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On Friday, November 18th, Alflaila, trained by Owen Burrows, will compete in the Gr.3 Bahrain International Trophy for £600,000. Alflaila, owned by the prestigious Shadwell Estate, will be Burrows' first runner in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is considered a top contender for the 1 14-mile race. The son of Dark Angel is unbeaten in three runs, with his most recent victory coming in the Gr.3 Darley ...
New Zealand's premier racehorse Probably the Irish stallion Sea The Stars will be used to sire offspring from Verry Elleegant. The date has not yet been set, but co-owner Brae Sokolski said the company was interested in sending their 11-time Group One winner to the world's greatest thoroughbred of 2009. That horse, Arrogate, is responsible for 19 Group One wins, including European stars Baaeed ...
Flightline, a 4YO son of Tapit, retired to Lane's End Farm the day after he maintained his undefeated record with an 8-length victory in the Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr.1) at Keeneland. "We would like to thank trainer John Sadler and his team for the incredible work they did with Flightline," Bill Farish of Lane's End told Blood-Horse. "His historic performances are a credit to their ...
The 2022 Breeders' Cup Classic was easily won by Flightline, a 4YO colt, on Saturday. This was Flightline's sixth victory in six starts. Saturday's race was won by the 2/5 favourite, who helped set the pace throughout the race and pulled away from his closest rival, Life Is Good, in the final stages of the race. First place went to Flightline, who beat out Olympiad by eight lengths. In third ...
The Meydan Racecourse's inaugural event of the 2022/23 season has spared no effort in introducing the racing world to several promising young riders. After winning the opening 2YO Arabian Adventures maiden race from post position 11 with jockey Ray Dawson atop, Sharp Army has a legitimate shot at the UAE Classic in 2019. By defeating Nyaar by a length early on, the colt not only handed trainer ...
Although Front Page has suffered from injuries, he finally gets a shot at the Gr.1 level following his most impressive victory. The Corowa-based trainer has seen it all with his outstanding sprinter and believes he is at the height of his powers as he competes in the Gr.1 Champions Sprint at Flemington on Saturday against the likes of champion Nature Strip and The Everest winner Giga Kick. The ...
Michael and his brother Matthew cannot wait for their favourite week of the year: the New Zealand Cup carnival in Riccarton. There will be a large contingent representing the father-and-son training team on the first day of the carnival, with 17 of their runners expected to wear their silks. “It’s a great week, I am really looking forward to it,” Michael Pitman said. Okay Pal and My World will ...
Eight of the last ten times the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf has been run, trainers Aidan O'Brien and Charlie Appleby have placed a horse in the top two. A favourite trained by O'Brien (Arizona in 2019) and owned by Coolmore were both found in the two outliers (Hootenanny in 2014). Although trends come and go, the general consensus is that juveniles schooled in Europe in 2022 did not have a ...
The parade ring at the Breeders' Cup lasts for a full hour before each race, but European spectators are lucky to view the horses for five minutes before a race. For the Cup, the majority of the athletes competing in the 14 Grade One events spend each morning of the week leading up to the competition exercising on the track. This week, roughly 200 horses are stabled at Keeneland in Kentucky, all ...
Dramatised - This European filly has been the betting favourite in each of her three career runs. Her best result came at Royal Ascot, where she beat Love Reigns by a wide margin. At odds of 15-1 or higher, she is a fantastic bargain for Trainer Karl Burke. Love Reigns- The grass sprint is a specialty for trainer Wesley Ward, and this filly can compete with the best of them. Her first race at ...
Eight horses have been entered for the 39th running of the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (Gr.1), which will be held on Saturday, November 5 at Keeneland. The morning line favourite is Hronis Racing, Summer Wind Equine, West Point Thoroughbreds, Siena Farm, and Woodford Racing's unbeaten Flightline, which opened at 3-5 on Monday. On Future Stars Friday, all of the Breeders' Cup stakes ...
The inclusion of "World Championships" in the name of the Breeders' Cup indicates that they will in fact be the world championships. Horses from all over the world travel to the host track each year in the hopes of taking home one of the coveted Breeders' Cup trophies. While some of the horses are yearly fixtures at the event, others are newcomers to North America, having flown in on turbojet ...
