BADEN-BADEN, May 21 PA – Danedream has made a winning start to her campaign with victory in the Grosser Preis Der Badischen Unternehmer at Baden-Baden. Last year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner, trained by Peter Schiergen and ridden by Andrasch Starke, got back on the winning path after being… Read More »
The US Triple Crown is alive with Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another edging Bodemeister to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday (Sunday AEST). I’ll Have Another charged down the home straight as he did in the Derby to beat Bodemeister by a head. He will now head… Read More »
Equine superstar Frankel made it 10 wins from 10 starts in the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in England on Saturday in front of a crowd of 15,000. The four-year-old Sir Henry Cecil-trained colt, the 2/7 favourite, came home five lengths clear of Excelebration – finishing second to him… Read More »
Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux will not ride in the Preakness Stakes after failing a breathalyser test in New York. A dual Preakness winner, Desormeaux was removed as the rider of 15-1 chance Tiger Walk by owner Kevin Plank’s Sagamore Farm and trainer Ignacio Correas, and replaced by Ramon… Read More »
Red Cadeaux has set himself up for another crack at the Melbourne Cup with his biggest success to date in the Yorkshire Cup at York. Connections of the Ed Dunlop-trained globetrotter are gunning for revenge after going down by a whisker to Dunaden in the Flemington showpiece last November. All… Read More »
Tonight’s race meeting in Singapore is seen as the “teaser” meet ahead of the big international card on Sunday evening. While no horses will race on the two day back up – at least not in the feature races – there is still some outstanding horseflesh on display tonight in… Read More »
Frankel will face a maximum of six rivals when he makes his highly-anticipated seasonal debut in the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury on Saturday. Khalid Abdullah’s brilliant colt has overcome a slight leg injury a few weeks ago to take his place in the Group One over the straight mile (1600m)…. Read More »
Andrew Balding’s Bonfire emerged as the most serious threat to Derby favourite Camelot with an impressive comeback performance in the Dante Stakes at York. His seasonal return was moved to Britain’s most high-profile Epsom trial from last week’s Dee Stakes at Chester due to the rain-softened ground and it proved… Read More »
Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will jump from barrier nine in Saturday’s 137th Preakness, two spots outside Derby runner-up Bodemeister. I’ll Have Another charged from behind to beat Bodemeister by 1-1/2 lengths two weeks ago at Churchill Downs to give himself a chance at becoming the first horse since… Read More »
The Fugue has been catapulted to the head of the betting for the Oaks with an brilliant display in the Musidora Stakes at York. John Gosden’s filly was having just her third start having run a respectable fourth in the 1000 Guineas 10 days earlier. She was struck into on… Read More »
Christophe Soumillon has sacked himself from Dabirsim following the colt’s defeat in the French 2000 Guineas at Longchamp on Sunday. The Belgian jockey told Paris-Turf he lacked “chemistry” with the Christophe Ferland-trained three-year-old who won two Group Ones for Frankie Dettori in an unbeaten juvenile campaign. Soumillon has twice been… Read More »
International jockey Jeff Lloyd hopes to send a clear message when the latest chapter of his star-studded career begins at Doomben on Saturday. Lloyd, 50, wants it known his decision to quit Hong Kong and base himself at the Gold Coast is not related to thoughts of retirement. The winner… Read More »
Light Heavy will be aimed at the Irish Derby after continuing his progressive profile for Jim Bolger with an ultra-game performance in the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial at Leopardstown. Tower Rock, the apparent pacemaker for better-fancied Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemate and Breeders’ Cup winner Wrote, set off in front with Kevin… Read More »
Ed Dunlop’s incredible mare Snow Fairy will soon be back in full work as her trainer eyes up some major prizes in the second half of the season. The five-year-old has won five Group One contests in four different countries and was last seen landing Japan’s Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative… Read More »
Ed Dunlop is weighing up the options for his luckless sprinter Burwaaz while confirming last year’s Melbourne Cup runner-up Red Cadeaux is set to race in the Yorkshire Cup. Although Burwaaz has registered only one victory from nine career starts, he has been placed on a further six occasions. He… Read More »
Lucayan won the French 2000 Guineas at Longchamp on Sunday to give his owners the perfect revenge for having their filly Liliside disqualified after winning the 1000 Guineas two years ago. What made it even sweeter for Ahmed Mouknass and Anthony Forde was that the breeder of Lucayan, Jean-Pierre Colombo,… Read More »
Frankel completed his preparation for the Lockinge Stakes with a workout on grass at Newmarket that left trainer Sir Henry Cecil delighted with his unbeaten champion. Cecil resisted the temptation to work Khalid Abdullah’s colt round the bend where he sustained the minor leg injury that put his training schedule… Read More »
Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Doug O’Neill could face a suspension in California after one of his horses was found to have an elevated level of total carbon dioxide (TC02), an infraction for which he has been punished previously. The California Horse Racing Board is considering the case, which involves “milkshaking,” the… Read More »
Racing is rich in the bloodlines of visiting New Zealand trainer Adrian Bull who is back on mission number two for the Brisbane winter carnival. Bull made his first trip to Brisbane last winter with So Devine who failed to make it to the Group One Queensland Oaks at Eagle… Read More »
Richard Fahey is relishing the prospect of saddling his first Derby runner after Mickdaam booked his ticket to Epsom in a thrilling renewal of the Chester Vase. The trainer is one of the most upwardly mobile trainers in the game but has yet to have a horse worthy of a… Read More »
