A small field of seven lacks nothing in interest when Saturday’s Man o’ War Stakes (G1) goes off at Belmont Park. The 1 3/8 miles event over the grass pits Gio Ponti against Mission Approved, two foes that met for the first time in this race last year with Gio Ponti going a neck better. [...]
2010 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) winner Dangerous Midge will be pointed immediately for either the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) or Dubai World Cup (G1) after weekend announcements indicated connections will pass on a trip to the Japan Cup (G1). Trainer Brian Meehan has had several World Cup meeting starters in recent years, topped by a [...]
Red Desire, winner of the 2010 Maktoum Challenge – R3 (G2), was strong in morning trackwork at Churchill Downs on Saturday morning, traveling five furlongs in 1:00 flat. Kent Desormeaux was aboard for trainer Mikio Matsunaga and kept his filly well off the rail for the long-striding work. Presumably, had Desormeaux kept Red Desire towards [...]
Having some light success in Dubai with a fourth and seventh in the 2008 and 2009 Dubai Duty Free (G1), Vodka landed Japan’s most internationally acclaimed race, the 12 furlong Japan Cup (G1) by the slimmest of margins. Japan’s super mare was also fifth in the 2009 Jebel Hatta (G2), a local Dubai prep for [...]
Second in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) and fourth, most recently, in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), Sir Michael Stoute is planning on sending Spanish Moon to Hong Kong to contest the Vase during the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Races. The race will be run on 13 December at Sha Tin. Click HERE [...]
The fabulous season from Sir Michael Stoute trainee Spanish Moon will seek to continue with a trip to the Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita in November. Specifically, the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) over 12 furlongs will be the target as Juddmonte Farms racing manager Teddy Grimthorpe confirmed this weekend. The Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1) [...]
Meetings with Sir Michael Stoute this week will determine the status of Spanish Moon and a possible start in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1), reports the London Evening Standard. A narrow second to Eastern Anthem in the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), Spanish Moon has had a stellar season, including wins in the Grand Prix de [...]
While Gladiatorus romped at every chance he had when racing in Dubai earlier in 2009, the eyes, and in some cases, the hearts of American racing fans have been affixed on the stylings of Presious Passion, a gutsy 6-year-old gelding intent on one thing – running fast and not being passed. And, like a fine [...]
By PatCummings
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Also tagged Breeders' Cup Turf, Dubai Duty Free, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, Elvis Trujillo, Gladiatorus, Jay Peg, Mac Diarmida, Monmouth Park, Patricia Generazio, Presious Passion, Royal Anthem, United Nations, With Approval
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