BloodHorse.com | Horse Racing News

BloodHorse.com Articles for "argentina"

Honour and Glory to Stand at Wintergreen Under Lease Deal

La Mission Stallion Station in Argentina has purchased Honour and Glory from Ashford Stud and will lease the 13-year-old stallion to stand at Wintergreen Stallion Station in Midway, Ky., for Northern Hemisphere breeding seasons.

 Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Noble Stella Shows Heart to Win New York BC

Gary A. Tanaka's Noble Stella led at all calls over a soft turf course Saturday afternoon then dug in to hold off late-charging Angara to win the $182,000 New York Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. IIT) on the Belmont Park inner turf course by a neck.

 Saturday, June 24, 2006

Hall of Famer Paseana Dies in Native Argentina

Paseana, a Hall of Fame member and a two-time Eclipse Award-winning older female, died June 21 in her native Argentina at Dr. Ignacio Pavlovsky's Haras San Ignacio de Loyola.

 Friday, June 23, 2006

Noble Stella Looks for Grade II Status in New York

Honey Ryder, the best long-winded female turf horse on the East Coast, is bypassing the New York Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) at Belmont Park for a potential start in Monmouth Park's United Nations Handicap (gr. IT). None of the fillies and mares running in the New York race June 24 will miss her.

 Thursday, June 22, 2006

Shining Energy Overpowering in Gamely BC

Shining Energy isn't just a mile specialist anymore. The Julio Canani-trained 4-year-old filly trailed the field in Monday's $349,500 Gamely Breeders' Cup (gr. IT) into the far turn, then unleashed a tremendous bid in the stretch to win going away in a mild surprise on the Hollywood Park turf.

 Monday, May 29, 2006

Reddam Fillies Double Trouble in Gamely BC

J. Paul Reddam, the majority owner of Sharp Lisa and Dancing Edie, entered both 4-year-old fillies on Friday for the $300,000 Gamely Breeders' Cup (gr. IT) for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on the Hollywood Park turf on Monday.

 Friday, May 26, 2006

Canani Adds Shining Energy to Gamely Cast

Trainer Julio Canani said Wednesday that Shining Energy would join the lineup in the $300,000 Gamely Breeders' Cup Stakes (gr. IT) for fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles on turf at Hollywood Park Monday.

 Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Juddmonte Sells Interest in Distant View to Haras Vacacion

Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms has reached an agreement on the sale of an equal share in successful sire Distant View to Haras Vacacion S.A.

 Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Sharp Lisa Nips Eternal Melody in 'Barbara

There wasn't much speed signed up for Saturday's $200,000 Santa Barbara Handicap (gr. IIT), and jockey Corey Nakatani took full advantage to drive Sharp Lisa to a crafty front-running victory by a nose over Eternal Melody at 10 furlongs on the Santa Anita lawn.

 Sunday, April 23, 2006

Can Argentina Replace Megahertz for Frankel?

Trainer Bobby Frankel, whose mighty mite Megahertz took the last three runnings of Santa Anita's $200,000 Santa Barbara Handicap (gr. IIT), aims to extend his streak on Saturday with Argentina.

 Thursday, April 20, 2006

Sterling Win Again for Silver Cup in Santa Ana

Martin S. Schwartz's fighting Silver Cup registered her third consecutive grade II win on the Santa Anita turf this meeting, turning back favored Argentina in Sunday's $150,000 Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT) for fillies and mares.

 Sunday, March 26, 2006

Santa Ana Choice Silver Cup Pulls It Together

On Sunday at Santa Anita, a Mexican-born jockey will jet back from Dubai to ride an Irish-bred filly imported from Italy for a trainer who hails from France.

 Friday, March 24, 2006

Another Divine Performance in French Oaks

Unbeaten filly Divine Proportions ran her winning streak to eight races with an impressive three-length victory over Argentina in the Prix de Diane Hermes (Fr-I) at Chantilly Sunday.

 Sunday, June 12, 2005

Fabre, Soumillon Team for French Group I Wins

Trainer Andre Fabre and jockey Christophe Soumillon had reason to celebrate Sunday's memorable results at Longchamp, where they captured three races, including a pair of group I events.

 Sunday, May 22, 2005

Taba, Dam of Turkoman, Dies

Taba, Argentina's 1975 champion 2-year-old filly and dam of Turkoman, has died at Our Mims Retirement Haven. She was 32.

 Saturday, February 12, 2005

Report: 80% of All Races Are Run in 10% of Countries

Eighty percent of all international horse races are contested in 10% of the countries, according to statistics released Monday by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities.

 Monday, December 20, 2004

Top Argentine Horse Kidnapped; Found at Shooting Range

Top Argentinian 3-year-old Forty Mirage, who was apparently kidnapped from his stall at Tandil racecourse some time Wednesday night or Thursday morning, was found Friday at a nearby military shooting range.

 Friday, July 09, 2004

Star Parade Shines in Santa Maria

Star Parade took the early lead and held off Bare Necessities by a head to capture Monday's grade I, $250,000 Santa Maria Handicap for fillies and mares at Santa Anita Park.

 Monday, February 16, 2004

Candy Ride's Sire, Ride the Rails, to Pegasus in California

Ride the Rails, sire of 2003 sensation Candy Ride, will stand in 2004 at Tom Bachman's Pegasus Ranch near Petaluma, Calif.

 Thursday, October 23, 2003

Karamanos Named Argentina's Top Jockey

Horatio Karamanos has been named 2002 Jockey of the Year in his native Argentina.

 Friday, December 20, 2002

Argentine-Bred Paga Takes Monrovia on Santa Anita Hillside

Paga made short work of her 12 rivals in Monday's $118,850 Monrovia Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita Park, cruising to a 1 1/4-length victory as the 2-1 favorite in the race for fillies and mares down the hillside turf course at about 6 1/2 furlongs.

 Monday, December 31, 2001

Ice Point and Second Reality Top Pellegrini Field

While Argentina finds itself in a political and economic crisis, its racing industry, which sees itself seriously affected by the general situation, awaits to close the year with a bang this next Saturday at Hipodromo San Isidro with the running of the 113th edition of the Gran Premio Internacional Carlos Pellegrini (Arg-I), over the turf course at the distance of 2400 meters .

 Wednesday, December 12, 2001

Lode Filly Wins Argentina's Copa de Plata

Led by her experience, maturity and a well timed ride by jockey Juan Noriega, Haras Vacacion's Decencia scored the most valuable triumph of her career in the $56,000 Gran Premio Internacional Copa de Plata (Arg-1) Sunday at San Isidro racetrack in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

 Monday, December 10, 2001

Foot and Mouth Slaughter Numbers Escalating

This is one case of supply and demand that does not paint a pretty picture. There are so many animals to be slaughtered in England because of foot and mouth disease that the government cannot keep up with the demand.

 Thursday, March 29, 2001

Former Argentine Horse of the Year Chullo to Applebite Farms

Chullo, named in 1998 as Horse of the Year in Argentina before traveling to the United States, where he was winless in three starts in Southern California in 1999 and 2000, has been retired to stud and will stand at Joan Rogers' Applebite Farms in French Camp, Calif. His stud fee is $2,000 live foal, payable Sept. 1.

 Wednesday, February 14, 2001

Gainesway to Bring Luhuk to US in 2001

Lexington's Gainesway Farm will bring Luhuk from Argentina to stand the 2001 breeding season. Of the eight known foals in Luhuk's first crop, all but one are stakes winners or stakes-placed, all in Argentina.

 Tuesday, December 05, 2000

On This Date In History...

Re Toss Posts Vanity Upset Over Paseana

 Tuesday, July 18, 2000
<< Previous 1  2