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Zavite earns first Group 1 win in 50th career start

2010-03-10T13:41:03Z

In his 50th career start, seven-year-old gelding Zavite recorded his first career Group 1 victory with a dominant performance on Wednesday at Ellerslie. Read More......(read more)

Eagle Mountain retired with tendon injury

2010-03-09T14:02:03Z

Trainer Mike de Kock confirmed on Tuesday on his website that Group 1 winner Eagle Mountain (GB) has been retired because of a tendon injury sustained while training in Dubai. Read More......(read more)

Grade 3 winner Until Sundown moves to Italy

2010-03-09T09:09:01Z

Grade 3 winner Until Sundown has moved to Abbadia Ardenghesca Farm in Italy from Haras de la Haie Neuve in France for the 2010 season. Read More......(read more)

Sembra Fe, Villero Cat win Group 1 races in Argentina

2010-03-07T14:09:02Z

Group 2-placed winner Sembra Fe scored a dominant victory in the Gran Premio Saturnino J. Unzué (Arg-G1), the first Group 1 race of the season for two-year-old fillies, on Saturday at Hipodromo Palermo. Read More......(read more)

Japanese media outlets report Vodka to be retired

2010-03-06T18:57:59Z

Several Japanese media outlets are reporting that two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Vodka will be retired after she bled during an eighth-place finish in the Al Maktoum Challenge-Round 3 Sponsored by Derrinstown Stud (UAE-G2) on Thursday at Meydan Racecourse. Read More......(read more)

Military Move brings trainer full circle in New Zealand Derby

2010-03-06T14:11:05Z

After his father won the New Zealand Derby (NZ-G1) with Racing Hall of Famer Bonecrusher 25 years ago, trainer Shaune Ritchie tasted sweet classic success of his own with Military Move, who scored an improbable victory in this year’s edition of the race on Saturday at Ellerslie. Read More......(read more)

Theseo back in top form in gutsy Chipping Norton score

2010-03-06T12:42:02Z

An injury sidelined multiple Group 1 winner Theseo for much of last year, but the six-year-old Danewin gelding proved he was back on his game in his second start following a ten-month layoff. Read More......(read more)

Wanted beats downpour for breakthrough Group 1 win

2010-03-06T12:39:02Z

Wanted’s connections never doubted his ability despite a ten-race winless stretch that included a string of near misses in Group 1 races, and the three-year-old Fastnet Rock colt broke through convincingly on Saturday at Flemington. Read More......(read more)

Hills claims inaugural Meydan Masters jockey challenge

2010-03-05T13:18:03Z

Jockey Richard Hills, the first-call rider for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, captured the inaugural Meydan Masters jockey challenge on Friday, the final meeting of the Dubai International Racing Carnival prior to the Dubai Word Cup (UAE-G1) on March 27. Read More......(read more)

Mendip bests stablemate Vale of York
in Al Bastakiya at Meydan

2010-03-04T14:56:02Z

Godolphin Racing’s Mendip won the $250,000 Derrinstown Stud Al Bastakiya on Thursday at Meydan Racecourse to stamp himself as a favorite for the $2-million United Arab Emirates Derby (UAE-G2) later this month. Read More......(read more)

Vodka, Vale of York take Super Thursday stage at Meydan

2010-03-03T06:23:01Z

While Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta prepare for a showdown on April 9, two-time Japanese Horse of the Year Vodka will kick off her quest to capture the $10-million Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) on Thursday in the $300,000 Al Maktoum Challenge-Round 3 (UAE-G2) at Meydan Racecourse. Read More......(read more)

Gran Premio Latinoamericano
postponed in earthquake aftermath

2010-03-01T13:55:02Z

Following an emergency teleconference in the immediate aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday, racing leaders from the Asociacion Latinoamericana de Jockey Clubes e Hipodromos agreed to postpone South America’s Gran Premio Latinoamericano until March 21. Read More......(read more)

Mother Russia cruises in Turffontein Group 1

2010-02-28T12:54:01Z

Multiple Group 1 winner Mother Russia added to her impressive résumé with a dominant victory as the overwhelming favorite on Sunday at Turffontein in the $129,500 L. Jaffee Empress Club Stakes (SAf-G1). Read More......(read more)

Mufhasa back in top form
in Group 1 victory at Otaki

2010-02-28T11:22:03Z

Mufhasa controlled the pace and rolled to a dominant victory on Sunday at Otaki in the $139,660 Fully Fledged @ Fairdale Otaki-Maori WFA (NZ-G1), ending a nine-race winless stretch. Read More......(read more)

Typhoon Tracy shows explosive acceleration in Futurity

2010-02-27T12:54:04Z

Typhoon Tracy showed her class on Saturday at Caulfield, closing with an explosive, sustained rally in the straight for a visually impressive 2 3/4-length victory in the Rokk Ebony Futurity Stakes (Aus-G1). Read More......(read more)