Selections for Thursday’s features at Royal Ascot
A vintage renewal of the Gold Cup (G1) highlights Day 3 of Royal Ascot on Thursday, also known as Ladies Day for those fortunate enough to be in attendance. As always, consult the Royal Ascot […]
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Poet’s Word captures Prince of Wales’s to give Stoute record 76th win at Royal Ascot
Sir Michael Stoute registered his 76th Royal Ascot win on Wednesday when POET’S WORD captured the Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Eng-G1) under jockey James Doyle. In the process, the veteran horseman became the winningest trainer […]
Selections for Wednesday’s features at Royal Ascot
With five Group races on tap at Royal Ascot Wednesday – most ultra-competitive on paper and two almost maddeningly so – Day 2 promises to be a wild ride for would-be prognosticators. Hence opinions end […]
Selections for Tuesday’s features at Royal Ascot
The highlight of the summer racing season gets off to a fast start Tuesday with three Group 1 events ushering in the Royal Ascot festivities. As ever, balancing the claims of favorites against better-priced win […]
Pavel breaks out of slump, punches Breeders’ Cup ticket in Stephen Foster
It wasn’t a meteoric rise, but Pavel showed so much potential in the span of four races over three months last season that owner Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O’Neill took a shot at the […]
Blue Prize takes the Breeders’ Cup prize in Fleur de Lis
Merriebelle Stables LLC’s BLUE PRIZE ran down pacesetter Farrell and pulled off for a 1 1/2-length win in the $200,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (G2) during the “Downs After Dark” program at Churchill Downs on […]
Royal Ascot: Order of St George set for epic clash with Stradivarius, Vazirabad in Gold Cup
After coming up just short in his title defense last summer, 2016 Gold Cup (G1) winner Order of St George bids to regain his crown in Thursday’s Royal Ascot feature. Aidan O’Brien’s staying star will […]
Royal Ascot: Cracksman the one to beat in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Prince of Wales’s
The hottest antepost favorite of Royal Ascot 2018 will take center stage on Wednesday as Cracksman lines up in the Prince of Wales’s (G1). His towering presence is keeping the field relatively small for this […]
Royal Ascot: Yoshida in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Queen Anne; Lady Aurelia, Bucchero tackle King’s Stand
Tuesday’s Royal Ascot card serves up a blockbuster of an opening day, highlighted by three Group 1 events. The world-class action begins right off the bat with the first race, the Queen Anne (G1), newly […]
Frankel colt Mozu Ascot hits new high in Breeders’ Cup ‘Win and You’re In’ Yasuda Kinen
Hot on the heels of Hawkish’s dazzler in the Penn Mile (G2), a Japanese-based colt from the same extended family, Mozu Ascot, flew late to secure a Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1) berth in Sunday’s Yasuda […]