Queen Of Hawaii

Sometimes a horse just tells you when they're sitting on go. Nearly all the way from the post parade to the gate Friday at Del Mar, Donnacha O'Brien's Balantina (Ire) (Ten Sovereigns {Ire}) was taking jockey Oisin Murphy for a ride, kicking up her heels in dramatic fashion through her warm up and generally looking like a filly ready to roll. And ready she was. With a powerful late-running move, the 20-1 longshot exploded up the rail to capture the GI John Deere Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. The most...

Alex Solis, one of the American buying bench's most prolific operators, described trade at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale as being "back to reality", after signing for another five yearlings this week to take his overall number of purchases across Books 1 and 2 to 14. Solis and Jason Litt, his partner in Solis/Litt Bloodstock, were registered as the buyers of four fillies and a colt at Book 1, as well as signing for four fillies in the name of leading American owner Mike Repole. The total spend on those...

Two high-class mares have been published to GoffsGo, including the Listed-placed Hibiscus, a full-sister to both the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Line Of Duty and the G1 Prix de l'Opera second Jackie Oh. The 12-year-old Hibiscus, a daughter of Galileo and the 1,000 Guineas runner-up Jacqueline Quest, will be offered by Baroda Stud with a Too Darn Hot colt foal at foot. Already the dam of the G3 Ballysax Stakes and G3 Derby Trial Stakes runner-up Up And Under (Lope De Vega), she was recently represented by her...