Royal Ascot handicapping central
The pageantry and world-class racing of Royal Ascot are on tap all week. From the opening Queen Anne (G1) at 9:30 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday morning – the race won by Tepin last year – through […]
Royal Ascot
Lady Aurelia leads Ward’s 10-strong Royal Ascot squad
Seven-time Royal Ascot winner Wesley Ward is back in search of more glory at next week’s prestigious meeting, with a talented team of 10 contenders led by Lady Aurelia. Imperious in her seven-length romp in […]
Miss Temple City, American Patriot hope to emulate Tepin in Queen Anne
One year after Tepin successfully invaded Royal Ascot for the Queen Anne S. (G1), compatriots Miss Temple City and American Patriot hope to make it two straight for U.S.-based runners in the Tuesday opener. Miss […]
Lady Aurelia tops Ward worktab for Royal Ascot
Lady Aurelia, one of the primary American hopes at next month’s Royal Ascot fixture, worked five furlongs in 1:00.80 over the firm turf at Keeneland on Tuesday for trainer Wesley Ward. “She had a great […]
Churchill’s much the best over Thunder Snow in Irish 2000 Guineas
Even rain-softened going at the Curragh couldn’t hamper odds-on favorite Churchill, who comfortably dispatched Thunder Snow to complete a classic double in Saturday’s Irish 2000 Guineas (G1). A perfunctory winner of the 2000 Guineas (G1) […]
La Coronel tops Oxley/Casse exacta in Edgewood, prep for Coronation at Royal Ascot
At first expected to venture forth against the boys in Saturday’s American Turf (G2), La Coronel instead stayed within the three-year-old filly turf division in Friday’s $150,000 Edgewood (G3) at Churchill Downs. She’d drawn poorly […]
Two-time champion Tepin retired
Two-time champion turf mare Tepin, a top-level winner in three countries who became a rare U.S.-trained winner of a Group 1 race at Royal Ascot last June when taking the Queen Anne (G1) on opening […]
Lady Aurelia Royal Ascot bound after Giant’s Causeway romp
Lady Aurelia had no significant trouble beating her elders Saturday in the $100,000 Giant’s Causeway at Keeneland. Now the star three-year-old filly is expected to take a swing at a huge prize against older males […]