Saturday’s feature race at Ascot, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) features a well-matched field of eight, including 2010 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) winner Dar Re Mi. Most recently fourth in the Coral Eclipse Stakes (G1) at Sandown, well beaten by Twice Over, Dar Re Mi looks to rebound against the boys [...]
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Also tagged Alain Royer-Dupre, Cape Blanco, Confront, Dar Re Mi, Daryakana, Dubai horse racing, Dubai racing, Dubai Sheema Classic, Harbinger, Hong Kong Vase, Investec Derby, Irish Derby, John Gosden, Meydan, Meydan racing, Workforce, Youmzain
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Long pointed for the Dubai World Cup (G1), Gitano Hernando did not disappoint as the 1-2 favorite stormed home a convincing 4.5 length winner of the Winter Derby Trial at Lingfield. Jockey Kieren Fallon got into the colt with about three furlongs to run and bending for home, the Goodwood (G1) winner from October lengthened [...]
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Posted in Future Plans, Racing News
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Also tagged Breeders' Cup Classic, Confront, Dubai Sheema Classic, Dubai World Cup, Gitano Hernando, Godolphin Mile, Goodwood, Henry Cecil, Juddmonte Farms, Kieren Fallon, Lingfield, Marco Botti, Spanish Moon, Suits Me, Tom Queally, Twice Over, Winter Derby Trial
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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 [...]
After a heartbreaking defeat in the 2009 Dubai Sheema Classic (G1), Juddmonte Farms’ Spanish Moon rebounded in grand style to win Sunday’s Grand Prix de Saint Cloud (G1). Trained by Sir Michael Stoute and ridden by Ryan Moore, Spanish Moon settled off the leading trio and steadily advanced, wearing down Alpine Rose in the final [...]
South Africa’s Imbongi returned to his winning ways with a victory in the John Bovington Memorial Criterion Stakes (G3) at Newmarket on Saturday, his first trip to the enclosure since landing the Drill Hall Stakes (G2) and KwaZulu-Natal Guineas (G2) at Greyville in 2008. For Mike De Kock and Kevin Shea, Imbongi was prominent throughout and [...]
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Also tagged Ask, Balthazaar's Gift, Coronation Cup, Drill Hall Stakes, Eastern Anthem, Epsom, Greyville, Huntdown, Imbongi, Irish Derby, Jim Bolger, John Bovington Memorial Criterion Stakes, Kevin Shea, King Jock, KwaZulu-Natal Guineas, Leandros, Mick Channon, Mike de Kock, Miss Gorica, Mojito Royale, Newmarket, Saint-Cloud, Soldier of Fortune, Spanish Moon, Via Galilei, Youmzain
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A plethora of 2009 Dubai International Racing Carnival and Dubai World Cup meeting graduates will grace the racing pitch on Saturday. Balthazaar’s Gift, the winner of a 1200 meters handicap on the eighth night of the Carnival, will make his reappearance following a winter in Dubai in Saturday’s John Bovington Memorial Criterion Stakes (G3) at Newmarket [...]
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Also tagged Age of Reason, Balthazaar's Gift, Big City Man, Caracciola, Curragh, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Dubai International Racing Carnival, Dubai Sheema Classic, Friston Forest, Jebel Hatta, Nad al Sheba, Newcastle, Newmarket, Qatar International Cup, Royal Ascot, Veracity, Xaar, Young Mick
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