Prayer For Relief, a Bob Baffert-trained 3-year-old that has relatively flown under the radar, became American racing’s newest millionaire when suffering his first defeat of 2011 while a troubled third in Sunday’s Oklahoma Derby. After the race, Baffert has said that he might head towards the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) or potentially even wait and [...]
The 2010 Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner, Kinsale King, will get back on track Sunday, four months after being scratched the morning of the 2011 Dubai Golden Shaheen, eventually won by Rocket Man. Trained by Carl O’Callaghan, Kinsale King won his 2011 debut at Golden Gate Fields but was turned out soon after his World [...]
Incredible as it may seem, Bob Baffert trainee Euroears had his last bit of trackwork on Monday and worked six furlongs in 1:09.80, faster than any six-furlong race contested in the history of Meydan’s Tapeta. Granted, the surfaces are completely different, with Santa Anita’s dirt racing faster than most any surface in the world right [...]
Late Monday in California, connections of Game On Dude, recent winner of the Santa Anita Handicap, reported the colt has a hoof abscess that will keep him from the race, discovered in the hours before the long trip. Whether or not this opens the door for any other American runners to get into the field, [...]
Trainer Bob Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that Goodwood (G1) and Pacific Classic (G1) winner Richard’s Kid will skip the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and return to Dubai to begin preparations for the 2011 Dubai International Racing Carnival and Dubai World Cup. Richard’s Kid is owned by Sheikh Rashid’s Zabeel Racing International. Click HERE [...]
He was one of those Dubai World Cup groupies, an indiscernable pack of horses behind the top four finishers at the 2010 Dubai World Cup, beaten just about three lengths. Once again, Richard’s Kid picked up the Pacific Classic (G1), defeating fellow World Cup also-ran Crowded House by three-quarters of a length in the 10-furlong [...]
A recent private purchase by Dubai-based Zabeel Racing International, Bob Baffert trainee Richard’s Kid surged up the rail to take the San Antonio at Santa Anita by a neck over longshot Dakota Phone. Before today’s race, Baffert indicated that the son of Lemon Drop Kid was pointed for the Dubai World Cup (G1) and today’s [...]
Having been pointed to the Dubai World Cup (G1) by trainer Bob Baffert since a sixth place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), 2009 Pacific Classic (G1) winner Richard’s Kid was privately purchased by Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed Al Maktoum’s Zabeel Racing International. The story, reported today by the Daily Racing Form, indicates that [...]
The winner of the 2009 Pacific Classic (G1), Bob Baffert trainee Richard’s Kid will prep once in advance of an expected start in the 2010 Dubai World Cup. Baffert told the Daily Racing Form that a prep in Saturday’s San Pasqual (G2) at Santa Anita would be too short for Richard’s Kid, a son of Lemon [...]
In three starts this year, Indian Blessing best finish came in the Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) when she was second to Big City Man. Winless this year, the 2007 American juvenile filly champion has limited time to make an impact on the racetrack as the breeding shed looms. Saturday’s Gallant Bloom Handicap (G2) at Belmont Park offers [...]