Bernstein, Pure Prize are represented by Estrellas winners

(The following post was written by Diego Mitagstein, editor of  Turf Diario. Photos were also provided by Mr. Mitagstein, who is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.)  By Diego Mitagstein   BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA–The 20th edition of the Carreras de las Estrellas Saturday at Palermo on dirt, Argentina’s version of the Breeders’ Cup, was a day with plenty of [...]

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US-bred Hennessy colt wins the Russian 2000 Guineas

Hersones, a Hennessy colt bred in Kentucky by Dutton Stables and R. Awtrey, won the Russian Group 1 Russian 2000 Guineas at Central Moscow Hippodrome yesterday. He was one of four US-breds in the race from five starters, and he completed the 1600 meters (metric mile) on sand in 1:43.3. Hersones was purchased at the Keeneland September yearling sale for [...]

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Cozzene colt wins Swiss Derby today for Guyon, Fabre

Brigantin, one of the last sons of Cozzene, won the 30th Davidoff Swiss Derby today at Frauenfeld over 2400 meters for the red-hot trainer/jockey combo of Andre Fabre and Maxime Guyon for owner Mrs. Andre Fabre and Team Valor. Messrs. Fabre and Guyon also won the two colt classics in France with Lope De Vega and last week [...]

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Video: Starspangledbanner wins Group 1 Golden Jubilee

The A$10 million-purchased Starspangledbanner, an Australian-bred son of Aussie-bred Choisir, won the Group 1 Golden Jubilee at Royal Ascot today with Johnny Murtagh aboard, just as his sire had done in 2003 with the same rider aboard. Choisir was the first Australian-trained winner in Britain, and he set a track record in the Golden Jubilee days [...]

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Weak Russian 2000 Guineas flooded with US-bred runners

The Russian Group 1 Russian 2000 Guineas Sunday at the Central Moscow Hippodrome on sand features six US-bred runners from the seven entered, but the form is shaky with several of the better 2-year-olds from last year absent in the lineup. The entries are below, courtesy of the racing site maintained by Eugene Kappushev, a [...]

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Video: Lillie Langtry stars in Group 1 Coronation Stakes

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The last season of coaching youth baseball nearing an end

If you didn’t know, this blog covers horse racing and breeding and youth baseball, primarily because I coach and have two boys that play. One of them, John, 16, after years of playing, has hung up his cleats after his junior year in high school just ended—for now, anyway, he says. It was a big decision, [...]

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Video: Rite of Passage wins a G1 Ascot Gold Cup thriller

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8_qNLl7neY&hl=en_US&fs=1] What another fantastic Ascot finish, with Rite of Passage outfinishing the Sadler’s Wells colt Age of Aquarius in a photo. A determined winner of the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup over 2 miles and 4 furlongs, Rite of Passage is by US-based Giant’s Causeway from Dahlia’s Krissy, by Kris S. A 6-year-old hurdler bred to [...]

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Video: Byword, Twice Over 1-2 in G1 Prince of Wales’s S.

[Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/gc9-LE0UW8U&hl=en_US&fs=1] What a day for Khalid Abdulla’s Juddmonte Farms at Royal Ascot today! The green silks were 1-2 in the Group 1 feature, the Prince of Wales’s Stakes, with the Andre Fabre-trained Byword outfinishing the Henry Cecil-trained Twice Over, both homebreds. But Juddmonte’s influence was evident in the other stakes races, too. Rainfall, by Juddmonte sire Oasis Dream, won [...]

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Video: Canford Cliffs takes the G1 St. James’s Palace S.

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Video: Ex-Spaniard Equiano wins the G1 King’s Stand

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Video: Goldikova wins the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes

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The big fall of Twitter and the rise of a brave new world

Twitter crashed into oblivion last night, and the few survivors found themselves in a brave new world. The following is an actual conversation and running commentary that was captured live on Twitter at the @pedigreeconsult list during the post-blowup, which left many users scattered around the planet. Please read this thread from the bottom up. [...]

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Zenyatta has the most consecutive wins by a US champion

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Rachel Alexandra does not wear the figure-8 today in win

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