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The unraced juvenile Charge a Bunch (Will Take Charge), trained by Carla Gaines, and the also unraced 3-year-old Carson Valley (Distorted Humor), who hails from the Bob Baffert barn, were fatally injured after colliding during training hours at Del Mar Thursday. The track released the news in a series of tweets: “We are sad to confirm two horses, Charge a Bunch and Carson Valley, suffered fatal injuries after a collision during morning training. We are deeply sorry for the horses and their owners, trainers, riders and grooms. The accident occurred when Charge a Bunch, trained by Carla Gaines, three his rider Geovanni Franco, turned sharply and collided with Carson Valley, trained by Bob Baffert, and jockey Assael Espinoza. Assael was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Franco was not injured.” Del Mar also tweeted the following quote from Baffert, “This was a very unfortunate accident and is a shock to everyone in the barn. We work everyday to take the best care of our horses, but sometimes freak accidents occur that are beyond anyone’s control. This is one of those times and we’re deeply saddened for all involved.” The post Two Horses Fatally Injured During Training Collision at Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

For as long as there have been horses in barns, there have been barn cats. At Saratoga Race Course, cats have always lived among the horses. The cats provide service through rodent control and companionship for the people caring for the horses. Many stables who have their own cats take them when they leave at the end of the season. However, numerous cats are left behind and throughout the year others are dropped off at the track and left to fend for themselves. Many other cats migrate to the track in search of food and shelter. For years, the cat problem at Saratoga, like at many racetracks across the country, was spiraling out of control. The colonies of cats that lived in and under the barns were unattended. The cats were starving and reproducing at an alarming rate. Many of the cats were sick and injured. Animal lover and racehorse owner Susan Moore took notice and action. Moore had previously founded The Moore Foundation the mission of which is to provide care and medical treatment for sick, injured and homeless cats and other animals. She added a program to care for racetrack cats and got to work. “I would be visiting our horses and see the cats running around searching for food,” said Moore. “It was incredibly sad. Most of the cats were emaciated with eye infections, skin diseases and parasites. Some of the cats were feral, but others were friendly and had obviously been abandoned at the racetrack.” “I knew that the situation could be managed so I decided to recruit help and get it under control.” Moore began trapping cats, having them neutered, vaccinated and given necessary medical treatment. The feral cats were returned to the track where they were fed, monitored and cared for throughout the year. Friendly cats and kittens were offered for adoption to good homes. The cats that needed long-term care were taken to The Moore Foundation to live. “There were dozens and dozens of cats and kittens living under the barns and grooms’ quarters at the Oklahoma track,” said Moore. “I would get there at 6 a.m. to set the traps, bring the feral cats to local vets and then drive back to New Jersey with the adoptable cats and kittens. I worked with Red Bank Veterinary Hospital, Harlingen Veterinary Clinic and several other clinics. They treated and neutered the cats and showcased the kittens for adoption. We found homes for literally hundreds of kittens and cats. “I found help to feed, monitor and care for the cats in Saratoga throughout the year,” said Moore. “Imagine how difficult life is for homeless cats at the racetrack during the winter, when the horses and horsemen are gone. It is freezing cold with snow on the ground for months, and there is hardly any food.” The Moore Foundation had three feeding stations built that are replicas of the Saratoga barns and placed them strategically around the backstretch. Today, Moore’s program at Saratoga, Caring for Racetrack Cats, continues to go beyond what most Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) programs provide. “Caring for Racetrack Cats is not your average TNR program,” said Chris Boudreau, who currently manages the program at Saratoga for The Moore Foundation. “Caring for Racetrack Cats is a model program that really manages the situation, providing hands-on care and feeding, monitoring and adoption all year long.” The program has completely altered life for the cats on the backstretch. The cats are healthy and safe and people are not subjected to the sight of emaciated and sick cats searching for food. Moore’s attentions are not only on cats at the racetrack. Moore, who with her husband John, has raced hundreds of horses in her life, never leaves any horse’s welfare to chance. The Moores have supported the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) and John Moore, chairman emeritus of the TRF, served for ten years in leadership of the organization. Over the past 30 years, Susan Moore has helped countless horses and many of them were not her own. When notified of a horse that has no other options, Moore takes action and provides funding for vet care and retraining or placement when possible. “Susan Moore is simply ‘golden’ in my eyes and an incredibly caring and stalwart champion for horses,” said Dr. Patty Hogan, Moore’s longtime collaborator in rehabilitating Thoroughbreds so that they can enjoy their retirement. “Any horse fortunate enough to cross paths with Susan will be assured a lifetime of responsible care, no matter the cost or effort. Susan is a highly successful businesswoman with an intense work schedule, yet she leaves no stone unturned in personally arranging every detail of care and follow-up for a horse in need. Her compassion for horses runs deep and her dedication [is] unwavering.” To date, through its exemplary programs, The Moore Foundation, which is celebrating its 20th-year anniversary, has placed in good homes more than 1,000 homeless animals and provided hundreds of animals with desperately needed veterinary care. During its 20 years of existence, The Moore Foundation has distributed over $2,000,000 in furtherance of these purposes. “Susan has supported more than 300 animals in our practice alone,” said Dr. Katharine Salmeri of Red Bank Veterinary Hospital. “We work closely together and I hear the compassion she has for all animals and people who are in desperate need of a way to save their pet.” “Imagine how devastating it is to have a loving pet who becomes ill or injured, and dies unnecessarily because you can’t afford any veterinary care,” said Moore. “I was heartbroken as a child when my pets died because we did not have enough money to take them to a veterinarian when they got sick or injured. Families and pets should not suffer like that.” As part of its 20th-anniversary celebration, The Moore Foundation is launching a campaign to fund its state-of-the-art program, Caring for Racetrack Cats, at Saratoga and to expand its services to other tracks. “My goal is to raise enough funds to replicate the program in other racetracks and to continue providing critically needed medical care for animals,” said Moore. “We want to show that horse racing as a business and sport cares for all domestic animals that live in its midst and exist because of the presence of horses.” “Throughout the year, we will spread the word about racing’s support of the campaign and the cats,” said Moore. “It will help the cats and maybe bring new fans who will see the compassion for animals that we all know exists on the backstretch.” To be a part of saving lives at Saratoga and other racetracks, click here to donate or to get more information. Every dollar raised in this campaign will be used for food, shelter and medical treatment. The organization currently has a matching donor to match all donations up to $50,000 received between now and the end of the Saratoga racing meet. Diana Pikulski is the editor of the Thoroughbred Adoption Network. The post On Aftercare: Caring for Cats and Horses appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Chantal Regalado-Gonzalez’s G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Iridessa (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) will face nine rivals as she bids to become the first filly since Peeping Fawn (Danehill) in 2007 to bring up a unique double in Saturday’s G1 Kerrygold Irish Oaks at The Curragh. Staging an emphatic return to form when beating Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and the re-opposing Pink Dogwood (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) by 2 1/4 lengths and 1 1/4 lengths in that June 28 10-furlong contest at the same venue, last year’s G1 Fillies’ Mile winner tries a mile and a half for the first time. If successful, she will be the first Irish-trained scorer outside of Ballydoyle since 2003 and Joseph O’Brien is taking after his father in making his own rules. “Iridessa has come out of the Pretty Polly S. well and she didn’t look like she was stopping that day, so we are looking forward to it,” he said. “We think going further this weekend will probably be fine for her, but it is always a bit of an unknown how they will get the extra two furlongs.” With eight of the last 10 renewals heading overseas, there is a keen focus on the John Gosden-trained G2 Ribblesdale S. winner and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Star Catcher (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) and Ralph Beckett’s pair of Antonia de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) and Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), while the five-times winning trainer Aidan O’Brien has the G1 Epsom Oaks third and Ribblesdale runner-up Fleeting (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}) and Peach Tree (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) as back-up to Ryan Moore’s choice Pink Dogwood. Dermot Weld is represented by Moyglare Stud Farm’s Search For a Song (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was second to Trethias (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in the June 26 Listed Naas Oaks Trial over 10 furlongs. Trethias’s trainer Jessie Harrington is another Irish trainer hoping to buck trends and she also has the firepower to do so. There was much to admire about the way Stonethorn Stud Farms’ bay went about her business in dealing out a 2 3/4-length beating to Search For a Song at Naas and her trainer is expecting her to make her presence felt. “We’ve always thought a lot of Trethias and you’re finally getting to see what we all hoped she could do,” she told the Racing Post. “She’s getting stronger all the time and she put it all together at Naas. It’s been a slow process this season, but she’s making up for lost time. She’s a lovely filly and is bred to improve, as she’s from the same family as Dar Re Mi. I don’t know whether she can win or not and I would be delighted if she places.” On Friday, Kevin Ryan saddles ‘TDN Rising Star’ Repartee (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) in a strong-looking renewal of the Listed Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Rose Bowl S. over six furlongs at Newbury. Deliberately saved for this despite the lure of Royal Ascot and Newmarket’s July meeting, Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum’s five-length May 16 York maiden winner encounters another who scored on the Knavesmire in Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Al Aakif (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}). “He was impressive at York and we’ve given him plenty of time,” Ryan said of Repartee. “This was always the plan to come here afterwards. He’s in good form and we’re all looking forward to seeing him run again.” The post Iridessa Heads Irish Oaks Ten appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 5th-SAR, $90k, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:28 p.m. ET Two blue-blooded juvenile fillies, one related to a blossoming newcomer on the sire scene, and the other related to a proven sire of nine Grade I winners, including GI Preakness S. hero War of Will (War Front), will enter the starting gate for the first time on Friday’s card at the Spa. FINITE (Munnings), trained by Steve Asmussen, fetched $200,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Timonium Sale after a snappy :10 2/5 breeze. Her dam Remit (Tapit) is a full-sister to millionaire and top freshman sire Tapiture, who was represented by his first stakes winner Wednesday afternoon at this oval when Sky of Hook scored in a sloppy renewal of the Rick Violette S. Finite’s half-brother Reride (Candy Ride {Arg}) crushed a field of maidens in his career debut two years ago under the Twin Spires before going on to finish a solid third in the 2018 G2 UAE Derby. Prominent owner and breeder Joseph Allen unveils Mrs. Danvers (Tapit) in hopes that the youngster can follow in the hoofprints of his graded stakes-winning colorbearers War Front (Danzig), Teammate (A.P. Indy) and Eccelesiastic (Pulpit). The Shug McGaughey pupil is the first foal out of a half-sister to that trio of notable performers. Mrs. Danvers blitzed a bullet half-mile in :46 1/5 (1/81) June 21 at Keeneland prior to shipping up to Saratoga. TJCIS PPS 6th-DMR, $61k, 3yo/up, 6f, 9:29 p.m. ET Trainer Bob Baffert sends out FAY DAN (Curlin) for his career bow on Del Mar’s opening weekend. A$400,000 yearling purchase at Fasig-Tipton October, the Baoma Corporation runner hails from the family of the brilliant turf star David Junior (Pleasant Tap), who captured three Group I stakes races. Fay Dan’s second dam Paradise River (Irish River {Fr}) is a sibling to champion grass horse Paradise Creek (Irish River {Fr}) and Grade I victors Forbidden Apple (Pleasant Colony) and Wild Event (Wild Again). TJCIS PPS The post Insights: Friday, July 19 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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No disrespect to anyone else in the Monmouth Cup (G3), but Coal Front will be getting some class relief in the $200,000 stakes July 20 at Monmouth Park. View the full article

Gunpowder Farms and Brereton Jones' Divisidero will look for his first since more than a year ago from the rail in the $150,000 Oceanport Stakes (G3T) at Monmouth Park on the Haskell Invitational undercard July 20. View the full article

We’ve all found ourselves recently dissecting the big questions: how do we affect perception of our sport to the public? How do we offer transparency about our operations? How do we overcome objections and proactively tell a positive story? One of the efforts addressing these concerns with incredible efficacy is Visit Horse Country. Claiborne has welcomed fans and guests to the farm seven days a week, twice a day, for many years, so we believed in the idea: if we open the gates, if we do so in a coordinated manner as an industry effort, we can deepen engagement with our existing fan base, and reach new and untapped customer bases. Think of the millions who have visited the Kentucky Bourbon Trail over the last 20 years–we have often said we would do well to replicate that model, and we’re making progress. Thirty-seven percent of Claiborne’s guests over the past year indicate they have “never” attended an equine-related event, and yet they leave Claiborne with a more positive perception than when they came (as measured by before- and after-experience Net Promoter Scores). It’s working. The planning and shepherding of Visit Horse Country has been supported by Claiborne from early days; I have served on the board since the beginning as our model of revenue sharing was developed so the organization could work toward sustainability. A portion of tour sales is retained by Visit Horse Country, a portion is returned to the farm. We initially approached the concept with caution as our tours had been offered complimentary for many years. What would it mean to charge for tours? How would this new structure impact the way things had been done before? Would existing fans be turned off? For a time, Claiborne maintained a tour at 11 a.m. outside of Visit Horse Country, while offering the 10 a.m. tour through Visit Horse Country. There was an adjustment, but the tours filled and filled with new guests who joined our regulars. The data we have gathered and maintain helps us to stay in contact with all fans and guests and provide an excellent experience that is responsive to guests’ expectations and hopes. The staffing and marketing efforts of Visit Horse Country have grown group traffic and united our offerings while being a proactive platform for positive messaging to the world (all 50 states and 22 countries outside the U.S.). It’s working. All our tours are now offered through Visit Horse Country–we are not only early adopters, we are fully bought in. As we’ve welcomed new people, we’ve also developed new tours. We’ve purchased a shuttle, created a visitor center and gift shop, hired staff, added parking; we’ve been busier than ever. It’s working. We knew that the access and transparency provided in our tours was powerful, but perhaps we didn’t realize how powerful it could be when we chose to realize visitors and fans are our customers too. We’re proud to support this important effort through the contribution of our time, facilities, staff and proceeds from tours. I encourage all of us in the industry to consider how we can support Visit Horse Country–with more experiences, financial support, in-kind access–whatever you have to give. As we continue to invest in efforts on perception change, public relations and fan development, we should not forget that the answer is, well, in our backyard. The post Op/Ed: The Answer is in our Backyard appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Statistics for the first half of the year in Ireland show that figures are up for key indicators, like racecourse attendance, active owners and turnover of on-course bookmakers. Racecourse attendance has grown 9% year-on-year and with it on-course bookmakers reversed recent trends to report a turnover increase of 11.5%. Tote betting, while down overall, grew 5.4% on-track. Active owners are up 8.5% from this time last year, with the owner retention rate (owners active in two consecutive years) at a 10-year high of 87%. New owner registrations are up 9.5%, with 484 new owners registered, and as such the number of horses in training has grown 3.5%. Another knock-on effect is that individual runners are up 9%, with an average of 11.6 runners per race. Prizemoney is up 6%. Bloodstock sales are up a tick (1.3%), while sponsorship has grown 12.8% in the first half of the year. “It is very encouraging that figures for the first six months demonstrate increased participation rates across the ownership spectrum, more horses-in-training, and people coming to the races in bigger numbers and enjoying the wonderful product we have,” said Horse Racing Ireland Chief Executive Brian Kavanagh. “We have worked hard on bringing new owners into Irish racing and then, with the racecourses, ensuring that the ownership experience was positive so that the retention rate of our ownership base was high. It is pleasing therefore to see the rates of new owners and owner tracking at ten-year highs. “Ownership has been a key focus for Horse Racing Ireland and among the policy approaches has been increased prizemoney, increased opportunities for every strand of owner, the reduced costs and, this year, to ensure that prizemoney filters down to six places. Particular credit must go to our ownership team who work with racecourses on the ownership experience, run marketing support programmes for trainers, and organised the inaugural and hugely successful Trainers’ Open Morning last May. “The increased ownership base, allied to that retention of the business, has a huge impact on racing in Ireland because increased horses-in-training and participation all over the country benefits trainers and breeders, and every facet of the industry.” The post Key Indicators Up In Ireland appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

LNJ Foxwoods’s Dogtag (War Front) returns to Saratoga in Friday’s GIII Lake George S. for the first time since breaking her maiden in last August’s P.G. Johnson S. Fourth behind then-unbeatable stablemate Newspaperofrecord (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in the GIII Miss Grillo S. at Belmont in September, she resurfaced to annex Pimlico’s Hilltop S. May 17. The homebred is one of three signed on for the omnipresent Chad Brown stable, which made up the trifecta in last Saturday’s GI Diana S. and could very well complete another triple here. Peter Brant’s Blowout (GB) (Dansili {GB}) was second to GI Belmont Oaks Invitational romper Concrete Rose (Twirling Candy) in the Mar. 9 GIII Florida Oaks and beaten a head in Aqueduct’s Memories of Silver S. Apr. 19. She earned her first stakes score in the June 22 Wild Applause S. downstate, defeating two more stablemates including Nova Sol (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), who had finished behind Dogtag in the Hilltop. Paul Pompa, Jr.’s ‘TDN Rising Star‘Regal Glory (Animal Kingdom) completes the Brown trio. Never off the board in five lifetime outings, she was second in Gulfstream’s GIII Sweetest Chant S. Feb. 3 and in the GII Appalachian S. at Keeneland Apr. 7 behind The Mackem Bullet (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}). Regal Glory was last seen cruising home at 1-9 in the June 1 Penn Oaks ahead of a pair of next-out allowance winners. Fellow ‘Rising Star‘ Winter Sunset (Tapit) looks to follow in the hoofsteps of her first two dams Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}) and Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk), who took this race in 2011 and 1996, respectively. She doubled up in the Shantel Lanerie Memorial S. at Fair Grounds Feb. 9 before settling for third in the Florida Oaks. She was third again behind Concrete Rose in Churchill’s GIII Edgewood S. May 3, and second in the nine-panel GIII Regret S. back under the Twin Spires. Finishing one spot behind her that day was Varenka (Ghostzapper), who took a hot optional claimer here last week. The post Dogtag Back at the Spa for Lake George 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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Last year, Cheveley Park Stud’s Pivotal (GB) set a new record for the number of Northern Hemisphere-foaled Group 1 winners by a broodmare sire in a single year. By season’s end his daughters has amassed no fewer than 10 individual Group 1 winners. To put his achievement in context, the best previous score was seven by Danehill in 2011. True, Pivotal has struck up a very fruitful partnership with the great sire of the day Galileo (Ire), but that alone does not account for all his success, which has continued unabated this year. So far in 2019, Pivotal mares have already produced five Group 1 winners, which equals the joint-fourth best total ever and we still have half a season ahead of us. Appropriately enough, it was Cheveley Park’s ‘TDN Rising Star’ Frankel (GB) filly Veracious (GB), winner of the Falmouth S. at Newmarket, that put Pivotal one ahead of Galileo in the 2019 race. Moreover, all things being equal we can probably expect Raffle Prize (Ire), by Slade Power (Ire) out of Pivotal mare Summer Fete (Ire), to join the ranks of Group 1 winners in the near future, following her impressive victories in the G2 Queen Mary S. and G2 Duchess of Cambridge S. Just to prove that Pivotal’s prowess as a broodmare sire doesn’t all rest with Galileo, his daughters are also responsible for Defoe (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire), a Group 1 winner over 12 furlongs, and Advertise (GB), a Group 1 winner over six furlongs by Showcasing (GB). Last year Dutch Art (GB) (Mab’s Cross {GB}), Fastnet Rock (Aus) (One Master {GB}), Holy Roman Emperor (Ire) (Glorious Empire {Ire}) and King Kamehameha (Jpn) (Mikki Rocket {Jpn}) also had Group 1 winners from Pivotal mares. The post Pivotal Halfway To Meeting Milestone appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

This week is a recap of the 1988 Haskell Invitational Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park won by Forty Niner. The story, which carried the headline "Sons Shine on a Hot Day," was written by Don Zamarelli. It ran in the Aug. 6, 1988 edition of BloodHorse. View the full article

After showing promise during her first preparation which included three city wins, talented filly My Pendant is set for a late-season return at Flemington. The New Zealand-bred daughter of Pins made her debut in October and after two second-placed finishes she pieced together city wins at Sandown, The Valley and Flemington. Trainer Danny O'Brien kept the filly ticking over for a crack at The Vanity (1400m) in February eight weeks after her Flemington win, but the three-year-old was spelled after... View the full article

Matamata trainer Jamie Richards is poised to make an impact at the 2019 New Zealand Thoroughbred Horse of the Year Awards. New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) today announced the finalists for five of the six racehorse categories. The finalists for Champion Jumper will be announced later this month. Richards, 29, is in his first season as a solo trainer and prepares a quarter of the 20 flat finalists. The Te Akau Racing stable provides three of the four finalists – Aotea Lad, Probabeel and ... View the full article

The Matamata training partnership of Michael Moroney and Pam Gerard secured an early double with a pair of debutants at Hastings on Saturday. Redwood filly Petrachor was the first on the board for Ballymore Stables, winning the Carrfields Primary Wool/Carrfields Livestock 1200. The three-year-old was pushed forward from her outside barrier of 12 by jockey Cameron Lammas to settle outside leader Kate Louise. She took the lead at the top of the straight and held on to secure a half-neck win over C... View the full article

The ill-fated Atlante sired his first winner at Hastings on Thursday when Callsign Mav took out the NZB Insurance Pearl Series Race (800m). “It was good to get it done, he is still quite green. Once he changed legs with 100m to go he did it nicely,” trainer John Bary said. Bary, who has fashioned a strong record with juveniles this season, was pleased with his two-year-old heading into the race after a couple of nice jumpout performances. “I was quietly confident,” he said. “I thought ... View the full article

Many were taken by Showcasing two-year-old Count Me In’s (NZ) debut win three weeks ago, including trainer David Kok, but the horror gate in Friday’s S$250,000 Aushorse Golden Horseshoe (1200m) has put a major dent in the camp’s confidence. The colt has drawn 16 from 18 (likely to drop to 14 after scratchings), clearly not the best spot to break from for a horse who showed an abundance of speed at his first Kranji run when only Try Mak Mak (NZ) (Makfi) proved faster and led. Count Me In ea... View the full article

There were plenty of highs and lows across Hong Kong’s 2018-19 season. The Post recaps the marathon 89-meeting campaign.Grant van Niekerk and Jimmy Ting combine for opening day glory.You could not have written the script any better.Van Niekerk and Ting combined in the first race of the season on Triumphant Jewel to pull off an incredible plunge.Van Niekerk motored home from the rear of the field to win on the 67-start veteran who had not saluted for more than a year.Ting went on to win again on… View the full article

Caloundra trainer Paul Jenkins is considering taking improved staying mare Travistee to New Zealand to chase more black-type. In the space of seven weeks Travistee has gone from winning the Gatton Cup to being a last-start third in the Listed Caloundra Cup (2400m). Travistee was second in the Provincial Stayers Cup and fifth in the Gr.3 Tattersall's Cup (3000m) between those runs. She now looms as the local hope to break the domination of the southern stables in the Listed Queensland Cup (3200m)... View the full article

Jockey Joseph Azzopardi couldn’t be happier with the way things have unfolded at his first Singapore stint - even if it’s not been all beer and skittles at times. The young Perth jockey flew the lids at his first couple of months with a strike rate hovering around the 20% area, but a one-month suspension for foul riding aboard Per Inpower (NZ) Per Incanto) back in April put a spoke in the wheel. Azzopardi has kept the flow of winners going upon his return from the sidelines, even if the inte... View the full article

Hronis Racing's Jasikan put his well-known connections in the spotlight July 17 on opening day at Del Mar, when he closed with a flourish to win the $100,000 Runhappy Oceanside Stakes. View the full article

For the fans who turn out at Monmouth Park July 20 during what's taking shape as a blistering hot Haskell Day card, getting a chance to see Midnight Bisou in action promises to be a cool treat. View the full article

Three Chimneys Farm's homebred Guarana has a short record of only two starts going into the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) July 20 at Saratoga Race Course, but the Ghostzapper filly will be the one to beat. View the full article