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There was a time when Ireland was a bit-player at best in the major sprints, but three of the bunch to have turned that around in recent years in Sole Power (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}), Gordon Lord Byron (Ire) (Byron {GB}) and Maarek (GB)(Pivotal {GB}) line up proud and tall to grace the newly promoted G2 Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands S. at...
While the catalogue of accomplishments of Cirrus des Aigles (Fr) (Even Top {Ire}) is thickening all over the world year upon year, there is no doubt that Longchamp is where he is happiest, and therefore hardest to quell. Of the 20 occasions the country’s most popular horse has turned his attentions to the Bois de Boulogne, he...
The Shug McGaughey-trained Honor Code (A.P. Indy) worked a five panel bullet in :59.91 (1/24) at Belmont Sunday in preparation for a start in the GI Metropolitan H. June 6. The multiple graded stakes winner most recently finished fifth as the 7-5 pick in Churchill’s GII Alysheba S. May 1. “He did it easily,” McGaughey said of...
Trainer John Gosden sent out two of his G1 Epsom Derby contenders, favorite Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) and Jack Hobbs (GB) (Halling), for a spin around the Derby course at Epsom’s Breakfast With The Stars Tuesday, and Gosden said he was “happy” with the G2 Dante S. one-two after watching each of them train with a lead...
Southern Equine Stable’s Moreno (Ghostzapper) eyes back-to-back wins for the first time since he romped in the 2013 GII Dwyer S. in Santa Anita’s GII Californian S. Saturday. Last term’s GI Whitney S. winner kicked off his 5-year-old season with a runner-up effort to Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}) in the GI Santa Anita H. Mar. 7,...
Two Australian sprinters have pleased their trainers in advance of a trip to Royal Ascot next month. The Chris Waller trained Brazen Beau (Aus) (I Am invincible {Aus}) worked four furlongs at Flemington Friday morning under Craig Williams. Waller was delighted with what he saw of the dual Group 1 winning sprinter who has the option of...
Italian champion owner Scuderia Effevi could hit a grand slam today at San Siro in the G2 Italian Oaks. The last owner to win all four Italian Classics was Razza Del Soldo in 1936 with the filly Archidamia (Ity), and four years earlier Federico Tesio snatched the four races with another super filly, Jacopa Del...
Ocala horseman Richard “Red” Curtin, owner of Shanbally Acres, died Friday. Curtin and his wife Cheryl established Shanbally Acres in 1984 and went on to breed multiple graded stakes winner Limehouse (Grand Slam). The couple boarded mares for Frank Calabrese and Curtin served as Calabrese’s sales advisor. Among the yearlings Curtin broke for Calabrese was...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) is set to return to his home base of Santa Anita Thursday June 18. Since taking the GI Belmont S. June 6, the Zayat homebred has been at Churchill Downs. American Pharaoh is scheduled to arrive at the Ontario International Airport at roughly 10 a.m. and his van will...
There haven’t been too many shock results the first two days at Royal Ascot; in fact, the favorites have won three of the four Group 1 races run thus far. The meet opened on Tuesday with the G1 Queen Anne S., for 4-year-olds and up on the straight mile. It was a one-two for France...
Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) returned to his home base at Santa Anita and will be given a well deserved freshening as trainer Bob Baffert plots out the rest of his sophomore campaign. Several different races have been discussed for the Zayat Stable homebred’s next start, including the GI Haskell Invitational S., GI Travers...
The G1 King George VI And Queen Elizabeth S. July 25 at Ascot has an increased purse this year of £1.15m thanks to Qipco’s involvement and several UK trainers are keen on trying to snare some of the huge money on offer. One such trainer is Luca Cumani whose Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) ran a good race...