Last year’s winner Fame And Glory heads 13 horses left in the Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday at the confirmation stage. The six-year-old, trained by Aidan O’Brien, warmed up for the defence of his crown by giving 10lb and a neck beating to Unaccompanied in the Vintage Crop… Read More »
Leading owner the Aga Khan holds a strong hand in the Prix de Diane, the French Oaks, at Chantilly on Sunday. Three fillies will run in the famous colours with Sagawara appearing to hold the strongest claims having already won a Group One in the Prix Saint-Alary. Trained by Alain… Read More »
Four kilometres of bunting will adorn Ascot in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but surely nothing could prompt the party spirit quite like a royal winner. Carlton House runs in the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes but the Ribblesdale Stakes featuring Momentary a day later represents so much of what… Read More »
Krypton Factor is facing a race against time to be fit to take on Black Caviar in the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot. Trainer Fawzi Nass admits the four-year-old’s unsuccessful trip to Singapore for the KrisFlyer International Sprint last month has taken a lot out of his Dubai Golden… Read More »
American racing heads to Belmont racecourse tomorrow for the running of the 2012 Belmont Stakes. The NYRC will see reduced numbers of patrons at the track after race favourite and Triple Crown contender ‘I’ll Have Another’ being scratched and retired this morning, but overall it still looks a great days… Read More »
Sir Henry Cecil believes a clash between his stable star Frankel and dual Classic winner Camelot would be something to savour. And the Newmarket trainer says the Juddmonte International at York in August, sponsored by Frankel’s owner Khalid Abdullah, is the most likely race for a showdown between the two… Read More »
I’ll Have Another, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner, will not run in Saturday’s 144th Belmont Stakes, trainer Doug O’Neill announced on on Friday, ending the colt’s bid for a US Triple Crown sweep. The chestnut horse was made a 4-5 favorite on Wednesday but O’Neill chose to scratch him… Read More »
Unbeaten European champion Frankel spearheads 10 elite middle-distance horses invited to contest this year’s Cox Plate in a renewed bid to globalise the weight-for-age feature. The Moonee Valley Racing Club issued the invitation to the Sir Henry Cecil-trained four-year-old as well as French champion Cirrus Des Aigles, Dubai World Cup… Read More »
I’ll Have Another, the colt who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness last month, will try to become only the 12th horse to sweep the US Triple Crown by winning Saturday’s 144th Belmont Stakes. Not since Affirmed in 1978 has a horse completed the treble with 11 hopefuls in the… Read More »
Belmont Stakes (gr. I), $1,000,000, June 9, 3-year-olds, 1 1/2 miles, all horses carry 126 pounds PP. Horse, Jockey, Trainer, ML 1. Street Life, Jose Lezcano, Chad Brown, 12-1 2. Unstoppable U, Junior Alvarado, Ken McPeek, 30-1 3. Union Rags, John Velazquez, Michael Matz, 6-1 4. Atigun, Julien Leparoux, Ken… Read More »
Reigning Gold Cup winner Fame And Glory could have a pre-Ascot showdown with Saddler’s Rock after the pair both featured among the entries for Friday night’s Seamus/Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown. Aidan O’Brien’s stayer looks to be taking exactly the same path as last year through the… Read More »
Triple Crown contender I’ll Have Another is headed to new digs, along with his potential 10 rivals in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes. They’ll take up residence no later than Wednesday in a special barn where every move and visitor will be closely monitored, a change in routine that has angered some… Read More »
Aidan and Joseph O’Brien failed in their bid to complete a Derby double as Imperial Monarch finished a luckless eighth behind shock Prix du Jockey Club winner Saonois. The father-son combination headed to France following a fantastic day at Epsom, with 2000 Guineas hero Camelot completing a Classic double in… Read More »
British Horseracing Authority head of handicapping Phil Smith is keen to see English hero Camelot tested against older horses so his full potential can be realised. Aidan O’Brien’s son of Montjeu has been given a rating of 124 by the BHA after he sauntered to a five-length victory at Epsom,… Read More »
Dreams of a first Triple Crown winner since 1970 are very much alive after Camelot routed the field in the Derby at Epsom. Camelot was sent off the 8-13 favourite on the back of his victory in the 2000 Guineas and hopes appear genuinely high he will be allowed to… Read More »
Camelot added his name to the Derby roll of honour on Saturday, Aidan O’Brien’s red hot favourite seducing an estimated 130,000 crowd at Epsom, including Queen Elizabeth on her Diamond Jubilee weekend. Camelot never looked in danger of falling victim to the curse that had befallen three of the past… Read More »
Since she was a very young child the Queen has been immersed in all things equestrian. Her passion for horses includes breeding and racing thoroughbreds and she attends the Derby privately each year, but it is the only Classic she has yet to win. In 2011 her colt Carlton House… Read More »
Prohibit warms up for his defence of the King’s Stand Stakes when he lines up in the Prix du Gros-Chene at Chantilly on Sunday. Robert Cowell’s speedster took the same route last summer when he was just touched off by the re-opposing Wizz Kid in the French Group Two before… Read More »
Melbourne Cup winning trainer Mikel Delzangles is keeping his fingers crossed the decision to bypass the Derby at Epsom in favour of the French equivalent pays off with unbeaten colt Kesampour. The son of King’s Best won comfortably on his two appearances at Saint-Cloud as a juvenile and made a… Read More »
Aidan O’Brien maintained his 100 per cent record in British Classics this season when Was won a rather untidy renewal of the Oaks at Epsom to give the trainer his 200th Group One winner. The 20-1 chance was ridden positively by Seamie Heffernan in the early stages of the mile-and-a-half… Read More »
