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Day Two of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on November 29 saw the sale of two-time Gr.1 winner Saffron Beach for 3,600,000 guineas ($4,520,718) to Prince Faisal bin Khalid bin Abdulaziz's Najd Stud. The filly is staying with trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam so she can reach her international goal. Chapple-Hyam remarked, "It's a tremendous delight and a big honour, and we've got a fantastic winter ...
Hall of Famer, 50YO Velazquez, rode the Bill Mott-trained Precursory to victory, completing his 1,000th career race at Saratoga Racecourse. He proudly owns five Saratoga riding titles including three Gr.1 Kentucky Derby wins. He has also won The Gr.1 Belmont Stakes and the Gr.1 Travers twice. He has a pair of Eclipse Awards as the nation's outstanding jockey as well. The winner’s circle saw an ...
Trainer William Haggas has announced that the Shadwell Estate-owned Baaeed, will appear on the second day of the Henry Cecil Open Weekend heading to France for his final run in the Gr.1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. This year, the unbeaten colt will take center stage, although he had appeared at the same event 12 months ago with stablemates Alenquer and Addeybb. Charlie Fellowes, chairman of ...
Saudi Cup winner Emblem Road will embark on a French campaign this summer as preparation for a potential Breeders’ Cup Classic bid in November, with the Grand Prix de Vichy his first engagement on 20 July. Emblem Road, a winner of seven of his nine starts on dirt in Saudi Arabia and over $10m in prize money, recently transferred to the stable of French-based trainer, Alessandro Botti in ...
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 ...
After breaking last, the 4YO son of Quality Road travelled wide before launching a sustained challenge under jockey Wigberto Ramos, taking home the US$20m prize. Local horse Emblem Road chased down Bob Baffert-trained Country Grammer to win by half a length, with another American runner Midnight Bourbon in third. The well-bred son of Quality Road took his record to seven wins from nine starts in ...
The in-form Christophe Lemaire brought home his fourth price on Saudi Cup night for four different Japanese trainers. The 6YO Gr.3 Capella Stakes winner, Dancing Prince shot right to the front defeating Irish-bred Good Effort, who is trained in Newmarket by Ismail Mohammed, with Japanese mare Chain of Love, in third. Defending champion Copano Kicking sat a midfield trip inside and stayed on ...
Although the Japanese contingent tried their best to make it another major win, highlighted by a deep-closing second-place effort from the Koshiro Take-trained Sekifu (JPN), fast-breaking Pinehurst proved too strong under Flavien Prat in The Saudi Derby. The third renewal of the US$1m Saudi Derby was an inaugural riding experience for USA-based Frenchman Flavien Prat. Sekifu continued to gain on ...
Thomas Fourcy trained-Hadi De Carrere enjoyed a smooth passage on the rail just behind the leader RB Rich Lyke Me (USA), who set a strong pace in front. Entering the home straight, RB Rich Lyke Me was still going well, but the locally-trained Tilal Al Khalediah (KSA) was closing on his outside. Legendary French jockey Olivier Peslier moved Hadi De Carrere into a position to challenge and, with ...
The Japanese continued to take home the plaudits for the evening with Christophe Lemaire once again winning race three on The Saudi Cup night with Stay Foolish. Shadai Race Horse Co owned-son of Stay Gold was absolutely dominant from the front on his way to winning the US$2.5m feature. Four and a quarter lengths back in second was the Johnny Murtagh-trained Irish St Leger winner Sonnyboyliston ...
Sunday Racing Co owned-Songline sat in the third flank just off the rail before commencing a steady rally outside faltering pace-setters and seizing the lead within the final 200m. The daughter of Prix Niel in France winner Kizuna, piloted by Christophe Lemaire defeated Casa Creed (USA) and Happy Romance (IRE), who were to the outside and inside of the winner during the first half of the 1351m ...
Tetsuya Kimura trained-Authority claimed a smooth victory in the first feature of the evening. The Japanese-bred 5YO bay went to the lead the moment the gates opened and was never threatened, winning the 2100m race by a length and a quarter. The son of Orfevre defeated locally-trained Kaspar (GER), while the Aga Khan-owned, French-trained filly Ebaiyra (USA) fought hard to hold on to third ...
