Multiple Graded Stakes Winner Irap Euthanized
Reddam Racing's multiple graded stakes winner Irap, winner of more than $1.6 million in his career, was euthanized after developing laminitis, his connections announced Oct. 20.
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Will Take Charge Heads Three Chimneys Roster for 2018
Leading freshman yearling sire Will Take Charge heads the roster at Three Chimneys Farm for the 2018 season with an unchanged fee, it was announced Oct. 19. All sires are offered under a live foal stands and nurses contract.
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Apple Betty Looks to Go the Distance in Dowager
Joseph Allen's Apple Betty (IRE) will aim to make good on her regal pedigree when she heads a field of 10 fillies and mares entered in the $125,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager Stakes (G3T) Oct. 22 at Keeneland.
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Danzing Candy to Stand at Rancho San Miguel
Multiple grade 2 winner Danzing Candy will stand at Tom and Nancy Clark's Rancho San Miguel for the 2018 season, it was announced Oct. 19. The son of Twirling Candy will be offered at an introductory fee of $5,000 live foal stands and nurses.
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Gun Runner Pointing to Pegasus After Breeders' Cup
Owners Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm announced Oct. 18 that Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) contender Gun Runner will point to the $16 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) Jan. 27 at Gulfstream Park after his trip to Del Mar.
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America vs. World in Far Hills' Grand National
An invasion of overseas runners will challenge many of America's best steeplechase horses in the Oct. 21 $400,000 Grand National (NSA-G1), America's richest steeplechase race and the centerpiece of the Far Hills Races in central New Jersey.
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Celebration of Life Planned for Florida Horseman Parker
A celebration of life is planned Oct. 21 for Elmer Leland (Lee) Parker Jr., who died Aug. 31 in Crystal River, Fla., at age 78.
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Into Mischief Colt Tops Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Sale
A weanling colt by popular sire Into Mischief topped a record-setting renewal of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall sale Oct. 16 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Madefromlucky Retires to Northview Stallion Station
Son of Lookin At Lucky will be syndicated
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Always Dreaming Will Race in 2018
The 3-year-old colt from the first crop of Bodemeister was found to have stomach ulcers after the Aug. 26 Travers Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets (G1), and was recently cleared of the ulcers by veterinarians. He will return to training in November.
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Hall of Famer Inside Information Dies
Hall of Fame runner and 1995 champion older mare Inside Information died Oct. 14 at Claiborne Farm near Paris, Ky. from natural causes due to old age. She was 26.
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Brown, Wilson Recognized for Efforts at Hermitage
In Excellence in Preservation Awards announced Oct. 16 by Preservation Kentucky, Brown and Wilson were awarded the Linda Bruckheimer Excellence in Rural Preservation Award.
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Lady Eli Works Toward Filly & Mare Turf
Sheep Pond Partner's multiple graded stakes winner Lady Eli turned in a five-furlong breeze over Belmont Park's inner turf the morning of Oct. 15 in preparation for her final career start in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf G1T) Nov. 4.
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Bird Song to Enter Stud at Gainesway
Marylou Whitney Stables' homebred multiple graded stakes winner Bird Song, a son of Whitney's Eclipse champion 3-year-old filly and Kentucky Oaks (G1) winner Bird Town, will enter stud at Gainesway near Lexington in 2018.
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Stellar Wind Works for Breeders' Cup Distaff
Hronis Racing's champion Stellar Wind worked six furlongs in 1:13 3/5 Oct. 14 in her penultimate breeze at Santa Anita Park before she moves down to Del Mar for her final preparations for the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) Nov. 3.
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Gunnevera Tunes Up for Breeders' Cup
Multiple graded stakes winner Gunnevera stepped up his preparation for a scheduled start in the Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar with a six-furlong breeze at Gulfstream Park West Oct. 14.
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Weekend Stakes Rundown: Woodbine's Grade 1 Sunday
Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week top-level grass races at Woodbine and Keeneland are the main events.
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Godolphin's Second Annual TIEA Held at Keeneland
The Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards, now in its second year, concluded this afternoon with Keeneland graciously hosting the event again in its sales pavilion in Lexington, Ky.
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Violette Not Among Candidates for NYTHA Board Election
After serving 25 years on the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association board, trainer Rick Violette Jr. has decided not to run for re-election as president.
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Barbaro Half Sister Madame Milan Earns Maiden Win
Lael Stables' homebred Madame Milan, a juvenile half sister to Barbaro, took advantage of a stretch out in distance to earn her first victory in a competitive maiden special weight Oct. 13 at Laurel Park.
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Six Supplemented to Fasig-Tipton November Sale
Fasig-Tipton has added an initial six supplemental entries to the catalog for the 2017 November Sale to be held Nov. 6 in Lexington.
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The Factor to Stand in Japan for 2018
George Bolton, Stonestreet and Fog City Stables announced Oct. 12 that multiple grade 1 winner The Factor will relocate to the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association Farm for the 2018 breeding season on a one-year lease.
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Cox Appointed Managing Director of Godolphin Australia
Godolphin's Group Chief Executive, Joe Osborne, has announced the appointment of Vin Cox as managing director of Godolphin in Australia.
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IFHA Praises Breeders' Cup Out-of-Competition Testing
The IFHA has unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to a stringent anti-doping policy and has authorized the IFHA chairman to directly engage with relevant racing jurisdictions to emphasize the importance of implementation of this policy.
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Tampa Bay Downs Adds Two More Florida Sire Stakes Races
Tampa Bay Downs and the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association have agreed to add two more Florida Sire Stakes races to the track's upcoming 2017-18 season.
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Charitable Annuity Back for WV Breeders' Classic
After winning the 2015 edition of the West Virginia Breeders' Classic, Charitable Annuity will try to win the race for a second time in a full field of 10 in the $350,000 race for West Virginia-breds Oct. 14 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
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Miss Ella Looks to Repeat in Buffalo Trace
Jack Swain III's Miss Ella headlines a field of 12 fillies and mares and four also-eligibles entered for the 21st running of the $100,000 Buffalo Trace Franklin County Stakes (G3) to be run Oct. 13 at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Keeneland turf course.
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Erupt, Idaho Meet Again in Canadian International
Erupt, who provided a 12-1 upset in last year's Pattison Canadian International (G1T), will look to become the fourth back-to-back winner of the 1 1/2-mile turf race Oct. 15 at Woodbine.
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Across-the-Board Records at Tattersalls Book 2
Book 2 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale recorded records across the board, including a new record price of 850,000 guineas ($1,180,822), as the Oct. 11 session came to a close.
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Arrogate to Retire After Breeders' Cup
Defending Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Arrogate will retire to stud at Juddmonte U.S. near Lexington after his Nov. 4 Breeders' Cup bid, Juddmonte Farms announced Oct. 10. A fee will be released at a later date.
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Exceed And Excel Filly Breaks Record at Tattersalls
Trade continued in buoyant fashion on the Oct. 10 second day of Book 2 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale, which had a daughter of Exceed and Excel become the highest priced filly ever to be sold at the sale when bringing 500,000 guineas.
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Lady O’Toole Tops Jessamine Field
Steve Landers Racing's Lady O'Toole, a 3 1/2-length winner of the Happy Ticket Stakes at Louisiana Downs Sept. 9, heads a field of 14 2-year-old fillies and two also-eligibles entered for the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes (G3T) at Keeneland.
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Grade 1 Winner Grand Arch Retired
Jim and Susan Hill's Grand Arch, winner of the 2015 Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (G1T) and third that year in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1T) at Keeneland, has been retired to a life of leisure at the Hills' Margaux Farm in nearby Midway, Ky.
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Jimmy Creed Filly Tops Heritage Place Thoroughbred Sale
A Jimmy Creed yearling filly sold for $30,000 topped the Heritage Place annual Thoroughbred sale Oct. 8 in Oklahoma City that saw across-the-board increases over the 2016 sale.
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French-bred Blacktype Scores in Knickerbocker
Jump Sucker Stable's Blacktype picked up his second straight win at Belmont Park with a one-length victory in the $200,000 Knickerbocker Stakes (G2T) going 1 1/8 miles on the inner turf on the Columbus Day holiday card Oct. 9.
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Lope de Vega Filly Tops First Day of Tattersalls Book 2
Book 2 of the Tattersalls October yearling sale continued from where Book 1 left off, with bullish trade on the opening day that saw 55 lots sell for 100,000 guineas or more.
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Taylor Made, WinStar Buy Midnight Storm Breeding Rights
Taylor Made Stallions, in partnership with WinStar Farm, has entered an agreement to purchase the breeding rights to grade 1-winning millionaire Midnight Storm upon retirement. He is being aimed for Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (G1).
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Gun Runner Atop Stable NTRA Poll Ahead of Breeders' Cup
Week 37 of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll for horses of all ages shows little to no change in the top 10, results of which were released Oct. 9.
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Drefong, Gun Runner Head Santa Anita Park Works
Trainer Bob Baffert's efforts to replicate a 2016 schedule with Drefong that saw the son of Gio Ponti secure victory in last year's TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint (G1) appears to be on schedule.
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Gormley Retired to Spendthrift Farm
Gormley, who will be Malibu Moon's only son at stud to win a grade 1 at 2, will join Spendthrift Farm's Share the Upside program at $12,500 in 2018.
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Old Tavern Is 'America's Most Wanted Thoroughbred'
Old Tavern took the title of America's Most Wanted Thoroughbred when competing with rider Charlie Caldwell at the 2017 Thoroughbred Makeover presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America.
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Gunnevera Breezes For Breeders' Cup
Gunnevera, preparing for the Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar, posted his second straight bullet workout at Gulfstream Park West under jockey Edgard Zayas Oct. 7.
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Weekend Stakes Rundown: Super Saturday
Consider this your weekly guide to the best stakes races in North America. This week we have grade 1 races at Belmont Park, Keeneland, and Santa Anita Park.
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Australian G1 Winner Astern to Stand at Darley in 2018
Australian group 1 winner Astern, a Godolphin homebred and the highest-rated son of Medaglia d'Oro in both hemispheres, will stand at Darley in 2018.
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Zhukova Looks for More Belmont Success in Flower Bowl
Zhukova (IRE) will look to make a triumphant return to Belmont Park in headlining an accomplished group of six fillies and mares 3-years-old and up in the Oct. 8 $500,000 Flower Bowl Stakes (G1T).
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Vazquez Earns 1,000th U.S. Win at Remington Park
Jockey Ramon Vazquez needed two victories going into the Oct. 5 card at Remington Park to reach the 1,000-win milestone in the United States. He achieved that mark and went beyond with a five-win evening Thursday.
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Horseplayers Association Initiates Keeneland Boycott
The Horseplayers Association of North America and Playersboycott.org announced Oct. 5 that an organized horseplayer boycott of Keeneland, which begins its fall meet Oct. 6, is underway.
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Spendthrift Farm to Stand Bolt d’Oro Upon Retirement
B. Wayne Hughes' Spendthrift Farm officially announced its partnership with Mick Ruis' Ruis Racing on the future stallion career of undefeated multiple grade 1-winning 2-year-old Bolt d'Oro.
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Dominant Maiden Winner Critique Heads to Frizette
A talented field of 10 juvenile fillies will each look to earn their first graded stakes victory and berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) in the $400,000 Frizette (G1) Oct. 8 at Belmont Park.
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Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 Sets Records
Fueled by a competitive market that saw a Galileo filly bring 4,000,000 guineas (US$5,563,320), the Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling sale concluded Oct. 5 on a record note.
