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So You Think mare Realm Of Flowers is the first horse into the 2021 Melbourne Cup after a most emphatic victory in the Andrew Ramsden Stakes at Flemington. A year exactly to the day since her last win (SA Fillies Classic in Adelaide), Realm Of Flowers underlined just how luckless she was in the Sydney Cup in March when she ran clear to record a near five-length blitz under jockey Mark Zahra. ...
The hot favourite for the Preakness Stakes Medina Spirit gained conditional entry to the event despite failing a drug test for the steroid betamethasone after the 2021 Kentucky Derby victory. The conditions include “a binding commitment” from Medina Spirit’s trainer, Bob Baffert, for “full transparency of medical and testing results that will allow for all results to be released to the public,” ...
Courier Wonder and Fantastic Treasure have set a high standard for this season’s emerging 3YO crop in Hong Kong and the unbeaten Winner Method will attempt to enhance his growing reputation by joining his talented cohorts as winners of their first four outings. Having collected a trio of triumphs the Deep Field gelding will look to continue his advance when he faces eight opponents, including ...
Group One placed Stakes winner and Canadian sire Thunderello died May 5 due to colic on a farm in Ontario owned by Charles Mady, who raced the son of Montbrook. Thunderello who was 22, was a fleet-footed sprinter who had three wins and three seconds out of seven lifetime starts that included a runner-up finish in the 2002 NAPA Breeders' Cup Sprint to Orientate at Arlington International ...
Chris Waller-trained Mohican Heights will attempt to put an exclamation mark on a bright first Australian campaign by earning direct entry into the Melbourne Cup by winning the US$400,000 Listed Andrew Ramsden Stakes (2800m) at Flemington later this week. Waller's Melbourne foreperson, Jo Taylor, reports Mohican Heights has trained on well since finishing runner-up to Amade and ahead of Ramsden ...
The impressive colt, who was the beaten favourite in the Golden Slipper Stakes - Profiteer, has been busying himself during his downtime with various equestrian tasks and has made a similar immediate impact there off the back of a super 2YO season that earned him A$1.4 million from just four starts. Richardson, who runs the Scone pre-training and breaking property Vantage Hill with his wife ...
Jamie Kah has 'put to bed' any discussions about her chances of partnering Ayrton in next month's Stradbroke Handicap in Brisbane if the pre-race favourite attracts the minimum weight of 49.5 kilograms. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr, Ayrton leaves for Queensland next week to attempt to gain entry into the Stradbroke via the Fred Best Classic - a perfect race for 3YO over the 1400m ...
Topped by an early-morning appearance from unbeaten juvenile champion Essential Quality five horses breezed April 24 at Churchill Downs toward the May 1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve. Working outside workmate Godolphin's homebred Essential Quality covered five furlongs in galloping out six furlongs in while working soon after the track opened in the pre-dawn hours. Also working ...
Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen, seeking his first Derby win, is giving a leg up to multiple Derby-winning rider, Mike Smith. Smith will ride Winchell Thoroughbreds' Midnight Bourbon, one of the trainer's two entries, while Asmussen's regular go-to rider, Ricardo Santana Jr., retains the mount on Erv Woolsey and Keith Asmussen's Super Stock. Asmussen views the veteran rider's skills as a ...
Second favourite Efforia captured the Satsuki Sho - the Japanese 2,000 Guineas - at Nakayama on Sunday, when he became the 19th colt to win the Classic with an unblemished race record. This was his fourth success, and the first at Gr.1 level, and he follows Saturnalia and Contrail in 2019 and 2020 in taking the colts' Classic as an unbeaten victor. Having won on his debut at Sapporo in August, ...
Classic trials day at Longchamp frequently throws up as many questions as answers but, while connections associated with the fillies that fought out a blanket finish to the Prix de la Grotte can keep dreaming for another month, Policy Of Truth and Sealiway separated themselves from the pack ahead of the Emirates Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 Guineas). The imposing Policy Of Truth and ...
Addeybb and Tom Marquand retained their Queen Elizabeth Stakes crown with a battling success over Verry Elleegant at Randwick on Saturday. It was the fourth win at Gr.1 level for Addeybb, and the first in front of a crowd, having last year landed the Ranvet and Queen Elizabeth in Australia before finishing his season with success in the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot. He also became the first ...
