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Zaaki, the horse on everyone’s lips, but how did he get here? By Bruce Clark 03:37am • 24 May 2021 So how do you go about buying the hottest box office star in Australia racing right now? Well you have to call Stu Boman in Newmarket, England and ask him how he landed on Saturday’s jaw dropping Doomben Cup winner Zaaki from the Tattersall’s Autumn Horses In Training Sale last year. Over four long days, there were 1625 lots catalogued, in all shapes, sizes, ages and budgets. Aussies were prevalent on the settling sheet, but there was Lot 706, signed for in a p...

Bolger retains faith in Poetic Flare ahead of Irish Guineas challenge Thu 20 May 2021 Jim Bolger admits “the wheels came off” Poetic Flare’s bid to win a second Classic in France last weekend, but expects a different display in the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas on Saturday. The Dawn Approach colt came out on top in a three-way photo in the Guineas at Newmarket at the beginning of May, but finished only sixth at ParisLongchamp when bidding for a double. “The wheels kind of came off the wagon a little bit there, but we’ve drawn a line through it and we’re moving ...

Four-Time Kentucky Derby winning Jockey John Velazquez and Breeder of Medina Spirit Gail Rice join as special guests for Breeders’ Cup’s Cocktails and Conversation live stream May 5, 2021 WHAT: “Cocktails & Conversation,” the weekly virtual happy hour series, returns for the fifth episode of the season on Thursday (May 6) with special guests Hall of Fame jockey, John Velazquez, and the breeder of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit, Gail Rice; hosted by Britney Eurton and Nick Luck of NBC Sports and joined by renowned mixologist and creator of Breeders’ Cup’s official cocktails Ma...

View From The Eighth Pole: Ownership Of Oaks Contender Crazy Beautiful Has Horse Industry Looking The Other Way Sponsored by: Amer Abdulaziz of Phoenix Thoroughbred at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale When post positions are drawn Monday for the 147 th running of the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks, one of the leading contenders will be Grade 2 Gulfstream Park Oaks winner Crazy Beautiful, a Liam's Map filly trained by Kenny McPeek, who bought her as agent for $250,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearling Sale. Within weeks of that sale, the man who would become Crazy Beautifu...

Thunder Moon on course for Guineas but Mutasaabeq decision yet to be made Tue 20 Apr 2021 Joseph O’Brien is one trainer who does not want the current dry spell to end as he believes it will aid Thunder Moon’s chances in the Qipco 2000 Guineas. An impressive winner of the National Stakes on Irish Champions Weekend on just his second start – where recent Craven victor Master Of The Seas was fourth – the Zoffany colt finished third in the Dewhurst on his final outing. While he was not disgraced behind St Mark’s Basilica and Wembley, both trained by his father Aidan Oâ...