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Brazilian-bred Zardana’s upset of Rachel Alexandra Saturday on dirt in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at Fair Grounds was another step forward for the Sadler’s Wells line in the Americas, where dirt racing is more prevalent than anywhere else...
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Questions of how good a race is, how good a horse is, is the essence of racing these days because the actual result of the race is no longer enough proof to answer the burning questions! I suppose it’s always been that way, too; when Quiet Little...
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The remarkable Indian filly Jacqueline, who in unprecedented fashion won the first four Indian classics at Mahalaxmi racecourse in Mumbai—the 1000 and 2000 Guineas, Oaks, and Derby—and was defeated a head in an important Indian Group 1 fixture...
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Experienced stallions managers will tell you that a stallion can either “turn the switch” on as a sire, or he can’t. It was evident early on with his 2-year-olds that Candy Ride, an Argentine import with tremendous racing ability, had...
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Awesome Act, the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes winner Saturday, is from the beautifully bred mare Houdini’s Honey, a 14-year-old daughter of Mr. Prospector out of Coup de Folie, by Halo. Pedigree aficionados will recognize her as a sister to Machiavellian...
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(Diego Mitagstein, editor of Turf Diario, filed this post from Buenos Aires, Argentina.) “This horse is a phenomenon. Anyone else would have lost, but he won,” said a justifiably proud Alfredo Camogli, breeder and owner of Villero Cat, who...
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(The following report was filed from India by Major Srinivas Nargolkar, former Keeper of the Indian Stud Book. See the post below this one for a chart of the race and the video.) After four consecutive classic victories, Jacqueline, the Darling of Mahalakshmi...
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The Group 1 Invitation Cup at Mahalaxmi today over 2400 meters was billed as the rematch of Jacqueline and Becket, the first two in the Indian Derby over the same trip and track, and the race lived up to the hype with Becket pulling the upset this time...
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(The following report was filed from India by Major Srinivas Nargolkar, former Keeper of the Indian Stud Book.) No one could have paid a better tribute to Oasis Star, the champion Indian sprinter who collapsed and died after her race in Dubai on Friday...
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(The following report was filed from India by Major Srinivas Nargolkar, former Keeper of the Indian Stud Book. The Major has covered each of Jacqueline’s classic triumphs in this space, and a link to her Derby win is available at the end of this post...
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Dubai’s chief of police, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, has been featured in this space before, and if you search for his name at the top of this blog, you’ll come away with several posts to which he’s linked, mainly in the case of the...
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It’s been busy week in Dubai for the young set. On Friday, Feb. 26, Sheikh Mohammed and his son Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai, attended the Ladies Endurance Challenge at Dubai International Equestrian...
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There’s been some US buzz for a while now about Bambera, the filly from Venezuela who’s won 16 of 18 starts and is now in training in the US. I wrote about Bambera’s US aspirations in October after she won the Simon Bolivar, and that...
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If you’re reading this from anywhere in the world but Ireland and Dubai, you’re probably wondering who the hell are Ger Lyons, Big Bad Bob and Berg Bahn?
Ger Lyons is an Irish trainer who’s married to Lynne Lyons — who I had the...
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