Wandering Eyes

Electronic artist Vice will be a musical headliner for the 35th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs, Breeders’ Cup announced Thursday. The esteemed DJ will play an exclusive party to close out the championship weekend Saturday, Nov. 3 at the Breeders’ Cup Lounge, a new, exclusive luxury-seating area at the event. The set will run from 8:00-10:00 p.m., with DJ K-Dogg, a Louisville-based artist, serving as the opening act. “We are always looking for top talent who share our passion for providing fans with exhilarating experiences,” said Craig Fravel, President and CEO of the Breeders’ Cup. “Vice’s energetic performance style perfectly captures the excitement of the Breeders’ Cup, and we’re thrilled to have him be a part of what is gearing up to be one of horse racing’s most remarkable weekends yet.” View the full article

Louisville owner Richard Klein said that right after the 3-year-old Pinch Hit finished fourth in Ellis Park's Groupie Doll Stakes (G3) last year that trainer Brad Cox told him the filly would be their 2018 winner. View the full article

The Juddmonte International is the next domestic Group 1 contest and RaceBets have launched a fantastic new customer offer that’ll give you £/€20 in free bets to use at the Ebor Festival, which is the next big summer racing spectacular to look forward to. Simply Register an account with RaceBets and place a £/€5 bet in the Juddmonte International Ante-Post market. You’ll then get a £/€5 free bet to use on each of the four days at the Ebor Festival. The £/€5 free bet will be available to use before the first race each day. Full T&C’s can be found here The feature race at York is going to be the Ebor Handicap, where some of the leading trainers over both codes will be competing for this valuable prize. RaceBets also has great daily offers for existing customers, make sure to check them out here Get £20 In Free Bets Now The post Juddmonte International – £20 Free Bet Offer appeared first on RaceBets Blog EN. View the full article

After years of near misses at the top level, Heart to Heart now has multiple grade 1 victories to his credit and is seeking to add to that stockpile as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in the Aug. 11 $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap (G1T). View the full article

Phoenix Thoroughbred has purchased impressive debut maiden winner Mia Mento (Ire) (Casamento {Ire}), the HRI Owners account reported on Twitter Thursday. Successful by a short head in the colours of Helen Mullins going six furlongs at Leopardstown on July 19, the Tom Mullins trainee holds an entry in the G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. at The Curragh on Sunday. Bred by Con Marnane of Bansha House Stables, the March-foaled bay was a €20,000 GOFNOV weanling turned €30,000 Goffs Sportsman’s Sale yearling, where she was picked up by Mullins. Marnane purchased Mia Mento’s dam, the unraced Mia Divina (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}), as a yearling for €52,000 out of Italy’s SGA September Selected Yearlings Sale in 2012. She is a half-sister to G3 Premio Regina Elena (Italian 1000 Guineas) heroine Mi Raccomando (GB) (Poet’s Voice {GB}) and Italian MSW Mia Diletta (GB) (Selkirk). The latter is already responsible for Italian highweight and MGSW Poeta Diletto (GB) (Poet’s Voice {GB}). Mia Mento is the third foal and second winner for her dam and is followed by a yearling Gutaifan (Ire) colt. View the full article

There’s a real Hall of Fame drought at Saratoga this month. No human is being inducted into the National Racing Hall of Fame and only one guy is being given a “Red Jacket” the day before the Travers. And “that guy” has almost no history at Saratoga and not a single racing follower would ever even remotely associate him with the track. Who is voting on this stuff? Does actual history even matter in racing anymore? While Bob Baffert is undeniably one of the most accomplished trainers of all time, virtually none of his signature accomplishments have been at Saratoga. The point of the “red jacket” awards, or so one thought, was to recognize those who have made Saratoga the institution that it is. True, Baffert has shipped in with the occasional Arrogate, Drefong or West Coast to win major Saratoga stakes. But he starts very few horses there and none of his horses’ most important wins came at Saratoga. The only reason to put Baffert in is because he won the Triple Crown this year and there’s free media exposure attached to that. Is that what the red jackets are for? In the meantime, no jackets are given to multiple Saratoga training champion Todd Pletcher, or Linda Rice, who was the only woman ever to win a training title there, or Braulio Baeza, who won stakes there for decades and worked at the track for many years after that. Also jacket-less are the most accomplished rider of our time, Mike Smith (he of many Saratoga wins), Barry K. Schwartz (the owner who has won so many races there he ought to have his own chair in the winners circle), Julie Krone (whose historic career was shaped in large part by epic Saratoga wins) and Steve Cauthen (who set the town on fire as a teenager). And there’s no red for Leo O’Brien, who somehow got Fourstardave to win one race at the spa eight years in a row. This is overkill now because the situation is comically absurd, but NYRA hasn’t deigned to give a red jacket or honor on the “Walk of Fame” the incredible Jonathan Sheppard, who won at least one race at Saratoga 47 years in a row. But Sheppard isn’t a glib guy like Baffert, I guess. In the meantime, the voters at the Hall of Fame across the street couldn’t find a single person worthy of putting in the Hall. Not Richard Hazelton, with his 4700 wins and zero medication violations, or Mark Casse, with his $150 million in earnings over 30 years. Who votes on all this stuff? Seriously, is there no accountability for making a hash of this sport’s rich history? Saratoga itself is history. But one wouldn’t know it by the dopey decisions of the caretakers of that heritage. —Mark Belling Milwaukee, Wisconsin View the full article

After posting grade 1 wins on turf in New York in their previous starts, Sistercharlie and Athena will meet for the first time in the $600,000 Beverly D. Stakes (G1T) Aug. 11 on the turf at Arlington International Racecourse. View the full article

Following the release of Thursday’s Longines World’s Best Racehorse Rankings, Poet’s Word (Ire) (Poet’s Voice {GB}) jumped from 125 to 129 after winning the G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. and sits in a joint second with U.S. Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Aus}). The duo trails Australian champion Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) by one point. G2 Hardwicke S. victor Crystal Ocean (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), only a neck behind Poet’s Word in the King George, improved eight points to 128 to take fourth. Shadwell’s Battaash (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) dominated the G2 King George Qatar S. and now shares fifth place with Cracksman (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Farther down the list, Good Magic (Curlin) easily won the GI Haskell Invitational S. at Monmouth Park and moved up to 122 from 120. Recent G1 Qatar Sussex S. hero Lightning Spear (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) sits at a joint 120 with GI Whitney S. one-two Diversify (Bellamy Road) and Mind Your Biscuits (Posse), the same mark as GI Alfred G. Vanderbilt H. victor Imperial Hint (Imperialism). View the full article

The third Retraining of Racehorses Day, organised by French charity Au-Dela Des Pistes with the support of France Galop, is scheduled for Deauville-La Touques Racecourse on Saturday, Aug. 25. A Parade of Champions, featuring MG1SWs Marchand D’Or (Fr) (Marchand de Sable), Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), Au-Dela Des Pistes’s Ambassador Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) and G1 Dubai World Cup winners African Story (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Prince Bishop (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the highlight of the day. In addition to a day of racing, displays by retrained racehorses in dressage, western riding, horse-ball and show jumping will take place. The public will be able to meet all of the ex-racehorses up close during visits organised by Au-Dela Des Pistes volunteers and there will be an Au-Dela Des Pistes stand near the parade ring. View the full article

Much was expected of Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the son of the Lloyd-Webber’s MG1SW Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}) who was making his debut under Frankie Dettori. Always travelling strongly in second, the 8-11 favourite took command approaching the quarter pole and drew away under hand riding to win by seven lengths from Rowland Ward (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), with 1 3/4 lengths back to The Queen’s fellow newcomer Calculation (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the first foal out of her G1 Ascot Gold Cup heroine Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}). “What a great family–every year it comes up with a good horse and he won very well,” jockey Frankie Dettori said. “He was green, as can be expected, but when I asked him to quicken on ground that was quite tiring he put a lot of distance between him and them. He’s got a bright future and reminds me of his sister So Mi Dar (GB).” TOO DARN HOT (GB) (c, 2, Dubawi {Ire}–Dar Re Mi {GB}, by Singspiel {Ire}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £4,528. O-Lord Lloyd-Webber; B-Watership Down Stud (GB); T-John Gosden; J-Frankie Dettori. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. View the full article

Dubai is now the sponsor of the Dubai £500,000 Cesarewitch H., held during Dubai Future Champions Festival on Oct. 12-13 along with the G1 Darley Dewhurst S., Newmarket Racecourses announced on Thursday. The new deal agreed with Dubai secures the partnership with Newmarket Racecourses for another five years until 2022. Starting this year, the Cesarewitch also doubled its purse value to £500,000 as part of the Flat staying programme enhancements. Dubai also sponsors the Darley July Cup, and holds the Dubai Future Champions Education Week in October and the Dalham Hall Brunch. “We are delighted that in extending their partnership with Newmarket Racecourses for a further five years, Dubai have also added the Cesarewitch to their sponsorship portfolio,” said Jockey Club Racecourses East Region Regional Director Amy Starkey. “It is our aim that the Cesarewitch is eventually worth £1m and that it becomes one of the most anticipated and competitive races in the racing calendar. Our ambitions for the race are supported by the BHA Race Planning Committee, and step one towards achieving this target is the Dubai £500,000 Cesarewitch in 2018.” View the full article

Employers and colleagues have less than a week left to nominate America’s most dedicated stud and stable staff for the 2018 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards (TIEA), with nominations closing Wednesday, Aug. 15. The prestigious awards–presented by Godolphin and supported this year by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), The Jockey Club, the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (HPBA), Breeders’ Cup Ltd., Churchill Downs, and Keeneland–carry a total prize pool of $128,000, with both the category winners and their fellow peers in their stable, farm, or office benefitting from being recognized. Nominations for the awards can be made by anyone within the industry, from any part of the United States. Trainers, owners, breeders, managers and colleagues can show their appreciation for the hard-working members of their staff and reward those individuals who form the backbone of the racing and breeding industry in America. The awards are divided into six categories, with four that are specific to breeding and racing. These category winners will receive $10,000 each, along with another $5,000 to be shared among their co-workers. Two runners-up will receive $2,500 each, with another $2,500 to be shared. The Newcomer Award, which was added in 2017, will reward the winner with $5,000 and a trip to Dubai, as well as an additional $2,000 to share among co-workers. Runners-up will receive $2,000 each, with another $1,000 to be shared. The sixth category, The Community Award, rewards one winner with $10,000 and another $5,000 to be given to the winner’s designated charity. The winners will be announced during a ceremony hosted at Churchill Downs Wednesday, Oct. 31. Nomination forms are available at http://godolphinUSawards.com/nominations. For further information, please contact: Andy Schweigardt, Director of Industry Relations and Development, Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association at 859-276-2291 or andys@toba.org. View the full article

Taylor Made is the leading consignor in the sport, stands several top stallions and operates the racing partnership Medallion Racing. It seems like the Taylor brothers are always looking for new area’s of the industry to conquer, and they’ve found another one–harness racing. Typical of Taylor Made, they’re not dipping their toe in the harness racing waters but looking to make a huge splash. Taylor Made recently purchased the top pacer in New Zealand, Lazarus. With a record of 35 for 45, including 15 Group 1 wins in New Zealand and Australia, he will make his U.S. debut Friday in the $300,000 Dan Patch S. at Hoosier Park. So far, he has earned the equivalent of $2.66 million U.S. during his career. He will be trained by Jimmy Takter, widely recognized as the top trainer in harness racing, and Yannick Gingras will drive. “We had a long time friend of ours, Steve Stewart (who operates the harness breeding farm Hunterton Farm),” explained Taylor Made CEO Duncan Taylor. “The Stewart family grew up down the street from us. Steve had been telling me that in the Standardbred business there was room for a stallion farm that wanted to come in do things the right way. An opportunity came up. We thought that the business proposition looked good and we love horses and we love Standardbred racing. We thought, ‘let’ give this a shot.'” Taylor Made acquired its first Standardbred last year when going in with Stewart on the stallion What The Hill, who crossed the wire first in the 2017 Hambletonian, but was disqualified. It was an interesting move but not one that grabbed a lot of headlines. That hasn’t been the case with Lazarus. “In New Zealand, this horse is like Secretariat,” Taylor said. The Taylor team sees this as a smart business move, but Duncan Taylor admitted that nostalgia played a part in the decision to get involved in Standardbred racing. Taylor’s grandfather owned and bred Standardbreds and his uncle was a driver. His father, Joe, spent many years with Standardbreds at Gainesway Farm, when they were in the harness racing business. “When I was seven to 12-years-old we used to get out of school every October and we’d get to go to Pennsylvania to the horse sales for a week,” Taylor said. “My granddad would take his horses there and sell them. We always loved that.” While Lazarus, who is six, could have a very productive year on the racetracks in the U.S. and Canada, Taylor Made is mostly interested in cashing in on him as a stallion. He will shuttle back and forth between Australasia and New Zealand and the U.S. “Because of what he has accomplished Down Under, we know we have that market there already locked up on breeding,” Taylor said. “If he can come up here and have success, we’ll be able to shuttle him and do well in both markets. Our main goal is to win the Breeders’ Crown. We won’t be disappointed if he races good but gets beat a time or two between now and then. If we win the Breeders’ Crown, that would be really great.” Lazarus is far from the first horse to come from Australia or New Zealand to compete in the U.S. The New Zealand-bred mare Shartin is the leading older female pacer in the U.S. this year in terms of earnings. In the sixties, New Zealand-bred Cardigan Bay was brought over to the U.S. and had a sensational career. He was the first U.S.-based pacer to surpass the $1 million mark in earnings and he was named champion aged pacer in the U.S. in 1965 and 1968. There have also been some misses. In 2010, a horse named Auckland Reactor came here from New Zealand and was hailed as another superstar. He failed miserably in the U.S., making three starts without ever finishing in the money. But all signs point to Lazarus rising to the top of his division. So far, he has had just a qualifying race, a non-betting race Standardbreds are required to have after they have not raced for a certain period of time. He won by a length in 1:48 3/5. “I could feel pretty early that he was a little special,” Takter said. “You could feel it. This is not just a horse. We knew that, but you never know. He came from a totally different continent. Everything is different. I’ve never been in New Zealand or Australia, but everything is so different compared to our racing. You never know how they’re going to do. But a lot of these horses that have come from Down Under have done well. And he was one of the best they ever had down there.” “I’ve watched video of his races and you see him do things and you go, ‘Wow.'” Gingras said. “It’s been really impressive. I don’t think people here realize how great he is. When I got to sit behind him the other day [in the qualifier], I found out he is such a laid back horse. I was under instructions to go from the gate to see what he had and he really exploded out of the gate and then he relaxed. He did it very nicely. When I asked him around the last bend he was just gone. The burst of speed that he had was really impressive.” Lazarus’s schedule could include the Canadian Pacing Derby (eliminations Aug. 25; final Sept. 1 at Woodbine Mohawk Park), Hoosier Park Pacing Derby, Allerage Farms Open Pace (Oct. 6 at Red Mile) and the Breeders’ Crown (eliminations Oct. 20; final Oct. 27 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono). American sires are dominant in both Australia and New Zealand. However, there are very few examples of Down Under horses coming here to be sires. But since Lazarus is by an American sire and may win several important races on North American soil, he could be the type to break through and become a top stallion on both hemispheres. That, anyway, is what Taylor Made is hoping for. And Duncan Taylor said they are not done and will be scouting for more Standardbred stallion prospects in the future. “Our main focus will still be the Thoroughbreds,” Taylor said. “But we’re finding out that Standardbred racing is a really fun sport.” View the full article

Grade 1 winner Masochistic, the gelding who was at the center of multiple controversies during his five seasons of racing and was retired in March, has returned to light training at Del Mar for a simple reason. View the full article

Yeomanstown Stud has long been hailed as the home of Dark Angel (Ire), but it is his stablemate Camacho (GB) who has stolen the limelight this year, siring Classic winners and a Royal Ascot winning 2-year-old in Signora Cabello (Ire). With Signora Cabello now aiming for the G1 Prix Morny, David O’Callaghan talks all things Camacho with us. TDN: David, Camacho has been having a great year on the track. Tell us how you came to stand him. David O’Callaghan: Camacho is a son of Danehill, who we managed to buy off Prince Khalid Abdullah many years ago. He was trained by Henry Cecil. He was a very good 2-year-old and went on to be a very good 3-year-old. He was second in the Jersey and he was then favorite for the July Cup, but he got injured that day. After that, we managed to buy him to stand here at Yeomanstown. He is a very well-bred horse, his first three dams were all stakes winners. And he was a son of Danehill, which was just something we really wanted. TDN: What were your expectations for this year’s progeny? DOC: Our expectations for this year were high, because he had put together two crops of 2- and 3-year-olds of good numbers. He had 30 2-year-old winners in 2017, and they were going to go on to 2018 and do well, and thankfully, they did, including a French Guineas winner. He had a triple Classic winner in Scandinavia, a Spanish Guineas winner, so the 3-year-old crop stepped up. Then on top of that, this year’s 2-year-old crop backed that up with a good filly, Signora Cabello, who won the G2 Queen Mary and then won the G2 Prix Robert Papin, and hopefully she will go on and win the Prix Morny. On top of that, he has a lot of other smart fillies and colts from the 2-year-olds this year. So we were hopeful and thankfully he has come through. TDN: He has achieved something rather special this year, can you tell us a little about that achievement? DOC: Camacho has had the rare feat of having three individual Classic winners. So far he has had Teppal (Fr) win the French 1000 Guineas for David Simcock, and that was his first Classic winner. Then we had a Spanish Guineas winner, a horse called Another Day of Sun (Ire), who we actually had as a breezer here ourselves. Then he had a filly in Scandinavia, who won three Classics: the Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian Classic. So it was quite a unique feat to put that all together. Well done to all the breeders involved and to everybody who’s had the rub of the green. {"id":3,"instanceName":"Articles No Playlist","videos":[{"videoType":"HTML5","title":"David O'Callaghan on Camacho's Recent Successes","description":"","info":"","thumbImg":"","mp4":"https://player.vimeo.com/external/284024951.sd.mp4?s=4b3493fc3999d98da3d7b859431f0a0be2c7e2a6&profile_id=165","enable_mp4_download":"no","prerollAD":"yes","prerollGotoLink":"prerollGotoLink","preroll_mp4_title":"preroll_mp4_title","preroll_mp4":"https://player.vimeo.com/external/273891598.sd.mp4?s=67a18f17e769d9c897fb807297fd356da7fd390f&profile_id=165","prerollSkipTimer":"5","midrollAD":"no","midrollAD_displayTime":"midrollAD_displayTime","midrollGotoLink":"midrollGotoLink","midroll_mp4":"midroll_mp4","midrollSkipTimer":"midrollSkipTimer","postrollAD":"no","postrollGotoLink":"postrollGotoLink","postroll_mp4":"postroll_mp4","postrollSkipTimer":"postrollSkipTimer","popupAdShow":"no","popupImg":"popupImg","popupAdStartTime":"popupAdStartTime","popupAdEndTime":"popupAdEndTime","popupAdGoToLink":"popupAdGoToLink"}],"instanceTheme":"light","playerLayout":"fitToContainer","videoPlayerWidth":720,"videoPlayerHeight":405,"videoRatio":1.7777777777778,"videoRatioStretch":true,"videoPlayerShadow":"effect1","colorAccent":"#000000","posterImg":"","posterImgOnVideoFinish":"","logoShow":"No","logoPath":"","logoPosition":"bottom-right","logoClickable":"No","logoGoToLink":"","allowSkipAd":true,"advertisementTitle":"Ad","skipAdvertisementText":"Skip Ad","skipAdText":"You can skip this ad in","playBtnTooltipTxt":"Play","pauseBtnTooltipTxt":"Pause","rewindBtnTooltipTxt":"Rewind","downloadVideoBtnTooltipTxt":"Download video","qualityBtnOpenedTooltipTxt":"Close settings","qualityBtnClosedTooltipTxt":"Settings","muteBtnTooltipTxt":"Mute","unmuteBtnTooltipTxt":"Unmute","fullscreenBtnTooltipTxt":"Fullscreen","exitFullscreenBtnTooltipTxt":"Exit fullscreen","infoBtnTooltipTxt":"Show info","embedBtnTooltipTxt":"Embed","shareBtnTooltipTxt":"Share","volumeTooltipTxt":"Volume","playlistBtnClosedTooltipTxt":"Show playlist","playlistBtnOpenedTooltipTxt":"Hide playlist","facebookBtnTooltipTxt":"Share on Facebook","twitterBtnTooltipTxt":"Share on Twitter","googlePlusBtnTooltipTxt":"Share on Google+","lastBtnTooltipTxt":"Go to last video","firstBtnTooltipTxt":"Go to first video","nextBtnTooltipTxt":"Play next video","previousBtnTooltipTxt":"Play previous video","shuffleBtnOnTooltipTxt":"Shuffle on","shuffleBtnOffTooltipTxt":"Shuffle off","nowPlayingTooltipTxt":"NOW PLAYING","embedWindowTitle1":"SHARE THIS PLAYER:","embedWindowTitle2":"EMBED THIS VIDEO IN YOUR SITE:","embedWindowTitle3":"SHARE LINK TO THIS PLAYER:","lightBox":false,"lightBoxAutoplay":false,"lightBoxThumbnail":"","lightBoxThumbnailWidth":400,"lightBoxThumbnailHeight":220,"lightBoxCloseOnOutsideClick":true,"onFinish":"Play next video","autoplay":false,"loadRandomVideoOnStart":"No","shuffle":"No","playlist":"Off","playlistBehaviourOnPageload":"opened (default)","playlistScrollType":"light","preloadSelfHosted":"none","hideVideoSource":true,"showAllControls":true,"rightClickMenu":true,"autohideControls":2,"hideControlsOnMouseOut":"No","nowPlayingText":"Yes","infoShow":"No","shareShow":"No","facebookShow":"No","twitterShow":"No","mailShow":"No","facebookShareName":"","facebookShareLink":"","facebookShareDescription":"","facebookSharePicture":"","twitterText":"","twitterLink":"","twitterHashtags":"","twitterVia":"","googlePlus":"","embedShow":"No","embedCodeSrc":"","embedCodeW":720,"embedCodeH":405,"embedShareLink":"","youtubeControls":"custom controls","youtubeSkin":"dark","youtubeColor":"red","youtubeQuality":"default","youtubeShowRelatedVideos":"Yes","vimeoColor":"00adef","showGlobalPrerollAds":false,"globalPrerollAds":"url1;url2;url3;url4;url5","globalPrerollAdsSkipTimer":5,"globalPrerollAdsGotoLink":"","videoType":"HTML5 (self-hosted)","submit":"Save Changes","rootFolder":"http:\/\/wp.tdn.pmadv.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/Elite-video-player\/"} TDN: You mentioned some of his 2-year-olds that were impressing this year, but Signora Cabello has to be a standout. What do you make of her? DOC: This year his 2-year-olds are flying. Some smart colts, some smart fillies but most notably, as you said, is Signora Cabello. She won the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot then she won the Prix Robert Papin and hopefully she’ll go on and win a Group 1 before the end of the year. She is very smart. What has impressed me about her most is she always looks like she is doing it easy. She has won all of her races with her ears pricked. She looked under pressure in the Prix Robert Papin and then she won in a half-length with her ears pricked, so I’d say we haven’t seen the best of her yet. She looks like she has more in the tank every time she runs. TDN: Why was her win in the Robert Papin so significant? DOC: Her win in the Prix Robert Papin was significant because it wasn’t that she just won the Queen Mary and disappeared. She backed it up, so she is a genuine, proper good 2-year-old. Often horses can win a race but they don’t back it up. This proves that she is the real deal, and hopefully will go on and back that up even further when she goes into Group 1 company. It is significant for the stallion also. It shows that, given the chances, he’ll upgrade your mares, and he is capable of getting a good horse, which is what everybody wants to breed. They don’t want to just breed 2-year-old winners, they want to breed good horses. Camacho has done it with 2-year-olds, 3-year-olds, at five, six, seven and eight furlongs. It shows that he is versatile and he will upgrade the mares. TDN: What is a typical Camacho? DOC: He is a tremendously strong horse with a huge action, he puts that big walk into everything. When we pull him out in the stallion yard, he is very impressive to look at, from his action to his strength and quality. His stock all have big hips and a big walk but they look like sprinters, which is what they’re bred to be. He is a pretty easy horse to breed to. Big, strong, and fast. TDN: What are his yearling crop like? DOC: The 2018 crop is his biggest yearling crop and probably his best bred, too. Physically, they look like a very good bunch, so we’ll be hopeful that next year will be better again. He has the numbers, he has the quality, so we’ll be hopeful that it will come to fruition next year that he’ll have a better year again, and a higher class of horse year on year. View the full article

Pop-A-Top's Beyond Blame will look to make it back-to-back graded stakes victories when she challenges a dozen other sophomore fillies in the $100,000 Pucker Up Stakes (G3T) at Arlington International Racecourse Aug. 11. View the full article

New York regulators have issued a 16-page, formal order outlining precisely why they rejected former trainer Rick Dutrow's request for leniency to get lifted his 10-year ban from the sport. View the full article

The recap, written by Jeff Johnson, ran in the Aug. 23, 2003 magazine issue. It carried the sub-headline "The Heat Is On." The story followed a recap of Sulamani's Arlington Million Stakes (G1T) victory. View the full article

World of Trouble wired his competition for a 1 3/4-length, frontrunning win over stablemate Fig Jelly to give trainer Jason Servis the exacta in the $100,000 Quick Call Stakes, a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint for 3-year-olds at Saratoga Race Course. View the full article

The career of Cloud Computing remains a work in progress, and Aug. 2 the 2017 Preakness Stakes (G1) victor quietly made a return to the work tab with a 5-year-old season the latest target for the star-crossed colt. View the full article

James Garfield, who narrowly missed a first group 1 success in the Aug. 5 Prix Maurice de Gheest, is set to return to action next month and will be supplemented for the 32Red Sprint Cup (G1) at Haydock. View the full article

Multiple stakes winner Starry Dreamer (Rubiano–Lara’s Star, by *Forli), best known as the dam of international leading sire War Front (Danzig), died Aug. 7th due to infirmities of old age at Claiborne Farm. She was 24. Bred in Kentucky by Charles Nuckols Jr. & Sons, Starry Dreamer was a member of champion sprinter Rubiano’s first crop. She began her career racing for the Russell Reineman Stable, and she became her sire’s first stakes winner by taking the 1996 Gold Digger S. at Hawthorne. In April 1997, Starry Dreamer was purchased privately by owner/breeder Joseph Allen and won the Palisades S. at Keeneland and the Regret S. at Churchill Downs in her first two starts for her new owner. Starry Dreamer ran for two more years, repeatedly placing in graded stakes company, including the GI Gazelle H. She made 31 career starts, winning six races and finishing second or third in 15 others for earnings of $564,789. Retired to Claiborne Farm, Starry Dreamer instantly made her mark as a broodmare. Her first three foals were all graded stakes winners: Ecclesiastic (Pulpit), War Front, and Teammate (A.P. Indy). Additionally, her sons Riviera Cocktail and Jay Gatsby, full brothers by Giant’s Causeway, were multiple graded stakes-placed runners. Starry Dreamer’s final foal is an unraced 2-year-old colt by Medaglia d’Oro named North Dakota. With War Front, Starry Dreamer left her mark on the breed, as he has gone on to sire 40 individual group/graded stakes winners to date. Starry Dreamer will be buried in Claiborne Farm’s Marchmont cemetery. View the full article

Amerman Racing Stable's Oscar Performance will seek to become the fifth horse to take the Secretariat Stakes (G1T) and the Arlington Million XXXVI (G1T) Aug. 11 at Arlington International. View the full article

Symi (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), a 3-year-old full-sister to 2017 G1 Blue Diamond heroine Catchy (Aus), was a debut winner in the third race (chart) at Canterbury on Wednesday, finishing a head better than Misteed (Aus) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}). Second choice in the wagering at 4-1, the bay seized the advantage a few jumps from the gate in the 1250-metre race, but came under pressure rounding the bend. She was tackled by a rival to her outside 300 metres from home, but dug in as several rivals were letting down farther out in the course. Her winning margin decreased with every stride as the line neared, but Symi squeaked under the wire in front, covering the distance in 1:14.20. It was the first win for hoop Tommy Berry since he returned from Hong Kong. “She’s untapped but still pretty timid and shy,” Berry said to Racing And Sports. “She gave me a great feel in a trial although she did a bit wrong. Added co-trainer Michael Hawkes, “The ride won the race. She jumped great and credit to Tommy he got her into a rhythm. She will improve and she’s on her way. She’s a blue blood and it’s good to see her start out this way.” Trained by Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes, the A$700,000 graduate of the 2017 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale bears the silks of Alan Bell. Bred by Joy and Sam Jenkins in New South Wales and raised at Coolmore, Symi’s dam is the G1 Schweppes The Thousand Guineas bridesmaid Cats Whisker (Aus) (Fusaichi Pegasus) who produced a juvenile full-brother to the winner and a yearling filly by Pierro (Aus). The 2-year-old sold for A$500,000 at the Inglis Easter Yearling Sale to Lindsay Park Racing and Andrew Williams Bloodstock. View the full article

Amerman Racing Stable's Oscar Performance seeks to become the fifth horse to sweep the Secretariat Stakes (G1T) and the Aug. 11 Arlington Million XXXVI (G1T) at Arlington International. View the full article