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Berlino Di Tiger All Out to Win Turf Sprint

Stud Sampaio's Berlino Di Tiger rebounded from an off-the-board finish at Keeneland to win the $138,250 Churchill Downs Turf Sprint (gr. III) by a nose over Chamberlain Bridge May 4.

Play It Again: Old Tune Wins Hillsborough

Stud TNT's Old Tune, winner of Tampa Bay Downs' Feb. 2 Endeavour Stakes (gr. IIIT), returns to win the March 9 Hillsborough Stakes (gr. IIIT) at nine furlongs. Her score is trainer Todd Pletcher's fourth Hillsborough victory.

Three Chimneys, Torrealbas Become Partners

The Borges Torrealba family, among the leading buyers at the current Keeneland November breeding stock sale, has entered into a partnership with Three Chimneys Farm of Midway, Ky.

Pure Clan Sells for $4.5 Million at Keeneland

Goncalo Torrealba, who operates TNT Stud in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, went to $4.5 million to purchase the millionaire Pure Clan during the second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale in Lexington Nov. 7.

Codere Signs Alliance with United Tote

In a move to provide future expansion at tracks in Latin America, international gaming company Codere announced the signing of a strategic alliance agreement with United Tote Sept. 13.

BC Winner Silver Train to Shuttle to Brazil

TVG Breeders' Cup Sprint (gr. I) winner Silver Train will shuttle to Siquiera and Mercadante in Parana, Brazil, for the 2012 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Benny the Bull to Shuttle to Brazil

International bloodstock agent Renato Gameiro of Albatroz Bloodstock and owner Greg James have reached an agreement to shuttle 2008 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter Benny the Bull to Brazil.

Champion Sprinter Artax Dies

Artax, a champion sprinter who was attacked by a drunken racegoer in a stakes on the 1999 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) undercard, died Jan. 8 in an equine hospital in Brazil, because of complications from colic.

Zardana, Upset Rachel Alexandra, Retired

Zardana, who beat Rachel Alexandra in the New Orleans Ladies Stakes at Fair Grounds in March 2010, has been retired from racing because of an ankle issue.

Dubai World Cup Winner to Stand in Sweden

Gloria de Campeao, winner of the 2010 Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I), will begin his stallion career in Sweden.

Artax Sold to Brazilian Interests

Artax, the 1999 Eclipse Award-winning sprinter, has been sold by John Smicklas and Randy Gammill to Brazilian interests.

Dubai World Cup Winner Retired

Gloria de Campeao, who won the world's richest race when he beat 13 rivals in this year's $10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (UAE-I), has been retired from racing after suffering a tendon injury.

Macho Uno to Shuttle to Brazil

Champion Macho Uno, who stands at Frank Stronach's Adena Springs near Paris, Ky., will shuttle to Brazil for the 2010 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Siphon Sold to Brazil

Siphon, a Brazilian group I winner who stands at stud in Pennsylvania, is scheduled to be returned to his native Brazil for stallion duty following the Northern Hemisphere breeding season.

Exchange Rate to Shuttle to Argentina

Exchange Rate, along with Good Reward and Point Given, will shuttle to South America for the 2009 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Pioneering to Brazil

Pioneering, a half-brother to two-time leading sire Storm Cat, might be headed to Brazil to continue his stallion career.

Artax to Stand in Brazil

Artax, champion sprinter of 1999, will stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Dr. Adriano Quadros' Haras Henrique Waihrich in Brazil.

Silent Name to Shuttle to Brazil

Frank Stronach's Adena Springs Farm announced that grade II winner Silent Name will stand the Southern Hemisphere breeding season at Haras Ponta Pora in Brazil.

Elusive Quality to Shuttle to Brazil

Elusive Quality, North America's leading sire the year his son Smarty Jones won the 2004 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), will to shuttle to Stud TNT in Brazil.

Double Trouble Retired

Grade I-winning distaffer Double Trouble has been retired from racing and is booked to Unbridled's Song.

Val Royal, BC Winner, Dead

Shuttle stallion Val Royal, who won the 2001 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT), has died from internal hemorrhaging in Brazil.

Paulo Lobo: The Traveling Man

While Arkansas Derby (gr. II) winner Gayego settles into his temporary home at Churchill Downs in advance of the May 3 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), his trainer, Paulo Lobo, is logging some serious frequent flyer miles between Louisville and his base in California.

Top Brazilian Sires Run in Einstein

MAHUBAH'S CORNER, by Avalyn Hunter

Einstein, the winner of three graded turf stakes, is from the second-to-last crop of 1985 Horse of the Year Spend a Buck, whose dominant stud career in South America is in sharp contrast to his performance in the United States. And though the 6-year-old horse is the only winner out of his dam Gay Charm, her sire is Ghadeer, whose daughters also produced grade I winners Investor's Dream, Irish Lover, and Forever Buck (all by Spend a Buck).

Brazilian Bets on Breeders' Cup Considered Success

Carnegie Cooke & Co, under its Brazilian brand "betBrasil," reported record pari-mutuel handle for its first simulcast of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.

Pari-Mutuel Simulcast of Breeders' Cup Comes to Brazil

The pari-mutuel simulcast of the Breeders' Cup World Championships will be offered in Brazil for the first time via Carnegie Cooke & Co., the media and distribution company that offers pari-mutuel services in the country said in a release.

Holzmeister, Meteor Storm, Tiger Heart to Brazil

Millionaire Meteor Storm and 13-year-old stallion Holzmeister, along with grade I stakes-placed Tiger Heart, have been purchased for stallion duty in Brazil.

Colina Verde Passes Irwin's Inspection After Quarantine

Colina Verde has passed Barry Irwin and trainer Neil Drysdale's physical inspection after an examinination March 12 following her release from the Hollywood Park quarantine station.

South American Simulcast Program Gets Under Way

Charlson Broadcast Technologies and affiliated groups have announced the opening South American off-track betting parlors and agencies that will commingle wagers in the United States and return percentages of revenue to the racing industry.

Companies Combine on Simulcasts in South America

Four companies have joined forces to expand the international wagering market, beginning with a racetrack and its off-track betting outlets in Brazil.

Mark of Esteem to Shuttle to Brazil

English champion miler and classic winner Mark of Esteem will be leased by Haras Fazenda Mondesir in Brazil from Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud Management for the 2005-06 breeding season.

Brazilian Champ Happy to Be Buckeye for a Day

Brazil's Horse of the Year and 3-year-old champion for 2002 made it back to the races after an almost two-year absence May 29 and did it with style.

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.

Redattore to Return to Brazil for Stud Duty

Millionaire Redattore, winner of last year's Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park, will begin stallion duties in his native Brazil at Silvio Crespi's Haras Calunga Agropecuaria near Sao Paulo.

Think Green: Paper Man and Hard Buck Prepping for Turf Starts

Paper Man and Hard Buck prepare for Palm Beach Stakes, Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap.

Political Intrigue, Dam of Redattore, Dies of Laminitis

Political Intrigue, the dam of Monday's Shoemaker Breeders' Cup Mile Stakes (gr. IT) winner Redattore, was euthanized beause of complictions from laminitis on March 22 .

Brazil's Horse of the Year Now U.S. Resident

Roxinho, a horse who won his biggest races in Brazil but is now in North America, was recently named Brazil's 2001 Horse of the Year by the Horse Racing Media Association of Parana.

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New Racetrack Set to Open in Brazil

Hipodromo Do Litoral, a racetrack that will feature Quarter Horse and Arabian racing, is scheduled to open Nov. 1 in Arroyo Do Sal, Brazil. Carnegie Cooke & Co. will operate it.

Brazilian Triple Crown Winner Retired

Virginie, a winner of grade I races in both Brazil and the United States, has been retired due to a small bone chip in her left front foreleg. Richard Mandella, who trains Virginie for Rio Claro Thoroughbreds and R.D. Hubbard, apparently found some slight filling in the leg prior to her second-place finish in the March 26 Santa Ana Handicap (gr. IIT), and had her further checked out following the race.