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Footstepsinthesand who, like his sire Giant's Causeway (TrueNicks,SRO) , stands under the Coolmore umbrella, was represented by his first black-type winner when the filly Sent From Heaven (TrueNicks A++) captured the Sweet Solera Stakes (gr. III). She is out of a mare by Danehill, as are Footstepsinthesand's other two stakes horses, Chachamaidee ...

If asked to nominate the freshman sire most likely to be the first North American or European stallion to be represented by a group or grade  I winner, it is a fair bet that few experts would have nominated Powerscourt (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) .A tough, much-travelled son of Sadler's Wells, who was first past the post in back-to-back renewals of ...

Last week we wrote that Careless Jewel had put up a Rachel Alexandra-like effort in crushing the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) field. Fast forward a week, and we find four-year-old Icon Project, delivering her Personal Ensign Stakes (gr. I) rivals a 13½ lengths drubbing. Icon Project (TrueNicks A++) is the second grade I winner and one of eight total ...

.postComments, .commentsContainer, .commentForm{display:none;} .questionForm{display:block} Trainer Tim Ice has gone from being a relatively unknown trainer based in Louisiana to one of the shining young stars in the profession, largely due to the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and Shadwell Travers (gr. I) successes of Summer Bird. A native of East ...

Quietly and without much fanfare, Linda Rice has been putting up big numbers at Saratoga. With just six days remaining in the meet, the 45-year-old trainer is tied with Todd Pletcher in the trainers standings with 15 wins. Maybe most impressively, Rice's 15 wins have come from just 45 starters, 55 fewer than Pletcher. Rice, who learned ...

SIRES From Action This Day and Afleet Alex to Yonaguska and Zavata, a total of 288 stallions are represented by at least one yearling at the upcoming Keeneland September sale. With 5,189 foals offered, each stallion is represented by an average of 18 colts and fillies. Some especially well-represented stallions -- 29 studs each have 50 or more ...

Not that many years ago it seemed fine to know, and record into past performances, that a horse had run six furlongs in 1:11 1/5. Today we wouldn’t stand for that because we now understand the difference between 1:11.01 and 1:11.19. Those times, and those fractions in between, formerly all showed as the same time (1:11 1/5) when in fact they ...

In many parts of the racing world, race callers like Tom Durkin aren't known by name by their public.  And, earlier in the meet, when Durkin was gone a few days to attend the funeral of his close friend in Chicago, many people didn't even notice.  But if you were blind and you wanted to know precisely what was happening, he'd be ...

Whether he's splishin' and a'splashin' or movin' and a'groovin' or rockin' and a'rollin,' the sight of Summer Bird and his distinctive blue blinkers charging down the stretch is leaving racing fans reelin' with the feelin.' And that feelin' is, this is one serious racehorse and the towering figure constantly at his side is one serious ...