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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 ...
Lambourn is to welcome a new but familiar name to its training ranks after Brian O'Rourke was granted a licence to have runners. For the last six years, O'Rourke has operated a pre-training business in the village from Old Manor Stables where Kim Bailey sent out the winners of the Grand National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle in the 1990s. A native of County Tyrone, O'Rourke spent time ...
When racing fans arrive for the 150th Kentucky Derby Day in 2024, they can expect to see a vastly different Churchill Downs racetrack but those renovations will not include a hotel. During a conference call with analysts and investors April 22, Churchill Downs Inc. CEO Bill Carstanjen said the company had decided to not move forward with a previously announced hotel for Churchill Downs ...
Returning to the scene where past glories were first conceived proved a running theme at a record-breaking edition of the Goffs UK Breeze-Up Sale, no more so than when Michael O'Callaghan capped a headlining day for Tally-Ho Stud by swooping for a £210,000 (US$292,503) Twilight Son colt. The sale's joint top lot comfortably eclipsed the amount that the upwardly mobile Kildare trainer laid out 12 ...
York will resume racing next month without spectators, but with the prize-money for its best races restored to pre-pandemic levels. The Juddmonte International, which was rated the best Flat race in the world last year by the Longines IFHA Committee, will again be worth £1 million at the track's Ebor meeting in August after being run for £275,000 last season. The Coolmore Wootton Bassett ...
From “unrideable”, smart but temperamental sprinter Lim’s Lightning has gone on to give Daniel Meagher an unbelievable ride towards a tilt at a first Gr.1 victory for the young trainer next Saturday. The 2018 Singapore juvenile champion will contest the $300,000 Gr.1 Lion City Cup (1200m) off the back of only one start (and victorious at that) at Kranji since unexpectedly returning from an ...
Second favorite Efforia captured the Satsuki Sho (Japanese 2000 Guineas) undefeated since his debut and extending his winning streak to four for his first Gr.1title he becomes the 19th undefeated Satsuki Sho winner following Saturnalia and Contrail in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Winning his debut start over 2,000 meters at Sapporo in August last year, the Epiphaneia colt followed with a win in ...
The A$3,500,000 Golden Slipper winner Stay Inside claimed one of Australasia's most iconic races when the colt peeled three-wide on the home turn under Tommy Berry. With a brilliant burst of acceleration, Stay Inside put the race to bed in a matter of strides. It was left to Godolphin’s top-class Street Boss (USA) colt Anamoe to mount any sort of challenge. Coming from second last, Anamoe gave ...
