Fairy Glen

G2 Rockfel Stakes heroine Zanthos (Sioux Nation) will skip the G1 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on May 3 in favour of a start in the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches on May 10, according to co-trainer Ed Crisford. Crisford said, "I think she'll go straight to France. We're thinking France more than Newmarket, just because the mile at Newmarket does take some getting and I think France will suit her well. "Obviously we've had cool weather, it hasn't quite hit proper spring yet and a lot of the fillies are...

Fairy Glen (Farhh) demonstrated remarkable versatility and no small amount of class when stepping up fully seven furlongs in trip to win Saturday's $1-million G2 Dubai Gold Cup Sponsored By Al Tayer Motors for Simon and Ed Crisford. The winner of last month's G2 Balanchine over 1,800 metres of the Meydan turf, the five-year-old Fairy Glen remained an unknown quantity in this 3,200-metre contest, taking on heavyweight stayers such as Al Riffa (Wootton Bassett) and Caballo De Mar (Phoenix Of Spain), the winners of last year's G1 Irish St. Leger...