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Yahoo
6 days ago
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Journalism surges ahead to win Haskell Stakes
Watch the full 2025 Haskell Stakes, part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series, where Michael McCarthy trained Journalism made a late move to pull ahead.
Yahoo
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Grade 3 Princess Rooney Highlight Of Gulfstream Sunshine Meet
Grade 3 Princess Rooney Highlight Of Gulfstream Sunshine Meet originally appeared on Paulick Report. The $200,000 Grade 3 Princess Rooney Invitational, a Breeders' Cup 'Win and You're In' event, will highlight the 2025 Sunshine Meet stakes schedule of 17 races worth $1.625 million in purses at Gulfstream seven-furlong stakes for fillies and mares, which offers the winner a fees-paid berth in the $1 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 1 at Del Mar, will be renewed Sept. 20. Last year, Saffie Joseph Jr.-trained Soul of an Angel captured the Princess Rooney by 3 ¼ lengths before going on to rally from last to prevail in the seven-furlong Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint by a half-length at Del Mar. Michael McCarthy-trained Ce Ce won the 2021 Princess Rooney before going on to score in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at Del Mar. Ce Ce returned to Gulfstream to win the 2022 Princess Rooney, but was unsuccessful in her defence of her Breeders' Cup title at Keeneland. Both Soul of an Angel and Ce Ce were honored with the Champion Female Sprinter Eclipse Award after winning the Princess Rooney and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint. The stakes action for the Sunshine Meet (Sept. 5 through Nov. 23) will be kicked off by the first leg of the FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes series for 2-year-olds, Florida-breds. The $100,000 FSS Dr. Fager, a six-furlong sprint for 2-year-olds, and the $100,000 FSS Desert Vixen, a six-furlong dash for juvenile fillies, will be run on Sept. FSS action will resume Oct. 18 with the $150,000 FSS Affirmed, a seven-furlong sprint for 2-year-olds, and the $150,000 FSS Susan's Girl, a seven-furlong stakes for juvenile fillies. The $100,000 Gil Campbell Memorial, a 1-mile stakes for Florida-bred 3-year-olds and up, will also be featured on the Oct. 18 program. Campbell, the late president of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association, owned Stonehedge Farm South in Williston, Fla., with his wife Marilyn, who is still very much active in breeding and owning stakes are scheduled to be conducted on a turf course that is currently undergoing renovation. The $75,000 Bob Umphrey Sprint, a five-furlong dash for 3-year-olds and up, and the $75,000 Ginger Punch, a 1-mile stakes for fillies and mares, will kick off the turf stakes action on the Princess Rooney Invitational undercard Sept. 20. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Uruguayan Colt Touch Of Destiny Arrives In U.S. For Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile
Uruguayan Colt Touch Of Destiny Arrives In U.S. For Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile originally appeared on Paulick Report. Undefeated Uruguayan 3-year-old Touch of Destiny arrived in Miami, Fla., on July 14, in advance of a run in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile, according to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Hector Garcia. Garcia says Touch of Destiny should ship to California in a week, and will train at Del Mar, but will not have a stateside prep race. Touch of Destiny qualified for the Dirt Mile by winning the Group 3 Asociacion Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera when he was still a 2-year-old against older foes on June 29 at Hipodromo Maronas in Montevideo, Uruguay. Advertisement Guided by jockey Luis Caceres, the gray son of Midshipman went gate-to-wire in the 1-mile race, covering the distance in 1:34.39 for his first group stakes win, and sixth overall. He is trained by Raimundo Soares and is a homebred for Haras Phillipson. The colt was born on Aug. 6, 2022, and thus is already a 3-year-old on the Northern Hemisphere calendar. He turned three on the Southern Hemisphere calendar on July 1. Further posts by Garcia, translated by X's AI bot Grok, indicate that Soares will continue to train and Caceres will ride. The Asociacion Uruguaya de Propietarios de Caballos de Carrera was the first 'Win and You're In' race to be held in Uruguay. 2024 Uruguayan Triple Crown winner Suablenanav TH, also owned by Haras Phillipson, has been in training with Ignacio Correas IV since late May. He worked six furlongs in 1:15.00 at Keeneland on July 14. The country joined Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Peru in part 1 of the International Cataloging Standards Book, which recognizes grade/group races around the world, in April 2025. This story was originally reported by Paulick Report on Jul 14, 2025, where it first appeared.
Arab News
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Arab News
Hall of Fame horse trainer D. Wayne Lukas, a winner of 15 Triple Crown races, dies at 89
NEW YORK: D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished trainers in the history of horse racing and a face of the sport for decades, has died. He was 89. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport His family said Sunday that Lukas died Saturday night at his Louisville, Kentucky, home. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions. 'Wayne devoted his life not only to horses but to the industry — developing generations of horsemen and horsewomen and growing the game by inviting unsuspecting fans into the winner's circle,' his family said in a statement. 'Whether he was boasting about a maiden 2-year-old as the next Kentucky Derby winner or offering quiet words of advice before a big race, Wayne brought heart, grace, and grit to every corner of the sport. His final days were spent at home in Kentucky, where he chose peace, family, and faith.' Lukas won 15 Triple Crown races, including the Kentucky Derby four times. Only good friend Bob Baffert has more Triple Crown victories, and Lukas owns a record-tying 20 in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. 'The whole secret of this game, I think, is being able to read the horse: Read what he needs, what he doesn't need, what he can't do, what he can do,' Lukas said in May before his 34th and final Preakness Stakes. 'That's the whole key. Everybody's got the blacksmith, everybody's got to the same bed available, the feed man. We all can hire a good jockey. We all can hire a pretty good exercise rider if we've got the means, so what the hell is the difference? The horse is the difference and what we do with him in reading him.' Lukas was affectionately known around the barns and the racetrack as 'Coach' because he coached high school basketball before his professional career with horses began. Even with months to go before his 90th birthday, he would get up on his pony in the early morning hours and go out to the track himself, rather than letting his assistants do the day-to-day work. Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into thoroughbreds in the late 1970s and won his first Preakness with Codex in 1980. Lukas has 4,967 documented victories in thoroughbred racing, with his horses earning more than $310 million from more than 30,600 starts. 'Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most significant figures in Thoroughbred racing over the last 50 years,' Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said. 'We will miss his humor, his wisdom and his unmatched capacity to thrill the fans with the performances of his horses on our sport's biggest days.' Achieving something of a career renaissance over the past decade, one he credits to finding the right owners willing to spend money on horses, Lukas won the Preakness last year with Seize the Grey. Asked what motivates him to keep doing his job well into his late 80s, he gave a pep talk fit for a locker room before a big game. 'If you have a passion, you eliminate all the excuses,' Lukas said. 'That's how it works. You get up early. You go without a meal. You drive. You go without sleep — as long as you got the passion. Don't let that sofa pull you down. It's a little easy when that alarm goes off to say, 'Oh my God, I don't know if I really want to do this today.' Erase that. The most important decision you'll ever make in your life is your attitude decision. Make it early, and make the right one.'
CBS News
29-06-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
D. Wayne Lukas, 15-time Triple Crown race winning trainer and Hall of Famer, dies at 89
D. Wayne Lukas, the Hall of Famer who became one of the most accomplished horse trainers with seven Preakness, four Kentucky Derby and four Belmont Stakes wins, has died. He was 89. His family said Sunday in a statement to Churchill Downs, the Louisville, Kentucky, racecourse where he won his first Derby in 1988, that Lukas died Saturday night at his home. Lukas had been hospitalized with a severe MRSA blood infection that caused significant damage to his heart and digestive system and worsened pre-existing chronic conditions. "Wayne devoted his life not only to horses but to the industry — developing generations of horsemen and horsewomen and growing the game by inviting unsuspecting fans into the winner's circle," his family said in the statement. "Whether he was boasting about a maiden 2-year-old as the next Kentucky Derby winner or offering quiet words of advice before a big race, Wayne brought heart, grace, and grit to every corner of the sport. His final days were spent at home in Kentucky, where he chose peace, family, and faith." Wayne Lukas, trainer of Preakness Stakes winner Seize the Grey, watches his horse walk through the barn after a morning workout prior to the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga Race Course on June 07, 2024 in Saratoga Springs, New York. Getty Images Lukas won 15 Triple Crown races, including the Kentucky Derby four times. Only good friend Bob Baffert has more Triple Crown victories, and Lukas owns a record-tying 20 in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. "The whole secret of this game, I think, is being able to read the horse: Read what he needs, what he doesn't need, what he can't do, what he can do," Lukas said in May before his 34th and final Preakness Stakes. "That's the whole key. Everybody's got the blacksmith, everybody's got to the same bed available, the feed man. We all can hire a good jockey. We all can hire a pretty good exercise rider if we've got the means, so what the hell is the difference? The horse is the difference and what we do with him in reading him." No one in the race's 149-year history has saddled more horses in the Preakness than Lukas, with 48 since debuting in 1980. He told CBS Baltimore in 2013 that he thought he had a knack for identifying horses with talent. "Of the six horses I bought last year, three are in the Preakness," he said. "So I'm pretty proud of that, after looking at 3,000." Retired jockey Donna Brothers, now an NBC Sports analyst, once called Lukas "a magician" for his ability to evolve a horse's potential. "He's been doing it for a number of years, and he can continue to produce those sorts of results," Brothers said in 2022. Lukas was affectionately known around the barns and the racetrack as "Coach" because he coached high school basketball before his professional career with horses began. Even with months to go before his 90th birthday, he would get up on his pony in the early morning hours and go out to the track himself, rather than letting his assistants do the day-to-day work. Born Darnell Wayne Lukas on Sept. 2, 1935, in Wisconsin as the second of three children, he rose to prominence in the sport with quarter horses in races that are effectively sprints. He moved into thoroughbreds in the late 1970s and won his first Preakness with Codex in 1980. Lukas has 4,967 documented victories in thoroughbred racing, with his horses earning more than $310 million from more than 30,600 starts. "Today we lost one of the great champions of Churchill Downs and one of the most significant figures in Thoroughbred racing over the last 50 years," Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said. "We will miss his humor, his wisdom and his unmatched capacity to thrill the fans with the performances of his horses on our sport's biggest days." Achieving something of a career renaissance over the past decade, one he credits to finding the right owners willing to spend money on horses, Lukas won the Preakness last year with Seize the Grey. Asked what motivates him to keep doing his job well into his late 80s, he gave a pep talk fit for a locker room before a big game. "If you have a passion, you eliminate all the excuses," Lukas said. "That's how it works. You get up early. You go without a meal. You drive. You go without sleep - as long as you got the passion. Don't let that sofa pull you down. It's a little easy when that alarm goes off to say, 'Oh my God, I don't know if I really want to do this today.' Erase that. The most important decision you'll ever make in your life is your attitude decision. Make it early, and make the right one."
