Royal Ascot: Love shrugs off long layoff to nab Prince of Wales’s Stakes
Love was in the air on Day 2 at Royal Ascot. Or—more specifically—the filly Love was in the air, flying to the finish line in the Prince of Wales’s S. (G1). […]
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Lord North could meet Love in Breeders’ Cup WAYI Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot
Day two of Royal Ascot has just the one Group 1 contest, but it’s a dandy. Wednesday’s Prince of Wales’s S. (G1), offering a free berth in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), could pit champion filly Love against defending champion Lord North. […]
State of the Eclipse races: Swiss Skydiver clinches, other divisions coming into focus
The Breeders’ Cup is five weeks from now, several Eclipse Award races came into much sharper focus an indeed, we’re ready to make a call in one of them. […]
Enable’s quest for third Arc helped by withdrawal of Breeders’ Cup-bound Love
Two-time Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) heroine Enable will face 14 rivals in her quest for an unprecedented third Arc title on Sunday – but not erstwhile antepost favorite Love. Widely regarded as the […]
Enable stretches clear in September Stakes Arc prep
Supermare Enable enjoyed a stroll in the park – Kempton Park – Saturday in preparation for her fourth appearance in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). The overwhelming odds-on favorite against five overmatched rivals […]
Love romps in BC WAYI Yorkshire Oaks en route to Arc
Enable used the 2017 Yorkshire Oaks (G1) as a springboard to her first Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) victory, and star 3-year-old filly Love aims to follow suit after romping in Thursday’s feature at […]
Ghaiyyath versus Magical in BC WAYI Juddmonte International
After overturning supermare Enable in the July 5 Eclipse Stakes (G1), Godolphin’s Ghaiyyath takes on another distaff star, Magical, in Wednesday’s Juddmonte International Stakes (G1) at York. The about 1 5/16-mile prize is part of […]
Serpentine too crafty as O’Brien, Galileo make Epsom Derby history
Two legends – trainer Aidan O’Brien and supersire Galileo – fittingly made history together at Epsom Saturday as Serpentine upset the Derby (G1) in a front-running tour de force. O’Brien was celebrating a record eighth […]
Love sets sights on Arc after lowering Enable’s record in Oaks
Although the logical favorite in Saturday’s Oaks (G1) after romping in the 1000 Guineas (G1), Love reached new heights at Epsom with a nine-length rout in stakes-record time. Aidan O’Brien’s eighth Oaks heroine finished the […]
Kameko seeks classic double, O’Brien goes for record in Epsom Derby
Postponed a month but still hosted at its inimitable home of Epsom, Saturday’s Derby (G1) is already one for the history books thanks to the pandemic reshuffling. But the Blue Riband could be historic purely […]