Run To Freedom

Godfrey Wilson's homebred Run To Freedom sustained a fatal injury during trackwork on Thursday ahead of a start at Royal Ascot next week, according to a report in The Mirror. Trainer Henry Candy told Mirror Racing, "Run To Freedom fractured a pastern just doing a routine bit of work on the gallops. It was too bad to repair. He's been a great servant and a tremendous character." The eight-year-old intact son of Muhaarar won the G3 Abernant Stakes at Newmarket in April ahead of an intended start in the G1...

Trainer Jerome Reynier is optimistic that Lazzat can consolidate his position as Europe's leading sprinter by adding another Group 1 success to his tally in Saturday's Betfair Sprint Cup at Haydock. An eight-time winner for the Marseille-based Reynier, Lazzat put himself in contention for top honours in this division when winning the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot in June, beating the high-class Japanese raider Satono Reve (Lord Kanaloa) by half a length, having been acquired by Wathnan Racing just a few weeks previously. More recently, the...