Gloria de Campeao had the ‘eye of the tiger’ as a yearling

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Gloria de Campeao’s pedigree is success for many from SA

If you read the post below this one, you’ll find background on Stefan Friborg, the owner of Gloria de Campeao. One of Mr. Friborg’s early advisors, Renato Gameiro, mentioned in that post, is responsible for picking Gloria from the produce of Haras Santarem, the Brazilian stud farm of Sylvio Bertoli. Santarem also stands the Argentine-bred Impression, a son [...]

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Old post on Stefan Friborg, Gloria’s owner, gets hit hard

It’s not common for an old post to get “hit” hard, but that’s exactly what’s happened to a post I wrote about Stefan Friborg last year. Mr. Friborg, a Swede, owns Dubai World Cup winner Gloria de Campeao with his Brazilian wife, Dalva de Oliveira. Not much else has been written about the international businessman and horse [...]

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Change of Luck nailed Becket on line in Indian St. Leger

(This report was filed from India by Major Srinivas Nargolkar, the former Keeper of the Indian Stud Book.) If Becket had thwarted Jacqueline in the last stride in the Indian Turf Invitation Cup, Gr.1, earlier this month, he was at the receiving end of a similar coup by the filly Change of Luck in the Casino [...]

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Becket looks to have an easy job in the Indian St. Leger

(The following report was filed by Major Srinivas Nargolkar, former Keeper of the Indian Stud Book, from India.) In the absence of Jacqueline who has already been retired, the Indian Turf Invitation Cup winner Becket should not have too many problems lifting the last Indian classic of the year Sunday, March 28. He has only four opponents; [...]

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Grant Williamson of Vinery stops by for Twitter questions

Had Grant Williamson of Vinery on his iPhone texting the other day while I was on Twitter and invited folks on Twitter to ask Grant some questions through me. Got a bunch of responses right away but kept it to a few for Grant’s sake; he was kind enough to respond from home during dinner time while [...]

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Triple Crown season is time for song and dance speculators

There’s an entire cottage industry in the breeding business for relatives of Triple Crown hopefuls. This is the time of year that speculators can get premium prices for dams or half-sisters or half-sisters to the dams of Triple Crown contenders and filly classic hopefuls, when Derby and Oaks fever attacks the senses with the ferocity [...]

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The intriguing Venezuelan, Bambera, tuned up Wednesday

Three days after a bullet 1:01 (1/16)  move at Calder Sunday, March 14, Bambera was back with a light breeze Wednesday, March 17, in preparation for her start tomorrow  in the Grade 3 Rampart at Gulfstream. With 18 starts under her belt at the end of her 3-year-old season, Bambera has been well campaigned, especially for a filly, [...]

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Dubai court hears more on Yamadayev assassination today

The ongoing trial of two suspected accomplices in the 2009 Dubai World Cup day assassination of Chechen commander Sulim Yamadayev continued today, ArabNews.com reports. Click here to read the story. Click here to read more background on the case. A decision is expected on April 12.

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Bambera has Venezuelan jinx to deal with in US debut

Saw Claire Novak’s piece circulating on Twitter that Venezuelan champion filly Bambera would be racing Saturday at Gulfstream Park. The race is the $150,000 Rampart, and it will be the filly’s US debut. An audible was called by her camp after Rachel Alexandra was declared out of the Apple Blossom—the intended target for Bambera  and still a possibility—and instead [...]

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New breeding columns posted at ‘Who’s Hot, Who’s Not’

In case you did not know, I am also writing the blog “Who’s Hot, Who’s Not,” which was formerly written by Jack Werk. Below are links to some recent columns: Street Cry is wizard of Oz Candy Ride’s background 100 years of Epsom Derby data 100 years of Derby data: inbreeding sire line x broodmare [...]

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You and I Forever will not be retired yet; Met Mile is target

Saturday’s Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Handicap winner You and I Forever will not be shipped abroad for stud duty, said the agent involved in his purchase from the estate of breeder and owner Edmund Gann. Instead, he will target the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and will remain in the barn of trainer Marty Wolfson. “After [...]

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Half of Overdose has been sold to five Hungarian companies

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Bambera posts a bullet 5f work at Calder; heads to Oaklawn

Venezuelan champion Bambera, who’s been training steadily at Calder since December for a date with destiny in the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn, worked a bullet 5f in 1:01 flat Sunday—fastest of 16 at the distance. Her trainer, Gustavo Delgado, who’d left her in the care of Pablo Andrade at Calder, watched the work after arriving here [...]

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Super finish for Danehill Dancer sons in Hong Kong Derby

  Click here to read about the Hong Kong Derby at Sha Tin, a HK$16m (US$2,062,599) HK Group 1 event—the second most lucrative race in Hong Kong after the international Group 1 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Cup at HK$20m, along with the international Group 1 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Mile at HK$16m. The Hong Kong Derby [...]

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