Paulick Report adds news about a top 2-year-old in Chile

Fulton emailed to tell me the tale of a talented 2-year-colt named Vamos Pagando, who was an impressive eight-length winner in his recent career debut at Club Hipico in Santiago, Chile. Like Lookin at Lucky, Vamos Pagando (by the Storm Cat stallion Tumblebrutus) had some imperfections when he sold as a yearling. His original buyer [...]

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Montjeu blog examines career of M. Kinane by the stallions

Victor Sheahan is a cost accountant who moonlights as a pedigree analyst in Ireland. He also is a featured expert at ematings.com (where you can read his complete biographical profile) and the author of one of the best racing/breeding blogs I’ve encountered, Montjeu.com.  Victor’s latest post examines the work of the recently retired Mick Kinane, who ended his distinguished career [...]

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10-year-old Oz-bred Raul wins Group 1 Sunday at Penang

It was a weekend for the old warriors: Lava Man, 8, made a well-publicized but unsuccessful return to the races Sunday at Santa Anita; Cloudy’s Knight, 9, won the Grade 2 W.L. McKnight at Calder Saturday; and Australian-bred gelding Raul, the oldest of the trio at 10, won the Group 1 Yang Di Pertua Negeri Gold [...]

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Belle Watling wins ‘quadruple crown’ and US$500,000 prize

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W10x8GOOsgw] (Belle Watling has a white shadow roll; white silks, orange cap; in 4th most of trip) Belle Watling, the sensational 3-year-old Chilean-bred daughter of Dushyantor, won the Group 2 Gran Clasico Coranacion at Club Hipico de Santiago today over 2000 meters on turf and claimed a US$500,000 bonus for completing the track’s “quadruple crown.” The quadruple consisted of [...]

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New photos of Sicotico at Rancho San Antonio Dec. 26th

Dr. Angel B. Contreras, after reading the post below on the retirement of Sicotico to his Rancho San Antonio in the Dominican Republic, sent in the following photo taken Dec. 26th — his first day back on the farm. I have tweeted two other photos.

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Dominican superstar Sicotico, 24 for 26, has retired to stud

The Dominican Republic is known for its ball players like Pedro Martinez instead of its racehorses, who are the poor relations of the Caribbean racing countries. But over the last few years one Dominican horse, 4-year-old Sicotico, has put up gaudy Pedro Martinez-like numbers, winning 24 straight races from 26 starts, including the Dominican triple crown. [...]

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Kauto Star’s fourth King George in a row today is historic

Kauto Star, inbred 3×3 to Mill Reef and one of the greatest ‘chasers of all time, made history today. Here’s the set up: [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wVkh9yIBwU] Click here for the story from Racing Post.

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Asiatic Boy tweet never made the papers yet; not finalized?

I tweeted a few days back that it was 95 percent certain that Asiatic Boy would enter stud at Haras Abolengo in Argentina in 2010, based on the news item below from the Dec. 22 issue of La Nacion. I haven’t seen other reports of it anywhere else, so the deal may not have been finalized yet. [...]

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Ex-Walmac sire Tumblebrutus another good Storm Cat in SA

Bernstein and Easing Along — both sires of 2400-meter Pellegrini winners + top sprinters – aren’t the only good sons of Storm Cat in South America. They stand in Argentina, but Chile has, among others, Tumblebrutus, a stakes-placed full brother to Giant’s Causeway who entered stud at Walmac in 2005 and left for Haras Mocito Guapo in Chile later that year. [...]

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The most interesting man in the world wishes you a merry 1

As he sips a Dos Equis and reads Pull the Pocket, he says “drink responsibly my fellow bloggers — and stay thirsty. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you that made 2009 an interesting year for new media!” [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYdwe3ArFWA]

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More similarities between Real Quiet and Lookin at Lucky

Lookin at Lucky, the likely champion 2-year-old of 2009, was not sold at the 2008 Keeneland September yearling sale and was bought back for $35,000. Ray Paulick’s Dec. 24 post details why. “But many of the potential buyers might also have been looking at a veterinarian’s report that said the colt had ‘mild sesamoiditis’ in his left front ankle [...]

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Make Music for Me is a maiden with healthy Derby earnings

Steve Day in the Dec. 22 Daily Sun posed the question of whether a maiden might make it into the Derby. He wrote: “Make Music for Me is winless in his six career starts, but probably has already amassed enough graded earnings to earn a spot in the Kentucky Derby field. He has a fourth-place finish [...]

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A look at ‘Lucky’ mating from the planning stages in 2005

Andrew Caulfield, the fine pedigree writer, recently wrote about Lookin at Lucky in TDN (must be a subscriber to read), as did pedigree expert Alan Porter, on his website. For both, writing about Lookin at Lucky’s pedigree was an exercise in analysis, but for Jack Werk, who also posted on the topic this week, it [...]

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Video of Sheikh Mohammed in a role that’s not usually seen

In Dubai and in the international racing community, Sheikh Mohammed is usually portrayed as the man in charge, whether he’s holding court at Nad Al Sheba, greeting President Bill Clinton in his chambers, riding in a carriage with Queen Elizabeth at Royal Ascot or buying sales toppers at Keeneland. Lately, however, his image as the ruler of [...]

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A look at Sea the Stars’ other brother, Black Sam Bellamy

Sea the Stars, a son of Cape Cross from Urban Sea, by Miswaki, has a glittering German female family that up until this year was most famous for the top racehorse and sire Galileo — arguably the best stallion in Europe now. An Epsom Derby winner like Sea the Stars, Galileo is a son of Sadler’s Wells [...]

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