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A while back, I wrote about the rarity of seeing daughters of Personal Ensign available for public sale. A recent ad caught my attention because it offers a son of the great mare. The 4-year-old Baronial (pedigree) is by Kingmambo (SRO), making him similarly-bred to the five graded-winning and -placing half-siblings who are also from the Mr. ...

First it was the Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I), where the first and second -- Sea the Stars (IRE) and Fame and Glory (GB) -- both came from German female lines. Then Le Havre (IRE), out of a German-bred mare, took the Prix du Jockey Club (Fr-I). This weekend it was the turn of Stacelita (FR), who maintained her undefeated record with a ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston Two days and two wins for the Americans.  What a great stroke of public relations on Wesley Ward’s part.  Deciding to take the journey and then travelling to a small track like River Downs to work the horses in between races over a holiday weekend.  Then you have John Velasquez doing a beautiful job of ...

This Friday, for the first time in its 135-year history, Churchill Downs will race under the lights. It what they are calling ''Downs After Dark,'' it will be the first of three night programs offered by Churchill this summer (also on June 26 and July 2) and will offer patrons ''a dramatically different paddock scene accented by special ...

WinStar stallions Tiznow and Distorted Humor, who are currently fighting for leadership of the General Sires list, both had good weekends. Distorted Humor (TrueNicks,SRO) had two stakes winners, including veteran Commentator, who overwhelmed a field of New York-breds.The grade I winner has now annexed stakes at ages 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. The ...

For Immediate ReleaseContact:  Sally J. Baker, APRsbaker@aaep.org or (859) 233-0147  AAEP Issues Recommendations for Purchase Exams at Public Auctions The Public Auction Task Force of the American Association of Equine Practitioners has developed recommendations regarding the use of radiographic reports as part of the ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston The monkey is officially off the Americans’ back as Strike The Tiger and John Velasquez carried Wesley Ward’s silks to victory in the Listed Windsor Castle Stakes at 33-1 (18-1 in the U.S.).  Strike The Tiger is a gelding by Tiger Ridge out of the In Excess (IRE) mare R Lucky Strike.  Strike The Tiger won a ...

In recent reports, we’ve given plenty of props – and deservedly so – to the stellar group of U.S. second-crop sires. The most recent weekend, however, belonged to their seniors, the stallions whose first foals were born in 2005. One of these, Macho Uno (TrueNicks,SRO), had the weekend's big winner, Macho Again, who took the Stephen Foster ...

During an interview just before the calendar flipped to the year 2000, veterinarian Robert Copelan had this to say about W.T. Young: “I often wonder what would have happened had the phone been busy (the first time Young called). Meeting W.T. Young was that bolt of lightning; the most important thing to happen to me in my life.” On June 9, Bill ...

As someone who usually is critical of racing movies, because of their constant inaccuracies, sappy scripts, ludicrous staging of races (excluding ''Seabiscuit''), and liberties with the truth, I am going to go out on a limb and write a review preview (or is it preview review?), saying that ''Secretariat'' the movie is going to be right up there ...