Trainer Roger Charlton Takes Out Joint-License With Son
Derby-winning trainer Roger Charlton has announced Beckhampton Stables will move to a joint-license, with son and assistant Harry appearing on race cards next to his father from this week.
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Laurel Park Cancels Jan. 17 Race Card
The Maryland Jockey Club canceled the special 10-race Martin Luther King Jr. holiday program Jan. 17 at Laurel Park due to lingering effects of a winter storm that brought snow, sleet, and freezing rain to the region overnight.
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Grade 1 Winner Halladay to Stand in California for 2022
Halladay, a grade 1 winner by War Front, has been retired from racing and will commence his stallion career in 2022 at Harris Farms in California, as the property of a syndicate led by Adrian Gonzalez of Checkmate Thoroughbreds.
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Battle Bling Prevails in Ladies Score
Michael Dubb's Battle Bling proved a successful claim for trainer Rob Atras when circling the field in a gritty last-to-first effort in the Jan. 16 $97,000 Ladies Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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First Reported Foal for Tom's d'Etat Born in New York
WinStar Farm's grade 1-winning millionaire Tom's d'Etat sired his first reported foal when a filly produced from the winning Cross Traffic mare Today Comes Once was born Jan. 16 at Waldorf Farm in North Chatham, N.Y.
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Hit the Road, Bodhicitta Work for Pegasus Day Starts
Trainer Dan Blacker's grade 1 winner Hit the Road and the Richard Baltas-conditioned grade 2 winner Bodhicitta both worked over the Santa Anita Park turf Jan. 16 in preparation for future engagements at Gulfstream Park on Pegasus World Cup Day.
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Plans Form for St. George's Letruska, Math Wizard
St. George Stables' Letruska returned to the work tab Jan. 16 for the first time since the Breeders' Cup World Championships in November at Del Mar as she prepares for a 6-year-old campaign.
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Costa has Faith in Winning Rupert Colt With Family Ties
A horse's pedigree page doesn't always tell the whole story and that's certainly the case with a Winning Rupert colt, the equal highest-priced yearling sold at the Jan. 16 book 2 opening of the Magic Millions Yearling Sale session.
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Mahoning Valley Cancels Jan. 17 Card Due to Snowstorm
Due to winter storm Izzy, which is anticipated to bring over a foot of snow to the region, live racing on Monday, Jan. 17 at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning Valley Race Course has been canceled.
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Summer in Saratoga Possible for Pegasus F&M Turf
Trainer Joe Sharp said he would like to run multiple stakes winner Summer in Saratoga in the Jan. 29 $500,000 Pegasus Filly & Mare Turf Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park. He and co-owner Anderson Farms just want to make sure she fits.
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Japan's Take Wins Graded Stakes for 36th Straight Year
The rider is the winningest jockey in the history of the Japan Racing Association
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TBA Stallion Parade to Return Feb. 3 to Tattersalls
The TBA has announced that its flat stallion parade will return to Tattersalls on Feb. 3 after a two-year hiatus. Twelve sires about to begin their first and second seasons at stud in Great Britain will feature in the event.
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Math Man Marco First Winner for Alliance
Robert Cole Jr.'s homebred Math Man Marco defeated a field of six other West Virginia-bred 3-year-olds by seven lengths in his debut Jan. 15 at at Charles Town. In doing so, the chestnut gelding became the first winner for his sire Alliance.
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KHRC Vacates Levamisole Rulings Against Sharp
In a ruling issued Jan. 14, Kentucky stewards vacated five rulings issued against trainer Joe Sharp in the state related to a series of drug positives for levamisole from races at Churchill Downs in November 2019.
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Unvaccinated Hong Kong Trainer Can't Attend Racing
Champion trainer Caspar Fownes says he "doesn't care" what people think of him after being prevented from attending the races in Hong Kong as a result of being unvaccinated against COVID-19.
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Coolangatta Lives Up to Hype in Magic Millions Classic
Coolangatta had been the talking horse in the run up to the Magic Millions 2YO Classic and Jan. 15 the Ciaron Maher- and David Eustace-trained juvenile lived up to that hype when she produced a brave performance to land the AU$2 million race.
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Lone Rock Could Target Dubai World Cup After Razorback
Trainer Robertino Diodoro said Lone Rock is pointed for the Feb. 12 Razorback Handicap (G3) at Oaklawn Park and if all goes well, the $12 million Dubai World Cup (G1) March 26 at Meydan.
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Old-Timer Rated R Superstar Takes Fifth Season
At the tender age of 9, Rated R Superstar is still thriving in stakes company and, like a fine wine, might actually be better than ever at his advanced age for trainer Federico Villafranco.
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Florida-Bred Colt First Foal for Caracaro
The first reported foal by Crestwood Farm stallion Caracaro was born Jan. 14 at Dr. Gilberto Lopez Giraluna'a farm in Ocala, Fla. The colt is out of the stakes producer Real Ruffian.
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Shamrocket Aces Dirt Test in Sunshine Millions Classic
Despite never starting on dirt in 21 trips to the post, Donegal Racing's Shamrocket bulldozed his way down the center of the Gulfstream Park track to collar a game Sir Ollie at the wire in the Jan. 15 $75,000 Sunshine Millions Classic.
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Fast Draw Munnings Finds the Mark in Cal Cup Derby
Soundly beaten by Straight Up G when they last met, Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal's Fast Draw Munnings turned the tables on his heavily favored rival Jan. 15 at Santa Anita Park in the $192,000 California Cup Derby, winning by a neck.
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Global Campaign's First Foal a Maryland-Bred Filly
WinStar Farm stallion Global Campaign sired his first reported foal when breeder Country Life Farm welcomed Jan. 14 a Maryland-bred filly out of multiple stakes-placed Miss Mystique (Teuflesberg), an earner of $258,283.
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Markhamian, Outfoxed Capture Stakes at Tampa
Showing speed and tenacity, Markhamian fell back to third approaching the stretch after pressing the early pace in the $125,000 Pasco Stakes Jan. 15 at Tampa Bay Downs, only to prove resurgent down the lane to defeat Provocateur and Cattin.
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Magic Millions Book 1 Wraps With Auction Record
There was a booming finish to Book 1 of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale Jan. 15, in which four lots hit the million-dollar mark to create an auction house record and set new benchmarks for established and fledgling vendors.
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Aqueduct Jockey Rodriguez Castro Positive for COVID-19
Jockey Luis Rodriguez Castro tested positive for COVID-19 Jan. 15 and will remain off his mounts through Jan. 20, the New York Racing Association announced Saturday.
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Smile Happy, Tiz the Bomb Work Toward 3-Year-Old Debuts
Lucky Seven Stable's Smile Happy and Phoenix Thoroughbred's Tiz the Bomb breezed sharply in company at Gulfstream Park Jan. 15 toward upcoming starts on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
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Knicks Go Leads Eclipse Award Finalists
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association, Daily Racing Form, and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters announced Jan. 15 the finalists for the 2021 Eclipse Awards, recognizing excellence in Thoroughbred racing.
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First Foal for Vekoma a Kentucky-Bred Filly
The first reported foal by Spendthrift Farm's Vekoma is a filly that was born early Jan. 15 at Crowning Point Farm in Paris, Ky.
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Keeneland January Sale Ends on Solid Note
The 2022 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale concluded Jan. 14 with results that offer a promising sign of the auction season yet to come.
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Season to Ready's Image to be Auctioned as Fundraiser
One week after a fire destroyed Springcliff Farm, one of Indiana's leading Thoroughbred foaling farms, fundraising efforts have ramped up to help the Cagle family recover from the devastating loss.
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NYRA gets OK for Tunnel at Belmont, Mile Chute at Spa
NYRA received financial approval Jan. 14 for construction plans involving a mile chute at Saratoga Race Course and an infield tunnel at Belmont Park, but remains unable to say if the work at Belmont will impact the fall racing schedule there.
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Strike Power to Enter Stud at Red River Farms
The 7-year-old son of Speightstown will stand for $2,000 with a stands and nurses guarantee.
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Magic Millions Day Four Showed No Signs of Slowing Down
Three seven-figure yearlings changed hands at the Jan. 14 session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
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How You Vote Depends on Where You Stand
Racing commentary from Jay Hovdey
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CDI Names Murr President of TwinSpires
Churchill Downs Inc. announced Jan. 14 that Ben Murr has been named president of TwinSpires and online gaming. In this role, he will be responsible for the overall strategy and operations of these businesses.
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Echo Town's First Two Reported Foals Well Received
Ashford Stud stallion Echo Town was represented by his first reported foals in recent days.
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Puerto Rico Sets New Rules for Shipping Horses by Boat
The Puerto Rico Racing Commission adopted nearly a dozen new regulations to make shipping Thoroughbreds by cargo ship safer and more humane.
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Concert Tour Begins Comeback for Cox in Fifth Season
The comeback tour for Concert Tour will begin at the same venue as his Triple Crown tour gained some big-time momentum.
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Aqueduct Cancels Jan. 15 Due to Forecast of Bitter Cold
The New York Racing Association canceled racing Jan. 15 at Aqueduct Racetrack due to dangerously low wind chill values forecast to impact the New York City metropolitan area Saturday.
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Sir Winston Pegasus Bound; God of Love to Withers
Sir Winston breezed Jan. 14 at Palm Meadows Training Center toward the Pegasus World Cup (G1) Jan. 29 at Gulfstream Park, while God of Love worked in advance of the Withers Stakes (G3) Feb. 5 at Aqueduct Racetrack.
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Texas Racing Commission Suspends Hair Drug Testing
The Texas Racing Commission has suspended hair testing of racehorses in the state, the regulator announced Jan. 14.
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Neige Blanche a Class Standout in Five-Horse Astra
Neige Blanche carries high weight of 124 pounds in the $125,000 Astra Stakes (G3T) Jan. 17 at Santa Anita Park, spotting the opposition four pounds apiece. But the weight break would not appear enough to endanger her chances of success.
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Golden Goal Wins Maktoum Challenge Round 1
Golden Goal wins Maktoum Challenge Round 1 (G2) as Dubai World Cup Carnival kicks off its eight-week run.
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Arqana February Mixed Sale Catalog Released
The catalog for Arqana's February Mixed Sale has been released, which includes horses-in-training, fillies, broodmares, 2-year-olds, 3-year-old stores, and yearlings. The sale takes place Feb. 15 and 16.
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Grimthorpe Becomes New Racing Manager for Imad Al Sagar
Teddy Grimthorpe has been revealed as the new racing manager for owner Imad Al Sagar, who will also continue to retain the services of jockeys Hollie Doyle and Martin Dwyer in 2022.
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Handicapping: Vulnerable Favorites in Jan. 15 Action
Dave Litfin analyzes Jan. 15 stakes across the country.
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Straight Up G Follows 'Chrome Path Into Cal Cup Derby
There are no points races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby this weekend, but one stakes race at Santa Anita Park Jan. 15 may have the potential to produce a 3-year-old that could advance into the series.
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Godolphin Draft Highlight of Keeneland January Day 3
Godolphin brought a draft of 26 mares to the Jan. 13 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale, and all changed hands to make Sheikh Mohammed's global operation the leading consignor of the sale's third session with gross receipts of $1,434,500.
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First Foals Born for McKinzie, Spun to Run
Gainesway Farm stallions McKinzie and Spun to Run were represented by their first foals, two fillies, who were each born Jan. 11.
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Mystic Guide Comeback on Hold
An intended winter comeback for Godolphin's Mystic Guide, winner of the 2021 Dubai World Cup (G1), has been delayed after the 5-year-old Ghostzapper horse encountered a physical setback while training this winter, trainer Mike Stidham said.
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