Updated: Thursday August 3, 2:25 PM Posted: Tuesday August 1, 10:14 AM Sheikh Mohammed has bought back Japanese stallion Lammtarra from Arrow Stud, but there are no plans yet to stand him under the banner of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley operation, according to the Racing Post. An English and French champion, Lammtarra raced for Sheikh Mohammed's nephew, Saeed Maktoum al Maktoum, whose father, Sheikh M

by Lenny Shulman Date Posted: July 13, 2006 Last Updated: July 14, 2006 Dr. Dean Richardson, at a Thursday morning press conference at the New Bolton Center. Photo: Associated Press Classic winner Barbaro has developed "acute, severe" laminitis in his uninjured left hind foot, and his prognosis for recovery is "poor," according to Dr. Dean Richardson, chief of surgery at the University of P

JRA Turns Down Sheikh Mohammed's Request for Owner's License by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: July 11, 2006 Last Updated: July 11, 2006 Sheikh Mohammed owns a rapidly growing breeding operation in Japan, but he can't get an owner's license from the Japan Racing Association (JRA) even though he has tried for years. The latest turndown, which came recently, has been a hot topic this week durin

King Kamehameha Filly Smashes World Auction Record for Foal in Japan by Deirdre B. Biles Date Posted: July 11, 2006 Last Updated: July 19, 2006 A strapping filly from the first crop of the Kingmambo stallion King Kamehameha smashed the world record for a foal or weanling sold at public auction Tuesday in Japan.Her price soared to 600 million yen ($5,217,391) during the opening session of the

War Emblem's problems in the breeding shed have gotten worse. There will be no foals sired by the 7-year-old champion son of Our Emblem born in 2007. The 2002 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner has been reluctant to cover mares ever since he entered stud in 2003 at the Shadai Stallion Station in Japan."Shadai Stallion Station tried to show more than 100 mares to War Emblem