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Keeneland Names Lacy Vice President of Sales; Russell To Retire As Director Of Sales Operations Sponsored by: Tony Lacy Keeneland today announced that internationally respected bloodstock adviser and consignor Tony Lacy will join the company as vice president of sales. Officials also announced that longtime director of sales operations Geoffrey Russell will retire from his full-time position after 25 years with Keeneland, but will remain in a consulting role through 2021. “Tony possesses a well-rounded knowledge of the Thoroughbred industry, bolstered by valuable insight and a uni...

Past The Wire Search April 22, 2021 Avantage won the ninth Group 1 race of her illustrious career to date with a victory at Te Rapa, New Zealand. The Jamie Richards-trained 5-year-old produced a powerful display in taking the Group 1 NZD$200,000 (US$143,368) Fiber Fresh New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes over a mile. Avantage, a daughter of Fastnet Rock, and stablemate of the incredible Melody Belle, a winner of 14 Group 1 races, may one day break her more famous stable companion’s New Zealand record according to Richards: “We just have to keep her happy, healthy an...

Link to Share Craig Williams suggested all-the-way two-year-old debut winner Forever And A Day is destined for more success in races over further after winning her 1200-metre maiden at Geelong on Tuesday. The Danny O'Brien-trained Forever And A Day ($7.50) ambled to the lead from barrier four of nine in bleak conditions, with Williams controlling affairs from the front, ambling through the early stages before increasing the tempo approaching the home turn. Forever And A Day defeated Godolphin's Heresy ($7.50), who closed nicely from his rearward settling position, by a short neck, with Ostrac...

The 2021 Queen Elizabeth Stakes: A celebration of great 2,000m WFA horse racing A Set the default text size A Set large text size Replay A Set the default text size A Set large text size How good will Saturday’s $4 million Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes be? One only has to go to recall last year’s edition when the English horse Addeybb thrashed Verry Elleegant with the very good Japanese horse Danon Premium third. Share Having been a keen racing enthusiast since my late teens, I argue that the top 2000m WFA races are the highlights of the racing season ...

IN RUDE WEALTH Richest owners in horse racing, from the secretive Chanel brothers worth £19BILLION to the ruler of Dubai and The Queen Jon Boon Updated: April 9th 2021, 9:56 am IN horse racing there’s tons of money. And it isn’t cheap to run a successful stable and train future winners in the glam sport. Getty Images Rex Features Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has a fortune estimated as high as £14bn That’s where some of the world’s wealthiest men and women come in – armed with wads of cash praying their fillies, mares, stallions and colts pro...