Electrolyte (Ire)

Wednesday, Ascot, Britain, post time: 14:15, LONGINES SAGARO STAKES (GOLD CUP TRIAL)-G3, £80,000, 4yo/up, 15f 209y Field: Coltrane (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}), Yashin (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), Feigning Madness (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}), Divine Comedy (Ire) (Le Havre {Ire}). TDN Verdict: Mick and Janice Mariscotti's star stayer Coltrane encounters a trio of unfamiliar foes standing in the way of a record-breaking third Olé in this two-mile stepping stone to the G1 Gold Cup. Second in the 2023 renewal of Royal Ascot's highlight, he will head postward as the odds-on favourite to collect a sixth...

By Josh Spasaro, courtesy of The Thoroughbred Report Hello Romeo (NZ) looked like a chip off the old block with the classy front-running fashion in which he saluted in a two-year-old race at Bendigo on Wednesday. And Cambridge Stud, where his sire Hello Youmzain (Fr) currently stands, believe their stallion can reach the same heights in the Southern Hemisphere as he did in France and England. The Lindsay Park colt became the first victor from Group 1 winner Hello Youmzain's New Zealand crops at Cambridge Stud. Hello Youmzain was the...

Wathan Racing's latest star turn, G3 Prix Eclipse hero Electrolyte (Ire) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}), is pointing toward the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte at Chantilly on Oct. 12, according to racing advisor Richard Brown. One of two group winners for his first-year sire, the son of the winning Bibury (GB) (Royal Applause {GB}) graduated at Ayr in June, before running second, by only a nose, to Rashabar (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) in the G2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot for Archie Watson. Kept busy with a fifth-place appearance in the...

Having suffered one of Royal Ascot's most unexpected reversals, Ballydoyle's Whistlejacket (Ire) (No Nay Never) heads to Newmarket's July Festival on Thursday with a point to prove in the G2 Kingdom of Bahrain July Stakes. Caught out by the speed test of the G2 Norfolk Stakes, the Listed First Flier Stakes winner could manage only fourth as the heavily-supported 10-11 favourite and duly reverts to a more suitable six-furlong trip to put his substantial reputation back on track. His brother Little Big Bear (Ire) came here two years ago only...