John Carey bred and consigned the sale-topper at the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Ontario’s Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine Aug. 30. Source
Month: August 2023
Tampa Bay Downs Avoids Damage From Hurricane Idalia
An executive from Tampa Bay Downs said the Florida track largely avoided flooding and sustained no damage from the Aug. 30 arrival of Hurricane Idalia that impacted other parts of the state, including Tampa Bay. Source
McKulick Stands Out in Four-Horse Flower Bowl
Normally in a New York graded turf stakes for fillies and mares, the numbers favor trainer Chad Brown. Yet in the Sept. 2 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T), it’s trainer Christophe Clement who has quantity on his side. Source
The Jockey Club Elects Seven New Members
The Jockey Club announced Aug. 31 the election of seven new members: Gary Fenton, Eric Gustavson, Bret Jones, Jane Lyon, Michael Mulvihill, David O’Rourke, and Mandy Pope. Source
McKulick Stands Out in Field of Four in Flower Bowl.
Normally in a New York graded turf stakes for fillies and mares, the numbers favor trainer Chad Brown. Yet in the Sept. 2 Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T), it’s trainer Christophe Clement who has quantity on his side. Source
Strong Hand for D’Amato in Del Mar Handicap
Trainer Phil D’Amato holds a strong hand with three entries in the Sept. 2 Del Mar Handicap (G2T), a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T). Source
Clark Suspended 7 1/2 Years for Equine Drug Violations
Iowa owner-trainer Dick Clark has been sentenced by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit to five 18-month suspensions and five fines of $12,500 for a series of equine drug violations. Source
Exaulted, Undefeated on Turf, Returns in Del Mar Mile
Shoemaker Mile (G1T), Eddie Read Stakes (G2T), and Wickerr Stakes competitors to battle each other at a mile on turf as part of Pacific Classic (G1) undercard. Source
Magic Cross Takes Off-Turf P.G. Johnson
James S. Karp’s Magic Cross outdueled Takemetothebeach en route to a prominent score in the Aug. 30 off-the-turf $150,000 P.G. Johnson, contested at one-mile out of the Wilson Chute for juvenile fillies, at Saratoga Race Course. Source
Rattle N Roll, Proxy Head Spa’s Jockey Club Gold Cup
It was going to be extremely difficult—if not downright impossible—for the older male distance division to produce a star as bright as 2022 Horse of the Year Flightline. So it’s not really shocking that after such a year of dominance parity rules. Source