Dogwood Stable President Cot Campbell described Curalina as “a high-class racehorse” that has “a great future ahead of her as a broodmare” during the 2016 Aiken-Trained Horse of the Year ceremony Sunday. In addition, Campbell reminded the audience at the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame and Museum that Curalina had accomplished something “unusual” because […]
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This looked in part like a rerun of the Sam F. Davis Stakes from four weeks prior, with the second- through fourth-place finishers taking the first three spots. So while TAPWRIT finished first, the big winner may have been Sam Davis winner McCraken, whose form certainly was flattered by Tapwrit.
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ARCADIA, CA – Illuminant had the makings of a big 2016 season before she was sidelined last summer with back problems. She did not start after winning the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita last May.
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Believe Big! That’s the Eclipse motto and it’s the mantra the stable and company has lived by now for 5+ years. Thanks to an incredible partner base, who have put their faith in the Eclipse program, the baby blue and black has firmly established itself as the undisputed leader in the racing partnership space in terms of overall success and yearly output in all major racing statistical categories and as a household name among the elite of all owners throughout the country.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Trainer Todd Pletcher added one and possibly two more names to his list of potential Kentucky Derby hopefuls here at Gulfstream Park this winter after Tapwrit and Master Plan finished one-two in Saturday’s $75,000 Pulpit Stakes, a race that was switched from turf to a sloppy main track earlier in the day.
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Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners’ three-time grade I winner Curalina, a daughter of Curlin, sold for $3 million to Japan’s Shadai Farm. She is one of two mares or racing/broodmare prospects to sell for $3 million or more. Shadai Lands Curalina for $3 Million By: BloodHorse Staff Bred by CASA Farms in Kentucky, Eclipse Thoroughbred and Dogwood […]
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Bridlewood Farm, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, Robert LaPenta’s Tapwrit vindicated himself after his debut, winning his second start by a head in a Nov. 6 maiden special weight for juveniles at Gulf stream Park West.
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It was a scary-good weekend for Eclipse, as the squad reeled off 3 wins, a 2nd and a narrow 4th from 5 trips to post, capping off October in fine style and accomplishing the team’s mission of gaining momentum heading into Breeders’ Cup week.
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ELMONT, N.Y. – Barring an unexpected change of heart come entry day on Monday, Curalina will run in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Distaff at Santa Anita and not in the $1 million Filly and Mare Sprint, her connections indicated Saturday.
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The New York-based Cavorting will enter the Breeders’ Cup Distaff off a 70-day break – since this win in the Personal Ensign at Saratoga.
ARCADIA, CA – Air travel from New York or Kentucky out to California for the Breeders’ Cup is not complicated. Cavorting stayed home in New York all spring and summer and won three graded stakes. Now comes autumn, and Cavorting soon will head to California.
