For the third straight session a Justify weanling led all in his age group at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale when the colt out of Stayclassysandiego sold for $435,000 to Baccari Bloodstock. Bred by Nancy Shuford, the colt offered by Elm Tree Farm is a three-quarter brother to the multiple graded stakes winner and Grade I-placed […]
#PresidentTrump #WhiteHouse #economics #politics #aid #relief #stimulus #C19coronavirus #GOP #MAGA #WinTheWar #House #Senate #vaccine #election Tuesday, President Trump resumed holding White House news conferences about the progress of the C-19 coronavirus chaos task force. But, this news conference was different from the past 1’s, when he was accompanied by Key task force members, this time […]
#polls #Trump #voters #MSM #Republican #election The MSM polls are deliberately underplaying Republican voters by as much as 9% to give the false impression that President Donald Trump is well behind in the race for the November election, Trump pollster John McLaughlin said Sunday. Mr. McLaughlin explained that “The media is polling only adults. Not […]
#PresidentTrump #NASCAR #driver #Race #Win #November #GoFastRacing #AMERICA President Trump’s NASCAR Theme: ‘When the Fans See It, Hopefully They Will ‘Race to the Polls in November’ A NASCAR driver was so resolute about his support for President Trump that his car featured a “Trump 2020” theme painted in Red, White and Blue at the Indianapolis Motor […]
1st we look at what has changed and what has not regarding those marijuana initiatives. What has not changed is that state legalization initiatives have already qualified for the November ballot in 2 states, a legislatively-initiated constitutional amendment in New Jersey and Constitutional Amendment A in South Dakota. South Dakota also has a medical marijuana initiative, Initiated Measure 26, already […]
$SPY Equity indices in the Asia-Pacific region ended Tuesday on a higher note. Japan’s Nikkei Closed, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng +0.2%, China’s Shanghai Composite +0.5%, India’s Sensex -0.9%, SKorea’s Kospi +1.2%, Australia’s ASX All Ordinaries +0.3%. S&P 500 futures are up Tuesday, suggesting there is pace for the underlying gauge to extend gainers after it […]
Antigua, Guatemala: November Thru April is the Time to Travel There From its pastel-colored colonial buildings to its church ruins, you might think Antigua lives up to its name (ancient). But there is a youthful energy that flows throughout the city, from its bustling markets to the slopes of neighboring volcanoes. Antigua is Guatemala’s most-visited […]
Presidents Trump and Xi Set to Meet at G-20 in Argentina on Trade Issues US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the Group of 20 nations Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina to discuss the trade dispute between the two countries in late November. White House economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, told […]
Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) $1-B+ Debt Payments Loom, Wall Street Bankers Ready to Pounce $TSLA The fledgling niche EV maker has over $1-B in debt that will come due between November and March Bankers are coming to Tesla with financing ideas as debt payments loom, but Tesla officials have indicated that the automaker does not feel the pressure to […]
Breeders’ Cup Latest News Accelerate, Diversify Lead in Race to Classic Glory Classic division stars ACCELERATE and DIVERSIFY lead the way over an aspiring group 3-year-olds as the field for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic November 3 at Churchill Downs in Louisville figures to become much more defined over the next five weeks. The 1 ¼-mile Classic rates as the centerpiece of […]
After the Finish Line: Looking After America’s Race Horses After the Finish Line will provide funding assistance to rescue organizations across the United States to support the Thoroughbred racehorses in their care. After the Finish Line will provide yearly grants and establish an Emergency Fund to assist horses as needed throughout the year. They take […]
Keeneland sales graduates swept the three graded stakes featured at Santa Anita on Monday. Mind Your Biscuits, sold as a yearling at the 2014 January Horses of All Ages Sale, captured the Malibu (G1);Constellation, a 2014 September Yearling Sale alum, took the La Brea (G1); and Conquest Enforcer, a graduate of the 2016 November Breeding […]
from By Andrew Hawkins at the Hong Kong Jockey Club The final Hong Kong meeting of the 2016 calendar year is set to have major implications for the Four-Year-Old Classic Series as a number of potential contenders for the Hong Kong Classic Mile step out at Sha Tin on Tuesday (27 December), headlined by Pakistan […]
A Great Year of Horse Racing for Godolphin from J A McGrath at Godolphin Godolphin enjoyed another highly successful year, with 589 winners worldwide collecting just over US$37.3m in prizemoney in 2016. But the true measure of a stable with the global aspirations of Godolphin is the number of Group One winners produced during the […]
November, a Pivotal Month in the History of Financial Markets $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX, $GS, $JPM November marked a Key shifts for global financial markets, with a number of asset classes from financial stocks, emerging-market bonds to hard commodities staging sharp price swings in the space of just 3 weeks. Investors believe that the election […]
November Ends With a Bright Economic Outlook As November ends, the message from the financial markets is clear, the outlook for the US economy looks brighter across the board. Very few predicted these developments, but I did, which speak to the enormous fluidity that has taken over markets and politics and that signals the end […]
Kitasan Black Conquers Japan, Ready for Dubai and Paris From J A McGrath at Godolphin The G1 Japan Cup yet again proved a step too far for foreign visitors at Fuchu on Sunday, but it was an opportunity to crown a new local star, Kitasan Black, who is set to become the latest recruit to […]
Frosted to stand at Darley in America in 2017 Darley announced today that three-time G1 winner Frosted will retire to Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, for the 2017 breeding season. Dan Pride, COO of Godolphin in America, said, “It’s very special to retire a horse of Frosted’s caliber but even more so in that he […]
US Consumer Sentiment Soars on Donald Trump’s Victory US consumer sentiment rose noticeably in the wake of the Presidential election as Americans expressed greater confidence in the outlook for their personal finances and prospects for economic growth, a survey said Wednesday. The University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (MSI) said its consumer sentiment index rose […]
Nash Rawiller fired Secret Weapon (6g Choisir-Just Devine, by Montjeu) to an explosive victory that scuttled the big guns in the G2 LONGINES Jockey Club Cup over 2,000 metres (10 furlongs) at Sha Tin on Sunday. Choisir will be remembered in history as a racing legend. He was an Australian Champion at 2. At 3 […]
Thanksgiving Weekend at Churchill Downs Thanksgiving Weekend Thursday, November 24th through Sunday, November 27th Celebrate Thanksgiving weekend at the track with a traditional buffet and 7 exciting Stakes races, including up-and-coming Kentucky Derby hopefuls. Participate in the 50/50 Raffle on Friday, November 25th or the Pick 6 Mandatory Payout on Sunday, November 27th and be […]
Air Force Blue Lands at Coolmore European Champion 2YO by WAR FRONT The first time since 2001 that any two-year-old has won three European Group 1 races WON Dewhurst Stakes [G1], Newmarket WON Vincent O’Brien National Stakes [G1], Curragh WON Phoenix Stakes [G1], Curragh WON Maiden, Curragh on debut May 24 “the best two-year-old we’ve […]
36th Running of the Japan Cup Sunday, 27 November 2016 Distance(surface): 2,400 meters, Turf(about 12 furlongs) Age: 3yo & up Racecource: Tokyo Racecource(Left-handed) Maximum Number of Horses: 18 Weight: 3yo 55kg / 4yo & up 57kg Allowance: Fillies and Mares:2kg Southern Hemisphere Horses born in 2013:2kg Twenty one horses are in line for the big […]
Medaglia d’Oro a Rising Star at Darley Within three days of his daughter New Money Honey winning the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita, two mares in-foal to Medaglia d’Oro, as well as one of his daughters, all brought seven figures at Keeneland’s November Sale on November 11th. Following is a two-day […]
Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Summary Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Sunday with solid results that further recent trends toward selectivity and strength in the top and middle markets. Spirited competition among the world’s top buyers for quality individuals resulted in the sale of 19 horses for $1 million or more, highlighted by the […]
Godolphin Take the G3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes The outstanding form of trainer Charlie Appleby’s Australian team continued in stunning style at Flemington on Saturday when Francis Of Assisi turned the G3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes into a procession. Following on from his three-length win in the G3 Bendigo Cup, Francis Of Assisi had 10 lengths to […]
The $2million Group I VRC Emirates Stakes at Flemington Saturday was won in scintillating style by talented entire Awesome Rock (5h Fastnet Rock x Awesome Planet, by Giant’s Causeway) , who combines the blood of two champion Coolmore sires. Awesome Rock won the Group I VRC Australian Cup during the autumn, only to lose the […]
A crowd of 45,673, the largest for a Breeders’ Cup Friday, was on hand to witness a scintillating performance by champion mare Beholder and 3-year-old filly Songbird in the $2 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Distaff on the first day of the 33nd Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park. The Friday attendance was a […]
By Bob Ehalt, special to the Breeders’ Cup Breeders’ Cup California Chrome, Arrogate, Frosted There’s little that has avoided California Chrome’s grasp in terms of accomplishments on the racetrack. He’s won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, Dubai World Cup and Pacific Classic, to name a few, and has been named Horse of the Year in four […]
Keeneland’s globally important November Breeding Stock Sale begins Tuesday, Nov. 8, featuring among the 4,762 horses cataloged a number of Grade 1 stakes-winning and stakes-producing fillies and mares, weanling siblings to champions and graded stakes winners, prominent horses of racing age and notable dispersals during its 13-day run through Sunday, Nov. 20. Keeneland will provide […]
Frosted Godolphin’s Big Chance in the Breeders Cup When Frosted is good, he is very, very good. The glimmering gray flashed his brilliance in winning the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) June 11 and put icing on the cake in the Whitney Handicap (G1) August 6. The victories earned Frosted a fees-paid trip to both the Las […]
Breeders Cup History: American Pharoah Today marks the one year anniversary of American Pharoah‘s arrival at Ashford. Two days earlier he had put an exclamation point on his great career with a 6 and a half-length win in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland Race Course. At the end of a long year American […]
California Chrome, Arrogate, Beholder, Songbird, Stellar Wind, Tepin and Found Lead International Cast at the Breeders Cup California Chrome LLC’s California Chrome and Juddmonte Farms’ Arrogate are the top two morning line favorites in a field of 10 3-year-olds and up set for Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), the climax of the 33rd […]
Seventy-four horses that are graduates of Keeneland sales were pre-entered in the Breeders’ Cup World Championships being held Nov. 4-5 at Santa Anita. (Nine horses – Carina Mia, Catch a Glimpse, Curalina, Midnight Storm, New Money Honey, Om, Photo Call (IRE), War Story and Win the Space – were pre-entered in two races.) Post positions […]
2016 Tattersalls Ireland November National Hunt Sale catalogue now available The catalogue for the November National Hunt Sale is now available in print and online at www.tattersalls.ie. Accumulating to 1,470 lots, the sale will take place from Sunday 6 November to Friday 11 November and features older horses, two-year-olds, yearlings, foals and broodmares and starts […]
Highlighting Keeneland’s November Breeding Stock Sale, which begins Nov. 8, is the 11-horse reduction from Phipps Stable, which offers fillies and mares from some of racing’s most productive families. Consigned by Claiborne Farm, agent, the reduction includes Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) winner Pleasant Home, in foal to Orb; Satisfaction, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner […]
13% of American Adults are Regular Users of Marijuana Marijuana use is on the rise, active use almost 2X’ing in 3 years, and 43% of Americans have at least tried the drug, representing a steady increase from 4% in Y 1969, according to Gallup’s Consumption Habits poll in mid-July. Gallup noted that at least 13% […]
Marco Rubio will Lose Florida to Steven Machat Marco Rubio had vowed not to seek reelection, changed his mind last week as the Florida race becomes increasingly crucial for Republicans seeking to maintain their control of the Senate. But as Donald Trump has shown, people are tired of the Republican establishment, Trump included, “It’s almost […]