Ballydoyle has sent out 10 winners of the Irish One Thousand Guineas (G1), a sparkling roll of honor which includes Halfway To Heaven, Winter , and Hermosa , but none had as stellar a juvenile campaign as Lake Victoria , who lines up against 11 rivals at the Curragh May 25. The Frankel filly proved a sensation last year,…
Outfielder hit it out of the park in his first at bat. The powerful 2-year-old Speightstown colt—owned by Kia Joorabchian’s Amo Racing, Jayson Werth’s Two Eight Racing, and trainer Wesley Ward—scored by 6 1/4 lengths on debut May 23 at Churchill Downs, blitzing five furlongs on firm turf in :55.93. In front by a half-length…
Field of Gold may have inherited his sire Kingman ‘s Newmarket misfortune, but a proclivity to sparkle at the Curragh was also bequeathed as he blasted clear by 3 3/4 lengths in the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) May 24, the first Irish classic of the season, for John and Thady Gosden. The colt registered the widest…
Gabriel Duignan had a smile a mile wide when he led his homebred Echo Sound into the winner’s circle after the filly’s explosive victory in the May 16 Miss Preakness Stakes (G3) at Pimlico Race Course. A prominent figure across the Kentucky racing industry and a respected leader in both the sales ring and the…
The Prix d’Ispahan (G1) presents a devilishly trappy profile for punters, acting as it does as a crossroads for milers and middle-distance specialists over its trip of 1 3/16 miles over Longchamp’s Grande Piste. It falls four weeks on from the Prix Ganay (G1) and is run over just three-quarters of a furlong further, yet from the…
“Bring on Via Sistina and the Cox Plate” was the bold call from trainer Tony Gollan and jockey Blake Shinn after Antino broke a 9-year-old course record with a slashing triumph in the May 24 Doomben Cup (G1) over 2,000 meters (about 1 1/4 miles). In a breathtaking demolition of a quality 12-horse field in Brisbane’s…
The winner of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) could be in line for an added bonus this year. Not from the New York Racing Association. Nor will it come from one of the sponsors. With the June 7 final leg of the Triple Crown scheduled to be contested at Saratoga Race Course at a…
We are a deeply divided nation. Our differences are fundamental and fervently held. There seems to be little middle ground, or precious room for compromise. So, at least for now, we must live with the fact that half the racing world thinks Umberto Rispoli took a foolhardy chance and got away with it, and the…
Hong Kong’s group 1 season winds up May 25 at Sha Tin Racecourse with the Champions & Chater Cup (G1) with one well-qualified international visitor set to take on a group of locals featuring four-time group 1 winner Voyage Bubble. In some ways, the finale of the season-long series of international races is a bit…
Records tumbled at the Tattersalls Ireland Breeze Up Show May 23 when Yeomanstown Stud’s Night of Thunder colt became the most expensive breeze-up horse ever sold in Ireland at €580,000 (US$658,271, €1=US$1.05). Anthony Stroud was pushed all the way by Hubie de Burgh and his client, who proved persistent adversaries, with a new bidder joining the…
