbred digital auction platform BidXSell.com, is now live online. A dedicated concierge consignment division, eCONSIGN-IT, will host the inaugural thoroughbred auction for BidXSell’s rollout on August 28, 2024 when the stake winning son of CANDY RIDE (ARG), SALUTE THE STARS, will headline the first digital flash sale.

Thu, 08/15/2024 - 10:25

King's Plate pedigree profile: Friendly Ghost

By Nicole Russo

Friendly Ghost

Gelding by Outwork – Kin’s Ghost, by Ghostzapper

Bred in Ontario by Phoenix Rising Farms ($35,134 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Ontario Premier yearling purchase by Sue Leslie)

Never worse than third in three starts, Friendly Ghost now eyes a major series of three, going in the first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the King’s Plate.

Thu, 08/08/2024 - 11:05

King's Plate pedigree profile: Essex Serpent

By Nicole Russo

Essex Serpent wins the Marine at WO June 29 2024

Julie Wright

Essex Serpent wins the Marine on June 29. He is a son of Eclipse Award winner Honor Code, who at age 4 won the Met Mile and Whitney. He now stands in Japan.

Essex Serpent

Gelding by Honor Code – Eileen’s Girl, by Medaglia d’Oro

Bred in Ontario by Conrad Farms

Manfred and Penny Conrad’s homebred Essex Serpent was late to the party, but he is making up for lost time. Unraced at 2, the gelding has two wins and a runner-up effort from three starts this year.

Most recently, he won the Grade 3 Marine Stakes on June 29. His performance was flattered when runner-up Cameo Performance came back to win a stakes at Ellis Park.

Mon, 08/05/2024 - 10:00

Oscar Performance, Aloha West, and Casa Creed give Mill Ridge plenty of stars

By Nicole Russo

Three years ago, multiple Grade 1 winner Oscar Performance, standing at Mill Ridge Farm in Kentucky, was represented by his first yearlings at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected sale, looking to make his mark in a tough class of first-crop sires that also included Triple Crown winner Justify and champion Good Magic.

Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:30

King's Plate pedigree profile: Rafaroo

By Nicole Russo

Julie Wright

Rafaroo is still a maiden but gave a fine account of himself finishing second recently in the Plate Trial.

Rafaroo

Colt by Hard Spun – Light Green, by Pleasantly Perfect

Bred in Ontario by Adena Springs

Rafaroo is still a maiden, but gave a fine account of himself in his second career start, finishing second to My Boy Prince in the Plate Trial. The colt’s pedigree is a good blend of stamina over speed.

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 11:30

King's Plate pedigree profile: Midnight Mascot

By Nicole Russo

Julie Wright

Midnight Mascot is a 3-year-old Ontario-bred by Army Mule.

Midnight Mascot
Colt by Army Mule – Midnight Embrace, by Midnight Lute
Bred in Ontario by Yvonne Schwabe Thoroughbreds ($200,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase by Manfred and Penny Conrad)

Among this year’s King’s Plate hopefuls, Woodstock Stakes winner Midnight Mascot sports the distinction of counting a recent winner of the Canadian classic as a very close relative.

Mon, 07/22/2024 - 08:16

Dornoch to stand at Spendthrift at end of career

By Nicole Russo

Barbara D. Livingston

Dornoch has won consecutive Grade 1 races, following his Belmont Stakes victory with a win in Saturday's Haskell Stakes.

Belmont Stakes and Haskell Invitational winner Dornoch will eventually stand at Spendthrift Farm, the principals behind both his current racing and future stallion careers confirmed over the weekend.

Dornoch is campaigned by the partnership of West Paces Racing, R. A. Hill Stable, Belmar Racing, Two Eight Racing, and Pine Racing Stables. Those owners announced after the colt won Saturday’s Haskell at Monmouth that they had struck a stallion deal with Spendthrift Farm shortly after last month’s Belmont Stakes. Spendthrift confirmed the news in a release on Sunday.

Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:05

King's Plate pedigree profile: War Painter

By Nicole Russo

Julie Wright

War Painter is from the second crop by Danish Dynaformer and is his first stakes winner.

War Painter
Filly by Danish Dynaformer – Morning Tale, by Tale of Ekati
Bred in Ontario by Charles Fipke ($30,000 Fasig-Tipton October yearling purchase by Canuck Racing Club)

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 08:15

King's Plate pedigree profile: My Boy Prince

By Nicole Russo

Julie Wright

My Boy Prince wins the King Corrie Stakes by 6 3/4 lengths on May 19 at Woodbine.

My Boy Prince
Cairo Prince – Hopping Not Hoping, by Silent Name
Bred in Ontario by Murray Graham Smith ($87,835 U.S. funds CTHS Ontario division Canadian Premier Yearling sale purchase by Dr. Robert McMartin)

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