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Former champion jockey Kieren Fallon will be out of action “for at least 10 days”, said the jockey’s agent Simon Dodds Thursday. Fallon reportedly hurt a foot at Newmarket Saturday, but rode at Southwell Monday. He was booked to ride First Party (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) at Nottingham Thursday evening but will now be replaced...
Sixteen contenders remain for the G1 Epsom Derby June 6 following Friday’s scratching stage. That group does not include current 7-4 favorite Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}); however, that Anthony Oppenheimer colorbearer, who remained unbeaten when besting stablemate Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling) in the G2 Dante S. May 14, is expected to be supplemented for £75,000 at the...
Still a maiden after three starts, Stall Nizza’s Nightflower (Ire) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) will nevertheless start favorite for Sunday’s G2 Diana-Trial at Hoppegarten as her followers wait for her to come into her own. Bred to be a Classic filly, being a daughter of the 2009 G2 Oaks d’Italia winner Night of Magic (Ire) (Peintre Celebre), she...
G1 Oakleigh Plate winner Shamal Wind (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}) put in her final major preparation before departing Australia for Royal Ascot when finishing second in an 800-meter barrier trial at Cranbourne Monday. Trainer Robert Smerdon told Racing and Sports he was “really happy” with the 5-year-old’s trial. “It was what we wanted, just a nice gallop and...
Godolphin has bought unbeaten 2-year-old colt Birchwood (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) from David Armstrong. The bay, who broke his maiden on debut at Doncaster May 2 before taking a Newbury conditions race two weeks later, will remain in training with Richard Fahey and will have summer stakes targets. John Ferguson, Bloodstock Advisor to Sheikh Mohammed, said, “Birchwood...
Last year’s champion male sprinter Work All Week (City Zip) gets his season off to a somewhat belated start in Churchill’s GIII Aristides S. under the Twin Spires Saturday. The Midwest Thoroughbreds homebred reeled off three straight victories to kick off his Eclipse-winning season before his lone runner-up effort in Arlington’s Addison Cammack H. for Illinois-breds in...
Andre Fabre is confident of a big run from New Bay (GB) (Dubawi [Ire}) as he steps up from a mile for the G1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly on Sunday. The legendary French trainer believes the son of Dubawi will relish the extra two and a half furlongs of the colts’ Classic following his...
The Coolmore partners’ Legatissimo (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) remains on track for the June 5 G1 Epsom Oaks after pleasing trainer David Wachman in a work Saturday. “She worked this morning and went well,” Wachman said. “The Oaks is the plan at the moment, and we’re taking it day-by-day. She’s a big filly and will only get...
Of the five John Moore-trained runners in this final pattern event of the 2014/2015 season, the betting public pounded Not Listenin’tome (Aus) (Dylan Thomas {Ire}) into odds-on favoritism, but it was the less-heralded Secret Sham who led home a 1-3-4 finish for the stable, with the chalk no better than sixth. Ninth, beaten nine lengths...
So far, 2015 has been a year to remember for Dermot Weld, even with his star turn Free Eagle (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) kept out of action, but Moyglare Stud’s homebred is back at center stage at last in Wednesday’s G1 Prince of Wales’s S. Restricted to just four outings so far, the ‘TDN Rising Star’ followed a seven-length...
Sir Owen Glenn’s Criterion (NZ) (Sebring {Aus}), fifth in Wednesday’s G1 Prince of Wales’s S. at Royal Ascot, could prolong his British trip and aim for the G1 Sussex S. at Glorious Goodwood July 29, trainer David Hayes told Racing Post. Criterion would be dropping back a quarter-mile in distance for the Sussex, where he could meet...
Gamblers seem unlikely to get rich in Saturday’s GII Bed O’ Roses H. at Belmont Park, as the top three horses look to have a corner on the market. La Verdad (Yes It’s True) is the field’s most prolific graded stakes winner with three to her credit and can become racing’s newest millionaire with a third-place...