Talent Search to Stand at Ramsey Farm
Multiple stakes winner Talent Search will stand at Ken and Sarah Ramsey’s Ramsey Farm near Nicholasville, Ky.
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Ciao Bella Could Make La Prevoyante Impact
Havant and Clarinet head a field of eight fillies and mares entered for the $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Calder Race Course & Casino Nov. 30, but the lightly raced sophomore Ciao Bella could make an impact.
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Shackleford caps closing weekend at Churchill Downs
A dazzling farewell victory by popular classic winner Shackleford and jockey Jesus Castanon in the 138th running of the Grade 1 Clark Handicap provided an exclamation point as arguably the brightest moment of Churchill Downs’ memorable 21-day fall meet that concluded Sunday.
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King of the Roxy to Poplar Creek in Ohio
Multiple grade II winner King of the Roxy has been moved to Robin Murphy’s Poplar Creek Horse Ranch near Bethel, Ohio.
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Bold Warrior to Roseglade in Kentucky
Stakes-placed Bold Warrior will enter stud in 2013 at Hal Snowden Jr.’s Roseglade Farm near Wilmore, Ky.
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Hollinger Takes Class Drop in Tropical Turf
Hollinger will find an opportune spot in the $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Calder Race Course & Casino, in spite of hauling high weight on the Florida oval’s closing day.
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Grade I Winner Summer Soiree Retired
Grade I winner Summer Soiree wrapped up her racing career by passing the $500,000 earnings plateau and adding to her grade I credentials with a third-place finish in the Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) Nov. 25.
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Hangin’ With Haskin: 2011 Crop No Flop
Few classic crops have been maligned more than the class of 2011. Well, perhaps it is time for the critics to re-evaluate their position.
Journalist, historian Kelly dies
The Maryland racing community lost one of its most prominent members when award-winning journalist and racing historian Joseph B. Kelly passed away Monday at Stella Maris Rehabilitation and Hospice after a short battle with cancer. He was 94 years old.
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Retama Park’s Future in Question
The Texas Workforce Commission was notified the week of Nov. 19 that the 296 employees at Retama Park near San Antonio, Texas, would be laid off due to the termination of its management contract.
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Award-Winning Turf Writer Kelly Dies at 94
The Maryland racing community lost one of its most prominent members when award-winning journalist and racing historian Joseph B. Kelly passed away Nov. 26 after a short battle with cancer. He was 94.
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What’s Going On Here: Breeders Get a Break
The average stud fee has decreased 6% for the 2013 breeding season.
New European Breeders’ Fund CEO Named
The European Breeders’ Fund has announced that Kerry Murphy has been appointed chief executive officer of the organization, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
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Equine Infection Control Management
Editor’s Note: This article is part of TheHorse.com’s ongoing coverage of topics presented at the 9th International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases, held Oct. 21-26 in Lexington, Ky.
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Arc de Triomphe Winner Solemia Retired
Solemia, winner of the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) Oct. 7, has been retired from racing after finishing 13th in the Japan Cup (Jpn-I) Nov. 25.
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Irish Stud Files Legal Action Against Tinkler
Sheikh Mohammed’s Kildangan Stud in Ireland has started legal action in Australia against billionaire coal tycoon and Thoroughbred owner Nathan Tinkler, whose empire looks to be collapsing.
Timeline for NYRA Tote Operator Delayed
A move to name a new tote operator at the New York Racing Association was put off until at least the end of next summer’s Saratoga meet, a state government oversight panel decided in Albany Nov. 26.
Yesterday
El Roblar to Winner-Maker in Colorado
Multiple graded winner El Roblar has been relocated to Winner-Maker Farm near Kiowa, Colo.
Yesterday
Tropical Turf, La Prevoyante highlight Calder closing day
Three-year-olds enjoyed a big day in a pair of Grade 3 events at Calder last weekend, and might do so again Friday as the Tropical meet concludes with the 2012 renewals of the Grade 3, $100,000 Tropical Turf Handicap and Grade 3, $100,000 La Prevoyante Handicap for fillies and mares.
Yesterday
Five Six-Figure Yearlings at Tattersalls
The sale saw 167 horses sell for 3,595,300 guineas ($6,049,452), at an average of 21,529 guineas ($36,224), and a median of 13,000 guineas ($21,874).
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Gentildonna outduels Orfevre to make Japan Cup history
In a rousing stretch battle between Japanese Triple Crown winners, reigning Filly Triple heroine Gentildonna outdueled last year’s Triple Crown star Orfevre by a nose in Sunday’s Grade 1 Japan Cup at Tokyo. Aside from emulating her sire, 2006 Japan Cup legend Deep Impact, Gentildonna became the first sophomore filly ever to win her nation’s signature international contest. But her place in the record book was only confirmed after she survived an inquiry, for she bumped Orfevre in their wrestling match.
Yesterday
Breakfast at Gulfstream scheduled for opening day
Gulfstream Park will kick off its meet Saturday with Breakfast at Gulfstream, a family-friendly event that once again allows the public to attend Saturday morning workouts while enjoying a breakfast buffet trackside and meeting special guests.
Yesterday
Kentucky Circuit Shifts to Turfway for Winter
Thoroughbred racing returns to Northern Kentucky Nov. 29 with the opening of Turfway Park’s 37th holiday meet, including stakes races throughout December.
Yesterday
Bootsy Collins to Perform at Turfway Park
Bootsy Collins, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will perform New Year’s Eve at Turfway Park as he headlines the northern Kentucky track’s annual end-of-year bash.
Yesterday
Walmsley Named to Arkansas Court of Appeals
Bill Walmsley, the long-time president of the Arkansas Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and former president of the National HBPA, has been appointed by Gov. Mike Beebe to the Arkansas Court of Appeals.
Yesterday
Blue Grass Farms Charities Event on Dec. 18
Blue Grass Farms Charities will host its annual “Festival of Christmas” at the Keene Entertainment Center at Keeneland Dec. 18.
Evan Hammonds recaps the Thanksgiving holiday weekend races, including the Remsen S., Cigar Mile, Clark H., and Fall Highweight H.
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Overanalyze, Uncaptured Now on Road to Derby
Victories by Overanalyze and Uncaptured in group II stakes Nov. 24 propelled the 2-year-olds into the numbers four and five positions, respectively, in the standings on the “Road to the Kentucky Derby.”
Yesterday
Pre- and Probiotics for Horses
Feed digestion in horses is largely accomplished by microbial fermentation in the hindgut. The cecum and colon provide an environment that promotes the digestion and absorption of nutrients from fibrous products such as hay and beet pulp. Disrupting the microbe balance, due to mismanaged feeding practices or illness, can have detrimental effects on the ho…
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Unbridled Command Wins Hollywood Derby
Unbridled Command, making his first appearance outside of New York, stepped into grade I company with an impressive victory in the $250,000 Hollywood Derby, the final race of the 2012 Turf Festival Nov. 25.
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Mena completes graded hat trick with Keep Up in River City
Jockey Miguel Mena had a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend at Churchill Downs, piloting the winners of the three graded events taking placing Saturday and Sunday. He capped off the graded hat trick Sunday aboard 30-1 longshot Keep Up in the Grade 3, $115,700 River City Handicap.
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Better Lucky stuns eventful Matriarch at 35-1
Godolphin Racing’s Better Lucky was no match for leading three-year-old turf filly Dayatthespa last time out at Keeneland, but after a bizarre mishap to the 8-5 favorite in Sunday’s Grade 1, $250,000 Matriarch at Hollywood Park, Better Lucky went on to post a 35-1 upset.
Yesterday
Bear Tough Tiger outgames stablemate to take Kennedy Road
Bear Tough Tiger fought off stablemate Bear No Joke to earn his first stakes score in Sunday’s Grade 3, $127,940 Kennedy Road at Woodbine.
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Keep Up, 30-1, Takes River City Out of Clouds
Successfully rehabbed after a 15-month break for a bowed tendon, 30-1 shot Keep Up defeated multiple graded stakes winner Boisterous by a half-length Nov. 25 in the River City Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs.
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35-1 Better Lucky All Good in Wild Matriarch
Better Lucky gave Godolphin Racing another grade I victory when she registered a 35-1 shocker in an adventurous renewal of the $250,000 Matriarch Stakes (gr. IT) on the turf Nov. 25 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Bear Tough Tiger Roars Home in Kennedy Road
Bear Tough Tiger, rallying on the outside, outfought stablemate Bear No Joke to record his first stakes victory in the $127,940 Kennedy Road (Can-III) by a neck at Woodbine Nov. 25.
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Stay Thirsty Nips Groupie Doll in Cigar Mile
Notching his first win since the 2011 Travers Stakes (gr. I), Repole Stables’ Stay Thirsty got the bob on Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) winner Groupie Doll in the $343,000 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct Nov. 24.
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Kentucky Jockey Club top three heading south for the winter
In Saturday’s 86th running of the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club at Churchill Downs, Uncaptured defeated Frac Daddy by a neck after a thrilling stretch run and both of those precocious two-year-olds, as well as third-place finisher Dewey Square, were in good order Sunday morning.
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Flint already thinking Oaks for Seaneen Girl
Seaneen Girl’s upset victory in Saturday’s Grade 2 Golden Rod at Churchill Downs had trainer Bernie Flint thinking about the first Friday in May on Sunday morning.
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Trainer Stutts Retires After 44-Year Career
Veteran trainer Bennie Stutts Jr. announced his retirement Nov. 24, with recent maiden winner Iwillneversaynever the final horse he would saddle during a career that spanned 44 years.
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Stutts calls it a career
While Saturday’s 6TH race at Calder Race Course offered the promise of juvenile fillies heading to the turf while still in the early stages of their career, the human narrative of the race centered on longtime trainer Bennie Stutts Jr., who started recent maiden winner Iwillneversaynever in what would be the final race of the 74-year-old conditioner’s career.
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Game On Dude Expected to Run in Native Diver
Multiple grade I winner Game On Dude heads an expected field of six or seven in the $250,000 Native Diver Stakes – Presented by the Oak Tree Racing Association (gr. III) Dec. 1 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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Stay Thirsty caps off stellar day, and career, for Repole
Even as Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap victor Stay Thirsty prepared to depart Todd Pletcher’s barn for his upcoming career at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Kentucky, the trainer and owner Mike Repole have plenty to look forward to next year following Unlimited Budget’s front-running victory in the Grade 2 Demoiselle for juvenile fillies and Overanalyze’s gritty nose triumph in the Grade 2 Remsen for two-year-olds.
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Dance Card closes out prosperous year for Godolphin
Dance Card’s victory in Saturday’s Grade 1 Gazelle at Aqueduct capped a high-quality year for Godolphin Racing, becoming the outfit’s fifth winner of a Grade 1 in 2012.
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Barretts Sales Grad Wins Kyoto Allowance Race
In addition to Keeneland graduate American Winner capturing a race on the Japan Cup card at Tokyo Racecourse, Barretts sales grad Shigeru Acerola won an allowance race at Kyoto by 1 1/2 lengths.
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