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oh when I said "gunja" you thought "ganja"? Close but no cigar...Gunja (abrus precatorius) is part of the Ayurveda medical system with both contraceptive and Aphrodisiac properties! How good is that!!...highly toxic unless one knows wtf they're doing...also known as the Rosary pea So you can count your rosaries at the same time as the firnification (sp??) process...again...HOW GOOD?? Guilt...no guilt...guilt no...et el! -
Nelson have been trying to get their winter dates back, HRNZ want to keep the 2 Friday night meetings, the other option I think they was mooted was a Tuesday Thursday meeting in May, never heard anything more about it. -
By Wandering Eyes · Posted
Goal Oriented (Not This Time–Bizzy Caroline, by Afleet Alex), most recently winner of the Dec. 28 GI Malibu Stakes, has been retired from racing and will take up stud duties at Spendthrift Farm this year. His introductory fee will be $30,000, stands and nurses. “We are very excited about Goal Oriented and his potential at stud,” said Spendthrift general manager Ned Toffey. “Since the emergence of Not This Time, we have been looking for the right son to come along, and we believe strongly that Goal Oriented is that horse. He's a good-looking, imposing individual that breeders are going to love, and he brings the depth of female family we look for in a stallion prospect. When you combine that with the brilliance he showed on the track–highlighted by his GI Malibu win in 1:20 and change–it's hard not to be excited about his future. His speed figures indicate he's as fast as any son of Not This Time we've seen on dirt. We invite breeders to come out and see him.” Goal Oriented was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' following his debut win at Santa Anita last April. Fourth in the GI Preakness Stakes in just his third start, the dark bay colt was third in the GI Haskell Stakes–just 3/4 lengths adrift of Journalism (Curlin)–and in the GI Pennsylvania Derby. Sixth in the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, he concluded his racing career with a one-length victory in the Malibu. His time of 1:20.97 for seven furlongs was the fastest winning time in the Malibu since 2016 and fastest seven furlongs run in a Grade I race in 2025. He earned a 108 Beyer Speed Figure and a 4 Ragozin–both among the fastest recorded by a 3-year-old last year. A $425,000 Keeneland September yearling, Goal Oriented is out of multiple graded stakes winner Bizzy Caroline, a half-sister to champion Lady Eli and hailing from the family of influential sire Blushing Groom. Trained by Bob Baffert, Goal Oriented hit the board in five of seven starts with three wins and earnings of $624,460 for owners SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan. “We are thrilled for Goal Oriented to have the opportunity to begin his stallion career at a place like Spendthrift Farm,” said SF Racing's Tom Ryan. “He is a good-looking colt and he knows it. Goal Oriented has that presence about him, along with sire power and depth of pedigree.” Goal Oriented has arrived at Spendthrift and is available for breeders' inspections from 1:30-3 p.m. daily through Tuesday and will be available for inspection by appointment thereafter. The post Malibu Stakes Winner Goal Oriented Retired to Spendthrift appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article -
Still doing the bizzo on the Gold Coast..never ages...talking up a storm..."we need a dictator like they have in China" Dags these businessmen... lets hope he's educated his children to love horses and the partying et el It doesn't bare thinking about having his family disperse his millions into super yachts like Government beneficiary recipient Grey Hart did...what a waste Such bad luck Lance O'Sullivan happened to sit next to Eric Watson on a plane convincing him to invest in thoroughbreds rather than Hart At least Gerry Only married twice...unlike his mate Singo who got hitched 7 times...then sold most of his bloodstock! wtaf?? Good thing about Gerry as well, he allowed his Kiwi workers a better work/life balance of 10 days on 4 days off...thanks to Russell Warwick's idea that the old adage you're "in it for the love of the horse..not to have time off like normal workers' 86 is the new 70?
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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
She was a bridesmaid on four occasions before she broke her maiden last out, and now Margarita Girl (Twirling Candy) has quickly left that behind her, collecting her first black-type of any kind in the GIII Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Breaking well to watch the race unfold as Thermal (Nyquist) set the tempo, she enjoyed a rail trip behind that leader through an opening quarter in :21.74 and four furlongs in :44.11. No Bad Beats (Midnight Storm) took the race to the early leader coming off the bend, and struck the front as Margarita Girl began uncorking her rally via the overland route. That pair quickly pulled away from a closing Ooty (Arg) (Dabster) on the rail, and the eventual winner overhauled her challenger inside the final sixteenth to score. The final time was 1:09.19. Sales history: $130,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP; $575,000 2yo '24 OBSMAR. O-Rancho Temescal Thoroughbred Partners and Saints or Sinners; B-Paul Eggert & Karen Eggert (KY); T-Mark Glatt. The post Twirling Candy’s Margarita Girl Steps Up in Class to Claim Las Flores at Santa Anita appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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