Defending champion Call the Wind totes more weight in Red Sea Turf
Saturday’s $2.5 million Red Sea Turf H. on Saudi Cup Day offers a rematch among the top three from last year – Call the Wind, Mekong, and Prince of Arran – plus a few stayers […]
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Magical among Breeders’ Cup candidates in action on Champions Day
For the third straight year, Magical looms large on Champions Day at Ascot, and trainer Aidan O’Brien is once again considering Saturday’s festival as a possible stepping stone to the Breeders’ Cup. The blockbuster card, […]
Royal Ascot: Gidu goes for Commonwealth Cup; summit of Guineas winners in Coronation
Friday’s Group 1 features at Royal Ascot are coming up intensely competitive affairs worthy of the grade. Both shine the spotlight on three-year-old divisions, the Commonwealth Cup (G1) for sophomore sprinters preceding the Coronation (G1) […]
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 […]
Breeders’ Cup options for Royal Lodge hero Roaring Lion, Cheveley Park queen Clemmie
The neck of Qatar Racing’s Roaring Lion was all that prevented Aidan O’Brien from a Group race sweep at Newmarket on Saturday, as the John Gosden juvenile overturned Ballydoyle hotpot Nelson in the Royal Lodge […]
Nelson has Herculean task in Royal Lodge, BC Challenge race on European Road to Kentucky Derby
The Aidan O’Brien-trained Nelson ranks as the even-money favorite in Saturday’s Royal Lodge (G2) at Newmarket, but you might say he faces a “Herculean” task. That’s because Herculean, a fellow son of Frankel, is nipping […]
Big Orange goes for three-peat in Goodwood Cup on Glorious opener
Last seen holding on grimly to dethrone Order of St George in the Gold Cup (G1) at Royal Ascot, Big Orange now sets his sights on an historic three-peat in Tuesday’s Goodwood Cup (G1). The […]