Archive for category: International Racing

  • Binocular team mull alternative

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:13 pm

    Connections of Binocular will have to go back to the drawing board after the abandonment of Saturday’s card at Sandown due to frost. The 2010 Champion Hurdle winner had been set to take in the Contenders Hurdle as part of his preparation for next month’s Cheltenham Festival, a Listed prize [...]

     
  • Big race options open to Gamilati

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:13 pm

    Royal Ascot and Newmarket will be under consideration for Gamilati after the Godolphin filly created a huge impression with her powerful win in the UAE 1000 Guineas at Meydan. The Mahmood Al Zarooni-trained three-year-old had shown good form in England as a juvenile winning the Cherry Hinton at Newmarket, and [...]

     
  • Kempton planning Kauto tribute

    International Racing February 4, 2012 1:10 pm

    Kempton racetrack will pay tribute to Kauto Star by naming a bar after the champion jumper. The Kauto Star bar will be in the Clubhouse while discussions are continuing about a statue to be commissioned following the horse’s eventual retirement. Kauto Star’s owner Clive Smith will conduct the official opening [...]

     
  • Melbourne Cup seventh Fox Hunt to make debut for Godolphin

    International Racing, News February 3, 2012 10:13 pm

    Fox Hunt, who found a chequered path when finishing seventh in last year’s Melbourne Cup, makes his debut for Godolphin in tonight’s Tabloid Trophy (2800m) at Meydan.

     
  • Dubai interest at an all time high with news Black Caviar may make trip

    International Racing, News February 3, 2012 9:11 pm

    Australian interest in the Dubai Racing Club meeting, to be held March 31 at Meydan, is at an all time high with two of our three best sprinters nominated for races on the rich card.

     
  • Treble to Zac Purton

    International Racing February 2, 2012 1:05 pm

    Australian jockey Zac Purton has rocketed into third place in the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership courtesy of a winning treble at Happy Valley. Purton opened his account with a win aboard Industrial Legend before adding to his tally with victories on Wind Damper and Charity Spirit, who took out the [...]

     
  • Ballabriggs tops National entry

    International Racing February 2, 2012 10:33 am

    Last year’s winner Ballabriggs heads the 82 entries for the Grand National at Aintree on April 14. The 11-year-old provided trainer Donald McCain, son of the legendary Ginger McCain, with an emotional first triumph in the world’s most famous steeplechase. McCain also has Charlie Hall Chase winner Weird Al and [...]

     
  • Buck’s bouncing after Cleeve success

    International Racing February 1, 2012 10:48 am

    Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has given superstar hurdler Big Buck’s a clean bill of health following his 15th straight win at Cheltenham on Saturday. The Andy Stewart-owned nine-year-old briefly looked in trouble as Dynaste kicked clear turning for home in the Cleeve Hurdle but Ruby Walsh never really had to [...]

     
  • Name change for Golden Jubilee

    International Racing February 1, 2012 10:46 am

    The Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot has been renamed the Diamond Jubilee Stakes to mark this important milestone in The Queen’s reign. The Group One race over six furlongs (1200m) takes place on Saturday, June 23. It was known as the Cork And Orrery Stakes until 2002 when it [...]

     
  • Freeze threat to British meetings

    International Racing January 31, 2012 10:52 am

    British race clubs are trying to save important jumps meetings this week by laying frost sheets with icy weather predicted over the next few days. Sandown have deployed frost covers in an effort to safeguard Saturday’s fixture featuring the Grade One Challengers Novices’ Chase. “We decided the cover the track [...]