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Three US stud farms, including the American arm of Ireland’s Coolmore Stud, have filed a lawsuit against The Jockey Club, which registers Thoroughbred horses there. They are challenging a rule to restrict thoroughbred stallions from breeding with more than 140 mares each year — the so-called “Stallion Cap.”
New Jersey Horseman John Forbes Passes Away Monday, February 1, 2021 at 10:39 am | Back to: Top News Updated: February 1, 2021 at 12:05 pm Equi-Photo John Hamilton Forbes, a top trainer on the New Jersey circuit for four decades and the president of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, passed away Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 73 years old. “John was New Jersey racing,” said Dennis Drazin, chairman and CEO of Darby Development LLC, operators of Monmouth Park Racetrack. “He was a tireless advocate for the industry, for the horsemen and for Monmouth Park. ...
℘℘℘ In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the presentation. “It’s enough to make one’s hair stand on end. How absolutely devastating that Britain’s blue riband race has been won by a peasant from Eire” snorted some Lord or another. Nor was the owner, Ted “Boss” Croker, received by the King. When news of the D...
Coolmore Stud's Group 1-winning stallion Zoffany has died at the age of 13. Coolmore issued a statement on Friday confirming the son of Dansili was euthanised due to liver failure. “Zoffany was a great servant and he’ll be a big loss," said Coolmore’s David O’Loughlin in a statement. Zoffany won five races as a two-year-old, including the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh and alongside Nathaniel, the sire of Enable, was one of only two horses to finish within a length of unbeaten 14-start champion Frankel. That precocity was transferred to his progeny as he made an immediate im...
Liver Failure Claims International Sire Zoffany At Age 13 Sponsored by: Zoffany The 13-year-old Coolmore Stud resident Zoffany was euthanized today, owing to liver failure. “Zoffany was a great servant and he'll be a big loss,” said Coolmore's David O'Loughlin. The son of Dansili, bred by Croom House Stud, won the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes as a juvenile and ran a career best when runner-up to Frankel, beaten just three-quarters of a length, in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. His first crop conceived at €7,500 included three juvenile group/stakes winners at Royal A...