Sealiway upsets Champion Stakes; Baaeed crowns epic Champions Day for Shadwell
French champion Sealiway upstaged the principals in Saturday’s Champion S. (G1) at Ascot, and Baaeed toppled Palace Pier on an epic Champions Day for Shadwell. […]
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Space Blues, Rougir, A Case of You eye Breeders’ Cup after Arc Day wins
With the heavy going likely playing a role in the results, favorites were beaten in four other Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” events on Arc Day. […]
Benbatl mulls Breeders’ Cup after record-setting Joel; Hello You takes WAYI Rockfel
The Rockfel S. (G2) was the “Win and You’re In” at Newmarket Friday, but the Joel S. (G2) could also have Breeders’ Cup implications after Godolphin veteran Benbatl set a new course record. […]
Alcohol Free strongly beats the boys in Sussex
In a battle between the winners of Royal Ascot’s premier mile races for three-year-olds in Wednesday’s Sussex S. (G1) at Goodwood, it was the filly Coronation (G1) heroine Alcohol Free who pulled off a mild […]
Royal Ascot: Dream of Dreams finally gets his Diamond Jubilee win
The third time was the charm for Dream of Dreams in Saturday’s Diamond Jubilee S. (G1) on closing day at Royal Ascot. […]
Royal Ascot: Campanelle wins thrilling Commonwealth Cup via DQ
It’s safe to say there was plenty of drama to go around on Day 4 of racing at Royal Ascot. First, heavy rainfall nearly prompted the postponement of the card, leaving horsemen and horseplayers to […]
Royal Ascot: Palace Pier, Oxted, Poetic Flare kick off Group 1 action
The 2021 Royal Ascot meeting in England opened with a bang on Tuesday as Palace Pier, Oxted, and Poetic Flare posted Group 1 wins. […]
New Mandate bosses BC WAYI Royal Lodge; High Definition bursts late in Beresford
Saturday’s Royal Lodge Stakes (G2) at Newmarket and Beresford Stakes (G2) at the Curragh, the first two races on the European Road to the Kentucky Derby, witnessed striking performances from a pair of exciting juveniles. […]
Isabella Giles rolls in BC WAYI Rockfel; Mile candidate Kameko beats Benbatl in Joel
The Clive Cox-trained Isabella Giles easily put away Aidan O’Brien’s hot favorite Monday to prevail in Friday’s Rockfel Stakes (G2) at Newmarket, earning a free berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). But […]
Mohaather mows them down in Sussex, earns BC Mile spot
Sheikh Hamdan’s Mohaather confirmed himself as a miler of the highest order in Wednesday’s Sussex Stakes (G1) at Glorious Goodwood. Last at one point when strung up in traffic in the stretch, the Marcus Tregoning […]