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Sparkman: Carrick a reminder of Giant's Causeway's greatness

By John P. Sparkman

 

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Carrick, a son of the recently deceased Giant's Causeway, wins the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington on Saturday.

MAJOR UPCOMING EVENTS AND STABLE UPDATE Dear Partners and Friends, Today we combine an update on major events coming up for Donegal with Conor Foley's stable update. THE DERBY TRAIL Of course we are talking about HYNDFORD (pronounced HIND FORD...long I sound and pronounced like two words...from the song by...

Stable Update from Conor Foley With Comments from Jerry Upcoming Races Upcoming Race Date Arlow Allowance February 24nd Blarney Claiming February 22nd Hyndford Sunland (Tentative) March 25th Donegal Derby Dreams Stables Trainer Location Arklow Cox Fair Grounds Ballagh Rocks Mott Payson Blarney Richard Delta Downs Bodhran Baffert Los Alamitos Boru...

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Operation purchased three fillies during the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale.

Donegal Racing, best known for campaigning the likes of grade 1-winning males such as Dullahan, Keen Ice, and Paddy O'Prado , branched out this summer by adding fillies to the roster.

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Donegal Racing and Calumet Farm's grade 1 winner Keen Ice completed his major preparations for the Aug. 5 $1.2 million Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course with a half-mile work July 29.

The recent three-length winner of the Suburban Stakes (G2) July 8 at Belmont Park, Keen Ice took to the main track early Saturday in company with graded-stakes placed stablemate Patch, finishing just ahead of his workmate to cover the distance in :49.09 and galloped out strongly past the wire. 

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Donegal Racing's Arklow was originally slated to aim at the Kentucky Derby on the dirt, but after he was unsuccessful there, trainer Brad Cox switched him over to the turf. The 3-year-old son of Arch scored a 3 1/2-length maiden victory on the lawn at Keeneland, and confirmed that grass presence with a win on the Kentucky Derby undercard in the G2 American Turf Stakes.

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Coming into this year’s compelling renewal of the $10-million G1 Dubai World Cup, it is difficult to look past the overpowering presence of heavy favorite Arrogate (Unbridled’s Song).

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Going into the 2015 Travers Stakes, all the talk was on Triple Crown winner American Pharoah. Shipping in from the West Coast, it looked like the Travers was going to be a walk in the park for him. Aided by a speed duel between American Pharoah and Frosted, Keen Ice come from far back to pull off one of the biggest upsets in racing history.

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The Pegasus Cup is coming and everyone is focused on a 2 horse race, Arrogate Vs California Chrome, but I will be having an bet Each Way (Win Place Show for the Americans) the two Todd Pletcher starters Neolithic and Keen Ice.