Daisycutter right in Desert Steel’s wheelhouse
Desert Steel is 3 for 6 in five-furlong turf sprints at Del Mar and 2 for 13 doing anything else
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Meet Eclipse’s new VP of Bloodstock, Jacob West, as he’s profiled as the “Colt of the Month”
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners has quickly gained a reputation over the past decade as one of the leading Thoroughbred racing partnerships in the world..
Read MoreSaratoga Special: Curalina – Coaching Club American Oaks 2015
When the name Curalina comes up, Susan Atkins remembers singing a lullaby to a “redhead with a beautiful star on her forehead.” Aron Wellman remembers bidding on a yearling and hoping nobody else saw what he saw under “a little too much baby fat.”
Read MoreGrade 1 Winner Illuminant Retired
Grade 1 winner Illuminant has been retired from racing after she emerged from a recent workout with some minor signs of discomfort, her connections announced July 13.
Read MoreJacob West Joins Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners as Vice President of Bloodstock
Jacob West has joined Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners as the company’s Vice President of Bloodstock. West, 31, has previously worked for Taylor Made as a Buyer Account Manager and most recently served as the Director of Bloodstock for Three Chimneys Farm.
Read MorePerfect Script
They’ve been together at various times since, at the races or other sales, and gathered again in the basement of Belmont Park last Saturday when that same colt put them in the winner’s circle for the 149th Belmont Stakes.
Read MoreWell-Placed Illuminant Shines in Monrovia
With Lady Eli, co-owned by Kumin through Sheep Pond Partners, slated for a run in the $300,000 Gamely Stakes (G1T), Illuminant was shifted to the $201,035 Monrovia Stakes (G2T) two races later on the Saturday card.
Read MoreMonrovia a Better Option for Illuminant
ARCADIA, CA – Illuminant easily could be among the entries for Saturday’s Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita, a race she won in 2016.
Read MoreStars Lined Up to Buy Tapwrit
Tapwrit was one of the top sellers of the 2015 Saratoga Selected Yearling sale. The partnership formed to buy Grade 2 winner and Kentucky Derby contender Tapwrit for $1.2 million was at the same time relatively spur of the moment and years in the making.
Read MoreHow the Son of Tapit who Almost Broke the Bank May be About to Hit the Jackpot
Crossing a street can be the simplest of task. It’s usually a quick and uneventful process in the everyday life of people in all corners of the world. Yet on one fateful afternoon in August of 2015, the all-too-routine act of walking from one street to another triggered a chain of events that has taken Aron Wellman and his partners on an amazing journey that just might include a coveted stop at Louisville on the first Saturday in May.
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