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Posted by Cliff at Jun 18th, 2010 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
The thrilling victory in the Hampton Court Stakes where Afsare managed to edge out Qadrille was Kieren Fallon’s first Royal Ascot win since 2006. Though Quadrille looked comfortable for much of the race, Afsare’s determination ate away at Quadrille’s advantage, meaning that Afsare recorded an impressive win by a short head.
In the meantime, James Given’s […]
Posted by Cliff at Apr 28th, 2010 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
It is Kieren Fallon who will be riding Aidan O’Brien’s Viscount Nelson in the StanJames.com2000 Guineas at Newmarket this Saturday. This move was indeed surprising as it was thought to be highly unlikely for Fallon, the former number one at Ballydoyle, to run in a race he had already won four times.
Aidan O’Brien himself stated […]
Posted by Cliff at Dec 18th, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
The Grade One contest Long Walk Hurdle at Ascot was saved from getting abandoned due to snow with the British Horseracing Authority officials quickly shifting its venue to Newbury.
The race will be part of a bumper eight race card scheduled for December 29th with a total prize of 70,000 pounds. All the 11 horses booked […]
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 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 […]
Posted by Cliff at Jun 19th, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
Well, as I suspected and despite opposing him due to lack of value, Yeats did create Royal Ascot history with his stunning fourth win in the Gold Cup. The Aidan O’Brien trained star, ridden by Johnny Murtagh’s had started the race as a 6-4 favorite despite his dismal performance at Navan.
His immaculate performance at Royal […]
Posted by Cliff at May 21st, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
The remaining nine entries of the 20 scheduled for the Investec Derby are all attributed to Aidan O’Brien. All of the entries have their own personal achievements which were taken into consideration while choosing them for the Derby.
Aidan O’Brien’s Ballydoyle team consists of the Lingfield Derby Trial winner, Age of Aquarius, the current Investec Derby […]
Posted by Cliff at Mar 27th, 2009 in Racing News, Royal Ascot
This season has seen the formation of a great alliance between Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty with both of them achieving personal bests. To date, the Queen’s trainer is only two winners short of reaching the century mark for the first time in his career, while jockey Geraghty has accomplished a maiden 50 British successes.
This […]
Posted by Cliff at Dec 1st, 2008 in Key Racing Information, Overseas Racing, Racing News, Royal Ascot
After taking a ‘techno inflicted’ hiatus of almost month, I am now back with my news updates and discussions :o).
The six time champion jockey, Kieren Fallon is once again free to ride in races from September 2009. He was on an 18 month ban for using cocaine, which expired on November.
The British Horseracing Authority […]
Posted by Cliff at Jun 25th, 2008 in Royal Ascot
With the teaming up of trainer Aidan O’Brien and jockey Johnny Murtagh, the pair have managed to win two races today, to make their total number of wins at the Royal Ascot rise to six.
The first win by Murtagh was when he rode Macarthur to win the Hardwicke Stakes, and the second win was at […]
