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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Verry Elleegant, the champion Australian stayer, was withdrawn after competing in the Fillies she won Gr1 races on turf, synthetic, and grass, and at distances ranging from 7 furlongs to 2 miles.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 ...
When Eleven Eleven runs in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley, he will be the first horse trained by Greg Hickman to compete in the event. Friday night's Gr.1 sprint 1 will be Eleven Eleven, 6YO, first start racing left-handed in his 30-race career. He has nine wins to his name. Until recently, Eleven Eleven only competed in races in New South Wales and Queensland; she hasn't been seen since ...
After a strong showing in a prep race, Emissary is now a serious contender for Australia's most prestigious event, the Melbourne Cup. On Wednesday, the $17 underdog gelding trained by Michael Moroney, Surefire, was defeated by a full length to win the Geelong Cup. Although the Geelong Cup does not grant automatic ballot exemption to the Melbourne Cup, it serves as a valuable form reference in ...
Ascot Racecourse announces today that Chief Executive, Vivien Currie, has stood down from her position in order to return to Scotland for family reasons. Sir Francis Brooke, His Majesty’s Representative and Chairman at Ascot, said, “We understand Vivien’s decision and she leaves with our best wishes for the future.” Ascot’s Managing Director, Alastair Warwick, has been appointed Acting Chief ...
The 39th running of the Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic will be held Nov 5 at Keeneland Race Course, and the $6 million race serves as the anchor of a powerful two-day, 14-race slate of World Championships races. This year’s classic drew a strong group of older racehorses, led by unbeaten Flightline and multiple G.1 winner Life Is Good, and talented 3YO Epicenter, Taiba, and Kentucky Derby ...
