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When the QIPCO Champion Stakes (Gr.1) was held on QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot, the previously unbeaten colt, Baaeed (GB), finished a disappointing fourth behind the son of New Bay (GB), Bay Bridge (GB). As part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series: Win and You're In, Bay Bridge has earned a spot in the US$4 million Longines Breeders' Cup Turf (Gr.1). Winners of the 82 foreign stakes ...
After the race that cemented Anamoe's place in Godolphin lore, the stable's Australian trainer lavished praise on the Ladbrokes Cox Plate victor. By taking home the A$5 million first prize and putting himself up for a possible trip to Royal Ascot, Anamoe increased his Gr.1 win total to seven and became the all-time leader in that category for horses wearing the Godolphin blue. As a result, it ...
On Friday, RV vets will re-examine Melbourne Cup hopefuls Gold Trip and Schabau, who passed their preliminary checks on Thursday. Inspecting Schabau, owned by Robert Hickmott and presently ranked 32nd, revealed lameness in the left front leg. RV vets passed Gold Trip, who was trained by Ciaron Maher and David Eustace, despite the fact that the horse showed minor heat in its right front foot. The ...
At the close of entries for 2022 HK$110 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races (HKIR) at Sha Tin on 11 December, the total number of nominations for the glittering meeting grew to 172, including 53 individual Gr.1 winners. The leading Hong Kong contenders are Golden Sixty, Wellington, California Spangle, and Romantic Warrior. There are 127 overseas-trained gallopers competing in the ...
An international A-list has entered the HK$110 million LONGINES Hong Kong International Races in 2022. Among the 127 elite horses entered are 43 individual Gr.1 winners, making for a remarkable collection of potential winners at Hong Kong's premier meeting at Sha Tin on 11 December. Japan has the most entries with 63, including the two-time defending champion of the Gr.1 LONGINES Hong Kong Vase, ...
Manager Peter Burrell revealed on Tuesday that Frankie Dettori will not attempt to win his first Lexus Melbourne Cup at Flemington next Tuesday (4.00), opting instead to ride on another lucrative card at Randwick on the same day. Dettori finished second on his final mount in the 2019 Australian Derby with Master Of Reality, after which he was demoted to fourth place. In 2015, he came close to ...
Verry Elleegant, the champion Australian stayer, was withdrawn after competing in the Fillies she won Gr1 races on turf, synthetic, and grass, and at distances ranging from 7 furlongs to 2 miles. Her career culminated with a four-length victory over Incentivise in last year's Melbourne Cup. A statement from the owners read, “Verry Elleegant will rightfully take her place among the pantheon of ...
Broker Jun Park reports that grade 2-winning and stakes-placed stallion Concert Tour has arrived at Jeju-do Farm in South Korea to begin his stud career. In races owned by Gary and Mary West, their 4YO son of Street Sense came in first. On January 15, 2021, at Santa Anita Park, he won at the first try. He then won the San Vicente Stakes (Gr.2) and the Rebel Stakes in rapid succession (Gr.2). ...
Sires in the top ten in North America as per the roster and fees announced on October 26 by Coolmore America's Ashford Stud, Munnings, the sire of multiple grade 1 winner Jack Christopher, will stand for a career-high $100,000 in 2019. Munnings, who has won a grade 2 and placed in a grade 1, has established himself as one of the best stallions in the world. The son of the famous sprinter ...
To get in the mood for the Breeder's Cup races at Keeneland, there are many activities happening in and around Lexington. The WKYT-sponsored Issac to Oliver Family Stroll kicks off the CHI Saint Joseph Breeders' Cup Festival 2022 and allows attendees to retrace the steps of legendary African-American jockeys Oliver Lewis and Issac Murphy. The International Block Party at Greyline Station and the ...
Graeme Rogerson won a Golden Slipper, Cox Plate and Melbourne Cup in five years from 2003 with Polar Success, Savabeel, and Efficient (2007). Rogerson permanently shuttered his Randwick stable in 2013 because to family issues and moved back to New Zealand to train, but he returns on Saturday to try to win the Gr 1 Spring Champion Stakes with Sharp ‘N' Smart. “We won a Golden Slipper, a Cox ...
David Eustace's Caulfield Cup runner-up Gold Trip may run in all three of Melbourne's premier spring races on November 1. After Durston ran him down in the shadows of the post at Caulfield last week, training partners Ciaron Maher and Eustace paid up for the 6YO horse for Saturday's $5m Centenary Cox Plate. However, they still believe Gold Trip can win the Melbourne Cup after a tough Cox Plate ...
