eMatings stallion of the week is Elusive Quality

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Point missed by DRF’s Marcus Hersh looms large

DRF handicapper Marcus Hersh couldn’t see the forest through the trees in the blog post Simon Says: “Now look at this black type!”  The post addressed the issue of Saudi Arabia’s King’s Cup  not getting international black type while a minor $50,000 restricted stakes race in Illinois does. Missing the point of the post, Hersh ridiculed [...]

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Riyasat stuns field in Indian Oaks at Mahalakshmi

(Major Srinivas Nargolkar, former keeper of the Indian Stud book and a contributor to Indian racing publications for more than 34 years, updates the blog on the Indian classics scene. Today’s entry is about Indian Oaks winner Riyasat. The following blog entry was written by Major Nargolkar, from India.) By Major Srinivas Nargolkar, Mumbai, India Riyasat (Senure – [...]

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The last Nad Al Sheba recap from Diego Mitagstein

(The following post was written in Dubai by Diego Mitagstein, editor of Turf Diario and Revista Palermo Blanca in Argentina. Photos courtesy of Dubai Racing Club. ) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Special for Sid Fernando): The best of the night, Well Armed, was unbeatable against the 13 horses that went after him in the 14th edition of the [...]

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Dubai World Cup picks + notes + longshots

Group 2 Godolphin Mile: The Godolphin pair of Gayego (#13) + Two Step Salsa (#4) gives the house a strong hand. Two Step Salsa, a son of Margaux’s new sire Petionville, figures to set the pace, and the Gilded Time colt Gayego will attempt to run him down. Both were impressive winners at Nad Al [...]

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Dubai hope Muller’s past performances, pedigree notes

場 年/月/日 競走 格 着 騎手 斤 距離 走破時計 1着 （ 2着 ） 馬 着差 Mo 06/02/11 Maiden – 2 V.Fer. 56 0.8D ( 0:45.6 ) De Niro 3+1/2 Mo 06/03/11 Maiden – 3 J.Qui. 56 1.0D ( 0:58.8 ) Matty’s 5+3/4 Mo 06/04/08 Maiden – 2 V.Fer. 56 1.2D ( 1:15.2 ) Sahariano cabeza [...]

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DRF handicapper Hersh flogs “bloggers” and misses point

The point of my blog entry of March 20th (Simon Says: “Now look at this black type!” ) was to illustrate that the King’s Cup in Saudi Arabia doesn’t get international black type while many US restricted races of varying quality do. I quoted from a recent CBSsports online column of handicapper Derek Simon, who noted a recent [...]

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Al Morhij (KSA) is an interesting longshot

Pat Cummings of Dubai Race Night  is in Dubai for the Dubai World Cup this weekend and as usual his comments, observations, and reportage in his blog are excellent. He sent me the following email last night: “Word seems to be out about the Godolphin Mile hopes of Al Morhij, who was clocked in 1:35.29 [...]

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Korea-based Menifee is eMatings sire of week

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Giant’s Causeway, Johannesburg back to Argentina

Turf Diario reported today that “after arduous negotiations,” an agreement has been reached with Ashford Stud to shuttle leading sires Giant’s Causeway and Johannesburg to La Mission in Argentina for the 2009 Southern Hemisphere breeding season. Both stallions stood at the new Argentine operation in 2008. Through March 21, Giant’s Causeway was the leading sire in [...]

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Simon says: “Now look at this black type!”

If you’ve read this blog over the last month or so, you know that I’ve been trying to make a case for the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup (King’s Cup) getting Listed race status. You also probably know that Hong Kong-based Bill Nader, vice chairman of IRPAC (the body that governs international black [...]

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Petionville to stand at Margaux in 2009

Proven sire Petionville (by Seeking the Gold) is moving to Margaux Farm from Crestwood for the balance of the 2009 breeding season.  The sire of Grade 1 winner Island Fashion and Dubai Golden Shaheen hopeful Two Step Salsa will stand for $10,000 live foal. “We are excited about Petionville joining our stallion roster” said Gary [...]

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A look at Coolmore Stud (Part I)

(This is Part I of a two-part post on Coolmore Stud) John Magnier’s Coolmore Stud near Fethard in Co. Tipperary, Ireland, is the most successful stallion operation in the world because it has always managed to come up with a big horse or two or three during good, bad, and uneventful times. The stud’s physical [...]

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Big season about to start for the Brooklyn Bulldogs 12U

It’s that time of the year. The weather here in Brooklyn is expected to break 60 degrees Wednesday, and we — the 12U Brooklyn Bulldogs travel team from the 78th Pct. — have our first outdoor game Wednesday in full uniform at Van Voorhies field, down by the water at the corner of Atlantic and [...]

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Indian sprint mare Oasis Star to race in California

Oasis Star, an Indian sprint phenom, is headed to California after winning Sunday’s Dr. S. C. Jain Sprinters’ Championship at Mahalaxmi racecourse in Mumbai. You can read the recap by Mahendra Mallya  in Indiarace.com by clicking here. A 5-year-old mare by the US Grade 1 winner Senure (by Nureyev) out of US-bred Gumbaru Etsu, by [...]

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