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Leading Australian trainer Chris Waller has confirmed that Nature Strip will not run again at this year’s Royal Ascot carnival. On Tuesday, Nature Strip showcased precisely what has catapulted him to the highest echelon of international racing and more than £10 million in prize money when passed the post with four and a half lengths in hand over Twilight Calls, shot Acklam Express and Mooneista ...
William Haggas' champion miler has dominated all before him so far, winning all starts as a 3YO before returning in May this year with victory in the Gr.1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. Haggas' charge is the headline attraction on Tuesday in the Queen Anne Stakes, with his lofty reputation on the line. The manner of his victories and potential still to come has earned the son of Sea The Stars ...
Oliver Cole is exuding confidence ahead of Royal Scotsman’s Coventry Stakes run at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The son of Gleneagles looked raw in defeat on his debut over the minimum trip at Ascot early last month but was a totally different proposition when stepped up to six furlongs at Goodwood 20 days later, powering home in a novices’ event to score by an easy five lengths. The Dubai-based ...
The son of Dubawi beat his stable companion Native Trail, last year's champion juvenile and subsequent Irish Guineas winner, in the first Classic of the season at Newmarket. His trainer, Charlie Appleby came close to winning two years ago with Pinatubo, and it will be the colt's first race around a bend having raced solely at Newmarket to date. "Royal Ascot is the Olympics of the equestrian ...
Top Australian sprinters trained by Chris Waller, Nature Strip, and Home Affairs were put through their paces at the Berkshire venue on Friday. Nature Strip, the world’s top-rated sprinter, is on course for a mouth-watering clash with American raider Golden Pal in the King’s Stand Stakes on Tuesday, while Home Affairs runs over a furlong further in Saturday’s Platinum Jubilee Stakes. Galloping ...
Unbeaten Spendarella makes her Royal Ascot alongside fellow American Golden Pal. Graham Motion's charge for whom Classic aspirations are yet to materialise has a considerable task ahead. The Gr.1 Coronation Stakes demands a bigger performance from the 3YO, with hot favourite Homeless Songs in opposition. A runaway winner of the Irish 1,000 Guineas, the form of Dermot Weld's miler received the ...
Racing in Saudi Arabia returns on Thursday, June 16 with a significantly expanded programme at King Khalid Racecourse in Ta’if. This year the Ta’if racing season has been increased to 48 meetings, double the number of fixtures that were staged in 2021, with the season stretching until Saturday, October 8. In total 384 races will take place up from 190 and several valuable new contests have been ...
Popular trainer Bjorn Baker is keen to be part of the 2022 TAB Everest with 3YO Overpass and under-rated mare Belluci Babe. Expressway Stakes winner Overpass will likely take the traditional path toward the A$15m TAB Everest, after her return, by running in races like the Gr.2 Shorts and Gr.2 Premiere Stakes in the month prior to the sprint classic spectacle. “He’s just started back in ...
Gypsy Goddess’ remarkable win in the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks was the highlight of David Vandyke’s training career. The trainer was reduced to tears when Gypsy Goddess gave her rivals a galloping lesson in the Oaks. Having won the Gr.1 previously, twice with Yankee Rose and once with headline horse Alligator Blood, said this was the finest moment of his training career. The Australian Oaks runner-up ...
Queensland trainer Tony Gollan has confirmed he will not be racing Gr.2 Moreton Cup Baller in the Gr.1 Stradbroke Handicap. Winning the Moreton Cup gives direct entry to the A$1.5m contest.He already has Isotope aimed at the same race. Baller was ridden by Hugh Bowman who wins the race for the second consecutive year. Gollan had originally planned on running Baller in the Group 3 WJ Healy Stakes ...
Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy, Star Of Chaos finished runner-up in the Listed Desirable Stakes at Flemington beaten by 6.5 lengths by Espiona. Seven months later, Star Of Chaos gave her own galloping lesson, leading throughout under apprentice Alana Kelly to register a thumping seven-length win in the A$50,000 Thoroughbred Club Handicap for fillies under Benchmark 70 conditions becoming the ...
Group One Australasian Oaks winner Glint Of Hope will be aimed at the Gr.1 Queensland Oaks at Eagle Farm hoping for quick wins at the highest level. Co-trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will also saddle up Commander Harry and Alverdun over 2000 meters at Flemington on Saturday. The valuable daughter of Deep Impact has drawn barrier 14 and will be ridden by jockey Daniel Moor. The filly ...
