Posted by Cliff at Aug 29th, 2009 in Racing News
David Wachman is thinking of bringing back his Classic winning filly Again to the racetrack. Danehill Dancer’s daughter won the Irish 1000 Guineas in May in trying conditions, but failed to generate any fire in the Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot.
Wachman is delighted with her recent progress and accordingly, feels that a comeback could be […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 25th, 2009 in Racing News
According to Jamie Osborne, his horse Geordieland is all fit and rearing to run in next month’s Doncaster Cup. Geordieland could not participate at last week’s Lonsdale Cup at York because of some problems with his training.
Osborne said that they really pitied Geordieland missing York as though Askar Tau had won the race magnificently; the […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 22nd, 2009 in Racing News
Despite his inexperience, businessman Joe Fanning managed to make a winning debut in the Racing Post Yearling Bonus Convivial Maiden at York. If you ask me, Mark Johnston’s son of Acclamation looked set to run out a wide margin winner on reaching the furlong marker.
Moreover, despite the fact that he ended up hanging violently across […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 21st, 2009 in Racing News
With more than 80,000 race goers visiting the track this week, York officials have mentioned that they were more than delighted with this turnout for the inaugural four-day Ebor Festival.
This turnout marks a 7% increase to the 2007 equivalent, the last time the Ebor meeting was conducted over three days. It was water that enforced […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 16th, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
It was Godolphin, represented by the Dubai Duty Free winner Gladiatorus, who won the Prix Jacques le Marois at Deauville today. With this impressive performance, the four year old horse is considered to be the best rated horse in the world.
However I heard that he was rather disappointed with his sole start on British soil […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 15th, 2009 in Racing News
With his victory in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury today, Kite Wood is the confirmed leading St. Leger hope. With this win, he is now 4-1 from 8s for the classic with Sky Bet.
I heard that Sky Bet had to forcefully trim his Doncaster odds by a point today because of a solid trial […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 8th, 2009 in Racing News
It was during a racecourse gallop at Leopardstown on Thursday that Aidan O’Brien’s Irish Derby hero Fame and Glory managed to delight stable jockey Johnny Murtagh. So far, over a career of six career starts, the Montjeu colt has tasted defeat only once.
This defeat was brought about by Johnny Oxx’s great charge and one of […]
Posted by Cliff at Aug 4th, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
I heard that Black Bear Island will be making his final start for Aidan O’Brien in the Secretariat Stakes which will be held at Arlington Park on Saturday, before he heads out for new pastures.
It was in May, in New York that the Sadler’s Wells colt had won the Dante Stakes. However this was his […]
