CALIFORNIA CHROME & A DATE WITH DESTINY – A look at the history of the family that produced the Derby winner
Synchronicity? Kismet? Or coincidence? Most media outlets have already related the story of how Art Sherman – who became the oldest trainer ever to saddle a Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner when California Chrome galloped off with the 140th renewal of the great race, had made his last trip to
SEBRING ON TRACK FOR STARDOM
One of the most interesting developments of the current Australian breeding seasons has been the rapid progress of second season sire, Sebring. A son of More Than Ready (two-time Leading Sire of Two-Year-Olds in Australia, and also winner of that title in the U.S.), Sebring won five of six starts
STRANGE DAYS INDEED
We we’re pretty sure that John Lennon didn’t have Kentucky Derby trials in mind when he penned the chorus of “Nobody Told Me” but, “strange days indeed” was our immediate reaction to the results of the Arkansas Derby (gr. I) and Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday. After all,
MOSSMAN – EXTENDING THE ST. SIMON LINE
The Golden Slipper Stakes (gr. I) victory of Mossfun, gives us an excuse to post an article that we wrote about her sire, Mossman (who is having a career year) for Bluebloods magazine last month… The male line of the undefeated St. Simon – one of the greatest racehorses and sires
Dubai World Cup winner pedigrees: a brief look
The Dubai World Cup (gr. I) went to African Story, a seven-year-old who had enjoyed a previous incarnation as a high-class sprinter/miler in Europe, but who had no trouble seeing out the ten furlongs here. TrueNicks rated A+, African Story is by veteran sire, Pivotal, a top-class sprinting grandson of
Leading European Sires: Galileo dominates
For 13 straight years, from 1992 to 2004, the title of leading sire in England and Ireland fell to Sadler’s Wells. The next three years saw another great stallion, Danehill, rule the roost. Sadler’s Wells’ son Galileo took the title in 2008, followed by Danehill’s son Danehill Dancer the following
TALE OF TWO FILLIES
The Wertheimer family first won the Prix Marcel Boussac (gr. I) – France’s premier race for juvenile fillies – with Jacques Wertheimer’s Gold Splash in 1992. The brothers Alain and Gerard Wertheimer, racing as Wertheimer et Frere took their first edition of the race with Juvenia in 1998. They repeated
WILL TAKE CHARGE SHINES LIGHT ON FAPPIANO INBREEDING
Classic trials apart, in the U.S. the championship-defining contests for straight 3-year-olds are usually the three Triple Crown events plus the Haskell Invitational (gr. I) and the Travers Stakes (gr. I). Prior to the weekend, the first four events had taken place and had been won by four different horses:
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