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Coolmore Buys Interest in Unbeaten Verrazano

Coolmore Buys Interest in Unbeaten Verrazano

The Coolmore team of Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Susan Magnier has purchased an interest in unbeaten 3-year-old Verrazano and will race the son of More Than Ready in partnership with Let's Go Stable.

 Thursday, February 07, 2013
Shanghai Bobby Named Champion 2-Year-Old Male

Shanghai Bobby Named Champion 2-Year-Old Male

Anyone who remembers the "old" days no doubt took great joy in seeing Shanghai Bobby win the Hopeful and Champagne stakes, arguably the two most prestigious 2-year-old stakes prior to the advent of the Breeders' Cup.

 Saturday, January 19, 2013
Shanghai Bobby Breezes 5F at Palm Meadows

Shanghai Bobby Breezes 5F at Palm Meadows

Unbeaten Shanghai Bobby, an Eclipse Award finalist for 2-year-old male of 2012, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.42 over a fast track Jan. 13 at Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida.

 Sunday, January 13, 2013
Grade I Winner Turbulent Descent Retired

Grade I Winner Turbulent Descent Retired

Turbulent Descent, a grade I winner at 2 through 4, has been retired from racing to become a broodmare at John Magnier and partners' Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.

 Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Trainer O'Brien Ready with Two 'Turf' Stars

Trainer O'Brien Ready with Two 'Turf' Stars

With co-owner Derrick Smith looking on, Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien sent out Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) hopefuls St Nicholas Abbey and Treasure Beach for a gallop at Santa Anita Nov. 1.

 Thursday, November 01, 2012
Kingsbarns Storms to Racing Post Trophy Win

Kingsbarns Storms to Racing Post Trophy Win

Kingsbarns went from debut maiden winner to early favorite for next year's Epsom Derby (Eng-I) with a victory over Van Der Neer in the Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), Great Britain's final group of the year at Doncaster.

 Saturday, October 27, 2012

Excelebration to Run in Breeders' Cup Mile

Excelebration, who has been a runner-up to Frankel four times and third behind him once, will likely come to the Nov. 3 Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) at Santa Anita Park, trainer Aidan O'Brien said.

 Saturday, October 20, 2012

Imperial Monarch Rules in Grand Prix de Paris

Imperial Monarch continued Aidan O'Brien's superb year as he held on for a short head victory over Last Train to win the Grand Prix de Paris (Fr-I) at Longchamp July 14.

 Saturday, July 14, 2012

Brilliant Camelot Takes Two Thousand Guineas

Aidan O'Brien-trained Camelot took the lead in the final furlong and then held off the late challenge of French Fifteen to win the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (Eng-I) by a neck at Newmarket May 5.

 Saturday, May 05, 2012
Woodford Is Rooting for Its Derby 'Daddy'

Woodford Is Rooting for Its Derby 'Daddy'

Daddy Long Legs was foaled and raised at John and Susan Sykes' Woodford Thoroughbreds.

 Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Daddy Long Legs Confirmed for Derby

Daddy Long Legs Confirmed for Derby

UAE Derby winner Daddy Long Legs, a son of Scat Daddy, will ship from Ireland to Churchill Downs for the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Monday, April 23, 2012
Turf Title Goes to Jetsetter Cape Blanco

Turf Title Goes to Jetsetter Cape Blanco

Cape Blanco won the champion male turf title by making three transatlantic trips to America and winning not only three grade I stakes, but three of the most prestigious turf stakes in America.

 Monday, January 16, 2012
QE II  Winner Together Headed Back to Ireland

QE II Winner Together Headed Back to Ireland

The iron filly Together was scheduled to return to Ireland Oct. 16, a day after her impressive 1 1/4-length victory in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. IT).

 Sunday, October 16, 2011
Master of Hounds Revives Euro/Belmont Angle

Master of Hounds Revives Euro/Belmont Angle

Nearly an annual event back in the 1990s, Susan Magnier's Master of Hounds is the first colt in a decade to ship from Europe to run in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I).

 Wednesday, June 08, 2011
'Roderic' Rolls Home in Irish 2,000 Guineas

'Roderic' Rolls Home in Irish 2,000 Guineas

Roderic O'Conner took command at the start and never looked back as he galloped home an easy winner of the $463,587 Abu Dhabi Irish Two Thousand Guineas (Ire-I) at the Curragh May 21.

 Saturday, May 21, 2011
Gomez to Ride Master of Hounds in Derby

Gomez to Ride Master of Hounds in Derby

Two-time Eclipse Award-winning rider Garrett Gomez has been named to pilot Susan Magnier's Master of Hounds in the May 7 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Friday, April 29, 2011
Master of Hounds 9-2 Fav in Juvenile Turf

Master of Hounds 9-2 Fav in Juvenile Turf

Master of Hounds, the third-place finisher in the Oct. 23 Racing Post Trophy (Eng-I), was made the 9-2 favorite for the Nov. 6 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT).

 Tuesday, November 02, 2010
Rip Van Winkle Retired

Rip Van Winkle Retired

Breeders' Cup hopeful Rip Van Winkle has been retired after suffering slight setback

 Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Sprint Specialist Munnings to Ashford

Sprint Specialist Munnings to Ashford

Munnings, a seven-furlong sprint specialist with three grade II wins to his credit, has been retired and will stand the 2011 breeding season at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky.

 Friday, October 15, 2010

Jan Vermeer Masters Criterium Rivals

Jan Vermeer led from the start to post an upset victory over Emerald Commander in the Criterium International (Fr-I) at Saint-Cloud Nov. 1.

 Sunday, November 01, 2009

Thewayyouare to Ashford Stud

Thewayyouare, a high-class performer at 2 in France, is being retired from racing to join the stallion team at Ashford Stud near Versailles, Ky. The 4-year-old will become one of the few group I-winning sons of Kingmambo available to Kentucky breeders.

 Thursday, October 22, 2009

Saratoga Sale Topper Wins in Debut in Ireland

Fighting Brave, who brought the sale-topping price of $2 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction, made his career debut a winning one at Dundalk in Ireland Oct. 4.

 Sunday, October 04, 2009

Yeats Pure Gold at Royal Ascot

Yeats etched his name in history by becoming the first horse to win the prestigious Gold Cup (Eng-I) at Royal Ascot for the fourth straight year.

 Thursday, June 18, 2009
Dunkirk Works at Palm Meadows

Dunkirk Works at Palm Meadows

Michael Tabor, Susan Magnier, Derrick Smith's $3.7 million sale yearling Dunkirk drilled five furlongs in 1:01 the morning of April 25 at Palm Meadows training center. The son of Unbridled's Song will ship to Louisville, Ky., on April 28 for next Saturday's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).

 Saturday, April 25, 2009

Bushranger Gets Busy, Wins Prix Morny

Favored Bushranger drove to the lead with 150 yards to go and defeated Gallagher by a cozy half-length in the Prix Morny (Fr-I) for 2-year-olds at Deauville Aug. 24.

 Sunday, August 24, 2008

Henrythenavigator Charts Winning Course

Henrythenavigator outfought heavily backed favorite New Approach in the final 100 yards to win the stanjames.com Two Thousand Guineas Stakes (Eng-I) at Newmarket May 3, giving trainer Aidan O'Brien his fifth win in the English Classic.

 Saturday, May 03, 2008

Duke of Marmalade Rules Prix Ganay

Perennial bridesmaid Duke of Marmalade finally broke through for his first stakes victory, capturing the Prix Ganay (Fr-I) at Longchamp April 27 by a determined half-length over Saddex. The race marked the first group I race of the European flat season.

 Sunday, April 27, 2008
Mighty Dylan Thomas Ready to Tackle Arc/Breeders' Cup Turf Double

Mighty Dylan Thomas Ready to Tackle Arc/Breeders' Cup Turf Double

Dylan Thomas will be trying to become the first Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (gr. I) winner to capture a Breeders' Cup World Championships race.

 Thursday, October 25, 2007

Scorpion Stings Rivals in Coronation Cup

Scorpion led home an Aidan O'Brien exacta as the 2005 Ladbrokes St. Leger (Eng-I) winner powered to the wire 1 1/4 lengths clear of stablemate Septimus in the Vodafone Coronation Cup (Eng-I) at Epsom on Friday.

 Friday, June 01, 2007

Gate Issue Apparently Ends Aqua d'Amore's Career

Susan Magnier's Australian standout Aqua d'Amore appears headed for the breeding shed after failing a barrier exam April 20 that will prevent her from running in Hong Kong's Champions Mile (HK-I) at Sha Tin on April 29.

 Sunday, April 22, 2007

Harriett Lane Takes Stakes Debut in La Habra

Favored Harriett Lane rallied five wide coming across the dirt and overtook pacesetter Bettarun Fast in mid-stretch to win the $109,450 La Habra for 3-year-old fillies on the Santa Anita hillside turf course Sunday.

 Sunday, March 05, 2006

Virginia Waters Captures Thousand Guineas Trial

Ballydoyle's Kentucky-bred Virginia Waters swept to the lead in the final 150 yards to register a three-length win over favored Sweet Treat in the Dimitrova 1,000 Guineas Trial (Ire-III) at Leopardstown Sunday.

 Sunday, April 10, 2005

Grand Reward Collects Oaklawn Handicap

The front-running Grand Reward, ridden by John McKee, bolted to the early lead and held on for a neck victory over Second of June in Saturday's $490,000 Oaklawn Handicap (gr. II).

 Saturday, April 09, 2005

Black Sam Bellamy Wins Tattersalls Gold Cup

Michael Tabor and Susan Magnier's Black Sam Bellamy is beginning to show the form everyone expected from the full brother of Galileo after winning Sunday's Tattersalls Gold Cup (Ire-I) at The Curragh.

 Sunday, May 25, 2003

Perfection is Yesterday's in Irish One Thousand Guineas

For the second time in three weeks, French trainer Pascal Bary's outstanding filly Six Perfections was unable to overcome a troubled trip, losing Sunday to Susan Magnier's Yesterday by a short head in the Entenmann's Irish One Thousand Guineas at The Curragh.

 Sunday, May 25, 2003

De Seroux Group Purchases Canadian International Winner Ballingarry; BC Turf Next

Ballingarry, impressive winner of last Sunday's Canadian International Championship, has been sold by Mrs. John Magnier for an undisclosed seven-figure price to a partnership consisting of Sidney Port, Marsha Naify, and the husband and wife team of Emmanuel and Laura De Seroux.

 Tuesday, October 01, 2002

Godolphin, Coolmore, Magniers Take Home Cartier Awards

When the Cartier Awards were handed out in London Wednesday night, the big winners were Coolmore Stud, Godolphin Racing, and the Magniers.

 Thursday, November 15, 2001