Kamunyak, peaking at just the right time, used every step of Japan’s longest filly stakes race to rally from well off the pace to post an upset victory in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks-G1) May 25 at Tokyo Racecourse. The race shaped up as a showdown involving the 2024 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Arma Veloce…
A filly by Snitzel fetched AU$550,000 (US$354,841, AU$1=US$0.65) to top a Gold Coast National Weanling Sale that had Magic Millions bosses more than satisfied as their bloodstock auction week began May 25. Offered out of Highgrove Stud’s draft, Lot 279—a full sister to triple group winner Splintex and a half to listed victor Invictus Salute—was…
Sara Elbadwi looks back at the Paradise Creek Stakes at Belmont at the Big A and the Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth. Source link
Sosie took another step along the road to compiling what would be a season for the record books with a hard-fought success in the Prix d’Ispahan (G1) May 25, setting up a crack at the £1 million Coral-Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown in July. Sosie, supplemented for the Ispahan in the week in order to…
Aidan O’Brien reasserted his dominance over the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1) as Lake Victoria came out on top at the Curragh. O’Brien won the classic a record 10 times from 1997-2021 but had been out of luck in the last three years, which qualifies as a slump for him. However, normal service was resumed…
Voyage Bubble cruised along through a dream trip to win the May 25 Champions & Chater Cup (G1) at Sha Tin Racecourse, completing a challenging three-race sweep that wound up Hong Kong’s group 1 season. The victory, following scores in the Stewards’ Cup (G1) and Hong Kong Gold Cup (G1), earned the 6-year-old gelding the…
Belmont Stakes (G1)-winning trainer Christophe Clement, who had been battling metastatic uveal melanoma, died May 25. He was 59. A native of Paris, France, Clement trained 2,576 winners, including 24 grade 1 winners—41 grade 1 wins—in a career that began in the United States in 1991. Among his top horses were three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio…
Kamunyak (JPN), peaking at just the right time, used every step of Japan’s longest filly-mare race to rally from well off the pace to post an upset victory in the Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks-G1) May 25 at Tokyo Racecourse. The race shaped up as a showdown involving the 2024 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (G1) winner Arma…
Marksman Queen asserted herself early and led every step of the way to win the $219,665 Keertana Stakes May 24 at Churchill Downs. The victory gave the 5-year-old mare’s international superstar sire Dubawi his 300th stakes winner. Marksman Queen stopped the timer in a stakes record 2:26.74 for 1 1/2 miles over firm turf under Frankie Dettori,…
Godolphin homebred Sovereignty posted his second work over Saratoga Race Course‘s Oklahoma training track since capturing the May 3 Kentucky Derby (G1), covering five furlongs in 1:02.54 in company with last year’s Whitney Stakes (G1) winner Arthur’s Ride May 24. Sovereignty first galloped almost a complete lap of the oval in usual fashion for Hall of…
