Alan Carasso
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Pop/Dad to 3 great kids. Fan of global horse racing. Sr. Contributing Editor @theTDN . Put love above everything else and the rest will take care of itself.--WW
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A local family, whose 11-year-old daughter Lily Rose is nearing the end of a 7-year battle with cancer, is appealing for prayer for 'sweet and happy dreams,' Lily's goodnight wish. Please spare a thought tonight for Lily and her unbelievably brave family.
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Any Kentucky Derby that includes Richard Mandella is a good Kentucky Derby.
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How do we assess this move? Brilliant? Gutsy? Reckless? Daring?
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At age 7, Zenyatta just missed closing out a perfect career in defense of her title in the Classic. At age 7, Winx makes history with a 4th Cox Plate. Over their last 49 starts, they are 48-1. Both daughters of Street Cry, quite a feat.
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Mind Your Biscuits, by the end of the weekend (assuming no scratch), will have had runners in the UAE Derby, the Kentucky Derby and Japanese Derby in the same year.
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One of the best things about the 2 Japanese winners is that both had suitable options at home, yet connections took a sporting chance. You can't win if you don't play, it was a bold move to send them across and it paid off handsomely.
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Those who have watched Japanese horses train up to big races know that this is absolutely normal. Lob along for three or more furlongs and let them finish up and gallop out. This technique has been something other than flawed, so questioning it seems silly.
Derma Sotogake (JPN) 🇯🇵 ケンタッキーダービ took to track and got in a nice 3f workout beneath the
#TwinSpires
.
⏱️ 3 furlongs - :49.3
Bet
#KyDerby149
@TwinSpires
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More from Team Japan in the form of Do Deuce, who'd have been a handful in last year's Dubai Turf, and 2022 #
Sheema Classic winner Shahryar
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My soon-to-be 17-year-old has worked hard for the last two years and disciplined herself to accumulate enough savings to buy her first car. Proud of her beyond words.
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Wayne Lukas beat a horse trained by
@PletcherRacing
rode a jock represented by
@KPMRacingStable
and one of the first to congratulate him upstairs was Dallas Stewart. All in the family.
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So, Monomoy Girl, Midnight Bisou and Wonder Gadot in the Alabama. There's something to look forward to.
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US Freshman Sires By Worldwide Winners
Constitution 29
Tapiture 27
American Pharoah 26
Competitive Edge 26
Wicked Strong 25
Bayern 23
Khozan 20
Can't remember a crop where this many had north of 20 winners.
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Now that they have their Super Bowl, can we have our racetrack back?
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I mean, Arrogate didn't sire a Derby winner, can we stop with this adulation? <ducks>
Oaks, Preakness, Belmont, Travers. Grade I winners 7f to 12f. Seize the Grey his sixth elite-level scorer, two of whom can carry on his legacy at stud here and maybe one overseas.
Tremendous.
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A little horse by the name of Auguste Rodin, with Luxembourg right behind.
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Magic Wand's season:
Gulfstream-->Meydan-->Belmont-->Ascot-->Curragh-->Ascot-->Arlington-->Leopardstown-->Moonee Valley-->Flemington. G1s all bar the Wolferton.
Yep, she deserved one of these.
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Here's the front page of
@theTDN
the night Fusaichi Pegasus sold for $4m
@keenelandsales
July. Sad to hear of his death
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Racing is my livelihood, pays the bills, I'm a lifer. But it ain't easy to endure one kick in the ass after the next and be remotely optimistic about the future.
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Maurice was a $15k yearling turned about $100k 2yo. Retires with earnings better than $9 million.
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And now we enter that magical space where every Derby and Oaks horse is training out of their skin and looks a million bucks and insert your favorite phrase here. Can't wait.
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Medaglia d'Oro went back-to-back in the Alabama with Songbird and Elate and now Curlin matches the feat with Malathaat and Nest.
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Nobals earned a 102 for the Turf Sprint, Big Evs an 85 for the Juvenile Turf Sprint. The difference in the raw time was 0.16 seconds.
:21.15, :43.77, :55.15 Turf Sprint
:20.71, :43.65, :55.31 JTS
I am really baffled by this.
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One of the great honors I've had in my time at the paper was doing this trip down memory lane with Arthur Hancock on the 20th anniversary of FuPeg's Derby. Worth a re-read
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Knock him and his accomplishments if you must, but Justify's path to superstardom is something we are unlikely to ever see repeated. Appreciate what he did and how he did it.
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Justify now up to 6 G1/GISWs, all this year:
Arabian Lion--June 10
Aspen Grove--July 8
Opera Singer--Oct. 1
Just F Y I--Oct. 7
City of Troy--Oct. 14
Hard to Justify--Nov. 3
Out of this world.
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By my unofficial count, American Pharoah had winners over the weekend in Australia, Japan, China and Singapore.
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How cool is it that Distorted Humor, now 28 and 25 when he conceived this crop of 2yos, is still selling horses for $550,000? What a legend.
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Five stakes winners for Gun Runner? Just a lazy day at the office.
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How about Todd Fincher with two Breeders' Cup horses? That's outstanding.
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10yo Gordon Lord Byron has been declared for the 91st start of a glorious career in Saturday's EJC Million (1400m) in Prague, drawn 15 with Tadhg O'Shea named to ride for Tom Hogan. Velka Chuchle will be the 27th different track for the legend.
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Full marks to Kazushi Kimura for getting up there and delivering an acceptance speech in English. He could have had a translator, but he soldiered through it. Having studied language in college, I know how hard it is to do what he did.
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Today marks 25 years at the paper, just hope against hope I can keep on keeping on. Thanks to
@barryweisbord
&
@suefinley
who hired an inexperienced Chicago kid who didn't (& still doesn't) know much. Thanks to those of you who follow my stream of consciousness. It's appreciated.
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Today's opening race from Fairview, the 'Social Distancing Maiden Juvenile Plate' was won by....no joke...Wuhan.
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Sad to report that Bell's the One has lost her first foal, per trainer Neil Pessin. She was covered by Flightline.
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Seems an appropriate enough time to tweet this photo from four years ago. What a shame.
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Lucky Sweynesse, Golden Sixty and Romantic Warrior have made 68 starts combined for 53 wins.
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Labor Day will mark 24 years for me at the TDN. The Servis/Navarro day was something else, but I can't remember an edition in all my years like Friday's.
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Today marks 22 years on the job
@theTDN
, am forever grateful for the opportunity I was given by
@barryweisbord
and
@suefinley
. I'm a whole lot older, grayer and smarter than I was on September 8, 1998. Been a hell of a ride.
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I am usually not coherent enough to pen 2k words on anything, so my
#DWC24
feature on Senor Buscador is longer, but hope you will take the time. Thanks to
@joepeacockjr
for his time and wishing him and
@ToddFincher
best of luck this weekend
@racingdubai
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In no way am I committed to Forte, but I'm wondering exactly what else he was supposed to do yesterday. Terrible draw, wide trip, beat to the punch by his chief rival (forget the others), ran him down when doing his best work through the line. Massive effort, ignore the fig.
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So, looks like Jack C. isn't a Classic-type horse. Remember, horses like Tale of the Cat and More Than Ready and Forestry and Munnings himself couldn't win the Haskell, but went on to become important sires. Not the end of the world. Still a massively talented animal.
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More Buscador. If Saudi has taken anything out of him, it does not show
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I put some thoughts down on paper as regards the pending closure of one of the most beautiful racing venues anywhere. Day ended on a sour note, but still a very important part of my life deserves a send-off
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I am an unabashed Richard Mandella fan, so no bets, but a very satisfying result and how cool to see the Pin Oak silks still being carried to wins in races like this? Mage ran superbly as well. Record-setting 4th Haskell for Mike Smith (Holy Bull, Coronado's Quest, Authentic).
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My brilliant
@theTDN
colleague
@CollingsBerry
slaying it!
"I find it terribly sad that there isn't already a strong offer from a leading Flat stud to stand this horse."
Stradivarius is a remarkable racehorse and has got it all for a potential stallion career, says
@CollingsBerry
@LuckOnSunday
|
@ABE_Dubai
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Wow. This is something else. This makes 7 winners from 8 Japanese starters for
@coolmoreamerica
's American Pharoah.
@KYTbred
@keenelandsales
@LanesEndFarms
For A Shin Hikari fans, this will bring tears:
2yo filly REFRAME 🇺🇸(American Pharoah x Careless Jewel (Tapit)) won the 1600m (Turf) 2yo Newcomers at Niigata.
She was uncontrollable for most of the race. You won't forget her! A freak is born.
#JRA
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To think Scat Daddy was just really hitting top gear. From his final 2 crops, he is the sire of 211 winners from 276 runners, 42 SWs and now 23 GSWs.
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Between them, Sheikh Mohammed and Sheikh Hamdan have accounted for over $27 million in horses of about $162m gross, give or take.
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Since the turn of the century, the Wood and the Blue Grass have produced the same number of Kentucky Derby winners as the Illinois Derby.
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Yeah, the Into Mischiefs and Curlins and Arrogates of the world sire Oaks winners, but then you have stallions like Fast Anna and Alternation and Tapizar and Majestic Warrior and Proud Citizen and Pollard's Vision in the not-too-distant past.
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Catholic Boy was a Grade I winner on turf and dirt, not many horses accomplish that. Can we give the horse his just due?
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Big thanks to
@toshionikubo
for taking the time to join the gang on this week's
@theTDN
Writers' Room pod. Toshi and
@netkeiba
are outstanding sources for Japanese racing info and you should be following both accounts if you aren't already.
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Epicenter ran back to his Preakness Beyer of 102 in Saturday's Jim Dandy, while Zandon earned a career best 100 after being asked to sit handy. Travers going to be epic.
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Full report of the Japan Cup now up
@theTDN
. Generational talent is Equinox, what a run for him. First horse in Japanese racing history to make over 2b yen.
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Pandagate covered himself in glory behind a potential freak
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Justify becomes the first freshman sire to be represented by a winner at group/graded level.
🤩 Statuette, by
@coolmoreamerica
’s Justify, has stepped up nicely from her maiden win to take the G2 Airlie Stud Stakes.
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What a good, solid racehorse sire Flatter was. 59 stakes winners and 21 graded winners worldwide, including 5 Grade I winners. Leaves behind the promising young stallions Upstart and West Coast to carry on his legacy.
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We can break it down later, but what an absolutely thrilling, high-class, thoroughly enjoyable four hours of Thoroughbred racing.
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Quality Road's stats are really astronomical. His ratio of SW to winners is 12.5% (1 out of 8) and 8.6% GSW to overall winners. He is 73.7% winners to starters. Those are lofty numbers.
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The Preakness result was like stepping outside to find cool and dry conditions after days of oppressive heat and humidity. For a few minutes, everything in the world of racing seems OK.
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Many have likened this race to Rags v. Curlin in the Belmont. Who were the 2 riders that day?
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Need only look to see tweets from every time zone of North America, India, Dubai, Europe. The world literally watching one horse.
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Bob Baffert told the
@theTDN
podcast today that Nadal stands 16.3 and tips the scale at 1300 pounds. Amazing agility for a big horse. Look for the Baffert interview in the next podcast.
@JBiancaTDN
@BillFinley3
@JonGreen2022
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George Weaver with a Royal Ascot winner to complement a Dubai World Cup night winner going back a few years. Pretty great stuff for a good guy.
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No disrespect to the Browns and Coxes and McPeeks and Wards of the world, but love seeing names like Lobo and Gutierrez and Pessin among the graded-winning trainers on
#FallStars
weekend
@keenelandracing
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I don't know how you even contextualize that. He beat the World Cup winner by 4 seconds.
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Utterly remarkable, watching it again, that Midnight Bourbon (someone can correct me, but I think he's in excess of 16h) was athletic enough to pop right up from that.
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Omaha Beach is the 20th Grade I winner for
@claibornefarm
's War Front and the sire's first Grade I-winning male long on the dirt.
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A first
@BreedersCup
winner for the immortal Deep Impact, just his second starter. That was seriously satisfying.
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Super proud of my oldest who today embarked on her college education
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War Like Goddess heads a list of six American-based horses entered for next month's G1 Japan Cup. Also includes Gufo, Cabo Spirit, Master Piece (Chi), Highland Chief and....Hot Rod Charlie.
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California Chrome was represented by his first winner when Sunkar Time (2c x Kiosk, by Left Banker) scored on debut Saturday at Krasnodar. He is a half-brother to multiple OH-bred SW Needmore Flattery.
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Bellucci, a half-sister to GISW Salty, became the 100th worldwide individual winner for
@coolmoreamerica
's American Pharoah when breaking her maiden Monday afternoon.
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I like the body language here a bit more than the other day, through the line nicely, no real gallop out but plenty in the tank.
Watch
#KyDerby
contender Forever Young (JPN) breeze 5 furlongs in 1:03.00 this morning at
@ChurchillDowns
.
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Freshman sire Mitole was represented by his first winner Tuesday when Mit Myth won his maiden at first asking at Nal'chik in Southern Russia
@spendthriftfarm
@keenelandsales
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New
@theTDN
Rising Star weekend Beyers:
Prank 91
Newgate 80
Justique 72
Be Your Best 70
Capture the Flag 61 (better to come)
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So, I'm no souvenir junkie when I travel, usually reserve that for the family, but felt this was one thing I needed.
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Early days, but Gun Runner has 12.7% stakes winners to runners and 27.3% of those that have won at least one race are stakes winners.
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Enable's winning time of 2:28 and some change was the 'fastest' of her 3 KG's. She won in 2:36.22 in 2017 and 2:32.42 last year. Despite the rain, the official going at Ascot was gd/fm.
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Tough news to report
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Pharoah and Justify have spoiled racing fans. But as
@HorseToWatch
commented, horses can drop a race or two and still remain at the head of the class. Nothing lost in defeat today.
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Forever Young has the look of a horse who knows he's good
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We lost our first family pet today. Zoey was cantankerous and wanted to be petted just so. She was an outdoor animal, so we would be the lucky recipient of 'gifts' on the driveway floor. Cats will be cats, I guess. She was thoroughly loved, anti-social as she could be...
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California Chrome was represented by his first Japanese-conceived winner when Califia (Jpn) won a 1000-meter newcomers event on turf at Morioka Sunday
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Seems the right time to repeat that owners have zero obligation to racing fans. Their horses are valuable assets and far be it from me to tell anyone how to manage them. It's a bold move that deserves admiration.
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This is enormous news
@theTDN
South African can now Export Direct to the United States...first time since Horse Chestnut left 23 years ago... First shipment 7 March 2022
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Gamine is the 6th Grade I winner, 70th black-type winner and 29th graded winner for
@spendthriftfarm
's Into Mischief
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