Craftsman (IRE) changed gears impressively in the turn forging to the lead in midstretch proving much the best in the $50,000 Nick Shuk Memorial Stakes at Delaware Park.
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With a breathtaking move inside the shadow of the wire, Charlie Em surged past the 3-5 favorite, Customer Base, winning the $78,550 Possibly Perfect Handicap at Santa Anita on Thursday.
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Matterhorn, a recent purchase by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, will represent the baby blue and black silks in the 140th running of the $2,000,000 The Belmont Stakes – G1 on Saturday, June 7, at “the Big Sandy.”
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The baby blue and black silks of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners will be represented by two fillies, Practising and Bee Brave, at Santa Anita this weekend and by Passing Pfast at Delaware Park.
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Eclipse President Aron Wellman Q&A for American Turf Monthly
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Making his third start of the year, back to a distance he prefers and over a rain-softened course he should relish, Amira’s Prince looks poised to become a Grade 1 winner in Sunday’s $400,000 Man o’ War Stakes at Belmont Park.
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Danza did more than help resurrect the career of an aging TV star when he ran off the screen in the April 12 Arkansas Derby (gr. I).
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LOUISVILLE – Lee Midkiff has officially given those around him permission to tell him to shut up. On the instances when the chairman of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners finds himself bemoaning certain duties – the 5 a.m. treks to see the partnership’s horses on the racetrack, the managing of partners who want to be there for the top-level races – Midkiff is learning to maintain perspective.
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The nights were long this winter for Kentucky Derby buzz horse Danza, a muscular sprinter with a rich, dark mahogany coat. But that brand-new life might be just around the turn.
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While Todd Pletcher often gives his horses more rest between starts than the three weeks afforded his Arkansas Derby (gr. I) winner Danza before this year’s Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), the trainer believes the Street Boss colt can deliver another top effort May 3 at Churchill Downs.
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