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March 25, 2017

Purely a Dream prevails in Bourbonette Oaks

Living the Dream Racing 2015 LLC’s Purely a Dream was making her stakes bow in Saturday’s $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3) at Turfway Park and proved best by two lengths under jockey Robby Albarado.
Trained by Kenny McPeek, the chestnut daughter...

March 25, 2017

Fast and Accurate wins Spiral

What started out sounding like a cheesy Penthouse Forum letter turned into a sentimental recollection of his 30 years in the game, as Kendall Hansen, MD, fought back tears to describe what a Spiral Stakes win meant.
“I never thought it could happen...

March 25, 2017

Thunder Snow outduels Epicharis in muddy UAE Derby

Right after Godolphin made him a late nomination to the Triple Crown, Thunder Snow proved the wisdom of that decision by denying Japan’s Epicharis in a thrilling conclusion to Saturday’s $2 million UAE Derby (G2).
Thunder Snow, who was making...

March 24, 2017

ゴドルフィンのサンダースノー対日本のエピカリス

translated by Kate Hunter
土曜日に行われるG2UAEダービー(G2,ダート、メイダン競馬場)に出走を予定しているエピカリス号。その最大のライバルと言われるのが、ゴドルフィンのサンダースノー号です。今年のUAE2000ギニーで、自身初となるダートを克服し完勝したことで、メイダン競馬場の馬場適性を示しました。UAEダービー勝ち馬には、米国のケンタッキーダービーの出走馬選定ポイントとなる100ポイントが付与され、ケンタッキーダービーへの優先出走権が与えられます。
過去7度、UAEダービーを制しているサンダースノー号を管理するサイード・ビン・スルール師は、
「1900mという距離は、この馬にとって初めてですが、サンダースノーは大変能力の高い馬です。距離延長を克服すれば大きなチャンスがあると思います。」とスルール調教師は話しています。
G1クリテイルムアンシテルナシオナル(芝1400m)を5馬身差で快勝したサンダースノー号は、アメリカ三冠競走への予備登録を行った1月の段階で、ダート未出走でした。2月にメイダン競馬場で行われたUAE2000ギニーに初ダートながら、5¾...

March 24, 2017

Japan's Epicharis Among Top UAE Derby Contenders

The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by TwinSpires.com features racing from around the world this weekend with plenty of points on the line for horses to be considered for the “Run for the Roses” on Saturday, May 6.
First up is Saturday’s...

March 23, 2017

Baffert, Lukas, O’Neill and Pletcher represented in 12-horse Sunland Derby

Kentucky Derby-winning trainers Bob Baffert, D. Wayne Lukas, Doug O’Neill and Todd Pletcher have sent horses to New Mexico this weekend for Sunday’s $800,000 Sunland Derby (G3). A Kentucky Derby qualifier, 1 1/8-mile race offers points on...

March 23, 2017

Noted and Quoted returns to action in Sunland Park Oaks

Grade 1 heroine Noted and Quoted headlines a seven-filly field entered to go 1 1/16 miles on Sunday in the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks.
The race is part of the Road to the Kentucky Oaks series of points races, and closes out the 50-20-10-5 portion of the...

March 22, 2017

Godolphin's Thunder Snow (IRE) Heads Six Late Nominations to the Races of the 2017 Triple Crown

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow (Ire), winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas (Group 3) at Dubai’s Meydan Racecourse on Feb. 11 and last fall’s Criterium International (G1) at France’s Saint-Cloud, heads a group of six 3-year-old Thoroughbreds...

March 22, 2017

Japan’s Epicharis takes on Godolphin’s Thunder Snow in crowded UAE Derby

Godolphin’s Thunder Snow, the smashing winner of the UAE 2000 Guineas (G3) at Meydan, hopes that a home court advantage helps him versus Japan’s unbeaten Epicharis in Saturday’s $2 million UAE Derby (G2). The 4TH race on the Dubai World...

March 22, 2017

Bourbonette Oaks attracts a dozen sophomore fillies

Turfway Park plays host on Saturday to the $100,000 Bourbonette Oaks (G3), a one-mile contest offering 50-20-10-5 points to the respective top four toward a starting berth in the May 5 Kentucky Oaks (G1).
The race is the penultimate contest before the...

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